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IR‐CLEAN®: Achieving Suitability for Foodstuff with Recycled PET PET‐ Recycling Solutions in South America: Several KREYENBORG IR‐CLEAN® units installed
Figure 1: Infrared Drum Dryer
08/2020 ‐ A PET film or sheet line can be retrofitted with an IR‐CLEAN® system made by Kreyenborg
GmbH & Co. KG from Senden, Germany, without any problems and, above all, without any time and
efforts for reconstruction. Suitability for food production of the semi‐finished products and
optimization of the production line’s performance are both guaranteed. Recently, these
advantageous features have convinced two manufacturers of PET thermoformed trays for foodstuff
in South America, who have opted for these ‘Add‐on’ modules from Germany for a total of three
production lines of a throughput of more than 1,000 kg/h respectively. Now, these plastics
processing companies are able to process up to 100% of recycled PET flakes to high quality food
grade packaging.
A high decontamination output, FDA and EFSA approvals, a simple and a both energy‐efficient and
performing process control as well as reduced assembly space make the IR‐CLEAN® an attractive
additional component for every PET line. Having accomplished a reiterated process optimization
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and an additional challenge test, Kreyenborg has now even succeeded in increasing the
decontamination performance. Recycling material that has been treated in the IR‐CLEAN® may be
used at 100% for the production of any kind of food packaging (storage for 365 days at room
temperature). This is due to the IR‐CLEAN’s process concept that handles PET recycling material
quickly and effectively.
Both sheet manufacturers located in South America use their own, shredded in‐house edge‐trim
produced in the thermoforming process on the one hand and additionally bought post‐consumer
recycling material on the other hand. The material is conveyed into the metering hopper of the IR‐
CLEAN® unit and flows into the rotary drum through a volumetric metering system. At this point,
the welded continuous screw spiral guarantees a homogeneous flow of the material with a pre‐
defined residence time (first‐in / first‐out principle). Due to the constant rotation of the rotary
drum and the mixing elements incorporated in the screw flights, the material is stirred continuously
and its surface is at the same time revolved on a permanent basis. This is an ideal method for an
efficient decontamination process. The Infra‐red module installed above the material bed heats the
material up to a high temperature level quickly and immediately, while a constant air flow extracts
the air loaded with humidity and other contamination particles. This entire process is completed
within a few minutes only. The recycling material then prepared is directly conveyed into the
existing extrusion line. Neither any other kind of machine component nor any other kind of
material treatment is required to process the recycling material for PET sheet to be used in food
packaging. Owing to the perfect pre‐treatment of the material, the South American film
manufacturers are now in a position to run their extrusion lines with a higher throughput.
Consequently, the IR‐CLEAN® combines ecological with economic benefits in processing recycling
material, while increasing the performance of sheet extrusion lines.
Figure 2: IR‐CLEAN®
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About eFACTOR3, LLC
Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, eFACTOR3, LLC brings together a keen understanding of environmental, engineering and equipment issues. The company offers a variety of pre‐shredding, shredding, granulating, conveying, separation, extrusion, continuous disc filtration and dry cleaning equipment, systems integration and installation. eFACTOR3 also represents Kreyenborg and their innovative solutions in the fields of drying, crystallization, storage, mixing, conveying and dosing of plastics. Whatever you intend to recycle or turn into alternative fuel, eFACTOR3 can provide a custom solution. For more information, contact Hartmut Bendfeldt at 1.877.801.3232, [email protected], and visit www.efactor3.com. DON’T JUST RECYCLE – CREATE VALUE! : : :
