Method of manufacturing bulked continuous filament
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May 2, 2017
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Nov 18, 2014
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May 31, 2012
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A method of manufacturing bulked continuous carpet filament which, in various embodiments, comprises: (A) grinding recycled PET bottles into a group of flakes; (B) washing the flakes; (C) identifying and removing impurities, including impure flakes, from the group of flakes; (D) passing the flakes through a PET crystallizer; (E) passing the group of flakes through an MRS extruder while maintaining the pressure within the MRS portion of the MRS extruder below about 18 millibars; (F) passing the resulting polymer melt through at least one filter having a micron rating of less than about 50 microns; and (G) forming the recycled polymer into bulked continuous carpet filament that consists essentially of recycled PET.
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- D01D:MECHANICAL METHODS OR APPARATUS IN THE MANUFACTURE....
- C08J:WORKING-UP; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; AFTE....
- B29C:SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF SUBSTAN....
- B29D:PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FRO....
- B29B:PREPARATION OR PRETREATMENT OF THE MATERIAL TO BE ....
- B29K:INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, ....
- B29L:INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RE....
- D01F:CHEMICAL FEATURES IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL....
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