Erema Delivers Large-Scale Recycling Plant to Customer in Brazil

Erema has increased the capacity for its Vacurema Basic 2628 T plant for producing rPET pellets. The company’s new large-size plant features a screw diameter of 280 mm, implemented for the first time in a Vacurema Basic 2628 T for producing rPET pellets. Erema has just shipped the plant to a customer in Brazil where up to 40,000 tonnes per year of rPET can now be produced.

"For this purpose, we installed a screw with a length of 10 meters, a diameter of 280 millimetres and a weight of 3.5 tonnes, which is the largest ever used in one of our recycling machines," said Managing Director Michael Heitzinger. The screw was manufactured by 3S, a subsidiary of Erema. The reactor of this recycling system features a height of around 10 metres and almost reaches the roof of the new production hall, the company stated. About 500 tonnes of input material were recycled during the test phase, which was subject to strict quality control. "The entire project was a great team effort," Heitzinger said.

Erema said that just four years ago, the largest extrusion line supplied by the company was designed for a throughput of 15,000 tonnes per year. In 2020, food and beverage packaging manufacturer Envases Universales Mexico commissioned two Vacurema Basic 2625 T machines, each with a screw diameter of 250 mm and a capacity of 30,000 tonnes per year.