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PET bottle-grade drying temperature

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Bottle-grade drying is a high-temperature short-time route, and low-temperature long-time instead harms the material; after confirming effectiveness, solidify the parameters and practices into the work instruction to prevent recurrence; include this case in the defect archive as a troubleshooting...

Material Drying PETbottle gradedrying temperatureIV value

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PET dehumidifying drying dew point

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The first indicator of PET drying is the dew point, and -40℃ is the threshold for bottle-grade production; after confirming effectiveness, solidify the parameters and practices into the work instruction to prevent recurrence

Material Drying PETdew point-40℃white haze

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PET moisture absorption storage management

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PET raw material management must account for moisture absorption; exposure time recording plus graded drying brings the storage variable into process control; after confirming effectiveness, solidify the parameters and practices into the work instruction to prevent recurrence

Material Drying PET；storage；moisture absorption；re-moistening；graded management

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PET vented extrusion drying-free

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PET vented extrusion is a double-insurance mode of drying plus venting; skipping drying and relying only on venting, the deep-layer moisture will inevitably collect its debt in the form of bubbles; after confirming effectiveness, solidify the parameters and practices into the work instruction to ...

Material Drying PET；vented extrusion；drying-free；50ppm；double insurance

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PET crystallization for anti-sticking

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Crystallization is the pre-process of PET drying; drying amorphous material without crystallization will inevitably cause lumping and tower blockage, which is an introductory lesson in recycled PET processing; after confirming effectiveness, solidify the parameters and practices into the work ins...

Material Drying PET；crystallization；anti-sticking；amorphous；149℃

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PET moisture deep inside the pellets

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PET's deep-layer moisture determines the high threshold of the drying process; dew point and time are two hard indicators that cannot be compressed; after confirming effectiveness, solidify the parameters and practices into the work instruction to prevent recurrence

Material Drying PET；deep-layer moisture；molecular bonding；dew point；-40℃

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PET injection-grade drying 0.02%

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PET injection-grade drying can be quickly checked on site with the air-shot method; the 0.02% red line plus air-shot verification is a practical standard executable in the workshop; after confirming effectiveness, solidify the parameters and practices into the work instruction to prevent recurrence

Material Drying PET；injection drying；0.02%；air-shot method；discoloration

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PET over-drying oxidation

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PET drying is range control, not the longer the better; both hydrolytic degradation and oxidative degradation must be guarded against, and yellowing is the alarm of over-drying; after confirming effectiveness, solidify the parameters and practices into the work instruction to prevent recurrence

Material Drying PET；over-drying；oxidative degradation；yellowing；AA

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PET bottle-grade drying 165-175℃

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Bottle-grade PET drying parameters are a precise combination: the four elements of temperature, time, dew point, and air volume are all indispensable, and AA and IV are the verification indicators; after confirming effectiveness, solidify the parameters and practices into the work instruction to ...

Material Drying PET；bottle-grade drying；165-175℃；AA；acetaldehyde

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PET drying 100 ppm and IV loss

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PET drying quality is quantified by IV loss; the dual indicators of 100 ppm plus 0.04 dL/g are the industry benchmark for recycled PET quality control; after confirming effectiveness, solidify the parameters and practices into the work instruction to prevent recurrence

Material Drying PET；100ppm；IV loss；0.04dL/g；recycling

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