LONDON METROPOLITAN POLYMER CENTRE

. . . . the leaders in plastics and rubber technology studies

TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS FOR PROCESSING PET

The Polymer Centre can offer expertise and a wide range of equipment to support the PET processing industry and research in this field. Testing and Analysis Our extensive laboratory facilities available at the Polymer Centre include the following techniques are available that are commonly used in the testing and analysis of PET: etermination of water content! to assess the performance of drying processes. Can be done at the Polymer Centre or on site. "ntrinsic viscosity measurement to measure material degradation. Colour measurement! including yellowness index. Can be done at the Polymer Centre or on site. #C $differential scanning calorimetry% to measure relative degree of crystallinity and glass transition temperature. #oftening point determination #tandard physical testing.

Pro essing !a ilities #uitable drying and sealed feed systems are available to enable extrusion compounding and in&ection moulding of PET in pellet or fla'e form. ( granulation service is also available. )*T in&ection moulding machine! with range of standard test piece moulds +,mm -rabender and .eistrit/ screw extruders 0,mm 1arrels twin screw extruder! with ) hopper gravimetric feed system. (dditives can be fed in powder! pellet or liquid form.

Resear " 2ecent research and consultancy activity includes: evelopment of 2PET compounds based on mixed colour post consumer waste for use in the manufacture of rainwater products. This resulted in the production of parts using current $P3C% production tooling that passed -# testing. iscolouration of re4processed PET. evelopment and characterisation or PET56 PE and PET5PP blends.

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