Chemical recycling business from polyester products.

Recycling of Waste Epoxy-Polyester Powders for Foam Production

This paper proposes a new foaming technology (solid-state foaming) to produce structural foams from waste thermosetting resins. The proposed technology is easy and does not require specific and expensive equipments. Solid tablets are produced by cold compaction of resin powder, and foam by heating in an oven. Composite foams can be produced by mixing fillers and resin powder before the cold com...

Chemical Recycling of Polymer Materials

After the first life cycle of plastics various recycling processes are available for further utilization of these valuable materials. For an ecologically and economically satisfying solution the most suitable process has to be chosen. In chemical recycling polymers are degraded to basic chemical substances which can be reused in the petrochemical industry. For soiled waste plastics or waste pla...

Chemical characterisation of the fracture surfaces of polyester resin and a polyester based nanocomposite

A novel in situ fracture stage has been used to conduct micro compact tension (micro-CT) tests within the preparation chamber of a time-of-flight secondary-ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) instrument. Tests have been undertaken in the usual ultra high vacuum (UHV) conditions and in an ambient air atmosphere for comparison. A plain polyester resin system has been compared to an organically modif...

Curing studies of unsaturated polyester resin used in FRP products

Fiber reinforced plastics (FRP) products being strong and light in weight, find extensive applications in automobiles, marine, structural and household components. Unsaturated polyester (UP) resin is a principle binder material used in FRP products. Curing of UP resin is a key for successful FRP processing. Gel time (tgel) and peak exothermic temperature (θpeak) are critical measures of curing ...

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