Exhibition and Conference for SE Europe Environment Section – Waste Management and Recycling, Air 2022, IEC, Sofia / Postponed: seeSUSTAINtec 2021

Interview with Mr. Gabor Ferencz, Area Sales Manager, EREMA Engineering Recycling Maschinen und Anlagen GesmbH

With more than 5000  systems in operation around the globe  EREMA is a leading company in developing and manufacturing plastics recycling machines and system components.
In the past several years the company participated at Save the Planet Exhibition in Sofia. If you are one of their clients in the region or you are interested to become one take the chance and visit their stand at the exhibition in 2018, 27-29 March.

Dear Mr Ferencz, EREMA is known as an innovator in the sector. Which of your products will be presented at the exhibition in March?  

EREMA will present among other things the QualityOn package and the ReFresher:

QualityOn package
In addition to the previous machine data, specially integrated sensors – the QualityOn package – can be used in future to record and evaluate MVR (Melt Volume-Flow Rate) and colour directly at the machine. The QualityOn package enables recyclers and producers to make their recyclates with consistent quality in accordance with the special requirements of their customers and document the recyclates transparently using online data acquisition and analysis. As soon as the values measured leave the defined tolerance range this is reported automatically. Nonconforming material can be diverted away immediately from the ongoing process. The colour sensor is flexible and suitable for cylindrical, disk and spherical shaped recyclate. The precise measuring of the recyclate colour takes place directly at the machine. The online spectrophotometer detects the slightest differences in colour which are not visible to the human eye.

The online measuring of melt volume-flow rate (MVR) takes place likewise directly at the machine. Unlike well-known online viscosity measuring systems which use gear pump technology and are designed primarily for clean polymers in the virgin material sector, the MVR measuring unit is designed especially for the higher requirements of recycling processes. It is, for example, insensitive to extremely small contaminant particles of 100-1,000 μm which are common in post-consumer recycling.



ReFresher
Post-consumer material, especially household packaging waste, is considered to be plastic which is difficult to recycle due to impurities and the fluctuating degree of contamination. These contaminants often cause an unpleasant odour in the recyclates which severely limits the scope of use with the end products. The ReFresher eliminates odours caused by migrated substances, i.e. residues left on the plastic materials. These include, for example, food contamination, cleaner/detergent residues and cosmetics. The ReFresher is downstream of the extrusion process and keeps the recyclates at the required temperature at which volatile materials can be discharged. The ReFresher is available in various expansion stages depending on the end application.

What makes your solutions preferred by the clients?
The EREMA clients appreciate the robust and reliable recycling technology as well as  the high quality of the recyclates. These properties contribute to high profitability and a short-term ROI.