How many times do you think we can recycle PC/ABS and re-use it in a closed-loop production? If we tell you that you could do it over 10 times easily, you most probably think that there is no way as regrind material is always mixed with virgin (25/75 or 30/70) and never alone and can't be recycled more than once or twice. So pls check below what we have been able to achieve during 5 days production Fakuma Messe 2023. All we needed is one 25kg bag of PC/ABS to work the full 5 days. After the virgin was used (few hours) we kept on recycling every single part to keep on production going so that after the first day, all parts were made with 100% in-line recycled material. After 5 days of non-stop production and continuous recycling, the piano black finish was the same as the first part made with 100% virgin material. Back from the laboratory test...no part has any performance issue. To our knowledge this is the first time this has been ever done. We gathered all the knowledge Matsui has acquired since 1912 to make it possible. You want to incorporate recycle material, just let us know and we make it possible for you. The trick is that every step matters : MHTBV (material handling / thermal balance / ventilation).
At Fakuma Messe 2023, we demonstrated that sustainable molding is not only achievable but can be done in a practical way without overhauling your existing setup. We even recycled PC-ABS material over 10x in the course of 5 days. The key to achieving this is in minimising stress to the mechanical properties of the material by ~ Preventing over drying of resin ~ Avoiding breakage of resin molecular chain ~ Reducing heat stress to resin at every step of the recycling process Check out our video from the demo and discuss with us on how to make your molding sustainable. #sustainable #molding #plasticsindustry #factor4 #greeneconomy #recycling