The choice of recycling methods for single-polymer polyester composites

Abstract

This work has described the production of single-polymer composites by the film-stacking method. Two types of single-polymer composites with different mass fractions of the polyester reinforcement phase (10% and 20%) and the PETG matrix were investigated. The produced composites were subsequently recycled by injection moulding, pressing, and extrusion. Selected properties of the processed composites were determined: density, viscosity-average molecular weight, impact resistance, and tensile strength. The work done in this paper has demonstrated the benefits and drawbacks of each recycling method for these materials. The selected properties of single-polymer polyester composites and single-polymer polyester composites that were recycled by extrusion have also been compared.