Extrusion International 5-2016

EREMA:

Recycling 4.0

ith CAREFORMANCE the global market leader is all set

to herald the age of Recycling 4.0 as the first in the pla-

stics recycling industry to present an extensive Smart Factory

package for both recyclers and producers.

EREMA will be building on the success of the INTAREMA

technology presented in 2013, this time with its trade fair

theme of "CAREFORMANCE – We care about your perfor-

mance" to grow its pioneering role this year with Industry 4.0

applications. "Building on the high degree of automation of

the INTAREMA

systems we have developed a Smart Factory

package which enables us to give our customers a clear com-

petitive edge and make them fit for the future," reveals

EREMA CEO Manfred Hackl. Visitors to the trade fair will not

only experience CAREFORMANCE in theory, they will also see

it live in action at the CAREFORMANCE Recycling Centre co-

vering 480m2 in the outdoor area. This is where you will find

an INTAREMA TVEplus 1108 with integrated Laserfilter which

will be recycling some of the plastic waste from the K show live

on site. Besides the premiere of the live recycling, visitors will

be able to judge how convincing progress in the development

of plastics packaging recycling is. The closed product loop from

production to reuse will likewise be presented in live demon-

strations. And last but not least the Recycling Centre will fea-

ture an extensive exhibition of products made with recyclate,

showing how many branches of industry are committed to re-

cyclate. The Recycling Centre will be opened at 11am on 19

October in the outdoor area (FG 09.1).

QualityOn package

CAREFORMANCE consists of 4 components, with the

INTAREMA

system forming the basis for the further Smart

Factory applications. In addition to the previous machine data,

specially integrated sensors – the QualityOn package – can be

used in future to record and evaluate MVR (Melt Volume Flow

Rate) and colour. The QualityOn package enables recyclers and

producers to make their recyclates with consistent quality in

accordance with the special requirements of their customers

and document them transparently using online data acquisi-

tion and analysis. Recipes recorded electronically can be com-

pared with each other and modified.

re360

In order to make use of the vast amount of machine, quality

and process data in a worthwhile and user-friendly way,

EREMA has developed a sophisticated MES (Manufacturing

Execution System). With re360 you can keep track of the pro-

ductivity of an entire range of machinery in five modules. "A

key benefit of re360 is that it works independently of the plant

manufacturer," emphasises Manfred Hackl. "Customers can

integrate not only different systems but also their global pro-

CAREFORMANCE – the smart factory package

for the plastics recycling industry

Hall 9, Booth C05

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Extrusion International 5/2016

duction locations." re360 gives you an overview of the capa-

cities/stoppage times of the systems for management, docu-

ments key quality data of the recyclates for the location

manager and informs the operator about upcoming mainten-

ance jobs.

Spare Parts Online

The extent to which re360 was developed with customer re-

quirements in mind becomes clear with the link to Spare Parts

Online, EREMA's online webshop. Any upcoming maintenance

work and the replacement of individual parts is displayed in

good time by re360. Spare parts can be ordered directly via

the online webshop to keep downtime as low as possible: in-

terconnection in the sense of maximum productivity. The cus-

tomers' respective EREMA systems and previous orders are

stored at Spare Parts Online.

More than 450 INTAREMA

systems already sold worldwide

At the last K 2013 EREMA launched a system with new core

technology and additional innovations: INTAREMA

. The pri-

mary innovation is based on Counter Current technology. IN-

TAREMA

achieves unrivalled process stability while

maintaining flexibility with extremely easy operation and con-

siderably less energy consumption. This stability enables auto-

mation processes such as Smart Start or the Recipe

Management System, which in turn form the basis for mo-

dern Industry 4.0 applications. Since the technology was laun-

ched in autumn 2013 more than 450 INTAREMA

systems

have already been sold worldwide.