Abstract:
A method to manufacture a foam material from recycled PET in the form of flakes is disclosed. This method comprises a crystallization and drying step to produce a recycled PET with a degree of crystallization between 10 and 40% and a residual humidity below 400 ppm; a subsequent mixing step in which the recycled PET obtained from the crystallization and drying step is first added and mixed with a viscosizing additive and with a foaming agent, and then filtered; and a foaming step in which the recycled PET obtained from the mixing step is cooled and expanded.
Abstract:
Container made from a thermoplastic molding composition comprising A) from 59.8 to 99.8% by weight of a polyester composed of from 30 to 100% by weight of a polybutylene terephthalate and 0 to 70% by weight of a polyester derived from 1,4-butanediol and a C2-12-aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and/or C6-12-cycloaliphatic dicarboxylic acid, B) 0.1 to 10% by weight of an oxidizable polyester-ether, C) 5 to 10000 weight-ppm of a salt of a transition metal, D) 0 to 40% by weight of other additional substances, where the total of the percentages by weight of components A) to B) is 100% by weight.
Abstract:
A polyester-based composition is disclosed containing a polyether additive with high gas barrier properties, and articles of packaging comprising the same, particularly with high oxygen and carbon dioxide barrier properties, for advantageous use in the preservation of food products and complete recycling at the end of their life cycle.
Abstract:
There is described a multilayer film made of recyclable thermoplastic material comprising a layer (A) of unoriented amorphous PET combined with at least a passive barrier layer (B) comprising a polyamide substantially free of oxidation catalysts, wherein the amount of unoriented amorphous PET is at least 95% by wt. of the total film and wherein the permeability to oxygen is less than 7 cc/m 2 /24h/atm and the permeability to carbon dioxide ("CO 2 TR") is less than 12 cc/m 2 /24h/atm. The film is particularly suitable to produce containers for packaging foods in a modified atmosphere (MAP) having a high barrier effect and high transparency and which are at the same time completely recyclable in the same application.
Abstract:
A masterbatch composition comprising an aromatic polyester resin, a polyolefin and a polyfunctional compound selected from the dianhydrides of tetracarboxylic aromatic and /or aliphatic acids and the polyepoxidic compounds, wherein the polyester resin and the polyfunctional compounds are omogeneously dispersed as solids in a matrix formed by the polyolefin, as domains of average particle size less than 800 µ. The masterbatch is prepared by milling polyester resins and polyolefin granules to obtain powders having average particle size of less than 200µ, and the powders are therafter homogeneously mixed.
Abstract:
A process for the production by extrusion of a film based on thermoplastic material and comprising a mixing step, wherein recycled PET material is mixed with an additive to obtain a thermoplastic material to be extruded; an extrusion step, wherein the thermoplastic material undergoes extrusion at a temperature lower than 300°C; a recovery and cooling step, wherein a film coming out of the extruder is recovered and cooled. The additive is pyromellitic dianhydride and it is added in a quantity ranging from 0.002% to 0.150% by weight with respect to the total weight of the thermoplastic material to be extruded. The film coming out of the extruder has an intrinsic viscosity lower than the recycled PET material.