An extruder screw conveying raw materials while kneading them includes a screw main body, conveyance portions, barrier portions, and paths. The conveyance portions convey the raw materials in an axial direction. The paths each include an entrance and an exit. The raw materials, the conveyance of which is limited by the barrier portions, flow in from the entrance. The raw materials flowing in from the entrance flow through the paths in the same direction as a conveyance direction of the conveyance portions. The exit is opened in the outer circumferential surface of the screw main body at a position outside the conveyance portions in which the entrance is opened.

A process for reducing the hydrophobic functional group-containing volatile organic compound content and hydrophilic volatile organic compound content of recycled polyolefin comprising an acid washing step followed by an alkaline/neutral washing step.

A process for recycling thermoplastic polymer material to produce polymer pre-form, the process comprising the steps of pre-treating a polymer material for example by separating, sorting, cleaning and/or shaping; shredding the pre-treated polymer to produce polymer flakes; and processing the polymer material to produce a pre-form, characterised in that prior to the step (iii) of producing the pre-form, the polymer flakes are compacted to form pellets.

A system comprising: (1) a grinding unit configured to receive and grind recycled PET bottles into a group of polymer flakes comprising up to about ten percent colored polymer flakes and balance substantially clear polymer flakes; (2) a washing unit configured to wash the group of polymer flakes; and (3) an extruder configured to extrude material in a plurality of different extrusion streams. The extruder may be further configured to: (1) receive a concentrate-polymer mixture comprising a mixture of the polymer flakes and a color concentrate; (2) melt the concentrate-polymer mixture to produce a polymer melt; (3) reduce a pressure within the extruder; and (4) pass the polymer melt through the extruder so that the polymer melt is divided into the plurality of extrusion streams. The system may then filter the polymer melt through at least one filter and form the polymer melt into bulked continuous carpet filament.

A process for recycling thermoplastic polymer material to produce polymer pre-form, the process comprising the steps of pre-treating a polymer material for example by separating, sorting, cleaning and/or shaping; shredding the pre-treated polymer to produce polymer flakes; and processing the polymer material to produce a pre-form, characterised in that prior to the step (iii) of producing the pre-form, the polymer flakes are compacted to form pellets.

The invention relates to a solution for reducing and removing moisture from plastic pellets by means of absorption and condensation, in which energy consumption is reduced and the process is simplified, making use of infrared wavelength efficiency, and comprising the following steps: 1. a supply phase using a dosing tank; 2. a distribution phase using a pellet levelling and dispensing device, a conveyor belt and a vibrating motor on the conveyor belt; 3. a moisture-removal phase using one or more infrared wave emitters disposed in parallel, a ventilated or cooled motor for a set of emitters, an air-recirculation passage for a set of emitters, an input temperature probe, an output temperature probe, and a moisture control probe; and 4. a discharge phase in which the material from which the moisture has been removed is discharged using a thermally-insulated collector tank.

In a method for reprocessing film waste material, the film waste material is comminuted into recycling material by means of a comminuting device. The recycling material is fed by means of a feeding device in a multi-shaft screw machine. In the multi-shaft screw machine, the recycling material is plasticized into a material melt and processed into raw material. The raw material may again be fed to a production installation for the production of films.

The invention relates to a solution for reducing and removing moisture from plastic pellets by means of absorption and condensation, in which energy consumption is reduced and the process is simplified, making use of infrared wavelength efficiency, and comprising the following steps: 1. a supply phase using a dosing tank; 2. a distribution phase using a pellet levelling and dispensing device, a conveyor belt and a vibrating motor on the conveyor belt; 3. a moisture-removal phase using one or more infrared wave emitters disposed in parallel, a ventilated or cooled motor for a set of emitters, an air-recirculation passage for a set of emitters, an input temperature probe, an output temperature probe, and a moisture control probe; and 4. a discharge phase in which the material from which the moisture has been removed is discharged using a thermally-insulated collector tank.

A method for processing a mixture of recycled polyester material and a polyester prepolymer from a polyester manufacturing process, wherein a recycled polyester material is mixed with a polyester prepolymer, from a polyester manufacturing process, and treated in a bulk thermal treatment reactor (7) with a process gas which flows in a counter-current or a cross-current flow direction to the flow direction of the mixture. In this process, the process gas, before entering a catalyst vessel (14), is passed through a protective bed (11) containing a solid adsorbent material that removes high-boiling organic substances or organic substances, with a high combustion temperature, from the process gas stream.

A process is disclosed to recycle and/or formulate expandable plastic materials using a system (1) comprising: an extruder unit (10), a mixer-heat exchanger unit (20), said process comprising the steps of: melting in the extruder unit (10), cooling in the mixer-heat exchanger unit (20), and controlling the melt pressure by means of a melt pump unit (50), followed by granulation, extrusion, or injection molding, wherein a first expansion agent (81) is not degassed during a melt processing in the system (1) such that it is substantially contained in the granulated expandable plastic material (130) or used to form either the extruded, formed and expanded plastic material (140) or the molded expanded plastic article (150). The present invention also relates to a granulated expandable plastic material (130), an extruded, formed and expanded plastic material (140), and a molded expanded plastic article (150) obtainable by said process.