Post by Admin on Oct 19, 2018 9:05:11 GMT 8
So after quite a lot of searching, thinking, and planning my plan is taking shape.
For the last year I have been working on the Precious plastic machines with a eye of building my own plastic factory by building machines for others to fund the project.
Well last week, I got the first machine of many that I have been working on to make polyester fiber working.
When I started this, I was looking at making engineering plastic, however I found that I had problems with bubbles in the material and after speaking with a plastic seller about the issue, I found that this was a common issue with cheap china plastics.
Therefor I decided to go with option two. Making polyester fiber from scrap soda bottles.
I built the machine, and lo and behold, turned it on, filled it with plastic and it works!
The first day the polyester looked very dirty, but after lots of tweaking with temperature settings, I got a acceptable product that looks like thinsulate stuffing. It doesn't burn easily in open flame, but it will melt.
The thing about using used soda bottles for making polyester normally is the process used. The machines are essentially the same as cotton candy machines. The holes are very fine and any small amount of dirt in the plastic will clog the holes.
My process operates differently and does not need the fine holes. Therefor I can use somewhat dirty mildly washed shredded plastic bottles. Any remaining impurities and bacteria is encapsulated and the bacteria is killed by the high 280c heat used in the process. Any remaining soda sugars are basically destroyed by the heat and turn into related hydrocarbons that easily mix with plastic.
This is a picture of the second day of trials.
For the last year I have been working on the Precious plastic machines with a eye of building my own plastic factory by building machines for others to fund the project.
Well last week, I got the first machine of many that I have been working on to make polyester fiber working.
When I started this, I was looking at making engineering plastic, however I found that I had problems with bubbles in the material and after speaking with a plastic seller about the issue, I found that this was a common issue with cheap china plastics.
Therefor I decided to go with option two. Making polyester fiber from scrap soda bottles.
I built the machine, and lo and behold, turned it on, filled it with plastic and it works!
The first day the polyester looked very dirty, but after lots of tweaking with temperature settings, I got a acceptable product that looks like thinsulate stuffing. It doesn't burn easily in open flame, but it will melt.
The thing about using used soda bottles for making polyester normally is the process used. The machines are essentially the same as cotton candy machines. The holes are very fine and any small amount of dirt in the plastic will clog the holes.
My process operates differently and does not need the fine holes. Therefor I can use somewhat dirty mildly washed shredded plastic bottles. Any remaining impurities and bacteria is encapsulated and the bacteria is killed by the high 280c heat used in the process. Any remaining soda sugars are basically destroyed by the heat and turn into related hydrocarbons that easily mix with plastic.
This is a picture of the second day of trials.