In this world we are facing many environmental issues and one of the most visible is plastic solid waste pollution going into our landfills. Contained in this plastic solid waste feed-stream are automobile fascias that are not repairable or useable by the primary or secondary markets. These unusable fascias are presently being collected by MRC Polymers. The Fascias are processed to reclaim the thermoplastic raw material. The thermoplastic is then compounded into pellets to meet the customer's requirement for various applications. The process includes sorting where the material is segregated into different types of plastics. Then the sorted parts are reduced in size through a shredding and grinding process. Following the size reduction, the material is passed through a non-chemical washing process to remove paint from the fascia regrind. Then the washed regrind is transferred to be compounded into various products. In the compounding process, the properties of the product are improved by utilizing additives when necessary. The final compounded plastic resin enables molders to produce first quality products. This recycled product replaces virgin thermoplastic resin providing a cost savings, reducing the use of energy, and lowering the landfill waste. MRC will present an overview of this process of Sorting, Grinding, Washing and Compounding and its application in automotive industry. MRC will also show the property improvement throughout the process that meets the customer requirement for a specific application.


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    Title :

    Recycling post consumer plastic automotive fascia


    Additional title:

    Rezyklierung von Autoarmaturenbrettern nach Ende des Gebrauchs


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2010


    Size :

    31 Seiten, 7 Bilder, 1 Tabelle


    Remarks:

    (davon 23 S. Folien)


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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