Industry - Foreign epoxy-based composite materials for recycling
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Last Update: 2020-05-28
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Source: Internet
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recently, COBRA International, one of the world's largest OEMs for water sports, automotive, marine and civil engineering composites, and Aditya Birla Chemicals, a leading manufacturer of epoxy resins and advanced materials, announced that their latest epoxy-based composites sustainability project has won the 2020 JEC Innovation AwardCOBRA has successfully applied new recyclable epoxy resins (Aditya Birla proprietary recycling technology) to mass production of its water sports components in collaboration with customers Starboard and Maui Fin Company (MFC), and has initiated a closed-loop process to reuse enhanced fabrics and thermoplastic polymers from epoxy compositescoBRA has made a huge leap forward in sustainable development by incorporating recyclable epoxy thermoset systems into mass productionCOBRA and its partners have used Aditya Birla's recyclable epoxy system Epotec YDL5552-THR9351 to add fin molds for water sports use, and the recyclable epoxy RTM system Eecpot YDL5540-THR9151 to produce components, and COBRA and its partners have initiated a sustainable closed-loop recycling process that will significantly reduce wastein late 2019, the company made the first molds, and for customers to design and produce a variety of finsAfter mechanical testing to confirm comparable performance with existing parts, the right side and MFC coaster skids are also testing the heat sinks on the water to ensure that the new process does not affect the handling or touch of the planks and gives the green light for mass production"This is a remarkable achievement and has great potential to create more sustainable epoxy components," said Danu Chotikapanich, COBRA's chief executive"Building on the success of the project, COBRA and our partners are now focused on expanding the recycling infrastructureThe right side and MFC will provide customers with recyclable epoxy fins throughout 2020, while COBRA is also working on the next phase of the work to use recyclable epoxy resins for larger components and molds in the GroupPradip Dubey, CEO ofAdvanced Materials Aditya Birla Chemicals, commented, "We are committed to making a meaningful contribution to a sustainable world and developing safe, low-carbon products for a wide range of applications." "
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