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Update on Mouldable Particle Foam Technology
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Moulded particle (bead) foam products are nowadays ubiquitous, in packaging and construction, from drinking cups to motorway foundations. The industry which started with Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) has grown spectacularly and now also includes Expanded Polypropylene and Expanded Polyethylene, and its technology and machinery has become so specialised that it is seen as an almost isolated branch of the plastics industry. The first part of this update summarises the present status of particle foam technology and how specific challenges have already driven its development. This includes the potential threats to the fire retardants and blowing agents which have been used for many years and the continuing demand for ever lighter foam products with the same levels of performance. These challenges will continue, and the text shows how they have already been addressed and how they may be met in future. The second part considers the potential for particle foams made from "renewable" polymers such as starch, polylactic acid, polyhydroxyalkanoates and cellulosics. For each of these, existing technology is reviewed, together with the issues for research and development. We may come to see much of the existing foam packaging market dominated by these polymers, and it is timely to assess how that may impact the industry.This update is written by a plastics technologist who came relatively recently to the EPS industry, and is intended to be used both by other relative newcomers as well as those who already have long experience but wish to know more technical detail about a fascinating branch of plastics technology.
iSmithers Rapra Publishing; August 2009
140 pages; ISBN 9781847354075
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140 pages; ISBN 9781847354075
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