Recycling RIM polymers into automotive fascia

Journal Article · Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994 · Automotive Engineering; (United States)

OSTI ID:6892427

This article reports an important discovery that scrap polymers may not have to be segregated for many of the recycling approaches for automotive thermoset poly-urethane polymers. Recycling painted parts has been a major impediment in most recycling alternatives, but that is not the case with the regrind approach to RIM (reaction injection molded) recycling. Scrap from painted, unpainted, filled, and unfilled polyurethane fascia, fenders, and side claddings can be collected as one resource. The flow of RIM scrap through the recycling process is illustrated.

• OSTI ID: 6892427
• Journal Information: Automotive Engineering; (United States), Vol. 102:8; ISSN 0098-2571
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
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RECYCLING
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
POLYURETHANES
GRINDING
MOLDING MATERIALS
COMMINUTION
MACHINING
MATERIALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC POLYMERS
PETROCHEMICALS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PLASTICS
POLYAMIDES
POLYMERS
SYNTHETIC MATERIALS
VEHICLES
WASTES
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