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610-356-3000 • Plastrac.com The perfect blend. Every time. On the fly Color Changes. PDQ. There are a lot of features that distinguish a Plastrac blender, but none greater than the ability to change colors as often and as quickly as customer orders demand it. The secret is our patented level-sensing vane switch (standard on every single blender). Harried processors can hurry up color changes by swapping top castings without any need for cable removal. Canadian Water Bottler Gets More Than Expected From New PET Recycling Line Canadian water bottler Ice River Springs in Feversham, Ont. (iceriversprings.com), recently installed a second PET bottle-to-bottle recycling line, which is reportedly exceeding performance expectations. Like the first line installed in 2010, the new line is a recoSTAR PET iV+ system from Starlinger of Austria (U.S. office is American Starlinger-Sahm, Fountain Inn, S.C.; starlingersahm.com). It recycles pre-washed PET bottle flake from curbside collection in Canada and has a capacity of 1900 kg/hr (4180 lb/hr). For melt filtration, the line is equipped with a Nordson BKG Flex Disc filter cartridge from Nordson Xaloy, New Castle, Pa. (nordsonpolymerprocessing.com). With this device, production output reportedly is even higher than was guaranteed in the acceptance protocol. Also, the purge rate has been reduced by 40%, and the melt loss due to backflushing is below the minimum values. "With the Nordson Flex Disc filter integrated into our PET recycling system, the melt loss that accumulates during backflush- ing in the course of filter cleaning is down to 1.4% to 1.7% , a lot lower than normal in PET bottle-to- bottle recycling," says Paul Niedl, head of sales at Starlinger recycling technology. "The filter works very efficiently; even when processing materials with high contamination that cannot be recycled on other lines, the backflushing melt loss increases to no more than 2%." Engel Bundles Its MES Expertise Into T.I.G. With the integration of Austrian software developer T.I.G. into the Engel group of companies last year, T.I.G. is now the sole producer of MES solutions within the Engel group (U.S. office in York, Pa.). Engel will no longer supply its own "e-factory" MES system—which was developed with T.I.G. Instead, Engel will rely on the "authentig" MES software suite from T.I.G. to provide "an indepen- dent, neutral interface solution," according to T.I.G. For e-factory users, this means only the product name will change, while the functionality and operating logic remain the same. Engel contacts in sales and customer service also will not change. T.I.G. and Engel together have over 8000 networked injection molding machines, and seven of the world's 10 largest automotive compo- nent suppliers are T.I.G. customers. 717-764-6818 • engelglobal.com 12 JULY 2017 Plastics Technology PTonline.com T E C H N O L O G Y A N D I N D U S T R Y N E W S St ar t ing Up

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