Skip to main content
Sister Publication Links
  • Plastics News
Subscribe
  • Newsletters
  • Login
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • News
    • Recycling
    • Sustainability
    • Bioplastics
    • Technology & Materials
    • Injection Moulding
    • Blow Moulding
    • Extrusion
    • Thermoforming
    • 3D printing
    • Technology
    • Materials
    • Machinery
  • Opinion
    • View Point
  • Events
    • Our Exhibitions
    • Plastics Industry Awards (PIA)
    • Ask the Expert
    • Reifenhäuser Technologies Livestreams
    • Plastics News Europe Live Archives
    • Sustainable Plastics Live
    • Reuters Responsible Business Europe 2022
    • Plastics Recycling Show Europe
  • Prices & Resources
    • Polymer Prices
    • Data Reports
    • Sponsored Content
    • White Papers
  • Contact
    • Advertise
    • Media Pack
  • Subscribe
  • Digital magazine
    • Digital Magazine
  • Multimedia
MENU
Breadcrumb
  1. Home
  2. News
November 21, 2018 06:00 AM

NGR, Kuhne display new PET liquid recycling machinery

NGR, Kuhne display new PET liquid recycling machinery

Plastic News Europe
  • Tweet
  • Share
  • Share
  • Email
  • More
    Print
    NGR
    New liquid state polycondensation (LSP) technology is claimed to overcome limitations in conventional PET recycling

    Austrian recycling specialist Next Generation Recycling Machines (NGR), in partnership with German extrusion machinery supplier Kuhne GmbH, have unveiled a new liquid state polycondensation (LSP) technology for PET recycling and extrusion.

    In an open day on 8 Nov at its Feldkirchen, Upper Austrian production facility NGR demonstrated the new recycling process, which it claims has overcome limitations in other processes.

    The LSP technology, involves decontamination and rebuilding of the molecular chain structure in the liquid phase of the PET, allowing recyclers more flexibility with regards to the input materials.

    The process, which is claimed by NGR to produce food-grade materials, can mix and recycle different forms of PET waste, from bottle flake to scrap fibre, sheet, thermoform waste, strapping, and other lower value scrap streams.

    Furthermore, NGR claims that its new technology can be used to easily process co-polymer forms of PET (PET-G) and polyolefin contents.

    On display in Feldkirchen was an NGR recycling line processing rPET sheet flakes with LSP technology and then turning them into food-grade sheets using Kuhne extrusion machinery.

    On display in Feldkirchen was an NGR recycling line processing rPET sheet flakes with LSP technology and then turning them into food-grade sheets using Kuhne extrusion machinery.

    In this process, after passing the LSP reactor, the melt can either be granulated or processed to FDA approved films, which, according to NGR, have "outstanding optical and mechanical properties". The films are mainly to be used for thermoforming applications.

    The combination of recycling and extrusion, according to Rainer Bobowk, division manager at Kuhne Maschinenbau, offers an "energy-efficient, alternative solution to produce highly-sophisticated packaging films out of PET with originally bad physical properties."

    Some 117 representatives of the plastics industry attended the event.

    Newsletters
    EMAIL ADDRESS

    Please enter a valid email address.

    Please enter your email address.

    Please verify captcha.

    Please select at least one newsletter to subscribe.

    Get our newsletters

    Staying current is easy with Sustainable Plastics' news delivered straight to your inbox, free of charge.

    SUBSCRIBE
    Sustainable Plastics Media Kit Cover

    Subscriptions to Sustainable Plastics, the leading Pan-European magazine for the circular plastics industry.

    Subscribe now
    Connect with Us
    • LinkedIn
    • Twitter

    "In a changing world, Sustainable Plastics is a constant: a platform the plastics industry can rely on to deliver the news and knowhow impacting the industry going forward”

    Contact Us

    11 Ironmonger Lane, EC2V 8EY
    United Kingdom 
     

    Customer Service:
    1-313-446-0450

    [email protected]

     

    Resources
    • Advertise
    • Sitemap
    • Careers
    • Subscribe
    Affiliates
    • Plastics News
    • LSR World
    • Urethanes Technology
    • Tire Business
    • Rubber News
    • Automotive News
    • Automotive News Europe
    • Crain Publications
    Legal
    • Terms and Conditions
    • Privacy Policy
    • Privacy Request
    Copyright © 1996-2022. Crain Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    • News
      • Recycling
      • Sustainability
      • Bioplastics
      • Technology & Materials
        • Injection Moulding
        • Blow Moulding
        • Extrusion
        • Thermoforming
        • 3D printing
        • Technology
        • Materials
        • Machinery
    • Opinion
      • View Point
    • Events
      • Our Exhibitions
        • Plastics Recycling Show Europe
      • Plastics Industry Awards (PIA)
      • Ask the Expert
      • Reifenhäuser Technologies Livestreams
      • Plastics News Europe Live Archives
      • Sustainable Plastics Live
      • Reuters Responsible Business Europe 2022
    • Prices & Resources
      • Polymer Prices
      • Data Reports
      • Sponsored Content
      • White Papers
    • Contact
      • Advertise
      • Media Pack
    • Subscribe
    • Digital magazine
      • Digital Magazine
    • Multimedia