Mohammad Reza Shahmiri said POLY F was one of the company’s ongoing projects which was completed by the round-the-clock efforts of the company’s personnel and is now operating at a desirable state.
Polyethylene terephthalate (sometimes written poly(ethylene terephthalate)), commonly abbreviated PET, PETE, or the obsolete PETP or PET-P, is the most common thermoplastic polymer resin of the polyester family and is used in fibers for clothing, containers for liquids and foods, thermoforming for manufacturing, and in combination with glass fiber for engineering resins.
He said the project took 7 months and 300,000 man/hours without any incidents.
During the project, a new finisher reactor was installed at the unit, and the vacuum system was replaced.
Moreover, a new dosing system was installed at the facility together with MCC boards that was done along major pipe and cable-laying operations, he added.
Tondgouyan Petrochemical Plant is the biggest suppliers of PET and PTA in Iran.