Pallateer unit makes pallets from scrap

Wilmington Machinery Inc. recently introduced its Lumina Pallateer — a manufacturing cell specially designed for fully automated structural foam molding of pallets from 100 percent recycled plastic.

To save floor space, Wilmington can arrange the extruder and the injection unit of the Lumina press on a 90-degree angle.

Jeff Newman, vice president of sales and marketing, said Wilmington was getting a lot of inquiries from big plastics converters about using their scrap to make pallets.

“So we ended up making a complete system, and basically it made it easy to do,” Newman said. The machine can mold pallets using structural foam or gas-assisted injection molding, he said.

Newman said Wilmington is getting a lot of interest from companies in North and South America, as well as Europe and Ireland.

The Lumina Pallateer includes a complete package: a Lumina-brand structural foam press, a robotic part-takeout system, blenders, air compressors and nitrogen-gas generation equipment.

The machinery maker is based in Wilmington, N.C.

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