SPIRA/flo® Pipe to Be Featured at AMI Plastics World Expos in Cleveland This November

The AMI Plastics World Expos North America—a critical event for the plastics compounding, extrusion, and recycling sectors—returns to the Huntington Convention Center in Cleveland, Ohio, on November 12-13, 2025. This year's event offers a key opportunity to spotlight the proprietary SPIRA/flo® Pipe technology, a specialized solution for mitigating one of the plastics industry’s most persistent conveying problems: the creation of “angel hair” and fines.

The SPIRA/flo® Capability: Solving the Angel Hair Challenge

The journey of delicate plastic pellets through pneumatic conveying systems is often compromised by the generation of "angel hair" (long, fibrous strands of plastic) and fines. This degradation, caused by friction, shearing, and high-impact contact within the pipeline, leads to frequent screen clogs, increased maintenance, and ultimately, a lower quality finished product.

The SPIRA/flo® Pipe is specifically engineered to counter these issues through its unique design:

• Pressed Groove Interior: The pipe features a specialized, pressed groove surface that is critical to its performance. This non-standard interior significantly reduces friction and shearing forces.

• Controlled Flow Path: The spiraling grooves gently guide plastic pellets along a more controlled, laminar flow path. This patented feature drastically minimizes the chaotic bouncing and direct impact against the pipe walls that are the primary generators of angel hair and fines.

• Reduced Degradation and Waste: Proven through extensive competitive testing by major polyethylene producers, the use of SPIRA/flo® throughout a pneumatic system results in a significant reduction of angel hair formation. This directly translates to higher product yield and less material waste.

• Ease of Separation: When minimal angel hair still forms, the unique surface ensures it is of a light, loosely attached flake type that can be readily separated from the pellet stream, simplifying post-processing and maintaining product purity.

Focus at the AMI Cleveland Expos

Attendance at the AMI Plastics World Expos, which co-locates the Compounding World Expo and the Plastics Extrusion World Expo, is vital for processors seeking operational efficiencies. The event provides a perfect stage for SPIRA/flo® to demonstrate its immediate value to industry professionals, including:

• Extrusion Engineers seeking improved melt flow and fewer screen changes.

• Compounding Specialists requiring the purest possible resin and additive streams.

• Maintenance Managers looking to reduce system downtime associated with clogged equipment.

The focus in Cleveland will be on discussing real-world applications and how integrating the proprietary pipe technology can establish a safer, cleaner, and more cost-effective method for handling polymer pellets. Visitors attending the November show will have the opportunity to engage directly with experts on how SPIRA/flo® sets the standard for optimizing plastic pellet conveying.