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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2004
Filed:
May. 30, 2001
Robert Anderson Reynolds, III, Bay Village, OH (US);
Julian Norley, Chagrin Falls, OH (US);
Ronald Alfred Greinke, Medina, OH (US);
Advanced Energy Technology inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing flexible sheets of expanded graphite material from recycled materials, comprising providing source materials in the form of flexible sheets of expanded graphite; comminuting the source materials into particles; re-expanding the particles; and preparing a mat from the re-expanded particles. Also described herein is a process of manufacturing a graphite material comprising grinding a cured resin impregnated graphite material into particles; removing at least part of the resin from the particles; and expanding the resin removed particles.