Apparatus for reclaiming and recycling thermosetting scrap

An improved apparatus for reclaiming and recycling thermosetting plastic scrap which comprises:

• a pulverizer for grinding said scrap to provide pulverized scrap material,
• an atomizer for grinding said pulverized scrap material to provide atomized material,
• a feeding means to supply said pulverized material to said atomizer,
• a dust collecting device which collects the dust generated in the air during the grinding process in said pulverizer,
• a purifying means for noxious gases generated,
• a conveying means for conveying said atomized material to a first hopper,
• a first feed cylinder beneath said first hopper containing a feed screw and means to run said feed screw at a constant speed,
• a second hopper for virgin material,
• a second feed cylinder beneath said second hopper containing a variable speed feed screw,
• a third hopper for receiving a mixture of said atomized material from said first feed cylinder and said virgin material from said second feed cylinder, and
• means to control the ratio of atomized material and virgin material discharged into said third hopper by controlling the speed of said variable speed feed screw;
• further comprising means to hold material which has passed through said pulverizer and before being fed to said atomizer;
• retaining means for material which has passed through said atomizer located upstream of said conveying means for conveying atomized material to said first hopper.