Matsushita Electric Develops FRP Recycling Technology Using Subcritical Water.Tokyo, Japan, Sept 28, 2006 - (JCN) - Matsushita Electric Works Matshushita Electric Works (MEW), Ltd. can trace its beginnings to a company that was founded in 1918 by Konosuke Matsushita. Matshushita began making the flashlight components for bicyles, then progressed to making lighting fixtures. , Ltd. has announced the world's first successful development of a basic technology to recycle part of fiber-reinforced plastics (FRP). Based on the company's proprietary model to resolve thermoset A polymer-based liquid or powder that becomes solid when heated, placed under pressure, treated with a chemical or via radiation. The curing process creates a chemical bond that, unlike a thermoplastic, prevents the material from being remelted. See thermoplastic. resins using subcritical sub·crit·i·cal adj. 1. Having a mass of fissionable material that is less than that needed for a chain reaction. 2. Of less than critical importance. water, the technology can produce from FRP wastes functional polymers that are usable as contractile contractile /con·trac·tile/ (kon-trak´til) able to contract in response to a suitable stimulus. con·trac·tile adj. Capable of contracting or causing contraction, as a tissue. agents. The recycled polymers have five to ten times higher value than styrene and organic acids, both raw materials for FRP. The company will conduct further research on commercialization of the technology, with an aim to build up a pilot plant that will produce 0.8 tons daily by 2007. Copyright [c] 2006 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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