Open AccessRecycled polypropylene Tiles: - From waste to wealth
Author(s) -
Aleeseer Siddiquee,
Sunil K. Varshney,
Kuldip Singh,
Gaurav Arora
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of advanced production and industrial engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2455-8419
DOI - 10.35121/ijapie201901133
Subject(s) - polypropylene , materials science , composite material , ultimate tensile strength , thermoplastic , molding (decorative) , toughness , copolymer , polymer
The main objective of this research work is the development of multipurpose light weight polypropylene (PP) tiles by injection moulding technique from recycled polypropylene. The base material selected for this product is polypropylene (PP) which is a common thermoplastic commodity plastic having melting point of 140°C. PP is a polymer material that offers good quality of elasticity, toughness, high mechanical strength with great aesthetic properties. Various compositions of recycled PP composite along with PP copolymer and acrylo butadiene styrene (ABS) have been formulated. These recycled composite materials have been processed by an injection molding machine to tiles and characterized for various properties to confirm its feasibility for commercial application. PP tiles having PP copolymer and ABS shows highest value to tensile strength i.e. 36.2 N/mm2. These tiles can be used as a better substitute in order to replace conventional tiles and can also resolves plastic land filling problem