Sustainable Composites for Cabin Monuments - Recycling of Resins with tailored FST Properties

Kurzfassung

Interior cabin monuments till date are mostly made out of glass fiber based composite panels which are entirely of virgin origin. These are not only difficult to recycle but even when they are mechanically shredded, the recovered components are not planned for re-use. However, in the German Federal Government's LuFo-VI funded project CirKle this ideology is being re-imagined - to make these monuments recycleable thus contributing towards Green Aviation. In line with the project’s ideal, this work presents one of the initial efforts to recover the powered flame-retardant additive (used to boost the FST performance) and the challenges encountered therein. The assessment of the recovered particles shows how they compare to the as used additives. This work provides a pathway for sustainable additives for further usage in diverse applications.