MFC concept for commodity purposes

One of the most widely spread applications of polymers in the commodity sector is for packaging purposes. A good example in this respect is PET, whose production has an annual growth of 10%, mostly due to its excellent properties as packaging material for 

Fabrication processes for rigid plastics include compression molding, thermoforming, sheet extrusion, steam-chest expansion, and so on. 

An experimental design method has been used to examine the effects of several of the MFC mamifactming parameters on the final barrier properties of the composite films. 

LLDPE/PET films were manufactured at a ratio of 70/30 (wt%) using various combinations of processing conditions (die diameter and drawing ratio), cooling conditions and microfibril orientation. The full details of the experimental design and film production parameters are given in [119,120]. 

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