S/MA Resin Recovery System and Recycling in OEM Specification Foam / Covered Instrument Panels 2004-01-1750
Several million pounds of S/MA glass reinforced resin has been successfully recovered from manufacturing offal and reject foamed / covered Instrument Panels (IP's) over the past ten years. ACI-WIPAG and Visteon recovered high quality S/MA resin, prepared blends with virgin resin and injection-molded IP substrates meeting OEM specifications. This “S/MA Resin Reclaim” process has been an economical and environmental success; minimized landfill volume, reduced landfill disposal costs, recovered a valuable resource, increased material utilization and reduced raw material costs.
This paper reports on a new system and process to recover S/MA glass reinforced resin from manufacturing trim offal and reject IP's, blending and supplying OEM specification resin blends for molding instrument panel substrates. The system demonstrated economical recovery of an excellent quality “Reclaim” resin, blend consistency and uniformity for injection molding instrument panel substrates.
Citation: Lieberman, M., Latture, M., Juneau-Stetkiw, P., Gallihugh, E. et al., "S/MA Resin Recovery System and Recycling in OEM Specification Foam / Covered Instrument Panels," SAE Technical Paper 2004-01-1750, 2004, https://doi.org/10.4271/2004-01-1750. Download Citation
Author(s):
Mark Lieberman, M. Latture, P. Juneau-Stetkiw, Eileen Gallihugh, Michelle Rudd, Michael Masserant, Timothy McCollum, Robert Kottyan, Stanley Hmiel
Affiliated:
ACI Plastics, Visteon Corp., Ford Motor Company, Nova Chemicals
Pages: 8
Event:
SAE 2004 World Congress & Exhibition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Advances in Interiors and Instrument Panels-SP-1848
Related Topics:
Instrument panels
Technical review
Resins
Molding
Foams
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