What are the Challenges of Using rPet? What are the Challenges of Using rPET? For our part, Avient offers several solutions that enhance rPET recycling and address the challenges at every stage of the process.

The Challenge Working together, the supplier and Avient’s technical team also considered opportunities to optimize production. New tooling was also being developed at the time, and the team was able to provide design input that minimized mold shrinkage during production.

The bottle preform refused to stretch properly during the blow molding process, making it difficult to reach their sustainable goal. PolyOne’s ColorMatrix™ Smartheat™ Infrared Absorber is primarily used to reduce energy usage (10–15%) during injection-stretch blow molding. Smartheat™ was used to widen the blowing window, allowing the recycled resin to be evenly distributed along the bottle.

It is compatible with PET bottles formed from an extrusion blow-molded or stretch blow-molded process. Avient makes no warranties or guarantees respecting suitability of either Avient’s products or the information for your process or end-use application. AVIENT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, either with respect to the information or products reflected by the information.

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Avient’s additives can improve processability during the bottle blowing phase and improve the mechanical strength of bottles. SmartHeat RHC also allows for a reduction in energy during the bottle blowing process, helping to reduce carbon emissions. With our R&D focus on innovative chemistry to tackle and overcome the plastics recycling challenge Avient has officially opened our new CycleWorks facility in northern Italy.  

The Challenge Why Three-Party Collaboration Leads to Bottle Manufacturing Success Why Three-Party Collaboration Leads to Bottle Manufacturing Success

Suitable for extrusion, injection molding, blow molding, rotational molding and thermoforming​ Explore this eBook highlighting design trends, materials and processing. These additives are created to enhance bioplastics so you can continue delivering top-end products to the market.

Avient also soak-tested its performance against other chemicals including 10% hydrochloric acid, 10% calcium chloride, antifreeze, 10% ammonium hydroxide, 12% sodium hypochlorite (bleach), and ethanol. However, Avient has overcome this challenge and achieved vibrant colors like any other resin. Why Three-Party Collaboration Leads to Bottle Manufacturing Success

Keeping Safety Top of Mind: On Avient’s intranet (The Loop), the top right corner of the homepage is permanently dedicated to real- time safety metrics globally. Improves recyclability for blended resins while reducing energy required during injection-stretch blow molding by up to 35%. This we expect will further the win-win benefit trend for both our planet and Avient.