Method and apparatus for manufacturing composite sheet-like materials

Abstract

A method of producing a composite laminate comprises the steps of feeding ground reclaimed material, for example carpet backing, to a dispersing station (16), dispersing the reclaimed material on a moving web (10), bringing an intermediate web (20) into engagement with the layer of reclaimed material, melting the reclaimed material to fuse the reclaimed material to the intermediate web, passing the laminate through compression rollers (28, 30) to control the thickness of the laminate, and cooling the laminate. The moving web (10) may comprise carpeting material in which case the melted reclaimed material is fused to the carpeting material (10) and intermediate web (20).

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