ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT
The regeneration of plastics is forced to rely on the collection of post-consumer waste and therefore on materials that are much more contaminated and difficult to manage than postindustrial waste . The continuous-flow solution with dual screen developed by the Venetian company guarantees superior performance by halving the quantity of residues .
The Duo screen changer by Break
Machinery
GENERATIONAL CHANGE IN FILTRATION
Italian technology plast / April 2023
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Break Machinery is the “ division ” specialising in the filtration of plastic compounds that is part of an industrial group established by the Pegoraro family who has been operating in the field of plastic recycling taking advantage of a know-how acquired over almost half a century in the sector . The Pegoraro Group offers a number of solutions , from waste collection to finished products , through established companies such as , for example , Granplast , Geoplast and Italtech for the production of large injection moulding machines . Founded in 2019 , Break Machinery is based in Grantorto ( near Padua ) and thanks to an R & D team including engineers and technicians , it has become an ideal market partner for all recyclers and regenerators who seek added value in plastics for injection moulding with an eye towards increased productivity and energy savings .
Break Machinery ’ s range of products - consisting of automatic screen changers , filtration equipment and other tailor-made and customised solutions - has recently been enlarged with a new entry , the Duo screen changer , which represents the evolution of the One model which was brought to the market some years ago . As the managing director of Break Machinery , Mirco Pegoraro , points out : “ My father , Loris , started a plastic collection business 50 years ago . The characteristic of our family , a very strong one ever since we entered the sector and typical of Italian entrepreneurs , has always been that of building machines in-house . In recent years we have also expanded into plastics moulding through Geoplast , which today has become an important reference point within the Pegoraro Group , following the need to invest heavily in a new machine for the develop-
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