Recycling system

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1991-03-26

1992-09-01

Rosenbaum, Mark

Solid material comminution or disintegration

Apparatus

With separation or classification of material

241 791, 241DIG38, 209 441, 209557, 209630, 209930, B03B 906

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051433087

ABSTRACT:
Apparatus and process for recycling post-consumer plastic containers supplied as compressed bales thereof to recover at least uncolored and colored PET uncolored and colored HDPE in flake form is provided. The apparatus and process includes debaling, sortation of the desired containers from the bale, granulation of these containers into flakes, wet processing to dissolve glue and the residue of contents of the containers and to provide separation of contaminants from the desired flake by specific gravity difference, and recovery of the purified flakes.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3524594 (1970-08-01), Anderson et al.
patent: 4511302 (1985-04-01), Moore
patent: 4830188 (1989-05-01), Hannigan et al.
"Plastics Recycling Gains Momentum", Chemical Engineering, Nov. 1990 p. 39.

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