The invention to provide a system of equipment for making synthetic building materials using plastic wastes combined with industrial and agricultural scrap includes: sorting and cleaning equipment, grinding equipment, powder grinding equipment, mixing equipment, pelletizing equipment, drying equipment, hot stir equipment, shaping equipment are connected together by mechanical connectors. The database connected to the controller controls the sorting and cleaning equipment, the grinding equipment, the powder grinding equipment, the mixing equipment, the pelletizing equipment, the drying equipment, the hot stir equipment, and the shaping equipment through transmission channels. In addition, the present invention provides a method of manufacturing for making synthetic building materials using plastic wastes combined with industrial and agricultural scrap.

A low value aromatic fuel blending composition containing dissolved waste polystyrene materials having a caloric value comparable to the heavy aromatic compounds in which it is dissolved is disclosed, along with a process for its production from a mixture of heavy aromatic hydrocarbons recovered as the bottoms/reject streams from a variety of refinery aromatics recovery units.

A method of forming an asphalt binder includes the steps of: providing a liquid binder base housed in a feeding tank; providing a plurality of unprocessed granules of a waste plastic material housed in a hopper; pumping the liquid binder base into a wetting tank; augering the plurality of unprocessed granules of the waste plastic material into the wetting tank; mixing the liquid binder base and the plurality of unprocessed granules of the waste plastic material to form a blended binder that includes 5 percent to 40 percent by volume of the waste plastic material and 60 percent to 95 percent by volume of the liquid binder base; pumping the blended binder into a storage tank; and mixing the blended binder at a temperature of 325° F. to 350° F. for a duration of 10 minutes to 30 minutes to form the asphalt binder.

The present invention relates to bead foams made of thermoplastic polyurethane and polystyrene produced moldings, to processes for the production of the bead foams and moldings, and also to the use of the moldings for shoe intermediate soles, shoe insoles, shoe combisoles, or cushioning elements for shoes.

A spacer used in an electrical device that sends and receives radio waves comprises a foam that contains a resin composition containing a thermoplastic or thermosetting resin as a base resin. When the foam is not a bead foam, a ratio (B/A) of an average diameter B of central section cells relative to an average diameter A of surface layer cells is not less than 0.3 and less than 3.0. When the foam is a bead foam, a ratio (B′/A′) of an average diameter B′ of center cells relative to an average diameter A′ of outermost layer cells is not less than 0.3 and less than 3.0. Water absorption of the resin composition in a high-temperature and high-humidity environment is 2.2 mass % or less, and (εr).sup.1/2×tan δ (εr: relative permittivity, tan δ: a dielectric dissipation factor) is 0.0120 or less at 28 GHz.

A method for producing a window assembly includes producing a structural panel. Producing the structural panel includes depositing one or more structural reinforcement layers. Each of the one or more structural reinforcement layers includes a plurality of nanolaminated layers. The nanolaminated layers include Al.sub.2O.sub.3, SiO.sub.2, graphene, or a combination thereof. Producing the structural panel also includes depositing a structural transparent polymer layer on the one or more structural reinforcement layers. The structural transparent polymer layer includes a transparent thermoplastic material.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a coated film structure including a substrate layer, an overcoat layer, and at least one intermediate layer disposed between the substrate layer and the overcoat layer. The substrate layer includes a polymer film substrate, the overcoat layer includes an acid-functional copolymer, and the at least one intermediate layer includes aluminum oxide. The coated film structure has an oxygen transmission rate of less than about 3.00 cm.sup.3/m.sup.2/day at 50% relative humidity and 23° C. as measured in accordance with ASTM D3985. Further, the coated film structure has a water vapor transmission rate of less than 2.50 g/m.sup.2/day at 90% relative humidity and 37.8° C. as measured in accordance with ASTM E-398.

A thermoplastic resin composition including 100 parts by weight of a base resin including 50-95% by weight of a polyarylene ether resin (a-1) and 5-50% by weight of a polystyrene resin (a-2); 8.5-16 parts by weight of two or more types of organophosphorus flame retardants (b) having different phosphorus contents; 0.5-3 parts by weight of organoclay (c); 0.5-3.5 parts by weight of pulverized mica (d); 1-4 parts by weight of an alkaline earth metal sulfate (e); and 1-5 parts by weight of a polyfunctional reactant (f), a method of preparing the thermoplastic resin composition, and a molded article including the thermoplastic resin composition. The thermoplastic resin composition has excellent mechanical properties, such as impact strength and tensile strength, heat resistance, electrical insulation, and flame retardancy.

A thermal insulating additive, product formed therefrom, and method of making the same, wherein the thermal insulating additive comprises a plurality of hollow polymeric particles having an average particle size up to about 0.3 micrometers. The hollow polymeric particles exhibit a mechanical strength in a compression test up to about 420 psi and a thermal conductivity that is less than 0.150 W/m-k. The hollow polymeric particles are individually formed as an alkaline swellable core that is at least partially encapsulated with two or more shell layers; the alkaline swellable core prior to swelling exhibits an average particle size that is less than about 50 nanometers.

A method for preparing a bacteria repellant masterbatch, bacteria repellant polymer composites comprising the same, and compositions and articles prepared therefrom.