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Recycling styrofoam packaging materials

Large quantities of Styrofoam packaging are landfilled every year.
We need method of easily grinding the material into chips and bagged.
They can then be mixed with virgin Styrofoam beads and formed into
packaging and insulation boards .

Contributed by Loyd fairweather, spiratec engineering

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Recycling Styrofoam part I
We have fabricated one hot hopper made from MS plate of 1.5mm thickens, which is fed from top, after it is heated to 170 Degrees. THe foam starts melting very fast and it flows through a bottom outlet...
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the ripper
I have spent the past few years developing a grinding system for EPS. The system rips the EPS without densifying. The now professionally built equipment is available but not yet marketed. Web site ...
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