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US 11,472,065 B2Granted
Plastic parts made from plastics having different melting points and a method of manufacturing same
AssigneeOmachron Intellectual Property Inc.
InventorWayne Ernest Conrad
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Abstract
A method of recycling a mixed plastic waste comprising plastics having different melting temperatures includes conveying the mixed plastic waste through an extruder such that at least some of the higher melting point plastic is passes through the extruder without melting and is present in the extrudate as solid material.
Claims16
A method of recycling a mixed plastic waste comprising:
- (a) introducing into an extruder a feedstock comprising a first plastic comprising a low density polyethylene (LDPE) and having a first melting point, a second plastic comprising a high density polyethylene and having a second melting point wherein the second melting point is higher than the first melting point;
- (b) passing the feedstock through a barrel of the extruder, wherein the barrel has a working volume containing an extruder screw through which the feedstock passes, wherein the temperature of the feedstock in the working volume is above the first melting point and below the second melting point;
- (c) extruding from the barrel an extrudate wherein the extrudate comprises the first plastic in a liquid state and the second plastic in a solid state;
- (d) adjusting the rate of rotation of the extruder screw to maintain the temperature in the working volume above the first melting point and below the second melting point;
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- (e) extruding the extrudate into a mold to produce a part wherein the first plastic comprises up to 20% by weight of the feedstock introduced into the mold
- wherein the extruder has a gap between an inner surface of the barrel and the extruder screw which is 0.002-0.030 inches, and
- wherein the second plastic comprises generally planar particulate material, the generally planar particulate material has a generally planar face having a length and a width and a thickness generally transverse to the generally planar face, and the part has a wall thickness that is at least 10% thicker than the thickness of the generally planar particulate material.
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A method of recycling a mixed plastic waste comprising:
- (a) introducing into an extruder a feedstock comprising a first plastic comprising a low density polyethylene (LDPE) and having a first melting point, a second plastic comprising a high density polyethylene and having a second melting point wherein the second melting point is higher than the first melting point;
- (b) passing the feedstock through a barrel of the extruder, wherein the barrel has a working volume containing an extruder screw through which the feedstock passes, wherein the temperature of the feedstock in the working volume is above the first melting point and below the second melting point;
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- (c) extruding from the barrel an extrudate wherein the extrudate comprises the first plastic in a liquid state and the second plastic in a solid state;
- wherein the first plastic comprises up to 20% by weight of the feedstock,
- wherein the extruder has a gap between an inner surface of the barrel and the extruder screw which is 0.002-0.030 inches, and,
- wherein the second plastic comprises generally planar particulate material, the generally planar particulate material has a generally planar face having a length and a width and a thickness generally transverse to the generally planar face, and the part has a wall thickness that is at least 10% thicker than the thickness of the generally planar particulate material.
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