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what's new
Luran S also comes
in an Eco version
ages the intelligent technology built into
the company's Varisort Compact sorter,
dedusting, material conveying and central
control to give users full control over the
quality and purity of input material, minimising
dependency on external suppliers. A
life-size platform was running at the Sesotec
booth. Here, mixed material flows were
extracted from a bin, although silos, bags or
octabins can also be used.
The selection of sorting levels is done
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manufacturer of sustainable vinyl, is also
using a SkyPET CR grade from SK Chemicals
to reduce the carbon footprint of its records.
Containing up to 99 percent chemically
recycled PET waste, the use of SkyPET
CR results in a significant saving of 7.1kg
CO2e/kg compared with PVC. Greenyl's
SkyPET-made records are 100% recyclable.
Albis adds two new products to its
Ineos portfolio
Albis has added two new products from
global styrenics supplier Ineos Styrolution:
Luran S XA SPF60, a thermoplastic with improved
UV resistance, and Luran S MED, a
specialty polymer designed for the health
care sector, are now available throughout
the entire EMEA region.
Luran S, acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylate
(ASA), offers excellent UV resistance, high
surface quality, outstanding colour depth,
high impact resistance and chemical resistance.
It is targeted at demanding outdoor
applications in, for example, the automotive
and construction industries.
As the latest addition to the ASA product
family, Luran S MED 797S SPF30 is available
in white and natural colour and brings
essential medical device properties to the
table, demonstrating good resistance to
cleaning media and disinfectants as well
as ensuring high level protection of devices
due to its high impact resistance.
Luran S MED is also available based on
40% renewable content using the ISCC
PLUS mass balance certification system and
serves as a drop-in alternative, reducing the
carbon footprint by up to 52% compared with
its fossil-based counterpart - with no difference
in performance or regulatory status.
Additive
Manufacturing
Stratasys launches new F3300 FDM
3D printer
At the Formnext conference in November in
Frankfurt, Germany, additive manufacturing
solution provider Stratasys introduced
its new F3300 fused deposition modeling
(FDM) 3D printer, styled by the company as
'the most sophisticated industrial 3D printer
on the market'. The printer, designed to
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handle applications in the most demanding
industries such as aerospace, automotive,
government/military and service bureaus,
is expected to be available for shipment beginning
in 2024.
Key advancements include faster print
speeds with increased gantry speeds, faster
extrusion rates and autocalibration; higher
part quality and yields with up to a 25% increase
in accuracy and repeatability, along
with printer autocalibration; and maximised
uptime with machine monitoring, extruder
redundancy and an interface design that focuses
on ease-of-use for human operators.
The F3300 is the latest addition to the
Stratasys FDM family, which includes the
F900, F770, F450mc and the F123 series.
F3300 complements Stratasys' F900, which
is known for its dependability, large capacity
and use of high-performance materials.
Recycling
Sesotec launches new
sorting platform
Fakuma 2023 saw the world premiere of a
new sorting platform developed by Schönberg,
Germany-based Sesotec GmbH, a
company that has been manufacturing recycling
sorting systems for more than 40
years. The platform, called Pre-Sort, leverThe
F3300
FDM printer
using preconfigured modes, with input
material being assigned to three classes.
Class one is for nearly homogeneous input
material with low level of impurities - for
example, 90 percent good material, 10 percent
foreign matter. Class two is for heterogeneous
input material, with a medium to
high degree of contamination, with 65 percent
good material, 35 percent foreign matter.
Finally, class three is for heterogeneous
input material, with a mixture of colors.
Once the input material is assigned to
one of the three classes, it goes through dedusting.
A counterflow classifier system reliably
separates dust and fine particles from
the ground material, with an efficiency of up
to 99 percent, which helps protect against
damage to downstream equipment. The
dedusting system is connected to the heart
of the platform, the Varisort Compact sorter,
which divides mixed material flows - for
example, PET bottles, electrical waste, scrap
metal and household waste - into uniform
fractions. It has three different sensors: color,
metal and a near-infrared sensor which
detects different types of polymers.
The material is funneled from the dedusting
unit to the sorter through standard vacuum
conveying units, which ensure smooth
material transport. The conveyor technology
and sorting are centrally connected via a
control unit. The integrated automatic startand-stop
function ensures the highest possible
operating convenience.
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