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Technology of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics (CFRP) recycling and Standardization of CFRP recycled products were investigated. CFRP with epoxy resin matrix was successfully crushed with a shearing type crusher and the size of the crushed CFRP was classified by passing through a mesh screen. Various methods of matrix resin removal from CFRP to yield recycled carbon fiber (CF) were also investigated. Thermal decomposition of matrix resin in air or inert atmosphere was found to be a good candidate of recycling CF. A standardization plan of the measuring methods of crushed CFRP and recycled CF will be proposed. This investigation is executed under the consignment of NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization).
