CONTINUOUS PROCESS FOR RECOVERING RAW MATERIALS FROM COATED FOILS, DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT THIS PROCESS AND FOIL MATERIALS RECOVERED THEREBY

摘要

Large amounts of coated foils can be fed to a continuous recycling process in which the coating carrier material and any pigments present in the coating can be recovered. The treatment is carried out at room temperature in an alkaline medium comprising soft soap, organic solvents and/or water, optionally with the use of catalyst. The solvent is recirculated. After the first treatment step, the foil shreds can be treated in a second step with a solvent - water mixture, in a similar manner to the first step. A third step involves thorough final washing in a water or solvent circuit. The recovered foil shreds are dried, pressed, ground and shaped as desired in a plastics agglomerator and the recovered pigments are dried in a vacuum. The process and devices can advantageously be used for any type of coating carriers or printed carriers, for example magnetic coating carriers, printed plates or pigment-free coating carriers.