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US 9,011,740 B2Granted
Method of recycling synthetic turf and infill product
AssigneeTextile Management Associates, Inc.
InventorsLarry Mashburn, William Henry Harrison, IV, Dewayne Ray Miller
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method for recycling synthetic turf that includes agglomerating a plurality of synthetic turf fragments and extruding the agglomerated material. The method produces a recycled material suitable for use as infill in a synthetic turf. Accordingly, an infill for synthetic turf and a synthetic turf including that infill are also disclosed herein.
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A method of recycling synthetic turf comprising:
- providing synthetic turf fragments comprising a backing and face fibers and including infill contained therein, wherein the turf fragments further comprise a thermoset polyurethane;
- removing from at least 80% to 98% of the infill from the synthetic turf fragments;
- agglomerating the synthetic turf fragments to form granules;
- placing the granules in an extruder;
- and, extruding the granules to form an extrudate.
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