摘要 |
<p>A method and apparatus is provided for the processing of polypropylene fiber from polypropylene twine. The material may be produced from feedstock after its first instance of usage. The feedstock may have residual contamination resultant from its first instance of usage. The method is provided to collect feedstock in skeins, sever the skeins into bundles, wash, disinfect and pH neutralize the surface of the feedstock, cut to length and reduce the feedstock to a fibrous clean, dry state suitable for use as a reinforcement or additive to composite material.</p> |