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Recycling of galvanised ABS faulty parts Recycling line: How Hansgrohe turns defective parts into premium products

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Hansgrohe pioneers sustainability with a cutting-edge recycling system at its Offenburg plant. Developed with Impulstec and Getecha, the automated line reprocesses chromated injection-moulded parts, achieving 98 percent raw material reuse.

Thanks to the highly innovative system for recycling galvanised faulty parts made of ABS, Hansgrohe is currently able to reuse almost 98 percent of its raw materials.(Source: Hansgrohe)
Thanks to the highly innovative system for recycling galvanised faulty parts made of ABS, Hansgrohe is currently able to reuse almost 98 percent of its raw materials.
(Source: Hansgrohe)

The Hansgrohe Group is not only considered a leading manufacturer of premium bathroom and kitchen products, but also a pioneer in the technological implementation of sustainability principles. A current example of this is the commissioning of a fully automated recycling line for processing metallised faulty parts from the injection moulding production at the Offenburg plant. It was developed in close collaboration with the high-voltage experts from Impulstec and the mill manufacturer Getecha. Thanks to the innovative system, an almost seamless raw material cycle can now be realised.

For some time now, the management at Hansgrohe have been putting their trust in granulation technology from Getecha. So when, last year, project manager David Zapf, in his role as Specialist Surface Technology at Hansgrohe, was setting up the development of a new recycling system for the reprocessing of chromated faulty parts from the injection moulding production, he once again turned to system solutions from the German millmaker. This time, an energy-efficient RS 30060 granulator and a GA 500 S extraction system were chosen as the ideal solution for the new recovery line after various test runs. They cover the process stages of pre-shredding and cleaning the ground material (including exhaust air filtering). Their performance is of decisive importance for the level of quality that can be achieved in the subsequent stripping of the injection-moulded parts and the separation of the raw materials into a plastic fraction — in this case ABS — and a metal fraction — here a mix of nickel, copper and chromium.

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