Abstract: A method for recycling materials having an affixed label is disclosed. The present invention also includes labels and adhesives that is readily removable from a material during a process for recycling the material.

Abstract: Methods for preparing ferroelectric nanoparticles, liquid crystal compositions containing the ferroelectric nanoparticles, and electronic devices utilizing the ferroelectric nanoparticles are described. The methods of preparing the ferroelectric nanoparticles may include size-reducing a starting material comprising particles of a bulk intrinsically nonferroelectric glass to form glass nanoparticles having an average size of less than 20 nm, the glass nanoparticles comprising ferroelectric nanoparticles. Exemplary bulk intrinsically nonferroelectric glasses may include borosilicate glasses, tellurite glasses, bismuthate glasses, gallate glasses, and mixtures thereof, for example. The size reduction may be accomplished using ball milling with a solvent combination such as n-heptane and oleic acid. Liquid crystal compositions may include the ferroelectric nanoparticles in combination with a liquid crystal.

Abstract: A glass powder is provided that includes, as the main component, powder particulates of glass having a mean particulate size of less than or equal to 1.5 ?m, and which is free of particles having a particle size of greater than 10 ?m. A process for the production of such a glass power is also provided. The glass powder is particularly suitable as a filler of plastic dental compositions, in particular dental composites.

Abstract: A glass powder is provided that includes, as the main component, powder particulates of glass having a mean particulate size of less than or equal to 1.5 ?m, and which is free of particles having a particle size of greater than 10 ?m. A process for the production of such a glass power is also provided. The glass powder is particularly suitable as a filler of plastic dental compositions, in particular dental composites.

Abstract: A shredder head adapted to shred data bearing documents and/or bottles.

Abstract: There is disclosed a composition comprising a fine particulate glass cullet. The particulate material may be obtained by a suitable grinding process. The particulate cullet is useful as an inexpensive filler for polymer compositions and in abrasive compositions.

Abstract: A clean dry white glass powder useful as a substitute for Portland cement in concrete, in paints, and for other known uses for glass powder produced conventionally can be produced from unsorted post-consumer waste glass, including a substantial fraction of non-glass items, by employing glass pulverizing equipment to reduce waste glass to small fragments, allowing removal of trash, employing a multistep washing process to clean the glass fragments, in the preferred embodiment using aggregate cleaning equipment, drying the fragments, preferably using fluidized bed techniques, and grinding the glass to a desired particle size, preferably using a ball mill, in combination with an air classification step to produce a bright white glass powder of uniform particle size.

Abstract: A clean dry glass powder useful as a substitute for Portland cement in concrete, in paints, and for other known uses for glass powder produced conventionally can be produced from unsorted post-consumer waste glass, including a substantial fraction of non-glass items, by employing glass pulverizing equipment to reduce waste glass to small fragments, allowing removal of trash, employing a multistep washing process to clean the glass fragments, in the preferred embodiment using aggregate cleaning equipment, drying the fragments, preferably using fluidized bed techniques, and grinding the glass to a desired particle size, preferably using a ball mill, in combination with an air classification step to produce a glass powder of uniform particle size.

Abstract: A clean dry glass powder useful as a substitute for Portland cement in concrete, in paints, and for other known uses for glass powder produced conventionally can be produced from unsorted post-consumer waste glass, including a subsatantial fraction of non-glass items, by employing glass pulverizing equipment to reduce waste glass to small fragments, allowing removal of trash, employing a multistep washing process to clean the glass fragments, in the preferred embodiment using aggregate cleaning equipment, drying the fragments, preferably using fluidized bed techniques, and grinding the glass to a desired particle size, preferably using a ball mill, in combination with an air classification step to produce a glass powder of uniform particle size.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a quantity of cullet having at least two colors of glass from an input stream of recyclable material and non-recyclable material. In an embodiment, the system includes a sortation station, a screening apparatus, an air classifier, and a crushing apparatus to provide as output substantially pure cullet having at least two colors.

Abstract: A method of producing glass as an abrasive media for cutting materials includes the steps of providing a glass feed stock and reducing the glass feed stock in size to produce glass particles with a high angularity and low aspect ratio. The method also includes the step of classifying the glass particles to remove at least one of coarses and fines. The method further includes the steps of size classifying the glass particles to produce an abrasive media with a predetermined size classification for use in abrasivejet cutting of materials.

Abstract: A process for the grain size reduction of a raw material in piece form, wherein: all or part of the material in piece form is subjected to a grinding operation, capable of enabling to be obtained at its output a material in grain form having a requisite grain size distribution, starting out from any given grain size of the material in piece form; downstream, the material in grain form obtained is directed exclusively towards a common container, whatever the size of the grains, so as to obtain, in a single run, in the said container, a mixture of material in grain form having the grain size distribution, for use as such.

Abstract: A glass smasher is provided of the type for placement of glass articles for reduction to a particle size for reduced volumetric disposal and/or recycling purposes. Recycling may include reforming into another glass product or use as an aggregate. The glass smasher includes a rotatable barrel which may be divided into one or more internal chambers. At least a first chamber is formed having impacting means for breading and article into particles when the barrel is rotated. The first chamber may include free moving or floating smashing members such as ball bearings, bars or the like and/or attached impacting members. When an article of glass is placed in the first chamber and the barrel is rotated the article is broken into particles. These particles may be rotated and continued to impact the members until a desired particle size is achieved.

Abstract: A method for producing glass sands including the steps of crushing glass articles to convert them into fine fragments so as to form glass fragments, then agitating finely crushed glass fragments to eliminate sharp portions while at the same time forming glass fragments into glass sands with a predetermined granular configuration, then sieving foreign materials which have been entrapped into glass sands formed in a granular configuration, while at the same time sorting out glass sands according to their grain sizes.

Abstract: Systems and processes of the present invention for recycling glass fiber waste into glass fiber product include a supply of scrap glass fibers having a mean average length of less than about 5 millimeters; a crusher having at least one pair of rotatable rollers which rotate at essentially the same speed, the rollers having intermeshing protuberances for crushing scrap glass fibers passing therebetween; and an air separating device for separating a first portion of crushed glass fibers having a mean average length of less than about 3 millimeters from a second portion of oversize glass fibers.