| abstract |
A method for treating and/or recycling a material, in particular a thermoplastic material, wherein the material is stirred and mixed in a receiving vessel 1, in particular a cutting compressor or a pretreatment unit (PCU), and optionally heating, grinding and/or Softened, the material in the receiving container 1 is kept in a state that is not melted as a whole in the form of agglomerates or particles, and the material in the form of agglomerates or particles being stirred in the receiving container is subjected to in-line spectroscopic analysis and/or spectrometric analysis and /Or the measured values being measured and identified in this way disclose in each case the method used to obtain information about the material being analyzed, in particular quantitative and/or qualitative indicators of each material. Similarly,-at least one receiving vessel (1) having a mixing and/or grinding device for the material, in particular a cutting compressor,-emitting a physical stimulus, in particular electromagnetic radiation, for the excitation of the material rotating in the form of agglomerates and particles, and ,-Agglomerates or particles being agitated within the receiving vessel 1, configured to detect a measurement signal arising in response to a stimulus, particularly preferably a characteristic spectrum of electromagnetic radiation scattered from the material being analyzed by spectroscopic means. At least one spectroscopic and/or spectrometric measuring device 10 for in-line analysis of a part of the material in the form, and-in data communication with the measuring device 10,-operating the measuring device 10, and physically Emits stimuli, in particular electromagnetic radiation, detects the resulting measurement signal, keeps the measured values identified in this way available,-optionally, on the basis of the confirmed measurements, in each case analysis An apparatus is disclosed comprising a processing and control unit 40 configured to derive and maintain usable information about the material being prepared, in particular quantitative and/or qualitative indicators of each material. |