OMNI Recycling Machines
Gneuss’ MRS Extrusion Technology is known as an alternative for the reprocessing of contaminated materials like polyester (PET), polystyrene (PS), polypropylene (PP) or polyethylene (PE). In combination with Gneuss’ highly efficient Rotary Filtration Systems, optimized vacuum technology, an online viscometer VIS and Gneuss Measurement Technology, customizable recycling lines tailor-made for a specific material can be engineered. As an option, light-weight or fluffy materials can be fed into the extruder via a 3C Rotary Feeder. OMNI recycling lines offer Several Letters of Non-Objection (LNOs) from a North American food safety authority, EFSA conformity and local approvals in Latin America confirm the decontamination efficiency of the technology. As volatile contamination is removed very efficiently in the MRS extruder under vacuum and solid contamination is removed by fine filtration in the rotary filtration system, OMNI recycling lines offer high quality and food compliant recycling in one simple, compact and sustainable extrusion step. Typical applications for OMNI Recycling machines include the processing of PET reclaim, such as bottle, sheet regrind or fiber waste, into high quality end products, such as thermoformed sheet (suitable for food contact), staple fiber, POY, FDY, BCF or strapping tapes. In addition, a wide range of input materials such as PS, PP, PE, or PLA can be recycled. The OMNI series can also be used in the decontamination of post-consumer waste to produce direct food contact products such as HDPE bottle caps or milk bottles, coffee caps and for odor reduction and degassing of PA, SAN or other polymers.
OMNI 110 Recycling Machine for post-consumer PET reclaim
At the K show, Gneuss will present the core of an OMNI Recycling Machine – a Multi Rotation System MRS 110 extruder. After the show, the complete line – including, among other components, a water ring vacuum system and the fully automatic RSFgenius 90 melt filtration system – will be delivered to Cotnyl, a leading Argentinian manufacturer specializing in thermoformed plastic packaging. Designed to process 600 kg/h of undried and uncrystallized PET or 400 kg/h of PP, the system will produce high-quality thermoforming sheet for food packaging applications. The technology has already been approved for food contact by Argentina’s food safety authority Senasa.
In addition to its compact design, which requires very little space and can therefore be easily integrated into existing premises, the OMNI scores highly in terms of flexibility. The fully automated control of vacuum, extruder, dosing, degassing dwell time and filter exchange ensures a consistently high quality of the end product while allowing the use of lower cost input materials. With the tight and varying materials market, it is becoming increasingly important to have maximum flexibility in regard to the input material, especially in the case of varying and uncertain input qualities in the future. The compact design also results in very low energy consumption, significantly reducing the CO2 footprint of the recycling process.
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OMNI recycling machine with RSFgenius 90 and vacuum system to be shown at K show before delivery to Argentina for food-grade R-PET and PP sheet production (Photo credit: Gneuss)
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