摘要:
Polyester polymer is recovered from mixed collections of fibers in the form of fibers, filaments, yarns, or fabrics (including dyed or undyed fibers other than polyester fibers as well as dyed polyester fibers) and used in the production of new undyed fibers, by solvent stripping the dye from the polyester fibers without dissolving the fibers, and with additional solvent, selectively dissolving the polyester fibers in successive but functionally integrated steps; separating the dissolved fibers from an undissolved impurities and thereafter separating the residual dye-stripping solvent and the additional solvent from the polyester component without precipitiating the polyester component from solution by evaporating the solvent, preferably by atmospheric boiling and vacuum finishing of the molten solution.
摘要:
Scrap sheet floor covering is recovered for reuse through the use of a Henschel mixer. The mixer grinds the prediced scrap in the presence of a plasticizer to separate the asbestos containing backing material from the vinyl layer. The resultant blended mix can then be used as a raw material in the manufacture of fiber-filled vinyl tile.
摘要:
Recompoundable polyvinyl chloride suitable for reuse, for example, in cable and wire production is recovered from a scrap material which includes plasticized polyvinyl chloride. A charge of plasticized polyvinyl chloride scrap material is treated with a solvent to form a solvent mixture with one component thereof being a solvent solution of dissolved vinyl chloride polymer and plasticizers. The mixture is heated and agitated and scrap metal and other gross solids, if present, are removed. Then the solvent mixture is treated with an acid which advantageously causes a flocculation of suspended insolubles such as pigments and fillers. Except when using cyclohexanone as the solvent, the treatment with the acid must be accomplished, unexpectedly, in the presence of an additional flocculating agent. Suitable floccuating agents include liquid monomeric esters, which are effective only for cable and wire scrap, polystyrene, polymethyl methacrylate, poly (vinyl isobutyl ether), polyvinyl acetate and ethylene vinyl acetate, the latter acetate being effective only for scrap plastic such as extruder purgings.
摘要:
Polyester polymer is recovered from mixed collections of fibers in the form of fibers, filaments, or fabrics (including dyed or undyed fibers other than polyester fibers as well as dyed polyester fibers) and used in the production of new undyed fibers, films and other polymer products through the process of stripping the dye from the polyester fibers by contacting the fabrics with a dye stripping solvent for polyester polymer which is preferably not a solvent for fibers other than polyester fibers at a temperature below which the polyester fibers dissolve and above which the crystalline lattice of the polyester fibers swell so as to release the dye; then removing essentially all of the dye-containing dye-stripping solvent which is not absorbed by the fibers; then contacting the solvent-laden fibers (which may contain residual dye) with sufficient additional solvent under selective dissolution conditions for polyester fibers; then removing the undissolved fibers and any other undissolved impurities from the solution; thereafter precipitating the polyester out of; and, separating the polyester from the solution.
摘要:
A method for recovering methyl methacrylate from a mixture of polymeric materials containing poly (methyl methacrylate) which comprises contacting the mixture with a boiling C.sub.5 - C.sub.8 alkane, separating an insoluble residue containing poly (methyl methacrylate) from the alkane and its extract, extracting poly (methyl methacrylate) from such insoluble residue with boiling acetone, separating the poly (methyl methacrylate) from the acetone, and recovering the methyl methacrylate monomer from such poly (methyl methacrylate) by pyrolysis. In a preferred embodiment, the poly (methyl methacrylate) containing solid obtained after the acetone extraction is compressed under elevated temperatures and pressures prior to pyrolysis. The method can be stopped prior to the pyrolysis step when it is desired to recover only the poly (methyl methacrylate).
摘要:
Polymers containing polyvinylidene halides are generally used as a subbing or anchoring layer between a polyester film base and a gelatin layer containing halides or other silver compounds. It has been found that the silver and silver compound containing gelatin layer can be separated cleanly from the polyester base with attendant removal of the polyvinylidene halide containing polymer from both the gelatin fractions and the polyester fraction by suitable treatment of the photographic film (whether exposed or unexposed) in polar aprotic solvents; somewhat less polar solvents comprising cyclic compounds taken from the class of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, ethers, sulfides, and ketones; and mixtures of polar aprotic solvents such as sulfoxides or amides in combination with the cyclic solvents as cosolvents. These solvents dissolve the polyvinylidene containing polymer while not affecting materially either the polyester base or the silver compound or silver metal containing gelatin layer. Of this group of solvents the polar aprotic solvents are the preferred species; mixtures of polar aprotic solvents and polar cyclic compounds being preferred next; and cyclic organic compounds which are less polar being the least preferred in view of the relatively high temperature required for suitable action. The preferred solvents are effective at room temperature, at elevated temperature below the boiling point of the solvent and in the vapor phase above the boiling point of the solvent.
摘要:
A PROCESS FOR RECOVERING SOLID SCRAP THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER SUCH AS POLYAMIDES, POLYESTERS, POLYACRYLONITRILES AND POLYACETALS BY DISSOLVING THE POLYMER IN HEXAFLUOROISOPROPANOL, FILTERING THE POLYMER SOLUTION, MIXING THE POLYMER SOLUTION WITH AN EXCESS OF WATER AT 60* TO 100* C. AND SEPARATING THE PRECIPITATED POLYMER FROM THE AQUEOUS MIXTURE.
摘要:
Synthetic resins, and particularly polyvinyl chloride, coated on copper are reclaimed by pouring thereover a mixture of organic solvents containing trichlorethylene and dimethyl sulfoxide as the essential solvents. The solvent mixture is preheated to a temperature in the range of 50*-100* C. and the material being reclaimed is held in an autoclave at a pressure of at least 5 p.s.i. gauge so that the resin being reclaimed is contacted by the solvent mixture in both the liquid and vapor phases.
摘要:
Scrap fabrics supported synthetic resin are first washed with solvent under controlled heat, pressure and agitation to produce as a first product clean, dried, resin and solvent free fibers. The polymer solution extracted from the washing stage is treated in one or more stages to produce as a second product granular, clean, dried resin compound. Clean solvent is recovered for recirculation through the system.