Axion's new Powder Impression Moulding (PIM) formulation.
Axion Polymers will be demonstrating innovative applications for highly-specific engineering derived from residual mixed plastic fractions at the Plastics Recycling Expo 2015 (PRE), in Telford this June.
On Stand E022, the Manchester-based plastics recycler will showcase its full range of Axpoly 100 per cent recycled polymers created from a fully-integrated recycling process for end-of-life vehicles (ELV) and WEEE materials, including its new Powder Impression Moulding (PIM) formulations suitable for use in PIM moulding and rotational-moulding applications.
Axion will be sharing the stand with its collaborative partner Environmental Recycling Technologies (ERT) who together, have co-developed a novel process to blend polymers derived from the difficult-to-recycle residual mixed plastic fractions.
Axion’s specific PIM formulations can be used to produce lightweight, yet strong curved and shaped structural finished products, such as shower trays, furniture and automotive components, using ERT’s PIM moulding technology.
“Our unique process goes straight from mixed plastic to finished product, cutting out the intermediate extrusion steps,” said Axion Director Keith Freegard. “While residual mixed plastic fractions yield some very good, highly-specified engineering polymers, it is a technically-challenging process.
“New developments, such as those we are working on, are needed to recover these valuable resources, thereby closing the loop and opening up new market opportunities in the Circular Economy and for UK-based manufacturers.”
Axion can support clients in the development of their manufacturing processes and has installed a moulding system at its Salford processing facility where prepared powder mixes to clients’ specifications can be supplied to licensees.
Axion Polymers is part of the Axion Group that develops and operates innovative resource recovery and processing solutions for recycling waste materials. The Group works with a wide range of clients within the recycling and process industries on the practical development of new processing and collection methods.
Alongside the exhibition on June 17th 2015, Freegard will be exploring further technical recycling challenges and future market opportunities in his presentation ‘Developments in the closed-loop flow of recycled materials for the UK automotive market’.
Additionally, Richard McKinlay, Axion Polymers Project Engineer will be present ‘How to design flexible packaging films which CAN be sorted for recycling’.