METHOD FOR REMOVING INK OR OTHER FOREIGN MATERIALS FROM THE SURFACE OF AN ARTICLE

    公开(公告)号:WO2021018605A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-04

    申请号:PCT/EP2020/070086

    申请日:2020-07-16

    Applicant: BOREALIS AG

    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for removing ink and/or a foreign material different from ink from the surface of an article, wherein at least a part of the surface of the article comprises a polymer selected from the group consisting of polyolefins, polystyrene, melamine polymers, polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene terephthalate, polyamides and mixtures thereof, the method comprises the following steps: i) providing an ink imprinted article and/or an article having a surface covered at least partly by a foreign material different from ink; ii) contacting the article provided in step i) with an acid having a pKa in the range from -10 to 7 having a minimum concentration of 1 wt.-% for solving the ink and/or the foreign material different from ink or their degradation products in the acid; iii) separating the acid and the therein dissolved ink- and/or foreign material different from ink or their degradation products from the article to obtain a deinked article and/or an article with a surface free from foreign material. Furthermore, the present invention refers to the use of the method for the recycling of polymers.

    METHOD FOR REMOVING FOREIGN MATERIALS FROM THE SURFACE OF AN ARTICLE

    公开(公告)号:WO2021104797A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-03

    申请号:PCT/EP2020/080674

    申请日:2020-11-02

    Applicant: BOREALIS AG

    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for removing a foreign material from the surface of an article comprising the following steps: i) providing an article having a surface covered at least partly with a foreign material; ii) contacting the article provided in step i) with a cleaning medium being an acid having a pKa in the range from -10 to 7 having a minimum concentration of 1 wt.-% and with a carrier medium having a density different from the density of the cleaning medium to obtain a mixture comprising the foreign material solved and/or dispersed in the cleaning medium, the carrier medium and the article free from the foreign material; iii) allowing the mixture obtained in step ii) to separate to obtain a heterophasic emulsion comprising at least a first phase comprising the carrier medium and the article free from the foreign material and a second phase comprising the cleaning medium and the foreign material solved and/or dispersed therein; iv) separating the phases obtained in step iii); and v) separating the article free from the foreign material from the carrier medium. Furthermore, the present invention relates to an installation for carrying out the inventive process.

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