Austria-based Starlinger & Co GmbH will exhibit an overview of its recycling division, Starlinger Recycling Technology at K 2010. The group will have a highly visual product portfolio on display, including demonstrations of recycling machinery.

The recoSTAR product range, founded in 2000 is what the company hopes to exhibit at K, with a total of three machines on show. The products are capable collectively of recycling materials such as PE, PP, PA, PS, PET and many others.

The recoSTAR universal 65 VAC, which has an output of up to 200kg per hour will be in operation at booth D21, hall 9 twice a day, processing PP sack fabric. The machine is equipped with a heavy-duty single-shaft cutter above the extruder. This makes it possible to process hard-to-grind materials such as tapes, fibres and start-up lumps. In addition, the feeding system of the line allows ground material or granulates to be processed without an additional dosing unit. In trials, Starlinger has found the machine to be ideal for films, fibres and fabrics.

At booth B47, hall 16, the recoSTAR basic will be on show, which is generally used for processing hygroscopic, wet and/or pre-ground materials, but also production waste. This line can be used for all polyolefins and technical plastics as well as for foamed materials. It is equipped with an agglomerator that pre-dries and compacts the material. This machine will be connected directly to a film extrusion line.

The third machine will be the deCON50 and will be exhibited at booth D21, hall 9. It uses recoSTAR PET iv+ technology, which yields recycled PET that has the same properties as virgin material, for instance intrinsic viscosity and excellent decontamination, for packaging with direct contact food.

As an addition, Starlinger will also be providing an opportunity to see another in-line application during the K show, at a reference customer of Starlinger in Austria. This will be a thermoforming sheet which can be used for packaging with direct food contact, and is produced in-line from 100% PET bottle flakes. This site is less than a two-hour flight away from Düsseldorf.