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Contenido archivado el 2024-04-15

VALORIZATION AND INDUSTRIAL REUSE OF PLASTIC WASTE USING THE COEXTRUSION PROCESS FOR THICK-WALL PROFILES.

Objetivo

TO DEMONSTRATE THE TECHNICAL AND ECONOMICAL FEASIBILITY OF THE PRODUCTION OF VERY THICK PROFILES COEXTRUDED WITH PLASTIC WASTE AND HIGH QUALITY INDUSTRIAL WASTE.

THE PROFILES WILL BE COEXTRUDED WITH:

INSIDE: A THICK PROFILE OF PLASTICS WASTE

OUTSIDE: A FINE SKIN OF VIRGIN POLYMER OR A HIGH QUALITY INDUSTRIAL WASTE

THE INSIDE PROFILE CAN BE MADE BY EXTRUSION OR FLOW-MOLDING. THE OUTSIDE SKIN WILL BE COEXTRUDED ENVELOPING THE INSIDE PROFILE.
THE ECONOMICAL STUDY OF THIS PROCESS HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT THE PROFILE CAN BE PRODUCED AT 60% THE COST OF THE SAME PROFILE PRODUCED WITH VIRGIN POLYMER BOTH HAVING COMPARABLE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES.
THE SKIN-EFFECT OF THE OBTAINED SANDWICH WILL FURTHER BE STUDIED IN TERMS OF MECHANICAL PROPERTIES LIKE STIFFNESS AND IMPACT STRENGHT.
CRIF, PLASTICS RESEARCH CENTER AND SA RHEO (FN-SUBSIDIARY) HAVE THE PATENTS AND THE KNOW-HOW REQUIRED TO CONDUCT THIS PROJECT.
THEY HAVE IN THE PAST DEMONSTRATED THEIR CAPABILITIES TO PRODUCE, BY INJECTION MOULDING A SIMILAR SANDWICH USING A MIXED PLASTIC WASTE COVERED WITH VIRGIN HDPE AND PP.

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Régimen de financiación

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinador

Rheo SA
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Dirección

5300 Seilles
Bélgica

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