EREMA, a manufacturer of plastics recycling systems, has extended its portfolio to offer the proven melt filter as individual components for existing extrusion plants. Technical modifications were made to the filter systems when setting up Powerfil, and visitors to Fakuma will see them on Erema’s display.
The unit Powerfil offers both the SW RTF partial surface backflush filter system and the Laserfilter as individual components. Users can upgrade their existing extrusion plant from alternative suppliers by adding an Erema melt filters.
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Robert Obermayr, head of the new business unit POWERFIL, next to a Laserfilter in the EREMA assembly building.
Manfred Hackl, CEO of EREMA, said: “With the new Powerfil portfolio we aim to show even more clearly that our filter systems represent a high-performance solution also for third-party extrusion systems – although the technology used is not new, but has already been tried and tested thousands of times. Erema filters are in use on over 5,000 plastics recycling systems around the world. Customers who count on our melt filter can rely on Erema quality.”
Robert Obermayr, head of Powerfil, said: “Besides fast availability, customers will above all appreciate the filtering quality and the quick amortisation which comes with it. In recent years the growing recycling market and the noticeable parallel increase in more heavily contaminated input materials have led to a growth in the demand for efficient filtration systems – also in the case of existing extruders. We can meet this demand with Powerfil and offer – especially with the Laserfilter – a functional concept which unites high quality requirements and stable, inexpensive operating costs.”
With the EREMA Laserfilter, a continuous filter system with screen fineness of 70µm is used for the first time. An even gentler filtration process has been made possible by rheological optimisation of the support breaker plate, enabling a reduction of flow resistance.
Use of the Laserfilter is increasing in the PET sector, as use of rPET in end products requires high process stability, despite higher degrees of contamination at times.
The new business unit will be launched on the EREMA stand.
