Under its trade fair motto „Creating Change Together“, Kautex Maschinenbau GmbH, manufacturer of extrusion blow moulding machines, will be demonstrating a closed plastics cycle in cooperation with the Brazilian plastics group Braskem and the plastics recycler Erema.
At the stand of the Bonn-based company Kautex visitors can experience the sustainable Production of a three-layer bottle with PCR content on an all-electric KBB60 blow moulding machine in live operation. The extrusion blow moulding machine used is equipped with new heads to achieve a faster colour and material change and at the same time eliminate the time-consuming rinsing and cleaning as well as the Minimise material shrinkage.
The bottle produced has a Foamed centre layer made of polyethylene and PCR, the proportion of raw materials could be reduced and, as a result, the CO2 footprint reduced become. Further development in the use of recycled material plays an important role. The raw material for the Braskem material comes from sugar cane, the PCR material from material that has already been recycled. Thanks to the partnership with Erema, the cycle is closed at the trade fair: The bottles produced at Kautex from Braskem material are collected by Erema and then sent to Erema in the „Circonomic Centre“ - outdoor area between Halls 11 and 15 - for recycling. Every step in the recycling process will be demonstrated.
In addition, the Kautex Service Point Digital solutions for the service sector presented. Customers can use the new Augmented Service quickly locate problems on the machine with service technicians. This means that teams of experts from all over the world can be virtually connected directly to the machine. A new online portal for spare parts procurement has been set up. Customers can use „Kautex Spare Parts“ to identify the required spare parts online and find out availability and prices directly.
[infotext icon] Shuttle service for factory tourDuring the trade fair, Kautex will be organising factory tours in Bonn. Shuttle service ready. In the Kautex technical centre, various bottles made from PCR materials from different manufacturers will be on display, which have been tested as part of longer trials with PCR processing. A process will also be presented in which the Barrier layer through plasma coating of hollow body inner layers is achieved. This means that the mandatory CoEx procedure can be dispensed with.
[/infotext]Kautex at the K 2019: Hall 14, Stand A16/18
