Extrusion International 4-2018

20 Extrusion International 4/2018 INDUSTRY NEWS First Plant for the Recovery of Food Packaging Waste In September 2018 the world’s first facility for POAL recycling will be in operation to produce Ecoallene. POAL is a polyethyl- ene + aluminium polycomposite recovered from food packaging (commonly known as TetraPak, the name of the company that patented it). Ecoallene is a new green material whose main fea- ture is to be ever recyclable. It is also easy to colour and contains some aluminiumparticles that make it slightly glittered. Themain applicationfields are: automotive, building, giftware and general tools. AMUT, involved since the 80s in the engineering andmanufactur- ing of technologies to process and recovery plastic materials, has fully developed this pioneering project together with the Italian start-up Ecoplasteam. Ecoplasteam can thus recycle 7.000 tons of waste coming from this particular packaging disposal, mainly from the polycomposite part (up to now only cellulose can be re- covered). AMUT has carried out both technology for POAL treatment and washing and the extrusion line to turn the final material into pel- lets. The two companies have been able to sort out the complex issue of disposingmost of thismaterial waste: a process that has always caused problems and high management costs to landfills and in- cinerators. With this new plant branded AMUT, also this fraction of material, usually not recovered, will be transferred to Ecoplas- team facility to become Ecoallene after a proper treatment. Functioning of the plant: The input material, in formof commingled bales, comes from the paper mill after undergoing to a process for TetraPak cellulose recovery. The material is processed and treated through progres- sive phases and washed with a series of equipment in order to reduce the presence of paper fibers. Once the material is clean, it is mixed by a gravimetric dosing system, filtrated, granulated by the extrusion line and finally put in big bags. Ecoallene becomes a raw material to be extruded or injection moulded like a standard polymer. It can be coloured and additi- vated for different applications. AMUT Group www.amutgroup.com Newly Designed, Information-packed Website Guill Tool & Engineering just rolled out a new web- site. The new site offers a detailed look at the com- pany’s entire product line, which offers a wide-range of standard and custom designed extrusion tooling, including crossheads, in-line heads, rotary heads and extrusion tips & dies. The site includes a full listing of all product and speci- fications with calculation tools to compute annual cost of lengthy concentricity adjustments and crosshead re- placement analysis, plus calculators to compute draw- down, feet per minute and pounds per hour. The web- site includes charts and tables with detailed data and a full library of downloadable literature organized by industry. Guill markets its equipment worldwide and is currently seeking new representatives in select coun- tries. The Guill website is mobile phone friendly and offers the convenience of allowing users to request a quote online. The new website has already been awarded the 2018 American Web Design Award from Graphic Design USA. Guill Tool & Engineering www.guill.com AMUT TurboWasher