ZS-B Megafeed Recycling lightweight, high-volume fiber and flake materials can be a difficult task, with low throughputs; in some cases, materials offer such low returns that they are considered not worth the effort of recycling. The latest feeder from Coperion addresses these problems.
What’s new? A new version of Coperion’s ZS-B side feeder, the ZS-B Megafeed. This new feeder can reliably feed much larger quantities of these lightweight materials into Coperion’s ZSK twin-screw extruders.
Benefits More efficient production, and the ability to process material previously not considered recyclable. For mechanical upcycling processes, flakes and fibers can be fed directly from the ZS-B Megafeed into a ZSK extruder, eliminating steps such as compacting, melting and agglomerating, which lowers investment and energy costs. Using the example of a ZSK 58 MC18 extruder, the company said a ZS-B Megafeed feeder is able to boost recycling throughputs of PA fibers from 154 pounds per hour to 2,204 pounds per hour. The ZS-B Megafeed can be retrofitted to existing Coperion extruders, greatly increasing their throughput rates.
Coperion K-Tron Salina Inc., Salina, Kan., 785-825-1611, www.coperion.com
Vital Statistics
| Traditional throughput (pounds per hour) | With ZS-B MEGAfeed (pounds per hour) | |
| PA fibers | 154 | 2,204 |
| Carbon fiber materials | 110 | 1,543 |
| Multilayer film flake | 176 | 2,866 |
