Welcome to the site about plastic recycling.
 
 
If you are reading this page it simply means you are looking for something better than what you have right now.
 
Here some FAQ and the most probable answers:
 
 
- TOO MUCH DOWNTIME  (part 1, sorting)

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- TOO MUCH DOWNTIME  (part 2, granulating)

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- SOMETHING ABOUT PRICES 

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- Too much power consumption

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- Too many fines

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- Too much water consumption

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- Too much maintenance required

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- Quality of material very poor

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- Flakes coming out wet

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- Flakes still contaminated after washing

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- Blades of granulator not lasting much

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- Flakes that are supposed to float are sinking

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- Flakes that are supposed to sink are floating

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- Too many people working on the line

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- Too little time between two screen changes

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- Pellets turning brown

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- Pellets are not solid

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- Pellets are wet

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- Pellets have still bad smell

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Plastic recycling is a relative new matter therefore there is a lot of confusion, a lot of plastic recycling experts, thousands of different machinery and systems to choose from, plus all the home made engineering widely spread around the entire world.
 
Let's go to the subjects, one by one, so you may better understand what we're talking about.
 
When buying machinery, the very first question it should come to your mind is " are my operating costs low enough to make money out of this ? "
Obvious, you may say.
Not that much, believe me.
 
Most of everybody is looking for cheap stuff, cheap to all extents;     WRONG.
What about going with less machinery, more simple and truly effective to keep costs low ?
 
It is not rare to see plants with lots of different devices added to the system because one machine is not performing very well so, to correct the problem, another one has been added, increasing energy and maintenance costs, space etc., while the way to go is to replace it with a good one.
 
Yeah, but what about the money ?
OK, if you run the numbers, normally the new investment comes back in few month while adding a machine, money never come back, ever.
 
Here an example:
When dealing with thin materials one of the most difficult problems is drying.
What most of people do after a mechanical dryer that doesn't perform well ?
- Add another dryer like another centrifuge, squeezing press etc.
- Add an expensive, energy eater, hot air drying equipment.
- Go with an agglomerator with hundreds of kW .
- You name it
 
What about looking around for a centrifuge dryer that delivers flakes with few % moisture and that's it ?
Too easy ?
Nothing is too easy in plastic recycling and, by the way, this kind of dryer does exist.
 
This is our philosophy:
Make it easy.
Make it cost effective.
Take care of all the aspects of the business.
 
Of course, sometimes, when very high purity is required, the story can be a little bit more complicated, at least for the fact that the system requires a lot of different steps to get the required quality but, still, with a little of common sense, things can be set up in oder to make life easy:
 
For instance, in a PET washing line there are lots of gear boxes involved; if all gear boxes are out of the same brand, with little money you can keep spares good for everything; the system may cost 0,5% more but if something happens you will be back running the plant in no time.
 
There are very many little things to consider when buying a system.
 
Fines, and again we are talking about o PET bottles washing line, is an issue not many really care much of;
Now, a normal system delivers between 2 and 3% fines, and there is very little to do about it.
Now, the point is if fines are collected in a part of the system where are still wet and dirty while some other (not many indeed) are collecting fines at the end of the system, meaning clean and dry.
 
Nobody wants fines togeter with flakes, but if you get them clean and dry you'll be able to find another application, or to sell them and make some money out of it.
 
Running a 1000 Kg/hour system, if fines are 2%, you get 20 Kg/hour, times 24 hours, times 300 days/year, times the few cents you can make by selling them makes.........you run your numbers.
 
So, think a lot before buying a machine or a system because a little thing here and another there, can make a huge difference about what is left in your poket.
 
We believe we can be of some help.