Method for recycling coating maskant
OwnerSim Hua, Marvin Kheng +2inventors
InventorsSim Hua, Marvin Kheng, Ranjan Balakrishnan, Garimella Rao
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Abstract
A method for recycling maskant is provided that includes the steps of: 1) collecting used maskant agglomerations, each agglomeration having a volumetric size; 2) straining the used maskant agglomerations with a sieve or other straining device; and 3) blending the strained maskant agglomerations, wherein the blending is operable to reduce the volumetric size of the maskant agglomerations. In some embodiments, the present method includes a plurality of blending and straining steps.
Claims6
A method for recycling maskant, comprising the steps of:
- collecting used maskant agglomerations;
- straining the used maskant agglomerations within a sieve;
- and
- blending the strained maskant agglomerations, wherein the blending is operable to change the strained maskant agglomerations from a first volumetric size to a second volumetric size, which second volumetric size is less than the first volumetric size.
A method for recycling maskant, comprising the steps of:
- collecting used maskant agglomerations, each agglomeration having a volumetric size;
- straining the used maskant agglomerations within a first straining device having a plurality of apertures of a first cross-sectional area;
- blending the strained maskant agglomerations, wherein the blending is operable to reduce the volumetric size of the strained maskant agglomerations;
- and
- straining the used maskant agglomerations within a second straining device having a plurality of apertures of a second cross-sectional area, wherein the second cross-sectional area is less than the first cross-sectional area.
A method for recycling maskant, comprising the steps of:
- collecting used maskant agglomerations, each agglomeration having a volumetric size;
- straining the collected maskant agglomerations;
- blending the strained maskant agglomerations, wherein the blending is operable to reduce the volumetric size of the strained maskant agglomerations;
- and
- straining the blended maskant agglomerations.
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