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Waste rates in the production of composites run as high as 40 per cent, making the UK launch of a continuous recycled carbon fibre operation later this year timely. It is said to be the first such commercial-scale facility in the world.
Recycled Carbon Fibre Ltd was established to develop a new process for recycling carbon fibre composites. Known as continuous pyrolysis, the process constitutes the first phase of operations at the new plant in Dudley, West Midlands, which has the capacity of recycling 1,200 tonnes of waste material.
In the process waste material passes through a furnace, where it undergoes the pyrolysis process. An integrated abatement system, designed to monitor and limit emissions, is built into the furnace.
The recovered material is free of all binders and resin and is unsized, meaning that there is improved bonding capability between the materials and the new matrix. Both cured and un-cured composite waste is recycled by the company, including out-of-date prepreg and end-of-life components.
Products resulting from the recycling process are milled carbon fibre and chopped fibre.
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