Virtual PET recycling plant the highlight of Coperion, Herbold Meckesheim’s IFAT 2024 display
Coperion and Herbold Meckesheim will combine forces to display plastics recycling solutions at IFAT 2024.
The merger of Herbold Meckesheim and Coperion will be visible at the booth in a virtual PET recycling plant that both companies have created. This virtual plant presents one of the solutions for plastics recycling that Coperion and Herbold Meckesheim are now making available. The PET plant demonstrates the entire process and at the same time allows a deeper glimpse into numerous key components and their functions.
Rotors from Herbold granulators will be on display in different designs. The rotor concept with the cutting geometry is one of the reasons for the efficiency of the granulators from Meckesheim.
Along with individual components, Coperion and Herbold Meckesheim now build entire systems for plastics recycling. From mechanical processing – size reduction, washing, separating, drying, and agglomerating of plastics – to bulk material handling and feeding and extrusion to compounding and pelletizing, these plants cover the plastics recycling process chain. Since the companies merged, both have continued to develop technologies for individual process steps so that entire systems excel in operation with efficiency.
The rotor concept and the cutting geometry are pivotal for the efficiency of Herbold's granulators. These rotor concepts and cutting geometries are also individually adapted for the task and the input material. Granulators from Herbold Meckesheim work with double cross-cutting action. Not only the rotor knives are mounted at an inclined angle, but even the stator knives create a clean cut with a constant gap across the entire knife width. The end product is a regrind with ideal flow characteristics, low fines percentage, and high bulk density. Three different rotor types from Herbold Meckesheim will be available to view at the booth as examples.
