#polyfloss

[rca-ide]

The Polyfloss Factory - The plastic cotton-candy machine

Polyfloss - an startup originated from IDE some years ago, presents its latest machine! 🔧 The Polyfloss Factory machine recycles plastic waste into fibers, with a process inspired by cotton-candy. Our latest machine is designed to be easily transported and used anywhere : it stands on a standard pallet, uses regular 220V and 4.5kW consumption, can process 10kg/h and weighs 120kg. Waste becomes a new resource, which can be used as a filling material, insulation, but also for textile applications, or molded to obtain a lightweight rigid material to replace Expanded Polystyrene.

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Designers: Nick Paget, Audrey Gaulard, Emile De Visscher and Christophe Machet

Product: Polyfloss (website currently not working)

The Polyfloss Factory, designed by Nick Paget, Audrey Gaulard, Emile De Visscher and Christophe Machet, is a micro-manufacturing machine that upcycles waste polypropylene into a new material called polyfloss.

Polyfloss – a versatile candyfloss-like material – is easily manipulated using heat and pressure to obtain multiple properties and uses, which are suitable for small-scale local manufacture. The project’s goal is to empower community makers to transform their waste material into valuable new plastic products, locally

[elcroft-blog]

I received an e-mail back from The Polyfloss Factory last night and it read:

'Hi Emma,

Thanks for your interest in our project, we are working mainly with polypropylene for the moment, and are researching about other polymers. We haven't come across polyester yet to be honest. It is a good point and we will test this plastic as soon as we can.

Sorry that we cannot answer you better,

Good luck for your project,

The Polyfloss Team'

So unfortunatly i'm not going to be able to pursue this, or at least pursure it in the way that i wanted.