Abstract: In an embodiment of the disclosure, there is provided a method and system for recycling a cured composite laminate material into a delaminated recyclate that maintains a fiber volume fraction and a lamina level fiber alignment substantially the same as the cured composite laminate material. The method provides a cured composite laminate material having a fiber volume fraction and a lamina level fiber alignment. The cured composite laminate material undergoes solvent soak preconditioning, liquid solvent removal, pre-heating, and rapid heating with phase change delamination of the cured composite laminate material to obtain the delaminated recyclate that maintains a fiber volume fraction and a lamina level fiber alignment substantially the same as the cured composite laminate material.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 14, 2011
Date of Patent:
October 21, 2014
Assignee:
The Boeing Company
Inventors:
Panagiotis Emanuel George, Kelsi Hurley, Erika Carter
Abstract: An apparatus and method for removing a temporary substrate from an optical disk is disclosed. A holding fixture (102) provides an optical disk supporting surface. A force imparting tool (118) imparts a force against an optical disk wherein a reaction force to the force imparting tool is provided by the supporting surface. The optical disk is flexed to break away and remove a temporary substrate of the optical disk.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 4, 2005
Date of Patent:
October 4, 2011
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing
Inventors:
Dan Jay Sanocki, Bang Thai Dinh, Brandon Lu