Starlinger - Press Monitor 2024

The viscoZERO melt phase decontamination reactor can also be installed as a turn-key stand-alone solution for decontaminating different types of high-viscosity materials fast and efficiently. “The viscoZERO reactor opens new business opportunities as it provides plastics recyclers with the flexibility to process a wide range of input materials into resins of outstanding quality”, said Gerhard Bräuer, Product Manager viscoZERO at Starlinger viscotec. “You can recycle post-consumer PP, PE, PS, and PET and achieve highest output quality for the respective material so that it can be used in food contact packaging.” During the decontamination process in the reactor volatile contaminants areremoved effectively and the material is cleansed and homogenized. Unwanted odors or substances such as spin finish are removed effectively. When processing PET, it is possible to increase the IV to the desired level.

Post-consumer HDPE-detergent bottles can be recycled into odor-reduced regranulate that can be reused in the same application instead of being downcycled.© Starlinger At NPE, Starlinger is showing the recoSTAR dynamic recycling extruder, PCUplus pellet flusher and viscoZERO melt phase decontamination reactor at their booth in the West Hall. Closing the Loop for Industrial Plastic Packaging Starlinger also supplies the entire machine range for this type of packaging – from tape extrusion lines and circular looms to lines for coating, printing and sack conversion. With the ground-breaking “Circular Packaging” concept the company offers the first closed-loop solution for industrial packaging made of PP or PET tape fabric such as FIBCs. “Continuous reuse of plastics in the same application is the highest form of recycling”, said Harald Neumüller, CSO of Starlinger. “That’s why we develop machines that allow our customers to re-cycle plastic scrap instead of down-cycling it. Our technologies to process used big bags made of polypropylene or PET and turn them into new ones are unique. They constitute one step on the way to move the plastic packaging industry towards circularity. We are looking forward to share our expertise with interested visitors at our booth at NPE.”

Starlinger at NPE 2024: hall C, booth W5169

Post-consumer recycling at top level: Starlinger’s new system setup combines a recoSTAR dynamic recycling extruder with the viscoZERO melt phase decontamination reactor and the PCUplus pellet flusher, achieving super-cleaning and odor reduction for PP, PE, PS and PET. © Starlinger