Extrusion International 5-2021

22 Extrusion International 5/2021 INDUSTRY NEWS DOMO Chemicals GmbH www.domochemicals.com Sustainable Polyamide „ DOMO Chemicals has begun using a new sustainable black masterbatch based on recycled material to complement the recycled base polymer in its ECONAMID® brand of sustain- able polyamides. ECONAMID®, based on recycled industrial waste, is a benchmark in the industry when it comes to per- formance level and quality consistency, lot after lot. The new ingredient is Cabot Corporation’s TECHBLAK™ PE1003 black masterbatch. This uses a post-industrial re- cycled PE carrier as an alternative to virgin polymer, with similar mechanical processing characteristics. TECHBLAK™ PE1003 black masterbatch has been developed for standard compounding and is specifically designed to help the indus- try lower its carbon footprint, as well as increase the amount of recycled content in end products. The introduction of this new recycled masterbatch helps meet the evolving circularity needs of the plastics industry and helps the company support sustainability targets across a wide variety of industries, while maintaining optimal per- formance. ELIX Polymers www.elix-polymers.com/sustainability-report/economy E-LOOP Products with Recycled Content „ ELIX Polymers has included all of its Circular Economy activities un- der the new brand name, E-LOOP, which was launched successfully last February. The E-LOOP brand includes two strategic programmes of ELIX Sustainable Portfolio Solutions: Circular Plastics and Respon- sible Innovation. In October 2020, ELIX obtained the ISCC Plus certi fi cation for its production facility in Tarragona, Spain. ISCC (International Sustain- ability & Carbon Certi fi cation) is a globally applicable sustainability certi fi cation system that covers all sustainable feedstocks, including circular and bio-basedmaterials and renewables. The fi rst products are already commercially available, and the fi rst volumes of E-LOOP H801 MR black and M220 CR25 have been pro- duced and validated by customers from the Automotive and Toy Industries, which have shown an interest in implementing these more sustainable solutions as a part of their own Circular Economy strategies to achieve their sustainability goals. E-LOOP H801 MR is a product that contains mechanically recycled material, and E-LOOP M220 CR25 is a product that contains sustainable feedstocks certi- fi ed under ISCC Plus. ELIX receives these recycled feedstocks from its established suppliers as a result of close cooperation based on long- term agreements. SIKORA’s PURITY SCANNER ADVANCED installed at a Chinese manufacturer of HV, EHV and subsea cables for inspection and sorting of XLPE pellets „ A large and successful Chinese manufacturer and global supplier of XLPEHVandEHVpower cables, has beenusing thePURITYSCAN- NER ADVANCED from SIKORA for quality assurance of high voltage cables in their production lines, since 2017. The Chinese company has been ranking among the top 10 competitive enterprises in the cable industry for many years. For some years, the company has also been active in the business of manufacturing subsea cables and integrated among others the PURITY SCANNER ADVANCED from the German based SIKORA for quality control in its production lines. PURITY SCANNER ADVANCED to ensure the Highest Purity of XLPE Pellets used in China Reliability is the most important aspect, when selling subsea cable. Typically, the company offers certain years of warranty for this type of cable. “We cannot take any chances at the production of subsea cables”, explains theplantmanager. “Eachproduction stepneeds to be safe. It starts with the compound that we use for the cable insula- tion. Accordingly, we have implemented an online quality control of the XLPE material”, he concludes, whereby the company relies on the PURITY SCANNER ADVANCED for inspection and sorting from SIKORA. By means of X-ray technology and optical cameras, the sys- tem reliably detects contamination inside XLPE pellets as well as on their surface. Contaminated pellets are automatically sorted out. The Chinese cable manufacturer installed the PURITY SCANNER ADVANCED in the submarine cable production line and equipped the system also in another production line at the beginning of 2021 to ensure the highest XLPE purity, a high-quality fi nal cable and the highest customer satisfaction. SIKORA is proud to be a partner of the Chinese global player also in this important project. Both companies have already been cooperat- ing for more than twenty years in the area of online diameter, wall thickness and eccentricity measurement. SIKORA AG SIKORA (Fuzhou) Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. www.sikora.net