Adherent Technologies, Inc

Detroit, Mi., 9th-l 1th Nov. 1999, p.275-81 CATALYTIC PROCESS FOR THE RECLAMATION OF CARBON FIBRES FROM CARBON/EPOXY COMPOSITES Allred R E Busselle L D Shoemaker J M Adherent Technologies Inc. 

Allred R E Doak T J Busselle L D Gordon B W Harrah L A Hovt A E Adherent Technologies Inc. 

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Andrea E. Hoyt Haight, Larry A. Harrah, and Ronald E. Allred Adherent Technologies, Inc., 11208 Cochiti SE, Albuquerque, NM 87123... 

Adherent Technologies Inc. [8] has developed a process for the reclamation of carbon fibers from carbon/epoxy composites. It has studied the depolymerization of thermoset carbon fiber reinforced epoxy matrix composites using a low temperature (20 min at 325°Q catalytic tertiary recycling reclamation process and has been able to obtain a product with 99.8% carbon and 0.2% residual resin, with only a loss of about 8.6% in fiber tensile strength. The process can be economically viable, provided sufficient scrap feedstock is available. Possible applications for the recovered fiber include thermoplastic and thermoset molding compounds. 

Adherent Technologies Inc. Albuquerque, NM, USA—an R D company which developed tow spreading for up to 50k carbon fiber to give 20 gsm at 100 mh for resin film or wet impregnation processes. 

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