Method of recycling automobile waste residue
OwnerDennis R. Bloominventor
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Abstract
A method of recycling automobile waste residue after major metal scrap has been separated therefrom. The residue includes such material as ferrous and non-ferrous metals, glass and fluff material including plastics. This residue is granulated and the ferrous and non-ferrous metals and glass are separated from the fluff material. The fluff material is fed to a mixing station whereat an amount of plastic material is added to the fluff material such that, when combined with the plastic material already in the fluff material, the resulting composition is on the order of a 50:50 ratio of plastic and non-plastic materials. This composition then is mixed and can be further processed to form a usable recycled product.
Claims12
A method of recycling particles of automobile waste residue after major metal scrap has been separated therefrom, the residue including such materials as ferrous and non-ferrous metals, glass and fluff material including plastics, comprising the steps of:
- granulating the residue to reduce the particle size thereof;
- air separating fluff material from the residue during the granulating step;
- magnetically removing ferrous material from the residue;
- air separating fluff material from the residue during the magnetic removal step;
- fluidizing the residue a first time to remove nonmetallic materials such as glass therefrom;
- air separating fluff material from the residue after the first fluidizing step;
- fluidizing the residue a second time to separate copper and aluminum into by-products;
- air separating fluff material from the residue after the second fluidizing step;
- feeding the fluff material separated by said air separating steps to a mixing station;
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- adding at said mixing station an amount of plastic material to the plastic material contained in the fluff material to form a combination such that the combination of the plastic material already in the fluff material and the additional plastic material result in a composition on the order of a 50:50 ratio of plastic and non-plastic materials whereby the composition can be further processed to form a usable product.
A method of recycling particles of automobile waste residue after major metal scrap has been separated therefrom, the residue including such materials as ferrous and non-ferrous metals, glass and fluff material including plastics, comprising the steps of:
- granulating the residue to reduce the particle size thereof;
- magnetically removing ferrous material from the residue;
- fluidizing the residue a first time to remove non-metallic materials such as glass therefrom;
- fluidizing the residue a second time to separate copper and aluminum into by-products;
- air separating fluff material from the residue at various locations during at least some of the above steps;
- feeding the fluff material separated by said air separating steps to a mixing station;
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- adding an amount of plastic material to the fluff material at said mixing station such that, when combined with the plastic material already in the fluff material, the resulting composition is on the order of a 50:50 ratio of plastic and non-plastic materials whereby the composition can be further processed to form a usable product.
A method of recycling particles of automobile waste residue after major metal scrap has been separated therefrom, the residue including such materials as ferrous and non-ferrous metals, glass and fluff material including plastics, comprising the steps of:
- granulating the residue to reduce the particle size thereof;
- air separating fluff material from the residue during the granulating step;
- magnetically removing ferrous material from the residue;
- air separating fluff material from the residue during the magnetic removal step;
- feeding the fluff material separated by said air separating steps to a mixing station;
- and
- adding an amount of plastic material to the fluff material at said mixing station such that, when combined with the plastic material already in the fluff material, the resulting composition is on the order of a 50:50 ratio of plastic and non-plastic materials whereby the composition can be further processed to form a usable product.
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