Carpet Reclamation System

An improved method for processing post-consumer carpet to recycle one or more component materials of said post consumer carpet, said method comprising:

• feeding one end of post-consumer carpet into an intake;
• dedusting and cleaning of said post consumer carpet;
• propelling said carpet into a separator using a first roller and a second roller;
• separating face fiber of said post-consumer carpet by a circulating knife blade of said separator severing face fiber from backing material;
• cleaning of said separated face fiber to extract latex and debris therefrom;
• and
• feeding of said separated face fiber into a conglomerator for heating therein.

An improved method for processing carpet to recycle one or more component materials of the carpet, said method comprising:

• feeding one end of a carpet into an intake;
• dedusting and cleaning of said carpet;
• propelling said carpet into a separator using a first roller and a second roller;
• separating face fiber of said carpet by a circulating knife blade of said separator severing face fiber from backing;
• cleaning of said separated face fiber to extract debris therefrom;
• and
• feeding of said cleaned and separated face fiber into a conglomerator for heating therein.

An improved method for processing post-consumer carpet to recycle one or more component materials of said post consumer carpet, said method comprising:

• feeding one end of post-consumer carpet into an intake;
• dedusting and cleaning of said post consumer carpet;
• propelling said carpet into a separator using a first roller and a second roller;
• separating face fiber of said post-consumer carpet by a circulating knife blade of said separator severing face fiber from backing material;
• sharpening said circulating knife blade continuously using a sharpener to continuously present a sharp cutting edge for said severing;
• and cooling of said continuously sharpened circulating knife blade to thereby prevent overheating;
• cleaning of said separated face fiber to extract latex and debris therefrom using a self-contained fluidic ultrasonic cleaner;
• heating of said separated face fiber to be in a flowable state;
• and
• extruding of said flowable face fiber in an extruder and forming of pellets therefrom.

An improved method for processing post-consumer carpet to recycle one or more component materials of said post consumer carpet, said method comprising:

• feeding one end of post-consumer carpet into an intake;
• dedusting and cleaning of said post consumer carpet;
• propelling said carpet into a separator using a first roller and a second roller;
• separating face fiber of said post-consumer carpet by a circulating knife blade of said separator severing face fiber from backing material;
• carrying away of said separated backing to a shredder using a conveyor;
• and forming backing fragments by one or more of shredding, cutting, and chopping of said backing;
• and
• opening of said fragments into fibers by tearing of said fragments in an opening device;
• density compacting and melting of said torn backing fibers in a conglomerator to remove latex and other remaining adhesive components by volatizing said adhesive components;
• and
• granulating of said adhesive-free backing to form a low quality polymer.