Kurtz Ersa has received Recycling Award from EPS Industry Alliance.
The recycling award recognises outstanding achievements and new processes in the recycling of EPS and raises awareness of the good recyclability of polystyrene, being usually either ignored or dismissed as too difficult to recycle.
Kurtz GmbH´s winning entry for its new high frequency fusion technology is an example of ongoing innovation in EPS recycling. The moulded parts produced by the Kurtz WAVE FOAMER consist of 70 per cent recycled material.
The RF process offers energy savings of up to 90 per cent compared to the conventional manufacturing process with steam.
RF makes the fusion of particle foams without steam a reality. Recycled EPS as well as high-temperature resistant particle foams with fusion temperatures of up to 250 °C can be processed with the Kurtz WAVE FOAMER.
Thus, in the future, the processing of technical plastics and biodegradable materials will also be possible.
In contrast to the steam process, the fusion is carried out from the inside to the outside by means of electromagnetic waves, thus achieving a perfect core fusion.
The judges were enthusiastic about the Kurtz RF Process: “This is a new era of recycling technology. Kurtz Ersa has given new life to EPS in a way that mechanical recycling can never do.”
