Brueckner Maschinenbau at Interplastica 2020

At Interplastica 2020 in Moscow (Booth 2.2C16) Brückner presents new solutions regarding plastics and environment, recycling and circular economy. Russian, CIS and Eastern Europe’s plastics film producers can look forward to various solutions directly from Brückner’s unique R&D center:

Mono-materials

Brückner Maschinenbau is working on a means to make films with the highest possible recycling capabilities producible on film stretching lines. The focus is on mono-material polyolefin film structures made of BOPP or BOPE with superior mechanical, optical or barrier properties, which will be able to substitute previous multi-layer films made from different materials. These are ideal for the use in new, single-origin packaging and guarantee good sortibility in waste separation and optimal recycling. One example: Ultra-high barrier BOPP films with a super-thin EVOH coating – allowing packaging laminate simplification and reducing the number of further converting steps.

Hybrid line concepts: Combination of BOPE and BOPP production

Brückner will introduce two completely new line concepts for the production of BOPE films (biaxially oriented polyethylene). As the demand for innovative BOPE films is only now starting to develop, film producers will be able to react swiftly and flexibly to market trends: The new lines also have the flexibility to produce BOPP films. Film producers can chose between a working width of 6.6 m and an output of 3 t/h, or a working width of 8.7 m and an output of 5 t/h. These are 5-layer concepts for an extended range of films.

Line concepts for recyclable shrink films

Polyolefin shrink films are the trend for a better sortability and recyclability of bottles and sleeve labels. Brückner Maschinenbau has developed special low-density sleeves, fulfilling exactly this, and offers dedicated stretching line concepts. For low, medium and high shrink films made of PETG, PLA, PS, PVC or even a combination Brückner offers highly efficient lines.

New inline coater

Even if recycling stands at the forefront of a circular economy, new mono-material structures must fulfil the highest demands and must not be inferior to previous packaging films. This is why Brückner has developed a new inline coater for all BOPP and BOPE lines, installed in the line before the transversal stretching. It allows the production of extremely thin functional layers within the nano-range. Due to the extreme thinness, the layers don’t disrupt the sorting and recycling, but cater, for example, for an improved adherence during metallising and excellent barriers in combination with the equally thin but effective aluminium oxide coating.

Brückner Servtec: Solutions for existing BO lines in times of Circular Economy and Digitalization

At Interplastica, Brückner Servtec shows that also existing film stretching lines can contribute to Circular Economy and Digitalization with new upgrade and service solutions.

At the joint Brückner Group booth, besides Brückner Maschinenbau and Brückner Servtec, visitors will also meet Kiefel, showing the latest developments for the packaging, medical and appliance industry, and PackSys Global, presenting advanced packaging equipment.