Treatment apparatus for objects containing volatile components

摘要

A shredding unit(2) has an inner chamber(9) containing a shredding tool(8) for breaking down the plastic foam and releasing the gas and other volatiles. A gas purging unit(14) has a chamber(19) for receiving material from the shredder and a collector unit(15) extracts and collects gas and other volatiles released in both the shredding unit and gas purging unit. An independent claim is included for a process for recycling materials from redundant equipment, in particular cooling and freezing equipment, in which the equipment is shredded in an inert flushing atmosphere, the shredded product is cooled in a similar atmosphere and the used flushing gas is cleaned.