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Vinyl-coated polyesters

Vinyl-coated polyesters

Vinyl-coated polyesters

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Hello,

I work with a company that manufactures inflatable shelters. We use a PVC fabric for the majority of our components of each individual shelter. But from building these shelters, a large amount of scrap remains after the fabric is cut. We have a large number of "scrap" crates and wish to somehow recycle as much of this as possible. I am wondering is there a method, or if it is possible to shred this scrap, melt it down and place in a mould, hence turning our scrap into something useful.

I would like to state I am a Mechanical Engineer, so I have limited chemistry background but have some experience with material engineering.

Thanks for any replies or comments you may have.

Cheers,

Brent
 

RE: Vinyl-coated polyesters

It is possible to chop the fabric into little squares and to use it as a molding compound for compression molding. It would probably only be feasible if you have some parts that you could make yourselves for your fabric structures. Even then it would not justify investment in chopping and molding equipment.

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