Processing and use of waste latex materials
AssigneeC & H Services of North Georgia, LLC
InventorJames Craig Hankins
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Abstract
A process for recovering waste latex material from a manufacturing plant, treating the recovered waste latex material, and subsequently utilizing the recovered and treated waste latex material in a manufacturing plant. Waste latex material is recovered and treated to provide a fine, sand-like material that is suitable for reintroduction into a latex adhesive manufacturing process.
Claims7
A process for recovering waste latex material from a manufacturing plant, treating the recovered waste latex material so that the recovered and treated waste latex material is suitable for reintroduction in a manufacturing plant, the process comprising the steps of:
- recovering waste latex material from the manufacturing plant, composing identifying a vessel in the plant having waste latex material and removing from the vessel waste latex material in the form of solids and sludge to provide recovered waste latex material;
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- treating the recovered waste latex material to provide treated waste latex material, the treatment consisting essentially of providing recovered waste latex material at a desired moisture content of about 2% or less water by weight and comminuting the recovered waste latex material having the desired moisture content into particles suitable for reintroduction into a latex adhesive manufacturing process.
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