XTREME RENEW

A unique solution for the production of recycled food grade PET preforms starting from 100% FLAKES

The first circular system in the world that produces preforms and bottles while saving the environment, energy and money.
SIPA teams up with EREMA to present XTREME RENEW, the first technology in the world to PRODUCE PREFORMS FROM 100% R-PET WASHED FLAKES IN A SINGLE ENERGY CYCLE. An environment-saving and cost reducing technology, this revolutionary “bottle-to-bottle” system was designed for the circular economy: XTREME RENEW uses fewer raw material (-8%), saves more energy (-30%), has a low TCO (-15%) and reduces logistic cost (-20%) compared to any other technology.
 

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Production of PREFORMS containing up to 100% rPET from simply washed flake to food-grade PET with virgin-like quality
  • Major process simplification
  • Safe and approved process (FDA, Efsa, Invima, Anvisa, …)
  • Top preform quality: IV stability, top colour values, clear preforms, food-contact compliant
  • Sustainable process, from waste to resources
  • Up to 15% lower TCO vs. traditional recycling concept
  • Major energy savings (30%) vs. traditional recycling concept
  • Up to 20% reduction in logistics/warehouse vs. traditional recycling concept
XTREME RENEW Circular Economy in action
XTREME RENEW CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN ACTION

Imagine a new era in PET recycling. We made it happen.

XTREME RENEW on CNN
XTREME RENEW ON CNN

CNN channel shows how the Circular Economy works in Japan, and how SIPA Xtreme Renew technology provides the answer to plastics recycling.

XTREME RENEW
XTREME RENEW

The first circular system in the world that produces preforms and bottles while saving the environment, energy and money.

Process steps: main features & benefits


DECONTAMINATION
  • One of the key benefits of the patented VACUREMA® technology from EREMA is that decontamination and the removal of moisture already takes place BEFORE the extrusion.
  • This is a clear bonus for the quality of the melt and, as a result, of the end product. Because you receive a very IV-stable product with top mechanical properties.
  • The key components of the system include a vacuum reactor which is connected directly to a single-screw extruder. Thanks to the ingenious function of the mixers in the vacuum reactor they feature three ultra-efficient function zones which interact perfectly with each other to decontaminate and predry the PET material.

EXTRUSION
  • With very low residual moisture the clean, perfectly prepared PET material enters the intake zone of the extruder.
  • This material transfer takes place under high vacuum. As a result, no additional degassing ports are required on the extruder.
  • This means that VACUREMA® technology drastically reduces the length of the extruder, lowers its energy consumption, improves the colour values (b value) of the processed material and keeps AA values to a very low level.
  • Moreover, the strong homogenisation performance of the extruder plays a significant part in turning the different input IV values into a stable output IV value.

FILTRATION
  • In the downstream large-area high-performance fine filter, the material is filtered with a mesh screen width of 25 – 62 µm (typically with 40 µm, depending on the end application: CSD, water, etc.)
  • The filter system is equipped with a patented fully automatic self-cleaning system that enables long filter service life.
  • The melt is now ready and can be transferred directly to the downstream unit.


ROTARY INJECTION-COMPRESSION PREFORM MOLDING
Rotary molding wheel:
  • Modular design of the wheel and of the press module
  • Max 6 ton for each press module with pneumatic driven cylinder : 3 cavity for each press module
  • Max press stroke 330 mm
  • Reduced cavity tonnage for reduced mold wear (max 2 ton)
  • Mold safety: intrinsic protection; each mold can be remain open
  • Easy maintenance: each module press can be fast removed (20 minutes per station)
  • The use of single cavity dosimeter allows the simultaneous production of 2 different preforms
  • Preforms exit aligned, so can be sorted in different bins


PREFORMS POST-MOLD COOLING
  • Cooling with cold air at high speed on external and internal preform surface
  • No change over needed: self adapted grippers
  • Cooling time = 6 cycle time
  • Spiral chain equipped with high efficiency bearing: no maintenance needed
  • 4 possible releasing points
  • Rejection point driven by quality camera checking (optional)


Materials


  • R-PET flakes

APPLICATIONS

XTREME RENEW produce a wide range of light weighted food-grade preforms with up to 100% r-PET starting from simply washed flakes for a wide range of applications: mineral water, juices, RTD tea, milk


CAVITATION FLAKES MAX MECHANICAL OUTPUT (P/HOUR) MINIMUM PREFORM BASE THICKNESS (mm) MAXIMUM PREFORM WEIGHT (g) MAXIMUM PREFORM LENGHT (mm)
96 100% 70,000 0.95 60 150
72 100% 57,600 0.95 60 150