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 申请请求资金购买 Process 11 双螺杆挤出机，迫切需要该设备来支持曼尼托巴大学的各种新颖研究应用。挤出是聚合物工业中最常用的生产方法之一，也是共混、复合以及将添加剂掺入聚合物混合物中的主要技术。这些工艺广泛应用于各个行业，包括食品包装材料。先进挤出机的使用培训和经验对于所有从事聚合物工作的 HQP 来说至关重要。生物系统工程系的 David Levin 博士和刘松博士将使用 Process 11 双螺杆挤出机开发智能食品包装材料，该材料由混合可生物降解聚合物组成，具有增强的物理和热性能，并添加天然抗氧化剂，抗菌和/或 pH 敏感化合物。电气和计算机工程系、马尼托巴材料研究所 (MIM) 所长 Derek Oliver 博士将使用 Process 11 挤出机探索混合可生物降解聚合物作为电绝缘体的用途，并研究其无损降解微米级的工艺。虽然双螺杆挤出机位于曼尼托巴大学食品与营养科学系，但它专门用于食品应用，不能用于混合不同聚合物类型并添加生物活性化合物。 HQP 目前对这些材料的研究依赖于与皇后大学教授的合作，这导致每位共同申请人及其学生的研究目标进展严重延迟。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、发表结果、产出高质量论文和毕业的能力。购买 Process 11 双螺杆挤出机将显着提高研究人员及其 HQP 复合通常不相容的不同聚合物类型的能力，从而使他们受益匪浅。 Process 11 挤出机将能够开发非石化来源的可生物降解食品包装材料以及电绝缘材料。这些材料的制造还将使生物降解研究和受控降解过程的开发成为可能，这些过程是在其使用寿命结束时闭合循环所需的，从而实现真正可持续聚合物行业的愿景。 Process 11双螺杆挤出机将极大地促进聚合物材料科学领域本科生、研究生和博士后的培训，并加速智能、可生物降解食品包装材料以及先进电绝缘体的开发。