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ACTION INTERNATIONAL INC inc - /ink/ increment, i.e. increase by one. Especially used by assembly programmers, as many assembly languages have an "inc" mnemonic.

Antonym: dec.
.

Supplies a wide range of Plasmac recycling extruders for pelletizing Pelletizing or pelletising is the process of compressed or molding of product into the shape of a pellet. A large range of different products are pelletized including chemicals, iron ore, animal compound feed, and more.  PE, PU, PP, PS and other thermoplastic films, bottles, and woven/nonwovens.

Cleaning and separation (density) machines from Bird for plastic film, fibers, chips, etc. with minimum space need little attention.

AEC AEC US Atomic Energy Commission

Noun 1. AEC - a former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States
Atomic Energy Commission
, INC.

Specializes in inline direct-recycle film-scrap reclaim systems, repelletizing systems, and gravimetric blending systems.

AMERICAN EXTRUSION SERVICES INC.

Builds dual-diameter reclaim extruders from 6/3.5 to 12/8 in. Also offers crammer feeders.

AMERICAN KUHNE CORP.

Complete recycling systems from Kuhne Anlagenbau GmbH sort, wash, filter, and extrude extrude /ex·trude/ (ek-strldbomacd´)
1. to force out, or to occupy a position distal to that normally occupied.

2. in dentistry, to occupy a position occlusal to that normally occupied.
 100% recycled film or sheet in a one-step process.

ARTEC MASCHINEN GMBH

See Carol Mac Corp.

LUIGI BANDERA SRL 1. SRL - Bharat Jayaraman.

["Towards a Broader Basis for Logic Programming", B. Jayaraman, TR CS Dept, SUNY Buffalo, 1990].
2. SRL - Schema Representation language.
3. SRL - Structured Robot Language.

C. Blume & W. Jacob, U Karlsruhe.
 

See Vistar Machinery International Inc.

BARRON INC.

Complete inline film and sheet edge-trim recycling systems, including take-away inducers or cutter-blowers, grinders and extruder-mounted fluff refeed machines. Options available for re-introduction of roll and loose scrap. Refeed rates to 1200 lb/hr on extruders from 2.5- to 8-in. diam. Refeed machines can be mounted on extruder throat including round, square or oblong feedthroats.

Inline film-trim repelletizing systems including dual-diam. extruder/pelletizer for extrusion applications that require uniform, high-bulk-density repro re·pro  
n. pl. re·pros Informal
1. A reproduction proof.

2. A copy or duplicate; a reproduction.
 or are reclaiming high percentages of scrap. Operable operable /op·er·a·ble/ (op´er-ah-b'l) subject to being operated upon with a reasonable degree of safety; appropriate for surgical removal.

op·er·a·ble
adj.
 with materials such as LDPE LDPE
abbr.
low-density polyethylene
, HDPE HDPE
abbr.
high-density polyethylene
, PP, PS, ABS and coextruded blends at rates to 500 lb/hr. Scrap can be re-introduced accurately via gravimetric blenders. Other features include air- or water-cooled pelletizing, modular design with small footprint, and low noise level.

Plant scrap repelletizing systems for post-industrial scrap recovers costly roll scrap, cut-outs and other waste and reduces size of scrap to manageable inventory. Provides granules Granules
Small packets of reactive chemicals stored within cells.

Mentioned in: Allergic Rhinitis, Allergies
 with minimum polymer degradation and no contaminants. Allows scrap to be accurately re-introduced into primary process with gravimetric blender. Can repelletize films with print levels up to 25%. Output rates to 1500 lb/hr.

BARTEX RECYCLING

Lines from Sikoplast GmbH are custom built for most plastics. Use proprietary grinding and drying technology and a conical single-crew extruder connected to a polycondensation reactor, which upgrades PET's I.V. from 0.66 to 0.80. Also systems for recycling scrap into blown film, pipe, or profile.

CAROL MAC CORP.

Recycling equipment for PP, PE, PET, nylon 6 and 66, BOPP, and HPS See Seer*HPS.  comes from Artec Maschinenbau of Austria. Includes cutter-compactors, single-screw recycling extruders, screen changers, and water-ring and strand pelletizers.

CARTER DAY INTERNATIONAL INC.

Drying, agglomerating, dewatering Dewatering (dē′wöd·ər·iŋ) is the removal of water from solid material or soil by wet classification, centrifugation, filtration, or similar solid-liquid separation processes. , sizing, and dedusting equipment for plastics recycling.

COMMON SENSE SOLUTIONS INC.

Turnkey systems from Sorema SpA of Italy recycle PE, PP, PS, ABS, nylon, PVC PVC: see polyvinyl chloride.
PVC
 in full polyvinyl chloride

Synthetic resin, an organic polymer made by treating vinyl chloride monomers with a peroxide.
 and PET at 550 to 10,000 lb/hr. Proprietary washing, separation, and rinsing cycles use hot and cold water. Washing systems separate contaminants such as incompatible plastics, paper, wood, natural fibers, ferrous and nonferrous metals, organics, silica, clay, and grease.

Special direct-feed extruders have automatic force-feed hoppers, feed bushings, specially designed screws, degassing degassing
(dēgas´ing),
adj related to degasification, the process by which dissolved gas is removed from water or other liquid solutions.
 systems, and automatic screen changers with pressure control.

COSTARELLI USA INC.

Complete plastics recycling system includes washing, separation, and extrusion equipment to make sewer pipe from post-consumer HDPE.

CRESSWOOD RECYCLING SYSTEMS DIV. OF DUN-RITE TOOL & MACHINE CO.

HF-6850 hopper-fed grinder features a 50-in. rotor length, a large hopper opening and an expanded cutting chamber dimension to accommodate and process heavy purgings, reject part, spent distribution packaging, sheet, bulky scrap, film, dense end trims and pipe/profile. Suitable for size reduction or for producing finished regrind to a predetermined pre·de·ter·mine  
v. pre·de·ter·mined, pre·de·ter·min·ing, pre·de·ter·mines

v.tr.
1. To determine, decide, or establish in advance:
 particle size. Throughput capacity can be optimized with a choice of cutters, cutter placement and the selection of one of five standard rotor designs.

CUMBERLAND ENGINEERING CORP.

Complete recycling systems for post-consumer PE film and PET or HDPE bottles. Produce clean flake or pellets at 1000 to 3000 lb/hr. Include bale breakers, granulators, materials handling, and prewash, hot-wash and hydrocyclone separation systems. Also complete extrusion, polymer filtration, and pelletizing systems (strand or water-ring), plus system-wide control packages.

EREMA NORTH AMERICA INC. PLASTIC RECYCLING SYSTEMS

Complete repelletizing systems and continuous densifers for in-house, post-industrial or post-consumer plastics recycling. Patented "warm-feed" system predensifies, size reduces and prewarms scrap before it enters the extruder. This minimizes heat history, resulting in low-material degradation. Recycling systems include automatic back-flushing screen changers or continuous "laser" filter systems, depending on the type and amount of contamination in the scrap.

Systems available for PE, PP, PA, PET and most other thermoplastics at rates from 50 to 5000 lb/hr.

EUROHANSA INC.

Supplies complete post-consumer recycling systems with automatic sortation Identifying objects that are stamped with a bar code and routing them to the appropriate destination. Sortation is typically a high-speed process used in the transportation industry by companies such as Federal Express, UPS and others. See sort and bar code. , granulating, washing and drying.

GALA INDUSTRIES, INC.

Recycle systems include equipment to wash, rinse and dry recycle materials removing dirt, loose paper, and chemical solutions. Rates from 10 to 5000 lb/hr. Centrifugal dryers process up to 150,000 lb/hr of material. Underwater pelletizers also available to pelletize reclaimed thermoplastic materials.

HAFNER INDUSTRIES, INC.

Proprietary chemical technologies treat and reclaim waste plastic mixtures. Most systems are closed-loop and handle two or more plastics such as HDPE, PVC, PET, PP, PUR, and PS, with or without water, oils, paper, metal, and glass. Systems produce plastics comparable to their virgin counterparts. Offers to license its technology or to form joint ventures.

HERBOLD MECKESHEIM GMBH

See Resource Recycling Systems Inc.

HOSOKAWA POLYMER SYSTEMS

Systems for post-consumer recycling include shredders, granulators, conveyors, and evacuation systems with fines classification.

ITALIAN TRADE COMMISSION

Information on Italian-built systems for scrap reclaiming and reprocessing Reprocessing may refer to:
  • Nuclear reprocessing
  • Recycling
.

KEY TECHNOLOGY

Designs/manufacturers machine vision systems capable of separating plastics by resin and color. Installations include flake sorters for separating colored and clear PET, caps from NHDPE milk jugs, and mixed color HDPE color into individual color streams. Whole bottle sorting systems can create high-purity streams of clear PET, green PET, NHDPE, HDPE, and PVC from mixed streams. Flake sorters can exceed throughputs of 10,000 lb/hr with better than 98% removal efficiency and less than 1% good product loss. Bottle sorters can handle up to 12,000 lb/hr with similar efficiencies.

M.A. INDUSTRIES, INC. POLYMERS DIV.

Complete systems for post-consumer PET and HDPE containers in capacities from 1000 to 3000 lb/hr. Components can be sold individually: granulators, bale breakers, spin dryers, trommels, air conveying/ classification systems, float/sink classifiers, PET crystallizers, rotary hot-air dryers, and flake washers.

MERRITT DAVIS Davis, city (1990 pop. 46,209), Yolo co., central Calif.; settled in the 1850s, inc. 1917. It is an education center with light industry; machinery, processed foods, and computer equipment are produced. The extensive Univ.  CORP.

Polycycle recycling system for bales, rolls, slabs, gaylords and purgings allows one-step size reduction without a granulator. New shredder design feeds a single-screw extruder, screenchanger and pelletizer. System is complete from infeed conveyor to size reduction unit, metal detection and sorting, holding capabilities and automated feed to extruder. Special oversize o·ver·size  
n.
1. A size that is larger than usual.

2. An oversize article or object.

adj. o·ver·size also o·ver·sized
Larger in size than usual or necessary.

Adj. 1.
 design feed-throat with ram stuffer for light bulk density materials. Extremely high rate production units for PE, PP, PET and all fibers. Excellent with chipped and powdered reclaim processes. Extruder can be 3- to 10-in. diam., up to 2000 hp, with 36:1 L/D L/D Labor and Delivery
L/D Lethal Dose
L/D Lift/Drag (ratio)
L/D Low Dynamic
L/D Limiter/Discriminator
L/D Loading / Discharging Rate (shipping) 
 standard and optional L/D sizes, venting, demisters, side-arm additive extruders or feedthroat additive components Systems can be tailored for throughputs from 400 to 10,000 lb/hr.

MSS INC

Alladin and BottleSort systems for comingled post-consumer plastic containers use optical color and near-infraredsensors to segregate whole bottles of any resin and/or color: PET, HDPE, PVC, PP, PS, etc.

Sapphire system for mixed household trash uses near-infrared sensor to separate plastics, drinking cartons, and/or paper items from a mixed stream of residential waste.

Elpac system removes metallic contaminants from chooped plastics or aluminum cans from a mixed stream of recyclables. Removal efficiency is over 98% with less than 1% product loss.

Vydar system detects PVC particles in PET flake down to a size of 3 mm. Removal efficiency is over 95%.

NEW HERBOLD INC.

Turnkey systems for recyling PE film and PE, PET, or PVC bottles. Washing systems treat soiled, mixed waste. Hydrocyclone system separates by density. Can be added to existing Herbold recycling lines.

NEXT GENERATION RECYCLING MASCHINEN GMBH

Offers integrated shredder and extruder to reclaim plastic waste without precutting. Small sizes can process edge trim; larger models process purgings.

OMP OMP

orotidine 5' monophosphate.


OMP decarboxylase
enzyme catalyzing the synthesis of uridine monophosphate, the first pyrimidine nucleotide essential for RNA structure.
 PREALPINA

See Vistar Machinery International Inc.

PLASTICS EQUIPMENT MARKETING SERVICES INC.

Scrap-reclaim systems for film, fiber regrinds, and powders, from washing and grinding to finished pellets.

PTI/PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

PTi Trident series IWS See iPlanet Web Server.  intensive wash system available for washing and recycling post-industrial and post-consumer materials. Systems available from bale breakers through materials-handling and silage silage (sī`lĭj) or ensilage (ĕn`səlĭj), succulent, moist feed made by storing a green crop in a silo. The crop most used for silage is corn; others are sorghum, sunflowers, legumes, and grass.  systems. May include primary size reduction, air classification and aspiration, intensive washing, float separation and/or hydrocyclone, flake drying, water treatment and solids removal, materials-handling and conveying, storage silos, and custom control systems.

RESOURCE RECYCLING SYSTEMS INC. SUB. OF HERBOLD MEEKESHEIM GMBH

Complete post-consumer recycling systems include bale breakers, material handling, granulators, pulverizers, agglomerators, washers, float-sink separators, and dryers.

SOREMA SPA

See Common Sense Solutions Inc.

STARLINGER & CO. GMBH

Offers new Recostar Universal Recycling Line, which combines a shredder, agglomerator ag·glom·er·ate  
tr. & intr.v. ag·glom·er·at·ed, ag·glom·er·at·ing, ag·glom·er·ates
To form or collect into a rounded mass.

adj.
Gathered into a rounded mass.

n.
1.
 and extruder to recycle low-bulk-density materials. Recostar has crammer to prevent bridging, high-vacuum venting and back-flushing screen changer. Also offers recycling extrusion lines for carpet backing, ropes, twine twine: see cordage.  and sack reclaim.

STERLING SYSTEMS DIV. OF STERLING BLOWER CO.

Systems for reclaiming post-industrial materials such as PET, HDPE and PVC bottles, carpet scrap, cable chop, tires, and auto scrap, Handle up to 10,000 lb/hr.

VISTAR MACHINERY INTERNATIONAL INC.

Offers corotating twin-screw extruders to recycle PET without drying or crystallizing from Luigi Bandera of Italy. Also offers from OMP Prealpina complete washing plants with granulating, float/sink and centrifuge centrifuge (sĕn`trəfyj), device using centrifugal force to separate two or more substances of different density, e.g., two liquids or a liquid and a solid.  separation, washing tanks, dryers, and single- and twin-screw extruders.
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