Illustrative examples of forming and using suitably adapted material in an additive manufacturing process includes operations of: exposing a first polymer sheet to a first plasma, such that an amine-functionalized sheet surface is formed; exposing a second polymer sheet to a second plasma, such that an epoxide-functionalized sheet surface is formed; and combining the amine-functionalized sheet and the epoxide-functionalized sheet, such that the amine-functionalized sheet surface contacts the epoxide-functionalized sheet surface. The workpiece is subsequently heated to form a structure, where heating of the workpiece causes covalent chemical bonds to form between the plasma-treated first polymer sheet and the plasma-treaded second polymer sheet.

Preparing hybrid-treated plastic particles from waste plastic includes combining waste plastic particles with bio-oil to yield a mixture, irradiating the mixture with microwave radiation to yield oil-treated plastic particles, and contacting the oil-treated plastic particles with carbon-containing nanoparticles to yield hybrid-treated plastic particles. The hybrid-treated plastic particles have a bio-oil modified surface and a coating comprising carbon-containing nanoparticles on the bio-oil modified surface of the plastic particle. In some examples, a diameter of the plastic particle is in a range between 250 μm and 750 μm, and a thickness of the coating is in a range of 1 nm to 20 nm. A modified binder includes an asphalt binder or a concrete binder and a multiplicity of the treated plastic particles. The modified binder typically includes 5 wt % to 25 wt % of the hybrid-treated plastic particles.

Preparing hybrid-treated plastic particles from waste plastic includes combining waste plastic particles with bio-oil to yield a mixture, irradiating the mixture with microwave radiation to yield oil-treated plastic particles, and contacting the oil-treated plastic particles with carbon-containing nanoparticles to yield hybrid-treated plastic particles. The hybrid-treated plastic particles have a bio-oil modified surface and a coating comprising carbon-containing nanoparticles on the bio-oil modified surface of the plastic particle. In some examples, a diameter of the plastic particle is in a range between 250 μm and 750 μm, and a thickness of the coating is in a range of 1 nm to 20 nm. A modified binder includes an asphalt binder or a concrete binder and a multiplicity of the treated plastic particles. The modified binder typically includes 5 wt % to 25 wt % of the hybrid-treated plastic particles.

The present invention relates to a heating system for preforms upstream of a blowing or stretch-blowing machine, in particular a heating system using monochromatic infrared radiation, preferably laser-generated. In particular, the invention relates to a heating system (301) for preforms (P), comprising a carousel for treating the preforms (P) comprising a plurality of heating elements (304) configured to be inserted either inside or outside each preform (P) and to radiate electromagnetic radiation in the infrared field which forms, in such a device, a disc of radiation according to a radial symmetry which departs from the center of the axis of the preform and which appropriately converges and diverges.

The present invention relates to a heating system for preforms upstream of a blowing or stretch-blowing machine, in particular a heating system using monochromatic infrared radiation, preferably laser-generated. In particular, the invention relates to a heating system (301) for preforms (P), comprising a carousel for treating the preforms (P) comprising a plurality of heating elements (304) configured to be inserted either inside or outside each preform (P) and to radiate electromagnetic radiation in the infrared field which forms, in such a device, a disc of radiation according to a radial symmetry which departs from the center of the axis of the preform and which appropriately converges and diverges.

A method for decontaminating a tube of which a first open end forms an inner neck towards the inside of the tube and an outer neck towards the outside of the tube, the method including: initially raising the temperature of the tube, then subjecting the tube to ultraviolet radiation, that includes emitting ultraviolet radiation by radiation emission apparatus, and subjecting the inside of the tube, the outer neck and the inner neck to the ultraviolet radiation, in which the first end is inserted into a cavity arranged to reflect the ultraviolet radiation emitted by the emission apparatus and to direct this ultraviolet radiation into the tube through the first end, onto the outer neck of the tube and onto the inner neck of the tube.

The invention relates to a solution for reducing and removing moisture from plastic pellets by means of absorption and condensation, in which energy consumption is reduced and the process is simplified, making use of infrared wavelength efficiency, and comprising the following steps: 1. a supply phase using a dosing tank; 2. a distribution phase using a pellet levelling and dispensing device, a conveyor belt and a vibrating motor on the conveyor belt; 3. a moisture-removal phase using one or more infrared wave emitters disposed in parallel, a ventilated or cooled motor for a set of emitters, an air-recirculation passage for a set of emitters, an input temperature probe, an output temperature probe, and a moisture control probe; and 4. a discharge phase in which the material from which the moisture has been removed is discharged using a thermally-insulated collector tank.

The invention relates to a solution for reducing and removing moisture from plastic pellets by means of absorption and condensation, in which energy consumption is reduced and the process is simplified, making use of infrared wavelength efficiency, and comprising the following steps: 1. a supply phase using a dosing tank; 2. a distribution phase using a pellet levelling and dispensing device, a conveyor belt and a vibrating motor on the conveyor belt; 3. a moisture-removal phase using one or more infrared wave emitters disposed in parallel, a ventilated or cooled motor for a set of emitters, an air-recirculation passage for a set of emitters, an input temperature probe, an output temperature probe, and a moisture control probe; and 4. a discharge phase in which the material from which the moisture has been removed is discharged using a thermally-insulated collector tank.

The invention relates to a solution for reducing and removing moisture from plastic pellets by means of absorption and condensation, in which energy consumption is reduced and the process is simplified, making use of infrared wavelength efficiency, and comprising the following steps: 1. a supply phase using a dosing tank; 2. a distribution phase using a pellet levelling and dispensing device, a conveyor belt and a vibrating motor on the conveyor belt; 3. a moisture-removal phase using one or more infrared wave emitters disposed in parallel, a ventilated or cooled motor for a set of emitters, an air-recirculation passage for a set of emitters, an input temperature probe, an output temperature probe, and a moisture control probe; and 4. a discharge phase in which the material from which the moisture has been removed is discharged using a thermally-insulated collector tank.

The invention relates to a solution for reducing and removing moisture from plastic pellets by means of absorption and condensation, in which energy consumption is reduced and the process is simplified, making use of infrared wavelength efficiency, and comprising the following steps: 1. a supply phase using a dosing tank; 2. a distribution phase using a pellet levelling and dispensing device, a conveyor belt and a vibrating motor on the conveyor belt; 3. a moisture-removal phase using one or more infrared wave emitters disposed in parallel, a ventilated or cooled motor for a set of emitters, an air-recirculation passage for a set of emitters, an input temperature probe, an output temperature probe, and a moisture control probe; and 4. a discharge phase in which the material from which the moisture has been removed is discharged using a thermally-insulated collector tank.