Studies on Optimizing the Cryogenic Process for Recycling Plated Plastic to Achieve Improved Quality of Remolded Parts

970664

02/24/1997

Event
International Congress & Exposition
Authors Abstract
Content
Electroplated plastic from hubcaps was cryogenically ground and magnetically separated into a metallic and a recyclable plastic stream. A high purity plastic was achieved using a magnetic, multi-pass separation process. The ground plastic was pelletized and molded. The recycled samples revealed properties very similar to a pure, unprocessed resin and a unplated, control plastic which had been cryogenically ground and remolded. Only elongation properties of the plated and unplated, processed material degraded as compared to the pure resin. The favorable recycled resin performance warrants additional testing of electroplated plastics and investigating the benefits of incorporating varying percentages of this recycled material with virgin resin.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/970664
Pages
14
Citation
Dom, R., Shawhan, G., Kuzio, J., Spell, A. et al., "Studies on Optimizing the Cryogenic Process for Recycling Plated Plastic to Achieve Improved Quality of Remolded Parts," SAE Technical Paper 970664, 1997, https://doi.org/10.4271/970664.
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Published
Feb 24, 1997
Product Code
970664
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English