Method of recycling media for use in pressurized device
OwnerWilliam R. Lynn, Wilfred P. Parentinventors
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Abstract
A method of recycling a reusable composite blasting media comprising a plurality of discrete particles of an abrasive component combined with a carrier component. The method comprises the steps of collecting the recyclable composite blasting media after at least one blasting cycle, mixing at least one of additional abrasive component and additional carrier component with the collected composite blasting media, and forming the composite media into a plurality of granules each containing a plurality of discrete particles of the abrasive component and the carrier component.
Claims17
A method of recycling a used composite blasting media after being propelled through desired blasting equipment, said composite blasting media comprising a plurality of granules which each contain a plurality of discrete particles of an abrasive component physically interconnected with one another by a carrier component, which is a solid at room temperature,
- said method comprising the steps of:
- collecting the composite blasting media after at least one blasting cycle;
- mixing at least one of additional abrasive component and additional carrier component, which is a solid at room temperature, with the collected composite blasting media;
- and
- forming the mixture of composite blasting media into a plurality of granules each containing a plurality of discrete particles of the abrasive component physically interconnected with one another by the carrier component.
A method of forming a recyclable granulated composite blasting media for use in treating a surface to remove undesired contaminants therefrom, said composite blasting media being suitable for being propelled via a fluid stream through desired blasting equipment;
- said method comprising the steps of:
- forming granules of the composite blasting media, each said granule comprising a plurality of discrete particles of an abrasive component physically interconnected with one another by a carrier component, which is solid at room temperature, the carrier component being selected to wear, during use of the composite blasting media, at a rate so as to continuously expose additional underlying abrasive particles on an exterior surface of that composite media particle, but not at a rate to allow the premature separation of the abrasive particles from an exterior surface of that composite media particle;
- propelling the recyclable composite blasting media through desired blasting equipment to treated a desired surface;
- collecting the composite blasting media with a collecting device and cleaning the collected composite blasting media, after at least one blasting cycle, with a cleaning device;
- and
- reforming the composite blasting media into a plurality of granules each containing a plurality of discrete particles of an abrasive component physically interconnected with one another by a carrier component.
A method of recycling a used composite blasting media after being propelled through desired blasting equipment, said composite blasting media comprising a plurality of granules which each contain a plurality of discrete particles of an abrasive component physically interconnected with one another by a carrier component, which is solid at a temperature below room temperature,
- said method comprising, a temperature below room temperature, the steps of:
- collecting the composite blasting media after at least one blasting cycle;
- mixing at least one of additional abrasive component and additional carrier component with the collected composite blasting media;
- and
- forming the mixture of composite blasting media into a plurality of granules each containing a plurality of discrete particles of the abrasive component physically interconnected with one another by the carrier component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.