BRILLIANT RECYCLING
Tracy and Tim got back from a trip to this plant that has machines that make great stuff from recycled plastic. It is very economical. It is very green. Many parts can be manufactured for less than the material cost for other processes.
This is a great new process for turning un sorted and un clean plastic that is presently being discarded into great products. This process uses the other 90% of the waste plastic AND uses fillers. If you have any ideas for what could be made out of this stuff call me. Both the process and the material are very cost effective and I am looking for some products that would have value added.
I am trying to put together manufacturing in the northwest that could make things with this wonderful process. This could keep many tons out of our landfills and enable us to make things here rather than China. All I need to do is to find something to make a few tons of per month.
My phone is 360 715 9570 if you have any more questions or need samples.
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Tracy at the factory |
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Post Consumer plastic waste NOT SEPARATED and NOT CLEANED |
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Trailers for gathering post industrial waste |
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Old trash containers ready for grinding |
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Up they go |
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Into the grinder, with a little help |
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After the first grind into fist sized pieces |
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Into the second grinder |
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Out of the second grinder into people sized pieces |
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Pebble sized pieces into the container |
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This grind is just right for the recycling machine |
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Sheet plastic ready for processing, usually a problem because it is so light. |
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Sheet is melted by another machine into usable bits |
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Only about 3,000 sq. ft. of space to sheer and mold ground up plastic |
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300 HP motor to left of this gentleman's head powers the machine sheering the plastic chips, note the conveyer belt on the right. This machine can put out a loaf of plastic every few seconds so it could make way more plastic than they could use with these presses. Total amount of plastic out put is over 2,000 lbs an hour. |
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The 6 "loafs" come out of the sheering machine and go down the conveyer belt. They are quite hot but not completely melted. You can touch them but need gloves to handle them as they are quite hot inside. |
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This is a mold for a pallet and you can see a few "loafs" inside it. The lines to the outside of the mold are for water cooling. |
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More of the hot "loafs" are loaded in the mold. The "loaf" stays hot for a few minutes |
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The molds come together. |
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The molds come together and squish the hot plastic into all parts of the mold. |
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After a few minutes to cool the mold separates and part stays with the top and has a little flashing |
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The Pallet is trimmed with a router on the far side of the worker. |
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Final trimming is done with a open file. |
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Stack of pallets about one every 5 to 7 minutes. |
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These pallets stack better than the wood ones and are completely recyclable again and again. |
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This pallet was done in different colors |
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Here is the hot plastic being weighed for the wheel molds |
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Into the wheel molds. |
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Wheel molds being pressed. |
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After a moment to cool the wheels come out. |
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This wheel was over half wood filler. |
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More parts. |
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6" x 6" post |
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This 6" x 6" was extruded from the hot loafs. |
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This mold had print in it and is made to locate your car in the garage as you park. |
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Small parts with detail. |
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This shows that you can even create a screw out of the material. |
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This is an outdoor drainage system. |
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This shows the semi melted bits of plastic in a part. |
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This is a underground holder for a 4x4 so it doesn't rot. The material is ground up tire chunks. |
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Stickers can be applied. Also not shown is carpet that is put in the mold and becomes a part of the piece. |
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More parts. |
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Sheet that was molded. 4" x 8" sheets are easy to do. |
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The best part is that if you goof and the loafs hardens then it is still recyclable many times. |