Regranulation for greener productivity

At the recent ITMA textile machinery show in Barcelona, Spain, Austria-headquartered Starlinger was promoting its recycling equipment for fibre and spunmelt nonwoven production scrap.

Primary polymer resin is a considerable cost factor in these production processes, and although zero scrap in production is the goal, it is never entirely possible. Consequently, the recycling of production scrap can considerably contribute to competitiveness.

At the same time, environmental consciousness and resource conservation call for recycling, but quality requirements in the industry are very high. The challenge, says Starlinger, is to provide equipment capable of handling a variety of in-house production scrap materials with different characteristics, while ensuring that the regranulate – even in a high proportion – does not negatively influence the production process.