Plastic Media Blasting Recycling Equipment Study

摘要

Plastic Media Blasting (PMB) is a new technology introduced as a candidate to replace wet chemical paint stripping of airframes and component parts. This report documents the physical testing, observations, and laboratory analyses used to evaluate the effectiveness of plastic media recycling equipment at three PMB sites. Different systems for recycling plastic media were evaluated for operational performance, losses, efficiency, and metal removal. An optimum recycling system was selected which included a cyclone for gross air/media separation, a vibrating screen to remove extra large and extra small particles, and a self-cleaning magnetic separator for ferrous particle removal. (AW)