Melt Filters For Recycled Material

Recycling-Anlagen GmbH

Environmentally friendly recycling of plastics: Pure recycled material of premium quality, obtained in a continuous production process.

A Burning Issue: Plastics Recycling

Plastics have become an indispensable part of everyday life. With their almost endless variety and excellent properties, plastics have attained a firm position amongst available materials. In view of the constant increase in world plastics consumption and the resulting disposal problems as well as the growing scarcity of raw material resources, recycling is continually gaining in significance. In order to meet rising demands with regard to the quality of recycled material and economical production, manufacturers of plastics processing machines are called upon to provide innovative technology.

In this context, filtration of the plastic melt obtained at the end of a long recycling process is especially important.

BritAS has set itself precisely that task. The success of our company is based on practical experience, processing know-how and extensive expertise in mechanical engineering.

Lucian Britchi

Our Concept: All-Round Competence

he engineering department is the heart of BritAS GmbH. This is where the synthesis takes place between practical

I Highly qualified staff with new ideas and

a sense of responsibility concentrating on further development and product care. They give our customers the certainty of having found a reliable partner who provides support on a long-term basis.

experience and technical know-how in state-of-the-art plastics processing.

I The result is high-quality automatic screen

changers for use in recycling which have stood the test of time.

I Our customers wishes are put into

practice rapidly and flexibly from construction right up to after-sales service.
A flexible, modern engineering department, smooth communication, rapid and precise

I The success of a company depends

on the ability to see the world through the customers eyes this slogan is characteristic in all aspects of BritAS company philosophy and is rewarded by long-term customer satisfaction.

fulfilment of customers wishes these are the hallmarks of a reliable partner.

Mechanical engineering in the best, most uncompromising tradition: skilled employees produce the high-quality individual components and assemble the screen changer. Our production capacity and technical service staff provide security and after-sales service to the highest standards.

The switch cabinet is equipped with branded products of proven quality as standard.

A Unique Successful Principle

n order to ensure economic and efficient filtering of highly contaminated plastic melt, screen changers from the BritAS

I This ensures that the extruder positioned

upstream can operate continuously at full capacity.

SK range work according to a special technical principle:

I In extreme cases, complete screen

changing can be performed every 2 minutes.

I At each filter change, fresh screen cloth is

automatically introduced into the filter zone.

~120 sec.

The accumulator piston moves upwards at an individually adjustable speed, thereby dosing the amount of material taken up during screen changing. Screen changing is completed once the accumulator piston has reached its uppermost position.

~18 sec.

The valve opens and lets the melt into the filter zone.

The melt coming from the extruder is continuously fed through the screen. Fully automatic screen changing is initiated when the maximum pressure, which can be individually adjusted, is reached in front of the screen.

The valve closes, depressurising the area in front of the screen. The plastic melt moves the accumulator piston upwards, thus increasing the volume of the unit. At the same time, the seals open, releasing the screen belt.

The screen belt is moved along by the driven conveyor rolls until clean screen cloth enters the filter zone.

The seals close the screen belt is fixed and sealed once again.

A Perfect Example: Automatic Screen Changers Type SK 230 And SK 180

and are almost impossible to remove. The SK range provides the full filter area available after each screen change, thus ensuring that the unit remains highly automatic whilst efficiently removing even high degrees of soiling. All this is done without the heavy material losses usually encountered in practice, since only the plastic adhering to the screen band is evacuated
The compact screen changer can be fitted onto all conventional extruders and granulators.

together with the contaminants.

I The rectangular shape of the filter area

(230 x 250 mm in the SK 230) means the screen belt is put to optimum use.

he BritAS screen changer is particularly impressive when it comes to recycling plastics. This is where economy and

constant product quality are most essential.

I The SK range is employed for plastic

melts with average to high levels of contamination, for recycling secondary plastics. The use of fresh screen cloth for each filter cycle combines the advantages of a conventional filter system with those of an automatic unit.

I Owing to the type of contamination

encountered during recycling, e.g. aluminium, paper, fibres, wood, etc., the filter medium can only be cleaned to a limited extent. Many of the particles bite into the cloth or the bore

I The special substructure of the screen

means that it offers approx. 70 % more filter area than traditional systems such as punched-plate screens.

individual adjustment of the parameters. This means smooth and fully automatic screen changing.

Improved quality regranulate Increased + throughput No melt + losses No operating staff + required

I With the optionally available computer, I The complete filter area can be renewed
within seconds. This possibility, together with the extremely low drag of the system, guarantee a constant are processed. all relevant data can be registered and visualised. Our technical service can log into the unit

high throughput ,

online, via modem, and diagnose failures

in a flash.

even when highly contaminated batches

I The highest degree of precision and the I The unit operates quite independently,
extremely wear-resistant materials ensure the long

without personnel . Manpower is only

required for about 10 minutes once a day to replace the screen magazine, containing approx. 50 metres of screen belt. There is no need to interrupt the production flow during replacement.

life and leakage-free sealing of

= Higher yield

the system.

I Band heaters and heated plates provide

rapid and homogenous heating of the screen changer. The individual heating sections are adjusted to maintain the unit at operating temperature, with low energy consumption according to the present state-of-the-art system.

I The screen belt consists of inexpensive

roll material (single-layer braided wire cloth) which is available in different mesh sizes.

I The stored program control offered

as standard is the interface between the operator of the screen changer and the complex plastic material. This control can be programmed as desired, enabling

I High-quality components are used for

both the control and the hydraulic systems. This is an important precondition for trouble-free operation in permanent service.

The melt filter in practical use

Recycling-Anlagen GmbH
Moselstr. 50 D-63452 Hanau Phone: +49 (0 61 81) 91 87-0 Telefax: +49 (0 61 81) 91 87-22 E-Mail: info@britas.de Internet: http://www.britas.de