EP4384364A1 - Méthode de production d'un granulé de plastique et utilisation du granulé - Google Patents
Méthode de production d'un granulé de plastique et utilisation du granuléInfo
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- EP4384364A1 EP4384364A1 EP22765426.6A EP22765426A EP4384364A1 EP 4384364 A1 EP4384364 A1 EP 4384364A1 EP 22765426 A EP22765426 A EP 22765426A EP 4384364 A1 EP4384364 A1 EP 4384364A1
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- the invention relates to a method for producing a plastic granulate which is suitable for the production of extrusion-blow molded hollow bodies made of recycled PET with high impact strength and high gloss, and an extrusion blow-molded hollow body of the same type according to claim 17.
- WO2018/127431 A1 discloses a method for producing a PET regranulate (note: rPET for extrusion blow molding) with a high intrinsic viscosity, and a method for producing it.
- This material with an intrinsic viscosity of at least 0.95 dl/g and particularly preferably between 1.1 dl/g and 1.7 dl/g is suitable for the production of extrusion blow molded containers.
- the process disclosed therein uses a solid phase polycondensation in order to condense its input material to the product PET with the desired intrinsic viscosity.
- a high intrinsic viscosity is necessary for linear PET grades so that they have sufficient melt rigidity for the production of extrusion blow molded bottles, especially for large volumes.
- considerations of impact strength play no role in this.
- WO2015/065994 discloses a branched copolyester in which the addition of fumed silica (common name: fumed silica) reduces (improves) the reduction in impact strength over time.
- fumed silica common name: fumed silica
- the branched copolyesters disclosed in this document have intrinsic viscosities in the range from 1.0 to 1.1 dl/g.
- plastics used in packaging should or must be recyclable.
- this is defined by regulatory requirements (see Directive (EU) 2019/904 of the European Parliament, the so-called “Directive on single use plastics”) or there are corresponding specifications in various guidelines on design for Recycling (see Recyclass guidelines 4 or guidelines of the Association of plastics recyclers (APR) 5 ).
- various players in the packaging sector have committed to using appropriate proportions of recyclate in their packaging (see European plastics pact 6 and US plastics pact 7 ). This necessarily means that potential recyclates are not contaminated or their properties are not changed in a detrimental way.
- these branched materials should no longer be subjected to mechanical recycling, since there is a risk that if these materials are recycled into materials for injection molding of preforms, the processing properties in stretch blow molding of the preforms will change negatively.
- the elastic properties of the preforms during stretch blow molding also vary if the quantity of materials modified in this way occurs unevenly over time in the material flow from the post-consumer collection, and undesirable process and associated product quality fluctuations are caused.
- Trouton ratio ideally 3 in the shear rate range of 50 to 200 s-1 or around 3 in real terms (depending on the measurement error). If the recycle stream were to evolve towards a higher Trouton ratio, this would cause altered processing behavior in the stretch blow molding process, which is undesirable.
- the problem to be solved is therefore the production of an extrusion blow molded hollow article from rPET which has a drop height in the drop test and a gloss which are comparable to the drop height and the gloss of a hollow article made from vPET.
- the rheological properties of the hollow body made of rPET should be such that it does not cause any undesired increase in the elastic properties of PET bottles during recycling after the post-consumer collection of plastic packaging.
- IV Intrinsic viscosity
- the zero-shear viscosity is the shear viscosity limit of a polymer when the
- Shear rate tends to 0 s -1 .
- rPET means recycled PET that comes from the collection of post-consumer PET items, especially PET bottles.
- vPET means “virgin” PET, i.e. new PET.
- a bottle format is a specific shape of a bottle that is obtained from a mold cavity of the same type. If the geometry of the mold cavity is changed, the bottle format is no longer the same. However, if the bottle weight is changed (typically by changing the wall thickness of the extruded tube) but produced with the same mold cavity, the bottle format is still the same. However, the bottles that are actually shaped then have a different weight.
- the designation of the mold cavity of the same type is important because typically several mold cavities of the same type are arranged in parallel in a production mold. In production, the typical goal is for the bottles from all mold cavities of a production mold to be as similar as possible (e.g. in terms of weight).
- the drop test is taken to mean: Bruceton Staircase drop test according to Procedure B of ASTM D2463.
- the drop heights achieved from the drop test were measured on bottles of the same bottle format with a comparable bottle weight (including technically usual and unavoidable fluctuations, maximum +/-10%, preferably maximum +/-5% based on the nominal weight), whereby the bottles were made of different materials.
- the drop heights were based on a reference material (e.g. linear vPET 1).
- the relative fall height is calculated from the fall height of the material in question divided by the fall height of the reference material of the same bottle format with a comparable weight (see explanations above). Equal load conditions are required. Free fall onto the bottom of the bottle is defined as the loading condition.
- the bottles are submitted to the drop test in the filled, closed state (with the associated cap).
- the hose stiffness is understood to be the resistance of the hose extruded on the extrusion blow molding system to elongation caused by gravity. If the hose only elongates a little, the hose stiffness is high. If the hose literally runs away, the hose stiffness is very low. This semi-quantitative parameter is determined by observing the hose as the melt is expelled to the outside.
- the gloss is determined using a 60° gloss meter according to ASTM D523.
- the melting rheological characterization was carried out according to ISO 11443:2014. Samples are dried in vacuo at 120°C for 12 hours. A Göttfert Rheograph 75 with 2x15mm test channel was used for testing. The capillaries 10/1 and 0/1mm were used. Test temperature was 275°C. A Bagley correction and Rabinowitsch-Weissenberg correction were performed. Both the shear and the extensional viscosity were determined. The extensional viscosity was determined using the Cogswell method (first description by Cogswell 1972 11 ) from the inlet pressure losses using WinRheo II software (GöttfertWerkstoffprüfmaschinen GmbH, Buchen, Germany). Using the data of the shear viscosity as a function of the deformation rate (shear rate), the parameters of the Carreau approach were determined using a statistical adjustment calculation using the least squares method in order to calculate values between the individual measurement points.
- Cogswell FN Measuring the extensional rheology of polymers melts, Trans. Soc. Rheol.
- Trouton ratio was determined by the Cogswell extensional viscosity determined at a specific deformation rate (extension rate) (determination as described in the previous section) by the relevant deformation rate was divided by the shear viscosity calculated using the Carreau approach (determination as described in the previous section). According to the theory, idealized linear polymers have a Trouton ratio of 3.
- Trouton ratio is higher than 3 outside the resting shear range (typ. > 0.1 s -1 ) these are indications of structural deviations from the ideal linear polymer chain. This typically occurs with branched polymers. This deviating behavior is very pronounced in the case of highly branched polymers such as, for example, low-density polyethylene (PELD).
- PELD low-density polyethylene
- Merten 12 shows this difference in Trouton ratio away from the rest shear region (Merten calls this Trouton number) for LLDPE and LDPE: LDPE has a much higher Trouton ratio due to the higher degree of branching than LLDPE.
- the comparative or reference condition of a bottle is that achieved with a linear vPET grade of specific intrinsic viscosity in relation to drop height in the drop test and gloss.
- the invention is preferably characterized in that in step c) after step b), PET material from different types of sorting according to step a) is premixed in such a way that the Trouton ratio of the mixed PET material at a shear rate of 50 to 200 s -1 is less than 4.
- the Trouton ratio of the material obtained in step j) is less than 4 at a shear rate of 50 to 200 s'1 . This granulate property is also necessary in order to obtain extrusion-blow molded hollow bodies with the properties described above . If the Trouton ratio is too high, this has a negative effect on the achievable gloss.
- step e it has proven expedient if during the melting in step e) only those substances are added which do not allow the Trouton ratio of the material resulting in step j) to rise above 4 at a shear rate of 50 to 200 s'1 .
- This process step ensures that the plastic granules produced are of the quality required to produce high-quality hollow bodies with the appropriate fall height and gloss.
- the melt streams in step h) are expediently passed through a water bath for cooling and solidification in order to form an endless strand and then to be separated into granules by a cutter.
- the granules can be produced quickly and efficiently in a continuous process.
- melt streams are pressed into a water bath in step h) and separated into melt droplets by means of a blade directly at the exit from the perforated diaphragm, which solidify into granules in the water bath and are flushed away by the flowing water in the water bath and through be separated from the water using a separation process.
- Suitable separation methods are carried out, for example, in a hydrocyclone or a sieve. This means that granules of the required size can be produced quickly and easily.
- the granules are crystallized in step i) by being introduced into a hot-air crystallizer and there with continuous stirring by continuous application treated with heat by injecting hot air at a temperature between 100 and 200°C with a typical residence time of 5 to 120 minutes or crystallized in a crystallizer operating with infrared radiation, the granules being introduced into a rotating drum where about infrared radiators are attached to the bed and the energy input/heat input into the granules takes place via the released infrared radiation.
- Hot-air crystallizers of typical industrial design are e.g. Eisbär crystallizer, Piovan CR series, SP Protec SOMOS crystallizers, SB Plastics Vertical Crystallizer CR Series, Viscotec cry20, etc.
- the infrared radiators installed in the drum above the bed can e.g. SB Plastics ITD, Kreyenborg IRD, Kreyenborg IR be batch.
- the rotating drum is used to move the bed (on the one hand to circulate the bed so that there is a uniform heat input into the granules, as well as to promote the bed in the axial direction of the drum) and analogous to the agitator in the above-mentioned container to prevent the granules from sticking together during the crystallization process.
- the granules are expediently dried to a residual moisture content of less than 50 ppm, preferably less than 30 ppm. Due to this low residual moisture content, the granules remain free-flowing and easy to process. In addition, they are durable without losing their original quality.
- a further aspect of the invention also relates to the production of a hollow body from the granules described above.
- the invention is therefore also preferably characterized in that the hollow body passes a fall test (Bruceton staircase fall test according to procedure B from ASTM D2463) from at least the same height as a hollow body of the same construction made of a linear vPET with the same intrinsic viscosity of 1 .0 to 1.7 dl/g (measured according to ASTM D4603). This property is due to the intrinsic viscosity. However, this does not yet ensure that the hollow body has the desired luster.
- the hollow body passes the drop test from a height that corresponds to at least 80%, preferably at least 90% and particularly preferably at least 95% of the height that corresponds to a hollow body of the same construction made of a linear vPET with the same intrinsic viscosity of 1.0 to 1.7 dl/g (measured according to ASTM D4603) achieved in a drop test. Deviations in the fall height of up to 20% from the reference hollow body are acceptable, since the hollow body made of rPET is still sufficiently stable.
- the hollow body has a gloss (determined with a 60° gloss meter according to ASTM D523) like a hollow body of the same construction made from a linear vPET with the same intrinsic viscosity of 1.0 to 1.7 dl/g (measured according to ASTM D4603).
- the gloss can be determined with a 60° gloss meter according to ASTM D523.
- ASTM D523 the appearance of the hollow body is indistinguishable from that of a hollow body made from linear vPET granulate, which leads to a significantly higher level of acceptance of the hollow body among consumers.
- This gloss property is due to the rPET granules maintaining a Trouton ratio of less than 4.
- the hollow body has at least 70%, preferably at least 80% and particularly preferably at least 90% of the gloss of a hollow body of identical construction made of a linear vPET with the same intrinsic viscosity of 1.0 to 1.7 dl/ g (measured according to ASTM D4603). Deviations in the gloss of up to 20% from the reference hollow body are acceptable since the hollow body made from rPET still has sufficient acceptance among consumers.
- the dried granules are processed on an extrusion blow molding plant using a single-screw extruder with the addition of 0 to 60% crystallized and dried ground material from production waste that occurs as a result of the extrusion blow molding process and 0 to 10% addition of a concentrate containing colorants and/or or technically customary functional aids, are melted in order to form a melt.
- the production waste can be so-called slugs, which are ground up using a mill.
- the colorants can be dyes and/or pigments and the functional aids can be additives such as UV absorbers, lubricants, antistatic agents, etc.
- the rPET granules can therefore be processed on a standard extrusion blow molding system.
- the melt obtained is expediently fed to a melt distributor for forming the strands of melt into tubes in order to distribute them among the appropriate number of tubes, which corresponds to the number of mold cavities present in a blow mold. As a result, the effectiveness of the production plant can be increased.
- the shape of the hollow body can still be edited after inflation by preferably mechanical removal of the projections on the hollow body formed during the blowing process. Projections are not part of the hollow body and can be removed in the area of the bottle shoulder, the bottle bottom and in the area of the handle.
- Another aspect of the invention relates to a method in which the hollow bodies described above are mixed together with stretch blow molded PET bottles to form a mixture which is processed into granules, which granules in turn can be used to produce preforms for the stretch blow molding process .
- a further aspect of the invention relates to hollow bodies which are produced from the granules described above.
- Research into the Trouton ratio leads to the realization that hollow bodies can be produced with a drop height and gloss comparable to these parameters of hollow bodies made from vPET granules of the same intrinsic viscosity as the granules described above.
- the Trouton ratio of the blended PET material must be less than 4 at a shear rate of 50 to 200 s -1 .
- Extrusion blow molded bottles were made on a pilot line in a single cavity blow mold. The tube was ejected continuously. This pilot plant is representative of a production plant with several parallel cavities, which allow the tubes extruded in parallel to be formed into a number of bottles at the same time, which corresponds to the number of tubes. Pilot molds were available for 1L, 2.7L and 5L nominal volume bottles.
- the vPET types 1 to 3 are commercially available EBM PET types from various manufacturers.
- the reference material vPET 1 is a commercially available vPET marketed for use in extrusion blow molding of bottles with handles in the 11 range or larger.
- the material vPET 4 used for comparison purposes was obtained by solid phase polycondensation of an injection-moulded PET with an IV of 0.8 dl/g.
- the vPET 5 is a commercially available PET grade for injection molding preforms with IV 0.81 dl/g.
- the rPET types 1, 2 and 4 were produced analogously to the process in the Swiss patent application with the application number 00304/20.
- rPET Type 1 contained 0.083% PMDA and was solid state polycondensed for 10 hours
- rPET Type 2 contained 0.099% PMDA and was solid state polycondensed for 11 hours.
- the rPET Type 4 contained 0.105% PMDA and was solid state polycondensed for 10 hours.
- the rPET Type 3 was produced according to steps a to j, with no substances being added in process step e.
- the process steps a to j for the production of rPET Type 3 are as follows: a) the PET articles, in particular PET bottles, originating from the post-consumer collection of plastic packaging are separated according to source (region of origin and product category of the filling material) and color are sorted, washed and sorted crushed, b) contaminants such as metal or paper are removed before, at the same time or after step a), c) the crushed PET material from various sources is premixed in such a way that its Trouton ratio and the material obtained in step j) at a shear rate of between 50 and 200 s -1 is less than 4 (this means that batches with a Trouton ratio of 4 or greater in said shear rate range cannot be used for these purposes), d) the crushed, pre-mixed PET material is then dried, e) the comminuted, pre-mixed PET material is dana
- melt streams are pressed into a water bath and separated into melt droplets by a blade directly at the exit from the pinhole.
- the melt droplets are solidified into granules in a water bath, washed away by the flowing water and separated from the water using a suitable process (eg hydrocyclone, sieve).
- a suitable process eg hydrocyclone, sieve.
- the granules obtained in this way have an intrinsic viscosity of 0.5 to 0.75 dl/g.
- the granules obtained are further processed: i) the granules obtained in this way are crystallized and j) the crystallized granules are dried and condensed in a solid phase polycondensation reactor until they have an intrinsic viscosity of 1.0 to 1.7 dl /g reach.
- a hollow body is extrusion-blow molded from the granules by the following process steps k) to o): k) the granules obtained in this way are dried to a residual moisture content of less than 50 ppm, preferably less than 30 ppm.
- the dried granules are processed on an extrusion blow molding plant using a single-screw extruder with the addition of 0 to 60% crystallized and dried ground material from production waste that usually occurs during extrusion blow molding (so-called slugs, which are ground up using a mill), and 0 to 10% Admixture of a concentrate, which is equipped with colorants (dyes and/or pigments) and/or industrially customary functional auxiliaries (additives such as UV absorbers, lubricants, antistatic agents, etc.), melted to form a melt m) the melt obtained in this way is fed to a melt distributor with a downstream device for forming the melt strands into tubes in order to divide them up into the appropriate number of tubes, which corresponds to the number of mold cavities present in the blow mold, n) the tubes obtained in this way are converted into hollow bodies with or without in a suitable blow mold handle shaped, wel have a volume of 25ml to 25l, o) the overhangs on the bottle
- This manufacturing process which adheres to the Trouton ratio in steps c) and e), can produce a hollow body with the following properties:
- the hollow body has a relative fall height as the same hollow body has if it (with a comparable weight) is made of a linear vPET with the same intrinsic viscosity of 1.0 to 1.7 dl/g (measured according to ASTM D4603), where the relative height of fall linear vPET is set at 100% and reference dimension 1 is referred to below
- the hollow body has a comparable weight to a relative gloss as the same hollow body has when it is made from a linear vPET with an intrinsic viscosity of 1.0 to 1.7 dl/g (measured according to ASTM D4603), the relative Gloss of the linear vPET is set at 100% and reference dimension 2 is referred to below
- the hollow body can be sent to the post-consumer collection of plastic packaging after use and can be mixed in an amount of up to 50% with stretch blow-moulded PET bottles, which also come from the post-consumer collection.
- the mixture can be produced back into granules using the industrially customary preparation processes according to process steps a to j. However, with the different aim of an IV in step j of 0.75 to 0.9 dl/g, which makes the granules suitable for the production of preforms by injection molding for stretch blow molding.
- Process step i can be carried out as follows:
- the crystallization takes place according to standard industrial processes in that these granules are either introduced into a hot-air crystallizer of industrial design (such as Eisbär crystallizer, Piovan CR series, SP Protec SOMOS crystallizers, SB Plastics Vertical Crystallizer CR Series, Viscotec Cry20, etc.) and are treated there with constant stirring by continuous application of heat by introducing hot air at a temperature between 100 and 200 ° C with a typical residence time of 5 to 120 minutes or are crystallized in an industrial crystallizer operating with infrared radiation, with the granules in a rotating drum, where infrared radiators are attached above the bed (such as SB Plastics ITD, Kreyenborg IRD, Kreyenborg IR Batch) and the energy input/heat input into the granules takes place via the released infrared radiation.
- a hot-air crystallizer of industrial design such as Eisbär crystallizer, Piovan CR series, SP Protec SOMOS crystallizers,
- the rotating drum is used to move the bed (on the one hand to circulate the bed so that heat is evenly introduced into the granules, and to promote the bed in the axial direction of the drum) and, analogously to the agitator in the above-mentioned container, to prevent the granules from sticking together during the crystallization process.
- the crystallization of the granules causes sticking or the agglomeration of the granules is avoided in the subsequent process steps.
- the crystallizer can be part of a standard recycling plant (e.g. Viscotec recoSTAR).
- the melt exiting through the holes in the heated perforated granulating plate (1) is cut off by rotating knives (2).
- the granules are thrown outwards into a rotating water ring (3) by centrifugal force. This cools the granulate and transports it via a flexible discharge channel to the granulate dewatering sieve, where it is separated from the cooling water (4). After oversize has been separated, the granules go to the drying centrifuge. By means of an air flow, it is conveyed via a transport line to the silo or to the bagging station.
- the cooling water returns to the pelletizing head in a circuit via a cooling water filtration device and a heat exchanger using a water pump.
- the melt is pressed through a pinhole, the cut is made by knives, the granules are flushed away by the air, and separation of the granules from the air is carried out.
- a water spray jet is used for cooling.
- the melt exits the perforated plate (several holes) into a strand cooling trough.
- the strand cooling channel is covered with a flowing film of water;
- spray heads shown
- granulation in the strand pelletizer This is followed by dewatering (e.g. sieve) and subsequent drying (e.g. centrifuge) or you go straight to a centrifuge for dewatering and drying.
- dewatering e.g. sieve
- subsequent drying e.g. centrifuge
- the drying centrifuge should generally be mentioned in addition to the hydrocyclone.
- a sieve for coarse dewatering or separation is usually used after the granulator. After that, post-drying (e.g. using a centrifuge) is usual.
- the intrinsic viscosity of the granulate was determined from the materials produced. Table 1 summarizes the results of a sample with a 5I handle bottle. It can be seen that the vPET types 1 to 3 have an IV of 1.30 to 1.41 dl/g, a Trouton ratio of approx. 3 and gave comparable relative drop heights in the drop test and that the measured gloss was approximately the same. The vPET 4, also with a Trouton ratio of 3, showed too little tube strength to be able to form the same bottle with it. Surprisingly, with an IV of only 0.96 dl/g, the rPET1 type showed a high tube stiffness, but only 53% of the relative fall height and only 86% of the gloss compared to the vPET 1.
- Trouton ratio observed for rPET 1 of well above 3 suggests that this type has greater elasticity than types vPET 1 to 4 and therefore must have branches and hence the high hose stiffness.
- bottles made from rPET 1 should not be processed into preform injection molding material after use.
- a material input flow that is atypical for this application during recycling inevitably leads to atypical processing behavior in the stretch blow molding process.
- the vPET5 with an IV of 0.81 dl/g showed a much too low tube rigidity.
- Table 2 shows results of tests with a 2.7L grip bottle.
- the linear PET grades (vPET 1 and rPET 3) have a higher relative drop test and gloss than the two branched grades (rPET 1 and rPET 2). It was also shown that there are also limits to the modification of PET by branching.
- the bottles made from the branched rPET 1 and the branched rPET 2 from the example in Table 2 showed a less clear appearance when viewed by a human being, iA the surface appeared less glossy compared to the linear vPET 1 and linear rPET 3. This can be seen from of the measured gloss. This observation is analogous to that of Härth and Dörnhöfer 2020 13 in a blown film where the use of a branching additive causes the blown film to become very cloudy.
- Table 3 shows supplementary test results for the 2.71 grip block, for which results are already shown in Table 2. It is now apparent that the relative drop test of the rPET 3 compared to the vPET 1 is somewhat where it should be based on the intrinsic viscosity.
- the tests show that the hollow bodies made from rPET 3 achieve a relative fall height of at least 80%, preferably at least 90% and particularly preferably at least 95% of the relative fall height of the vPET (in particular vPET 1; reference dimension 1).
- the tests also show that the hollow bodies made from rPET 3 achieve a relative gloss of at least 70%, preferably at least 80% and particularly preferably at least 90% of the relative gloss of the linear vPET (in particular vPET 1; reference dimension 2).
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L'invention concerne une méthode de production de granulé pour la production de corps creux moulés par extrusion-soufflage, la méthode comprenant les étapes consistant à : (a) trier, par type, laver et broyer des articles en PET provenant d'une collecte post-consommation d'emballage en plastique ; (b) éliminer des contaminants tels que le métal ou le papier avant, en même temps ou après l'étape (a) de la méthode ; (c) pré-mélanger le matériau PET des divers procédés de tri par type selon l'étape (a) de telle sorte que le rapport de Trouton du matériau PET mélangé à une vitesse de cisaillement de 50 à 200 s-1 est inférieur à 4 ; (d) sécher le matériau PET obtenu à l'étape (a) et (b) ; (e) faire fondre le matériau PET séché ; (f) presser le matériau PET à travers un filtre de matière fondue ; (g) diviser le matériau PET en écoulements de matière fondue individuels ; (h) refroidir et solidifier les écoulements de matière fondue dans un bain d'eau et granuler, les granulés obtenus ayant une viscosité intrinsèque de 0,5 à 0,75 dl/g ; (i) cristalliser les granulés ; et (j) sécher et condenser les granulés cristallisés dans un réacteur de polycondensation en phase solide jusqu'à obtention d'une viscosité intrinsèque de 1,0 à 1,7 dl/g.
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