New trends in the recycling of composite materials and plastics

At present, the global output of composite materials and plastics has reached 10 million tons and 350 million tons per year, respectively.

These materials, which were developed on a large scale in the last century, are now unavoidable, and efforts need to be made to find technically and economically feasible recycling routes for them.

In fact, predictions of the scarcity of non-renewable materials and energy resources are triggering stricter regulations and forcing the composite and plastic industries to gradually reduce their carbon footprint.

However, although the goals are the same, in fact, the historical backgrounds of the composites industry and the plastics industry are completely different.

The degree of automation in the composite material industry is generally not high. It is mainly aimed at niche markets. It produces high value-added durable products. In about 90% of the cases, it uses long fiber or continuous fiber reinforced materials and thermosetting properties. Resin (such as unsaturated polyester).

Although the increase in total annual production did not lead to an excessive increase in production waste, the service life of the first-generation products (such as ship hulls, wind turbine blades and cover plates, etc.) designed 20, 30, or 40 years ago At the end of the year, the scrapped waste is increasing sharply.

Due to the insolubility of resin, in almost 90% of cases, the only way out for these accumulated wastes is landfill.

Recycling thermoplastic composite waste: ThermoPRIME technology

ThermoPRIME technology is based on the specific requirements of the application, formulating low value-added recycled plastics (controllable quality) to combine this polymer with continuous fibers or long fiber reinforced materials to produce high durability and Continuous laminate with economic recovery potential.

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