PET Bottle Washing Line

Are you ready to kickstart or enhance your plastic bottle recycling business? Our comprehensive PET bottle washing line is your ultimate solution. This fully automated, turnkey system efficiently transforms baled PET bottles into pristine PET flakes, ready for market.

High-Quality PET Flakes for Top Dollar

With our PET bottle washing line, you can produce high-quality PET flakes that fetch premium prices from manufacturers of polyester staple fiber. Additionally, these flakes can be pelletized into granules for use in producing various PET products, increasing your business opportunities.

Environmental Benefits of PET Bottle Recycling

Recycling plastic bottles with our PET washing line significantly reduces waste in landfills and oceans, helping to conserve natural resources and cut down on greenhouse gas emissions. By investing in this technology, you contribute to a circular economy where materials are reused and repurposed rather than discarded.

Cutting-Edge Technology and Expertise

Backed by global experience in PET bottle washing and recycling, we offer advanced recycling technologies and tailored technical solutions. Our expertise ensures that you receive a system that adapts to the ever-changing needs of the market and your customers.

Smart Business Decision

Investing in a PET bottle washing line is not only an environmentally responsible choice but also a smart business move. Contact us today to discover more about our complete PET bottle washing line and see how it can elevate your plastic bottle recycling business.

Main Technical Parameter

Input Capacity	500kg/h	1000kg/h	1500kg/h	2000kg/h	3000kg/h
Required Space	42m×10m×6m	50m×15m×6m	55m×16m×6m	60m×18m×6m	100m×20m×6m
Operators	3-5 people	6-8 people	7-9 people	8-10 people	10-12 people
Installation Power	150kW	250kW	370kW	450kW	750kW
Water Circulation（T/H）	2	3	3	4	5

Post-consumer PET bottles are undoubtedly one of the most important components of the recycling market. Recycled PET can be used in a wide variety of applications and can bring significant financial returns to recycling companies.

Main system components：

Debaler Machine: The first step in our plastic bottle washing line is to break the compacted bales of PET bottles into a free-flowing stream. Once the bales are “busted”, the bottles can move freely onto the next machine.

Trommel: An optional piece of equipment, the trommel is a slowly rotating tunnel lined with small holes that are slightly smaller than the PET bottles. Small pieces of contamination such as glass, metals, rocks/dirt, paper, etc. can fall through the holes while the PET bottles move onto the next machine.

Wet Plastic Granulator: Sometimes referred to as a plastic crusher, our plastic granulator machine cuts the PET bottles into small flakes between 10-15mm in size. With water constantly spraying into the cutting chamber, this wet granulation process pre-treats and partially cleans the material before moving onto the next equipment.

Air Classifier: Air classification is a way to separate lighter materials from heavier ones. The main purpose of using the air classifier is to remove contaminations such as paper, cardboard, and plastic labels away from PET flakes.

Sink/Float Separation Tank: Using water as a medium, materials that float are separated from materials that sink. In the case of plastic bottle recycling, PET plastic will sink while plastic film (bottle labels) and PP/PE plastic (bottle caps) will float. A screw conveyor at the bottom of the sink/float separation tank moves the PET plastic to the next piece of equipment.

Hot Washer System: Hot washed PET flakes are of higher value because this process dissolves glues (used to glue labels onto the bottles) and leftover beverages/foods that are difficult to remove in a cold wash process. Although you can just use water in the hot washer system, adding washing agents can be added for better results.

Friction Washer: An efficient piece of cold water washing equipment, the high-speed friction washer uses friction as a mechanical way to remove any hard-to-remove dirt and debris from the PET flakes.

Dewatering Machine: The first step in the drying process, our centrifugal dewatering machine uses centrifugal force to remove a large portion of water within the PET flakes before moving forward onto our thermal dryers.

Thermal Dryer: PET flakes are vacuumed out of the dewatering machine into the thermal dryer where they travel down a series of stainless steel tubes mixed with hot air. This process removes any remaining moisture by dehydration. An attached cyclone separator mixes the PET flakes with cool air, preparing them for storage in the product silo.

Product Silo: A storage tank for the clean, dry PET flakes.

Pelletizer/Extruder: For the most part, PET flakes are used as is, particularly in manufacturing polyester fibers. However, we do have customers requiring plastic pelletizing machines such as our single-screw extruder pelletizers and twin-screw extruder pelletizers.

Step	Description
De-baling	Separating the PET bottles from baled packages
Metal Removal	Separating metal materials using magnets or electromagnets
Label Removal	Removing labels from the PET bottles chemically or mechanically
Metal Removal	Separating residual metal materials using magnets or electromagnets
Bottle Pre-washing	Initial washing of the PET bottles before the washing process
Optical Bottle Sorting	Sorting PET bottles by type and color using optical sensors
Manual Sorting	Further sorting of PET bottles by hand (by color, type, material, etc.)
Crushing	Shredding the PET bottles into small pieces
Dust Removal	Removing dust from the shredded PET bottle pieces
Flotation Hot washing	Cleaning the PET flakes using hot water in a flotation tank
Friction Washing	Removing remaining contaminants from the PET flakes using brushes or other methods
Rinsing	Rinsing the cleaned PET flakes to remove any remaining cleaning agents
Flushing Washing	High-pressure water rinsing of the PET flakes
Drying	Drying the PET flakes using air or a spinning process
Dust Removal	Removing any remaining dust from the dried PET flakes
Optical Flakes Sorting	Sorting PET flakes by type and color using optical sensors
Blending	Blending different colors and types of PET flakes
Online Inspection	Inspecting the quality of the PET flakes on the production line
Packing	Packaging the PET flakes in bags or other containers

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Warranty
All recycling machines come with a 1 year limited warranty.