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Analyzing the methods and merits of recycling fiber metal laminates

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It is technically possible to recycle fiber metal laminates (FMLs) by retrieving the aluminum fraction from FML scrap; this reprocessing becomes economically feasible at a throughput of 50 tonnes or more per year. Until then, FML scrap can be dealt with in conventional ways.

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  1. Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

    E. Tempelman M.Sc. (doctorate student), W. L. Dalmijn M.Sc. (professor, member of TMS) & A. Vlot Ph.D. (assistant professor)

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Tempelman, E., Dalmijn, W.L. & Vlot, A. Analyzing the methods and merits of recycling fiber metal laminates. JOM 48, 62–64 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03222922

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