Extruded polystyrene foam, or Styrofoam, was created in 1941 by Dow scientist Ray McIntyre. It is a lightweight, waterproof substance that was previously used to make life rafts. Even more applications have been identified for expanded polystyrene foam (EPS), another comparable foam substance. EPS is a superior insulator due to its approximately 95% air content. It prevents finger burns when hot coffee is served in a polystyrene cup, which is why it’s found in beer coolers and insulation for homes. EPS is the perfect material to add buoyancy to life jackets and rafts as it is lightweight. Because of its malleability and small weight, it’s a superb packaging material that adds minimal weight and cushioning. EPS is widely used in the food sector for products like meat because it is heat-resistant and doesn’t react with other materials.
EPS not only has the above advantages, but also has excellent shock absorption function. It is precisely because of the combination of shock absorption and light weight that many products in the sports field also need to be manufactured using EPS. No matter what product it is, it requires two steps: production and cutting. We may have a certain probability of defective products during the production process. For different products, we need to manufacture and cut them into different shapes. In this process There will be quite a lot of EPS scraps and dust produced, which need to be properly disposed of.
Using EPS melting machine for recycling is a good choice. Because this equipment can recycle both EPS blocs and EPS dust, it has an excellent recycling effect especially for EPS dust that is difficult to recycle. The compression ratio of the EPS melting machine can reach 90:1, which is an extremely high compression ratio recycling machine. Equipment, compression ratio is also a machine indicator that customers care about most, which is related to the subsequent transportation and storage costs.