Composites from commingled waste plastics: Prototype design and moldability analysis
Conference
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OSTI ID:602967
- New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ (United States)
Polymer composites synthesized from characteristic compositions of post-consumer {open_quotes}curbside tailings{close_quotes} have been molded into thin-section parts. Product and process design and performance issues are discussed. Commercial, institutional and industrial plastic streams yield {open_quotes}tailings{close_quotes} or residue mixtures that cannot be efficiently recovered by present day reclamation processes. Products made of such commingled streams by existing melt reprocessing technologies are usually suitable only for less-demanding, non-load bearing applications, or specialized thick sectioned shapes or products, such as timber replacement. In this paper, we describe the results of a combined structural analysis and mold cavity flow simulation using commercial software, for parts produced from modified multicomponent polymer mixtures, equivalent to those found in commingled waste streams.
- OSTI ID:
- 602967
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-961108--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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