PTi announces thin-gauge 'dryer-less' PET/PLA sheet system
Processing Technologies International (PTi, ptiextruders.com), a leading global manufacturer of high-performance sheet extrusion machinery, showcased the NPE Line is an 85mm/52D HVTSE® extruder with a GCH661824 horizontal roll stand and is capable of producing 57” wide PET/ PLA sheet at thicknesses down to 6 mil or PP sheet at thicknesses down to 11 mil. This system, available subject to prior sale, operates at 2,300 lb/hr or a total of 18 million lbs of annual PET production. It will be the fourth installation in the last six months, and, in addition to the units sold from the 2011 launch, will represent a theoretical installed capacity of 390 million lbs of annual North American PET production.
“We initially thought that the energy savings and process simplification of the dryerless technology would be the selling points, however, we’ve quickly seen that the equipment’s resin versatility has been the primary driver,” says Matt Banach, PTi’s vice president of sales and marketing.