With the growing demand for efficient recycling processes, IKK and EREMA are taking the next step together towards high-quality recycling of plastic waste. For this purpose, EREMA provided the IKK in the new Campus for Mechanical Engineering with a recycling line INTAREMA 906TE equipped with diverse analysis modules. Using this facility, scientists and the company can break new ground in recycling of packaging, textiles, composite materials, organic building products or further industrial waste, which could not yet be recycled.
The focus of the cooperation lies on the development of high-quality plastic recyclates as well as the further development of sustainable recycling and processing approaches. Innovative technologies for marketable recycling of post-industrial or pre-consumer as well as post-consumer plastic waste will be developed.
The INTAREMA 906TE recycling line is equipped with special online and inline analysis modules, which enable characterization of the input and output stream in the ongoing process. Important material parameters such as viscosity, moisture or chemical composition are analyzed directly within the recycling process. In addition, material-specific properties of finished regranulates, regrinds and resulting injection-molded products are investigated at the IKK in terms of polymer chemistry and material technology. This information enables early failure analysis and rapid optimization of the recycling parameters.
