RapidSort® Specifications

Plastic polymers sorted

PET, PE, PVC, PP, PS, others as required

Colours sorted

Clear PET, Coloured PET, Natural PE, Coloured PE. Specific colours can also be sorted.

Throughput per line

Up to 5 bottles per second (~0.8 tonnes / hour or ~1800 pounds / hour) depending on mix of bottles

Purity of sorted streams

Typically >99.0% (>99.8% removal of PVC from PET stream; >99.8% removal of PP from PE stream)

Positive Sort %

Typically >95% (remaining bottles can be re-circulated to in-feed)

Electrical power requirements

Standard 3-phase mains power; <45KW per line. All electrical standards can be catered for.

Air requirements

31 l/s per line, at 1300 kPa