2024/06/06 by Jannick Schmidt, Maximilian Auer, Lena Grammel +1
Engineering · Environmental Science · Materials Science · #Fiber-reinforced polymer composites #Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies #Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
paper · pdf · doi:10.1002/cite.202300208
openalex publication_date 2024/06/06 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/27
Abstract A rectangular polymer profile made of glass fiber‐reinforced thermoplastic sheathing material and a polyethylene terephthalate foam core were to be separated for recycling. For this purpose, a mechanical recycling process utilizing a cutting mill and the high‐voltage fragmentation (HVF) process were used and their achievements in composite separation were compared. For both separation methods, parameter variations resulted in a total of two test series each consisting of drying, screening, optional density separation, ashing, weighing, microscopic analyses, and glass fiber length measurements. Using HVF, a better separation of the core and sheath materials was achieved and longer glass fibers could be recovered.