Coperion’s plastics recycling expert Jochen Schofer explains what is important in plastics recycling and why twin screw extruders are particularly well suited for successful plastics recycling.
Coperion’s plastics recycling experts Franz Neuner, Director of Product Management | Equipment & Systems Division and Jochen Schofer, Business Segment Manager Recycling & Direct Extrusion | Polymer Division, met at Aurora Kunststoffe to exchange ideas on plastic recycling. In this short interview they explain why circular economy is becoming increasingly important for the plastics industry and for which recycling applications Coperion offers technology solutions.
Coperion’s co-rotating ZSK twin screw extruders are used in the manufacture of high moisture meat analogues (HMMA). HMMA is primarily used as a high-quality meat-analogue product in ready-to-eat meals. Protein sources used to manufacture high-quality HMMA are primarily legumes such as soy, lupine or pea. By adjusting recipe and process parameters, structures of different meat types can be replicated with striking similarity to the original. This videos shows the extrusion of HMMA in Coperion’s test lab. Passing Coperion’s ZSK Food Extruder, HMMA is discharged using a specialized cooling die which produces a product strand exhibiting a texture closely resembling that of genuine meat.
Coperion K-Tron Niederlenz, Switzerland, supplied two feeding systems comprising five feeders each to Pfizer Manufacturing Deutschland GmbH in Freiburg, Germany, as part of a project to expand their existing plant and switch to continuous production.