BKG® pelletizer runs smoothly after 12 years of storage

Twelve years ago, NEO Group purchased a BKG® underwater pelletizer and related components that could be used to build three PET polymerization lines, but installed only two lines and stored unused BKG equipment in their original box.

NEO Group's manufacturing campus in Klaipeda, Lithuania

NEO Group procured a number of PET production lines from Zimmer AG, including 12 underwater pelletizers (4 installed in each polymerization line), as well as polymer diversion valves, gear pumps, water supply and drainage systems, pellet dryers and controll.

Managing Director Ruslanas Radajevas said: "We just unpacked the boxes, assembled the BKG components, and installed them in the production li.

Godfrey Sandham, Nordson's vice president of Plastics Engineering Systems Group Europe, noted that the smooth start-up of the pelletizing system reflects the inherently tough quality of BKG's produc.

NEO Group's third PET line will add 160,000 tons of capacity per year, bringing the company's total production capacity to 480,000 to.