Process 11 Twin-Screw Extruder for Advanced Polymer Blending

用于高级聚合物共混的 Process 11 双螺杆挤出机

• 批准号: RTI-2023-00228
• 负责人: Levin, David
• 金额: $ 10.92万
• 依托单位: University of Manitoba
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Research Tools and Instruments
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=746303
• 关键词: Process; 11; Twin; Screw; Extruder

This NSERC RTI application requests funds to purchase a Process 11 twin-screw extruder, which is urgently required to support a variety of novel research applications at the University of Manitoba. Extrusion is one of the most-used methods of production in the polymer industry, and is the primary technique for blending, compounding, and incorporating additives into polymer mixtures. These processes find applications in a wide range of industries, including food-packaging materials. Training in the use of, and experience with, an advanced extruder is essential for all HQP working with polymers. Dr. David Levin and Dr. Song Liu in the Department of Biosystems Engineering will use the Process 11 twin-screw extruder to develop smart food-packaging materials consisting of blended biodegradable polymers with enhanced physical and thermal properties, with the addition of natural antioxidants, antimicrobial, and/or pH-sensitive compounds. Dr. Derek Oliver, in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Director of the Manitoba Institute for Materials (MIM) will use the Process 11 extruder to explore the use of blended biodegradable polymers as electrical insulators, and study their non-destructive degradation processes at the micron scale. Although a twin-screw extruder is located in the Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences at the University of Manitoba, it is used exclusively for food applications, and cannot be used for the blending of different polymer types with the addition of bioactive compounds. HQP currently working on these materials rely on a collaboration with a Professor at Queens University, which has resulted in significant delays in progress towards research objectives for each of the co-applicants and their students. Both undergraduate and graduate students are unable to complete experiments in a timely manner, which is affecting their ability to collect data, publish their results, produce high quality Theses, and graduate. Acquisition of the Process 11 twin-screw extruder will greatly benefit the researchers and their HQP by significantly improving their ability to compound different polymers types that normally would not be compatible. The Process 11 extruder will enable the development of biodegradable food-packaging materials, as well as electrical insulation materials, that are not sourced from petrochemical origins. The manufacture of these materials will also enable investigations of biodegradation and the development of controlled degradation processes that are needed to close the circle at their end-of-life, fulfilling the vision of a truly sustainable polymer industry. The Process 11 Twin-screw extruder will greatly facilitate training of undergraduate students, graduate students, and Postdoctoral Fellows in polymer-based material sciences, and accelerate the development of smart, biodegradable food-packaging materials, as well as advanced electrical insulators.

该NSERC RTI应用程序要求资金购买11个双螺杆挤出机，这是迫切需要的，以支持曼尼托巴大学的各种新型研究应用程序。挤出是聚合物行业中最常用的生产方法之一，它是将添加剂混合和融合到聚合物混合物中的主要技术。这些过程在包括食品包装材料在内的广泛行业中找到了应用。对使用高级挤出机的使用和经验的培训对于所有与聚合物一起工作的HQP都是必不可少的。 David Levin博士和Biosystems Engineering系的Song Liu博士将使用该过程11双螺旋式挤出机开发智能食品包装材料，包括具有增强物理和热性能的混合生物降解聚合物，并添加天然抗氧化剂，抗菌和/或pH敏感的化合物。电气和计算机工程系的Derek Oliver博士，曼尼托巴材料研究所（MIM）的主任将使用该工艺11挤出机探索将混合生物降解聚合物用作电绝缘体的使用，并研究其非降解性降解过程。尽管双螺钉挤出机位于曼尼托巴大学的食品和营养科学系中，但它仅用于食品应用，不能与不同的聚合物类型混合并添加生物活性化合物。 HQP目前从事这些材料的工作取决于与皇后大学的一位教授的合作，这导致了针对每个共同申请者及其学生的研究目标的重大延迟。本科生和研究生都无法及时完成实验，这影响了他们收集数据，发布结果，产生高质量论文和毕业生的能力。收购该过程11双螺钉挤出机将通过显着提高其复合不同聚合物类型的能力，从而极大地使研究人员及其HQP受益。该工艺11挤出机将能够开发可生物降解的食品包装材料以及不源自石化起源的电绝缘材料。这些材料的制造还将对生物降解和受控降解过程的开发进行研究，这些降解过程要在其末期关闭圆圈，从而实现了真正可持续的聚合物行业的愿景。该过程11双螺钉挤出机将极大地促进基于聚合物的材料科学的本科生，研究生和博士后研究员的培训，并加速智能，可生物降解的食品包装材料以及先进的电绝缘子的发展。