Recycled Plastic Beads Sorting Machine for Polypropylene and Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene Type with Difference of Density

This study aims to design and develop the recycled plastic beads sorting machine for 2 types of plastic beads, which are PP (Polypropylene) and ABS (Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene). Due to the process of preparing plastic materials for producing fan tube and base parts of electric fan, plastic beads scraps has been generated. Presently, the company has separated these scraps with manual method. The workers have stirred them with water for separating scrap types by difference of density. They have operated this process in the overtime period. In addition consuming processing time, this process makes fatigue effect in operators and also consume amount of water for each cycle of separating. Therefore, sorting machine for replacement workers has been developed. It can work for more efficiency than the previous method by reducing processing time by 41.8%. The proposed machine consists of 2 tanks for separating two types of plastic beads at capacity 50 Kg/hr. At the end of each cycle, the water consumed in the previous cycle can be reused. As this method, the proposed machine can reduce consuming water approximately 88.43%. This machine can reduce the number of operators from 2 to 1 person. Finally, payback period for recovering investment of machine comparing with saving labor cost is 1.48 months.

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Biodegradable Polymers for the Production of Prototypes

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.832.152 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 832 ◽

pp. 152-158

Author(s):

Juraj Beniak ◽

Miloš Matúš ◽

Peter Križan

Keyword(s):

Rapid Prototyping ◽

Biodegradable Polymers ◽

Fused Deposition Modeling ◽

Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene ◽

Biodegradable Materials ◽

Fused Deposition ◽

Plastic Materials ◽

Wide Range ◽

Deposition Modeling ◽

Butadiene Styrene

Technologies dedicated to the rapid prototyping uses a wide range of materials. The mostly used plastic materials are based on polymers. It is for example an Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS), Nylon, Polycarbonate (PC), or composites based on different polymers. New devices designed for the production of a prototype models, based on Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) are able to work with environmentally friendly and biodegradable materials as Polylactic acid (PLA). The aim of this paper is to show the possibility of using materials based on organic polymers whose properties are comparable to conventionally used polymers. Presented are measured and statistically evaluated data related to basic properties of PLA material.

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Experimental Analysis on Density, Micro-hardness, Surface Roughness and Processing Time of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) through Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) using Box Behnken Design (BBD)

Materials Today Communications ◽

10.1016/j.mtcomm.2021.102353 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 102353

Author(s):

Raj Mohan R ◽

R Venkatraman ◽

S Raghuraman

Keyword(s):

Surface Roughness ◽

Experimental Analysis ◽

Processing Time ◽

Fused Deposition Modeling ◽

Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene ◽

Micro Hardness ◽

Box Behnken Design ◽

Fused Deposition ◽

Deposition Modeling ◽

Butadiene Styrene

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NSF/ANSI 14: Third Party Certification for High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Pipe

Volume 1: Codes and Standards ◽

10.1115/pvp2012-78080 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Ata Ciechanowski

Keyword(s):

Quality Control ◽

High Density Polyethylene ◽

Potable Water ◽

Reclaimed Water ◽

Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene ◽

Industrial Applications ◽

Third Party ◽

Plastic Materials ◽

Hdpe Pipe ◽

Butadiene Styrene

NSF/ANSI Standard 14 (NSF 14) was developed in 1965 to establish a standard for the testing and certification of plastic materials for both toxicological health effects as well as performance. At the time of introduction, NSF 14 covered pipe and fittings for only potable water applications and a small number of plastic materials, i.e. polyvinyl chloride (PVC), acrylonitrile-butadiene-Styrene (ABS) and polyethylene (PE). Over the 46 years since its development and introduction, NSF 14 has evolved into a plastic standard that is no longer restricted to potable water. It now covers a wide variety of applications such as DWV (drain, waste and vent), sewer, natural gas, industrial applications and reclaimed water. In addition, it covers a wide variety of materials such as polypropylene (PP), HDPE, Polyamide (PA), cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) and polysulfone (PPSU). This paper will specifically cover third party certification for HDPE pipe. It will address material, performance and quality control requirements.

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