Closed material loop
A triangular recovery circuit drains of accent material and then re-traces itself, the new pack face re-forming at its centre as the loop closes.
A triangular recovery circuit drains of accent material and then re-traces itself, the new pack face re-forming at its centre as the loop closes.
A rigid full-size pack collapses out of frame and a compact accent refill pouch takes its place on the same footprint.
A board cross-section thins to its reduced caliper while the upper gauge arm tracks down with it, the pair returning to full thickness mid-cycle.
A carton's clear window pane clears and an accent fibre insert wipes across the aperture to take its place.
Loose flake clears the hopper and a row of uniform accent pellets forms beyond the extruder die, one after the next.
A halftone panel drops from solid laydown to a light accent screen row by row while the coverage marker climbs its gauge.
Three laminate plies converge on the gauge centre and resolve into a single accent mono-material web, the cycle stepping back to the laminate and forward again.
Loose recovered fibre compresses under a descending press plate into a strapped accent bale, the cycle running back to loose feedstock and forward again.
Mixed material drops to a three-way sorter and the diverter sends the accent fraction down the fibre chute while the other streams sit idle.
An accent recyclate level climbs the pack from virgin stock to the dashed declared-content target while the side marker rides up with it.
A scanner bar runs down a pack face while the three arms of the resin identification triangle close into a readable accent code.
A returnable crate runs out to the far post and back to the depot, the accent trip pip clearing as it leaves and logging again as it lands.
Four accent carton corners draw in from an oversized footprint until they hug the product and the void space is gone.
A press sheet's offcut band shrinks back to a trim edge and two accent blanks appear in the reclaimed area.
A wash step lifts an adhesive label clear of a container wall, the label tilting away to leave the substrate bare.