Easy Entry into Plastics Recycling with MAAG’s Complete Solutions
MAAG Group has introduced two new solutions in its portfolio, enhancing its role as a complete provider for continuous melt filtration and pelletizing systems. These innovations offer an efficient entry point for professional plastics recycling, addressing a diverse range of feedstocks and contamination levels.
Versatility in Plastics Recycling
Recycling input materials vary greatly, from high-quality PET feedstock to significantly contaminated plastics like LDPE packaging, agricultural films, and end-of-life automotive plastics. These materials often include impurities such as wood, paper, aluminum, glass, and sand. MAAG’s systems are capable for all polymers, covering the entire polymer process after extrusion with its downstream equipment from a single source.
Optimized Filtration and Pelletizing
MAAG focuses on creating high-quality pellets by removing contaminants effectively. Its continuous melt filters and pelletizing systems ensure consistent material properties, high-quality pellets, and maximum machine availability. The MAAG portfolio includes three continuous melt filters—the established ERF and ECO series, and the newly introduced BRF series upstream the strand, underwater and water ring pelletizing systems.
Advanced Filtration Technologies
MAAG’s filtration systems handle a wide range of polymers and applications:
- CSC Series: Ideal for clean post-industrial materials.
- ERF and ECO Series: Suitable for post-consumer materials with contamination levels up to 12%, offering filtration fineness down to 60 µm. Their dual drives maintain a steady process flow with minimal melt losses.
- Patented Large-Area Filters: Deliver ultra-fine filtration down to 3 µm with a backflush cleaning system, extending production time and efficiency.
The range of applications therefore starts at plastic application with clean virgin material, to slightly contaminated industrial waste and highly contaminated household waste. The use here is not limited to mechanical recycling. MAAG’s products are also used in chemical recycling.
Basic model for continuous melt filtration: BRF
The cost-effective BRF melt filters are the latest products in MAAGs portfolio and can be seen as an entry option into the field of continuous melt filtration technology. The BRF series – available in two sizes – covers around half of all applications in the recycling sector and can be used for a wide range of impurities in plastic melts like LDPE, HDPE, PP, and ABS with its optimized melt flow and discharge system to ensure high-quality results.
The BRF series features:
- Robust Round Screens: Fineness from 150 μm to 2000 μm, reducing operating costs.
- Continuous Pre-Filter Capabilities: For melts with mineral contaminants like sand and glass.
- User-Friendly Controls: An innovative system simplifies operation and monitoring.
Pelletizing Innovations
MAAG’s pelletizing solutions include underwater, strand, and water ring systems, each tailored to different customer needs. The new EPE water ring pelletizer bridges the gap between advanced underwater and cost-effective strand systems.
Key features of the EPE series:
- Compact design with low energy consumption.
- Robust knives that can be reground and reused.
- Throughput capacity up to 2000 kg/h.
- Optional sound-absorbing panels for quieter operation.
- Easy access for maintenance via two service doors.
- Intuitive Siemens control system for process optimization.
Comprehensive Recycling Solutions
The combination of MAAG’s filtration and pelletizing systems ensures tailored solutions for diverse customer applications. The new BRF melt filters and EPE pelletizers expand MAAG’s product range, ensuring efficient recycling operations.
With the Xantec control unit, MAAG guarantees seamless process monitoring, aligning system performance with customer requirements. The new components are also available for customer trials at MAAG’s technical center, ensuring optimal outcomes for every application.
MAAG continues to lead the industry, providing advanced, adaptable solutions to meet the challenges of modern plastics recycling.
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