ACUREMA®

Bottle-to-BottleFood Contact Approved

CHOOSE THE NUMBER ONE.

English

ACUREMA®

Bottle-to-BottleFood Contact Approved

CHOOSE THE NUMBER ONE.

English

Uncompromising food contact compliance, IV stability, reliability and top energy effi ciency: there are many benefi ts when you start with the important things fi rst. In bottle-to-bottle recycling this means: decontamination BEFORE extrusion. This is the straightforward but very effective basic principle of the VACUREMA® technology of EREMA. And using this technology you form the perfect basis for a top-quality end product right at the beginning of the process.

Stable on output. Flexible on input.

In combination with an comprehensive technology package, this basic principle ensures that the quality of your end product not only is but also stays consistently high. Effi cient ultrafi ne fi ltration, intelligent automation and complete traceability of the quality produced are prime examples of this.

As a result, IV value and further key parameters of your end product remain stable. And they stay stable even if the properties of your input material change all the time – for example in terms of moisture and bulk density or through mixtures of PET material with differing IV values.

The most important thing fi rst:

Decontamination.

EFFICIENCY | 2-3

• Extremely clean rPET pellets

• For direct food contact with IV value on a par with virgin material

• Flexible on input, stable on output: Consistent end products in terms of IV value and colour despite varying moisture, IV values, bulk densities and fl ake wall thicknesses of the input material

• Top resource effi ciency: Technology saves energy, water and space

• Easy to operate, high degree of automation

• Reliable and proven: Overall VACUREMA® capacity worldwide: more than 1.2 million tonnes of rPET per year

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stays consistently high. Effi cient ultrafi ne fi ltration, intelligent automation and complete traceability of the quality produced are prime examples of

As a result, IV value and further key parameters of your end And they stay stable even if the properties

of your input material change all the time – for example in terms of moisture and bulk density or through mixtures of PET material with

Extremely clean rPET pellets

• For direct food contact with IV value on

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Unlike conventional bottle-to-bottle processes, with VACUREMA® technology, decontamination takes place already at the PET fl ake stage – and not until after they are in pellet form. This means that VACUREMA®

starts earlier with what is important. Plus: it is also one step ahead in the result, too. Because you reach your target – a stable, extremely clean, food contact compliant and top-quality end product – considerably faster, with lower energy consumption and less space required. Moreover, it gives you a high degree of fl exibility as a result, because the technology evens out any differing moisture and IV values in the input material.

Thanks to the pretreatment of the PET fl akes at high temperature and vacuum, moisture and migration substances are removed from the material effectively and in a stable process environment already prior to extrusion. This prevents any hydrolytic and oxidative decomposition of the melt in the extruder. A clear bonus for the quality of your end product.

Effi ciency bonus through treatment of fl akes. And not pellets.

A PET fl ake is considerably thinner than a PET pellet. This is because the fl ake surface comparedto volume is 2.5 times larger than that of the pellet. It is, therefore, much easier to remove moisture and migration materials from fl akes than from pellets. In short: a fl ake is dry and clean more quickly. A clear effi ciency benefi t for VACUREMA®.

BENEFITS• Fast• Reliable• Energy saving• Space saving• Stable, high IV values• Top colour values

Clean, food contact compliant rPET pellets after around 3 hours

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rPET PROCESSACUREMA®

Migration materials in the melt are likewise homogenised

Pellets are contaminated with migration materialsMax. migration depth 1,250 µm

Extrusion

Crystallisation

Contaminated pelletsMax. migration depth 1,250 µm

Flakes are decontaminated and dry before extrusion

Clean, food-contact compliant rPET pellets after approximately 11 hours

Contaminated and moist fl akesMax. migration depth 6-50 µm

Effi cient vacuum pretreatment of the fl akes: decontamination and moisture removal is quick and energy-saving in a single step

Extrusion

ONE STEP AHEAD:

Decontamination of the fl akesFlakes

Pre-ground with 12 mm screen, average wall thickness approx. 0.1 to 0.4 mm

Pellets

Diameter approx. 2.5 mm x 3 mm length (or spherical: 16 to 25 mg / pellet)

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Contaminated and moist fl akes Max. migration depth 6-50 µm

Extrusion

Max. migration depth 6-50 µmMax. migration depth 6-50 µmMax. migration depth 6-50 µm

FLAKE SUPPLY SYSTEM

PREDRYING

REMOVAL OF EXTERNAL RESIDUAL MOISTURE

REMOVAL OF INTERNAL RESIDUAL MOISTURE

DECONTAMINATION

FOOD CONTACT APPROVED / BRAND OWNER APPROVED

IV INCREASE / IV STABILITY

EXTRUSION (WITH ROBUST SINGLE SCREW TECHNOLOGY)

MELT FILTRATION

PELLETS IN CYLINDRICAL OR SPHERICAL FORM

(INLINE) CRYSTALLISATION

ALL REQUIRED VALUES FULFILLED IN PREFORM (AA, VOC, ETC.)

Because effi ciency counts.

Two parallel vacuum crystallisation dryers are fi lled with amorphous, washed PET fl akes. The crystallisation dryers work in proper batch mode. The exceptionally high level of purity of the rPET that is produced is achieved by an exactly defi ned and guaranteed minimum treatment time for every single thin-walled PET fl ake in vacuum and at increased temperature. The decontamination requirements specifi ed by authorities and brand owners are fulfi lled through the adjustable batch times.

The two identical crystallisation dryers are situated immediately upstream of the continuously operating vacuum reactor. The IV increase of the PET fl akes takes place inside the reactor through solid-phase polycondensation which takes it to the required level. The material is melted under vacuum in the directly connected extrusion system.

The benefi ts of the VACUREMA® extruder: robust single screw technology and compact design for minimum thermal material stress.

How the VACUREMA® Prime bottle-to-bottle technology works

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compacts

doses

buffers

decontaminates

Feeding system (discontinuous)

PET fl akes PET fl akes

Vacuum pump

Pretreatment in the vacuum crystallisation

dryers, discontinuous

Vacuum reactor, continuous operation

32 μm high-performance fi lter with large active fi lter area

All the functions. In a compact package.

Low thermal stressThe very short extruder screw without additional extruder de-gassing reduces the thermal stress on the material through minimised residence time.

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Large area ultrafi ne fi ltrationThe robust, fully automatic fi lter removes even the smallest of aluminium, steel and other particles from the melt. The very large active fi lter areas enable fi ltration with up to 32 μm fi ne-ness with a low pressure level. The result is highly clean pellets.

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Easy operationThe intelligent Smart Start operating concept combines pro-duction effi ciency with remarkably straightforward operation. The accent is on usability. Featuring a high degree of auto-mation, ergonomic touchscreen and practical recipe manage-ment. 5

IV increaseIV value is increased to the required level.

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PET fl ake pretreatmentHighly effi cient decontaminationThe patented pretreatment at elevated temperature and under vacuum before the extrusion process removes moisture and migration materials from the feedstock very effectively and in a stable process environment. This prevents any hydrolytic and oxidative decomposition of the melt in the extruder.

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Food contact compliantThanks to highly efficient decontamination the system fulfils and also far exceeds all well-known minimum purity requirements for direct food contact already after the batch process.

With vacuum and top homogenisation for stable IV valuesThe system achieves stable IV values despite varying moisture levels and different IV values in the input material. The pretreatment in the two crystallisation dryers is essentialfor this IV stability. This takes place under vacuum and makes for excellent homogenisation of the material.

Top colour values. Stable colour values.Melting under vacuum and an overall very short residence time of the PET material inside the system – thanks to this particularly sensitive processing, VACUREMA® gives you recycled pellets with top and stable colour values – with a shape and appearance on a par with virgin material!

Clean melt for clean preformsThanks to the efficient ultrafine filtration, the smallest of contaminants such as aluminium and steel particles are removed from the PET melt highly effectively and in a material-friendly way.

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End product

Top quality.

CLEAN MELT

FOOD CONTACT COMPLIANT

BEST COLOUR VALUES

IV STABILITY

BRAND OWNER

APPROVED

VACUREMA®Country approvals (selection)

... AND MANY MORE

BRAND OWNER

APPROVED

Country approvals (selection)

... AND MANY MORE

BRAND OWNER

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Country approvals (selection)

... AND MANY MORE

No compromises when it comes to direct food contact. Trust in the most proven technology. Trust in: VACUREMA®. With regard to food contact compliance it is once again the basic VACUREMA® principle which ensures reliability because as the fl akes are already decontaminated, any undesired migration substances are removed before extrusion. This means that the materials removed cannot make their way into the polymer either.

As a result, you receive highly clean recycled pellets which are not only approved for direct food contact but also fulfi l the criteria of FDA, EFSA and well-known brand owners.

Process stability and traceability through Food Contact Control (FCC)

The parameters for direct food contact compliance are monitored and saved continuously throughout the recycling process. This is handled by the automatic operation mode FCC – Food Contact Control. If levels are not kept, an alarm is triggered automatically and optionally material fl ow is diverted away from the production line. Data traceability is also guaranteed thanks to archiving with FCC. The result is a reliable process at all times.

Food contact compliant.

Safe and sound.

QUALITY | 10-11

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Food contact compliance with VACUREMA®:Technology well within the strict EFSA thresholds

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The inner values are exemplary.

IV stability thanks to vacuum treatment and top homogenisation.The high IV stability is achieved here through the patented vacuum pretreatment of the fl akes prior to extrusion. The strong homogenisationperformance which takes place here at the same time is also a key factor. Major differences in input material, such as varying moisture or mixtures of PET fl akes with different wall thicknesses and IV values, are thus balanced out and turned into a stable and homogeneous state – until the precise, desired IV level is achieved. Read more about these fl exibility benefi ts on page 18.

Quality control: the fi nal IV value in real timeThanks to the practical online viscometer, you are informed about the current IV value at all times during the ongoing process. This continuous online IV measurement, combined with the fully automatic facility control system, enables you to infl uence a number of important processing parameters such as throughput, processing temperatures, fi lling levels, etc. The VACUREMA® advantage: the measured value is already the fi nal IV value which the fi nished pellets will also have. With conventional systems the online viscometer only measures an intermediate value as the fi nal value is not given until after the hours of residence time inside the SSP.

The performance of VACUREMA® technology is also convincing in respect of VOC values (volatile organic compounds, such as AA content). With the new VOClear package the VACUREMA® development team has now achieved further optimisation in this fi eld. The result: the VOC content in the preforms, which was previously already lower than the thresholds of authorities and beverage companies, has been reduced once again by up to 40 per cent.

The new VOClear package features different design and process engineering measures in both prior treatment of the fl akes and the subsequent treatment of the pellets.

QUALITY | 12-13

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Intrinsic viscosity (IV) is one of the central quality criteria in rPET processing. This is because it has a signifi cant impact on the mechanical properties of the end product in terms of tensile strength or stiffness, for example. These are important for the trouble-free further processing of the rPET pellets to make preforms and for subsequent stretch blow moulding.The current trend towards bottle lightweighting solutions, where ever thinner wall thicknesses have to be realised, is increasing the signifi cance of the IV value.

This means, therefore, that the PET recycling system has to reach the exact IV value which is required for the respective bottle application. And: also keep this value constant at the defi ned level. In other words: maximum process stability.

VACUREMA®: stable IV values like virgin materialThe VACUREMA® bottle-to-bottle technology fulfi ls your IV requirements to perfection. And gives you rPET pellets with outstanding IV stability. The intrinsic viscosity is so stable here that the values even lie within the tolerance thresholds for virgin PET material. Besides high product stability, this means that virgin material can be replaced with rPET.

High IV values, superior stability All clear: VOClear

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OUTPUT IV - WITH VACUREMA®

IV tolerance with virgin material +0.02 to -0.02

Stable IV values like virgin material with VACUREMA® technology

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Looking good.Safe to say!

PERFECT COLOUR. PERFECT APPEARANCE. VACUREMA® technology handles your valuable PET material with great care and ensures that it has the lowest possible stress and discolouration. You are left with a result to be proud of: recycled pellets with top and stable colour values – on a par with virgin material in terms of shape and colour!

Several aspects are responsible for this very good colour fi nish: the melting of the PET material takes place under vacuum, the extruder is relatively short and, compared to solutions which require a SSP, the entire duration of the process from fl ake to fi nished recycled pellet is extremely short.

QUALITY | 14-15

Filtration: safety bonusSafe becomes safer – with the additional fi lter located immediately after the main SW-RTF® fi lter. This confi guration offers you a permanent quali-ty check of your fi ltration. The safety fi lter measures the pressure increase per time unit and detects any sudden, undesired increase in pressure – caused by a defective screen, for example. Any melt contaminants are removed again at once so they are not able to make their way into your end product.

Flakes from cooking oil bottles? No problem.If a high amount of the PET fl akes comes from cooking oil bottles this means much higher maintenance for PET recycling systems, which oftenraises the question of whether the processing is worthwhile. The VACUREMA® system offers an ideal solution here: the optional condensate separator enables you to process such cooking oil PET fl akes very effi ciently with minimum maintenance and maximum profi tability.

CLEAN MELTCLEAN PERFORMANCELARGE AREA ULTRAFINE FILTRATION

Bottles which are produced using rPET pellets from a VACUREMA® stand out through their fl awless appearance. The key to success here is: highly effi cient ultrafi ne fi ltration. Even if the material has been thoroughly washed, postconsumer PET fl akes contain approx. 20 ppm of aluminium and steel particles. In the case of a plant with output at 1,000 kg/h (24 tonnes/day) this already corresponds to 480 grams of aluminium and steel a day!

THE PROBLEM: if such impurities are not removed from the melt, surface defects may occur in the preforms and bottles which can lead to the end product bursting.

THE REQUIREMENTS: robust extrusion in combination with high-performance ultrafi ne fi ltration (e.g. 32 or 64 μm screen mesh size).

THE SOLUTION: VACUREMA® bottle-to-bottle systems are designed precisely for this, with the stable single-screw extrusion unit featuring the highly effi cient EREMA SW-RTF® fi lter.

The EREMA SW-RTF® fi lter is:

• Highly effective: the fi lter removes even the smallest of aluminium, steel and other particles from the melt.

• Material-friendly: thanks to large active fi lter areas the system ensures that stress on the polymer is minimised – a crucial measure to avoid black spots in the end product.

• Labour-saving: fully automatic fi ltration without production interruption thanks to self-cleaning through partial area backfl ushing.

• High performance: extremely low pressure losses despite very fi ne fi ltration, high fi ltration capacity and long fi lter service life.

The highly effi cient ultrafi ne fi ltration of the PET melt is one of the key strengths of VACUREMA® technology.

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IV 0.72

IV 0.80

IV 0.77

IV 0.74

WATER BOTTLES

TEA BOTTLES

CARBONATEDSOFT DRINKS

ETC.

Flexibility is the ability to adapt perfectly to changing conditions. Flexibility is: VACUREMA®. Because, unlike all other bottle-to-bottle systems, VACUREMA® turns widely varying input into a very stable output. And – when required – you can also change the output to another defi ned quality level with VACUREMA® technology. For example if you want to change from recycled pellets for water bottles to bottles for hot drinks.

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FIBRE APPLICATIONS

IV 0.66SHEET APPLICATIONS

IV 0.72

CARBONATED SOFT DRINK BOTTLES

HIGH IV BOTTLES*

IV 0.82

IV 0.84

WATER BOTTLES

IV 0.77

* Very durable bottles, especially for areas with particularly high air humidity

High input fl exibility

High outputfl exibility

Typical input material for bottle recycling systems varies considerably. This is because it consists of a wide variety of fl akes which also have different pro-perties. The wall thicknesses and IV values of water bottle fl akes are lower than those of carbonated soft drink bottles. Notable deviations are also possible with regard to moisture, for example when the fl akes come from different (external) material streams. Storage also has an effect on moisture, as a result of condensation in material silos, for example (especially in spring and autumn) or outdoor big bag storage areas.

Switch from rPET pellets for water bottles to those for carbonated soft drinks, tea or other beverages in no time.

The requirement profi le for a high-performance bottle recycling system, therefore, is as follows: it has to be able to balance out these fl uctuations of the input material and turn it into rPET pellets which fulfi l exacting quality criteria. Including maximum process stability.

VACUREMA® masters this requirement because the system has perfect control over the severe input material fl uctuations and can turn it into a very stable output. Thanks to the patented vacuum pretreatment at elevated temperature it achieves stable IV values despite varying moisture levels and different IV values in the input material.

FLAKESIBILITY BY VACUREMA®:

The intelligent VACUREMA® system makes use of a particular characteristic of the rPET fl akes: varying IV value growth rates with varying IV value levels and wall thicknesses.

PET fl akes with relatively thin wall thicknesses, such as water bottles for example, have a relatively low IV value (often around 0.74 dl/g) at the beginning of the process. However, the IV value increases relatively rapidly. The opposite is true of rPET fl akes with relatively thick walls, for example from bottles for carbonated soft drinks. These enter the process with a relatively high IV value (often around 0.78 dl/g) and the further growth of this fi gure is considerably slower than that of the thin fl akes. In the course of the residence time inside the vacuum reactor, the IV values which differ to begin with then move closer to each other until they fi nally reach the required, application-specifi c IV value (e.g. 0.82 dl/g). The further homogenisation subsequently takes place inside the extruder. This means that with the VACUREMA® system it is possible to raise fl ake mixtures with varying IV values in the input material to the desired IV level already prior to extrusion. For more effi ciency, productivity and fl exibility in PET processing.

OUTPUT QUALITY: Flexible and easy changeover

With the fl exible and versatile VACUREMA® technology it is particularlyeasy to change from one defi ned end product grade (in terms of the required IV value or colour, for example) to another. This is possible because the entire process from the PET fl ake to the decontaminated, food contact compliant rPET pellets takes place notably quickly and effi ciently.

The VACUREMA® system handles this task up to fi ve times faster than other bottle-to-bottle technologies which use SSP solutions, for example. Your benefi t: you save time, gain fl exibility and increase your productivity!

The right recipe for every application – thanks to the practical recipe management you can handle such product changeovers remarkably easily and quickly: simply press a button and you have all the saved process parameters of the new recycled pellets and can start with production.

OUTPUT FORM: Pellets or fl akesYou would like pellets as output? Or would you rather have fl akes? No problem. Because the choice is yours – with VACUREMA®, both are possible. All you have to do is simply change the operating state according to the current market request. This enables you to produce either high-quality, melt-fi ltrated rPET pellets (Operating mode 1) or food contact grade, predried and crystallised rPET fl akes (Operating mode 2) from your PET fl akes which were moist and contaminated to begin with.

How VACUREMA® balances out IV value differences in the input material

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VACUREMA® Prime Approved for direct food contact

100% rPET Pellets

Operating mode 1 Operating mode 2

100% rPET Flakes

FLEXIBILITY | 18-19

VACUREMA® rPET process

STANDARD rPET process

Crystallisation dryer 1 / 2 Vacuum reactor

Extrusion/pelletising

Extrusion/pelletising

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SUSTAINABLY BETTER.

Conserving resources. This central idea is one of the key driving forces behind recycling in general and, of course, also for the bottle-to-bottle loop in particular. This is because both the environment and the public benefi t equally when waste is avoided and used PET bottles are transformed into new ones.

Conserving resources. This also has to be a guiding principle for the technical process of the bottle-to-bottle recycling itself. Because if you bear in mind that electrical energy accounts for 38 per cent of the costs in this area, those technologies which address this specifi c issue have a clear edge.

Conserving resources.VACUREMA® technology fulfi ls this requirement in every respect. Thanks to its basic principle of "decontamination before extrusion" and a series of additional ecological measures, it is programmed through and through for energy effi ciency and saving both water and space.

SAVE ENERGY

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SUSTAINABILITY | 20-21

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SAVE WATER SAVE COSTS

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ENERGY SAVINGCHAMPIONSaving energy means saving costs.High performance yet still highly energy effi cient. This is the challenging performance profi le of modern bottle-to-bottle recycling systems. VACUREMA® systems master this challenge to perfection and in doing so set the standard for energy effi ciency in the marketplace. Not only the environment but also you benefi t. Because if you reduce energy consumption, you likewise reduce production costs considerably. Hour after hour.

The basis for energy effi ciency: decontamination before extrusionThe basic VACUREMA® principle means dramatic savings in the energyconsumption of the entire process. Because, unlike conventional solutions which require hours of energy-intensive residence time in the SSP for decontamination and IV increase, VACUREMA® handles these tasks in a very energy-saving way already prior to extrusion. The result: the total energy consumption of the VACUREMA® system is considerably lower.

No additional predrying necessary Thanks to the multi-functionality of the vacuum reactors, the PET input material is not only decontaminated, homogenised, compacted, buffered and dosed inside them, it is also automatically heated and predried. The benefi t: additional predrying is not necessary. Materials with an input moisture of up to 1% can be processed as standard (up to1.5% with special option).

Needs less. Gives you more. ecoSAVE®

VACUREMA® systems conserve your resources: thanks to ecoSAVE® technology with up to a 12% less energy consumption, reduced CO2 emissions and lower production costs. Standard with every system, ecoSAVE® is a complete package of design and process engineering measures which increase energy effi ciency.High-quality, energy-saving components such as high-performance motors, for example, and very robust insulation material in the pelletising section are used especially for this purpose.

VACUREMA® saves waterThe optional utility-free vacuum pump requires no water to create the vacuum. You save not only operating but also maintenance costs. Com-pared to other pump systems, you can achieve considerable cost benefi ts after just one year.

Pelletising system with crystallisationImmediately after pelletising the surface moisture is removed in the centrifuge. The amorphous pellets are crystallised in the crystallisation unit using the residual core energy and without needing any external energy.

Only 0.295 kWh/kg – this is how low the specifi c total energy consumption of the VACUREMA® Prime bottle-to-bottle system is. This outstanding fi gure regarding energy effi ciency was achieved in impres-sive style by the EREMA system in an independent comparison* with eight other PET processing lines. Besides VACUREMA® only one other supplier managed to be below the magic threshold of 0.30 kWh/kg. VACUREMA®. Saving energy the intelligent way. The comparison shows you are safe and sound.

* Source: SKZ – Das Kunststoff-Zentrum, specifi c total energy consumption of 0,29 kWh/kg measured without material conveyance and without cooling.

TOP POSITION FOR VACUREMA® Green light for everything thanks to top energy effi ciency!

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VACUREMA® rPET Process

A clear energy benefi t for VACUREMA®: Shorter process, remarkably less energy consumption

The total area is a fi gure for both energy consumption and the required structural plant volume (= investment).

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Stable, high performance, energy saving and reliable. There are many reasons why you should count on VACUREMA®. And thereare many companies which count on VACUREMA® day after day. Together, these companies process more than 1.2 million tonnes of PET to make rPET every year in the segments bottle-to-bottle, inline application and pelletising. The majority of them produce rPET for direct food contact. In Europe the VACUREMA® market share is 30% whereas in the USA it is already 50%. In global terms, therefore, VACUREMA® is the mostproven technology in the production of direct food contact grade rPET.

Remote maintenance and data traceability

The practical remote maintenance tool is an additional reliability bonus. This means that should it be required, support from EREMA experts is available fast and if you wish, they can connect to your system from Austria and assist you in remedying any trouble.

Thanks to extensive archiving software you are also in safe hands with regard to the traceability of valuable production data – an important feature in order to document your quality reliably. And, with the new remote diagnosis tool, you can also call up analyses and data evaluations extremely conveniently online at any time.

VACUREMA®. A technology you can rely on.

1,200,000tonnes rPETworldwide

We decided in favour of VACUREMA® technology because the system is known in Brazil for its operational reliability and there are already numerous EREMA reference systems here which fulfi l the stringent criteria of the ANVISA Agency for National Health Surveillance in Brazil.

Amauri dos Santos, General Manager of M&G Fibras in Brazil:

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technical dataACUREMA®

Systems available Capacity

VACUREMA® Prime 1310 T 500 kg/h - 600 kg/h

VACUREMA® Prime 1512 T 700 kg/h - 900 kg/h

VACUREMA® Prime 1714 T 850 kg/h - 1200 kg/h

VACUREMA® Prime 1716 T 1350 kg/h - 1450 kg/h

VACUREMA® Prime 2018 T 1650 kg/h - 1900 kg/h

VACUREMA® Prime 2021 T 2000 kg/h - 2200 kg/h

VACUREMA® Prime 2321 T 2300 kg/h - 2600 kg/h

VACUREMA® Prime 2625 T 3000 kg/h - 3300 kg/h

VACUREMA® Prime 2628 T 3500 kg/h - 4000 kg/h

IV

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0.84

0.86

0.88

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0.72

0.70

0.68

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1050 1350 1650 1950

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0.76

0.84

0.81

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IV Pellet VACUREMA® Prime

IV Input Flake

IV values attainable in repellets – variable according to chosen throughput

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More questions? We would be pleased to answer them! Your EREMA advisor will be pleased to attend to your request personally and quickly. If you are interested in a demonstration or a test run with your specifi c material it would be a pleasure for us to make an appointment and welcome you to our EREMA Customer Centre at the head-quarters in Ansfelden, near Linz in Austria.

We look forward to seeing you at EREMA!

Headquarters & Production FacilitiesEREMA Engineering Recycling Maschinen und Anlagen Ges.m.b.H.Unterfeldstraße 3 / A-4052 Ansfelden / AustriaPhone: +43 (0)732/31 90-0 / Fax: -23erema@erema.at / www.erema.com

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