SBIR/STTR Research Award
Recycling Composite Scrap and Waste Materials
Award amount
$749,675Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2007Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- FIREBIRD ADVANCED MATERIALS, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2007-05-31
- Contract end date
- 2009-09-30
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- 2006.1
- Topic code
- AF06-081
Research abstract
Recycling of composites manufacturing scrap and end-of-life waste is expected to become more important as the use of composite materials expands into different applications. Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) wastes especially are a potentially valuable source of recycled carbon fibers if an economic and environmentally friendly technology for recycling these fibers can be developed. This Phase 2 project will develop a scalable continuous process to produce recycled carbon fibers from waste and scrap carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites and prepregs.
Technology keywords
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