Post Industrial Waste, The Process

How all post-industrial and post-consumer waste materials can be re-processed through the extrusion process

Today, all post-industrial and post-consumer waste materials can be re-processed through the extrusion process. Plastic waste from industrial production is becoming more and more valuable in times of rising raw material prices and increasing environmental pollution. We believe that becoming more sustainable is an inevitable path for the plastics industry.

Some critical issues to be faced when processing waste materials can be the high temperatures, the pressures involved in the extruder and the stresses involved in the recovery and reworking of plastic materials create inevitable degradation processes. These problems greatly limit processing and reuse and have an impact on the processability and technical/qualitative characteristics of the output products.

Another challenge when it comes to recycling waste materials can be residual moisture, which is why an extruder for recycling needs venting and degassing systems to remove not only moisture but also solvents or decomposed materials.

With its system, Bausano aims to solve process issues such as the loss of mechanical properties and the management of the increase in residual moisture of the selected product, which is a critical parameter that must be managed during the processing phase.