Moulded body and method for its production

摘要

A prod. is pressed from a cpd. comprising pelletised carpet material (20) contg. soiled old carpet material, 5-30 wt.% of thermoplastic binder and 1-15 wt.% of thermosetting binder. A laminated panel comprises several pressed panels 1-4 mm thick, alternately sandwiched between panels of a different material but similar thickness. Also claimed is a process for mfg. the pressed prod. in which waste carpet (20) together with old carpet is reduced to fibrous pellets, mixed with thermoplastic and thermosetting binders and pressed at a temp. above the m.pt. of the added thermoplastic binder, but below the m.pt. of other thermoplastics, e.g. fibres, in the carpet material.