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An Experimental Study on Magnetic Assisted Polishing of Polycarbonate Plate for Recycling  

Lee, Yong-Chul (Dept. of computer aided mechanics, Yonam Institute of Digital Technology)
Kim, Kwang-Sam (Dept. of computer aided mechanics, Yonam Institute of Digital Technology)
Kwak, Tae-Soo (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Gteongnam National University of Science and Technology)
Lee, Jong-Ryul ((Co.)Technorise)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers / v.12, no.3, 2013 , pp. 1-6 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study has focused on transparency recovering of the polycarbonate by polishing its surface for recycling. The polycarbonate has many properties such as excellent mechanical strength, electrical insulating, superior heat resistance to other plastic material and especially good transparency. It has been used as barrier for the traffic noise at the roadside and the greenhouse for the palm house. But the polycarbonate has changed slightly as time goes by 10 years because of exposure to the strong sunlight and oxidization in the atmosphere, as result has lost its transparency. Magnetic assisted polishing has been utilized as an effective polishing method to recover the transparency of polycarbonate. The polycarbonate which has been used for 10 years was adopted as the sample. The first surface roughness of the sample was 1$1.23{\mu}mRa$, $7.5{\mu}mRz(DIN)$ respectively. In the experimental results, it showed that the surface roughness of the polished sample improved $0.013{\mu}mRa$, $0.08{\mu}mRz(DIN)$ from the first surface roughness respectively. The surface roughness get almost back again by magnetic assisted polishing. These results also showed that the magnetic assisted polishing was efficient machining method to reuse the polycarbonate material.
Keywords
Polycarbonate; Polishing; Magnetic assisted polishing; Surface Roughness; Recycling;
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