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Recycling of Carpet Waste by Injection and Compression Molding

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dc.contributor.author Zhang, Yi en_US
dc.contributor.author Muzzy, John D. en_US
dc.contributor.author Kumar, Satish en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Textile and Fiber Engineering en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Chemical Engineering en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2006-06-06T17:44:52Z
dc.date.available 2006-06-06T17:44:52Z
dc.date.issued 1997-05-19 en_US
dc.description.abstract Studies have been carried out to convert carpet waste into valued products. Two common processes, injection and compression molding, can be used to recycle carpet waste. Two types of carpet waste have been recycled. One is edge trim carpet waste from manufacturing and the other one is separated polypropylene from post-consumer carpet waste. In injection molding, carpet waste was debulked, ground, dried and molded. In compression molding, the recycled carpet waste was combined with glass mat reinforcement. The compression molding process consists of debulking, stacking with glass mats and consolidation. The mechanical testing results are encouraging. The injection molded samples showed properties acceptable for many applications. The glass mat reinforced carpet waste made by compression molding had properties comparable to commercial virgin thermoplastics reinforced with glass mat.
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dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/10316
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology en_US
dc.rights Access restricted to authorized Georgia Tech users only. en_US
dc.subject Carpet waste recycling en_US
dc.subject Post-consumer carpet waste en_US
dc.subject Compression molding en_US
dc.subject Injection molding en_US
dc.subject Glass mat
dc.title Recycling of Carpet Waste by Injection and Compression Molding en_US
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dc.type.genre Proceedings
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local.contributor.author Muzzy, John D.
local.contributor.author Kumar, Satish
local.contributor.corporatename School of Materials Science and Engineering
local.contributor.corporatename College of Engineering
local.relation.ispartofseries Recycling of Fibrous Textile and Carpet Waste Conference
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