Moisture management to control particle size distribution in shredded waste materials
AssigneeContinuus Materials Intellectual Property, LLC
InventorsMatthew Spencer, Marko Suput, Jack G. Winterowd, Mya Fisher
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Abstract
A method of generating paper and plastic fragments includes measuring a moisture content of a batch of paper and plastic material, drying the batch of paper and plastic material to achieve a target moisture content, and disintegrating the batch of paper and plastic material, after drying, to form a plurality of paper and plastic fragments.
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A method of generating paper and plastic fragments using moisture content to control fragment size distribution and mechanical properties of a product made therefrom, the method comprising:
- measuring a moisture content of a batch of paper and plastic material;
- drying the batch of paper and plastic material to achieve a target moisture content;
- and
- disintegrating the batch of paper and plastic material, after drying, to form a plurality of paper and plastic fragments.
A system for generating paper and plastic fragments using moisture content to control fragment size distribution and mechanical properties of a product made therefrom, the system comprising:
- a first moisture sensor configured to measure a moisture content of paper and plastic material;
- a dryer configured to dry the paper and plastic material;
- a disintegration system configured to receive and disintegrate the paper and plastic material to produce paper and plastic fragments;
- a controller including a processor and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the controller to:
- receive sensor data from the first moisture sensor indicating the moisture content;
- determine a set of dryer parameters based on the moisture content and a target moisture content;
- send the set of dryer parameters to the dryer, wherein the dryer is configured to dry the paper and plastic material using set of the dryer parameters;
- determine that the paper and plastic material has achieved the target moisture content;
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- send a signal to the dryer to release the dried paper and plastic material to the disintegration system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.