Cygnet Texkimp launches DEECOM composites recycling solution at JEC World 2022
The company is launching B&M Longworth’s patented DEECOM waste recycling process at JEC World, used in combination with Cygnet Texkimp’s fiber-handling technologies.
DEECOM equipment. Photo Credit: Cygnet Texkimp.
Cygnet Texkimp (Northwich, Cheshire, U.K.) is set to launch its latest recycling solution powered by B&M Longworth’s (Edgworth, U.K.) component cleaning system, at JEC World this week. The launch event will take place on May 3 at 14:00 CET (8:00 a.m. EST).
Patented as DEECOM, Cygnet Texkimp will showcase the benefits of a recycling solution in practice with reducing material waste from its filament winding and prepreg manufacturing processes. Using a combination of compressed and decompressed superheated steam cycles, the cleaning machine gently removes a range of frozen polymers from production equipment and composite fibers. The steam can reportedly eliminate contamination from the most inaccessible areas of filters, enabling for products and high-grade clean fibers to be reclaimed and reprocessed, improving component life cycles.
“Introducing DEECOM to our waste recycling solution has vastly improved efficiency and reduction of waste material from the manufacturing process,” Luke Vardy, Cygnet Texkimp CEO, says. “We look forward to unveiling its capabilities in application with our machines at JEC this year.”
Cygnet Texkimp will showcase how its fiber-handling technologies benefit from the DEECOM application, including the value gained from its use in an automated production cell. The main benefits on show will include:
- Ease of use and operation.
- Improved cleaning capability reducing energy usage.
- No solvent to dispose of.
- Lower overall cost of ownership.
In addition to these benefits, DEECOM is an environmentally friendly cleaning system that aids Cygnet Texkimp in reducing prepreg wastage and offcuts for landfill. By using steam as the sole cleaning ingredient, DEECOM has a low carbon footprint, the company notes, expelling only clean, safe water vapor after the machine’s pressure swings, while outputs such as constituent parts, solids, resin monomers and gases are removed and collected. The cleaning process negates the company’s use for pyrolysis incineration and transport costs for plastic waste.
Following the launch set for May 3, director for Longworth, Jen Hill, will be speaking on May 5 at 14:00 CET (8:00 a.m. EST) in further detail regarding the company’s manufacture of the DEECOM range.
Cygnet Texkimp will be exhibiting in hall 5, booth M72, with a team on hand to answer any questions.
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