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From:Newcastle England
Registered: Oct 2003

posted August 09, 2005 04:01 AM            

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Has anyone out there had any experience extruding PLA we are looking at Extruding some for food packaging. Have heard that it is similiar to and can be ran on PET line but would be interested to hear from anyone with practical experience.
Thanks Jackie...

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From:Brodheadsville, PA USA
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posted August 09, 2005 09:40 AM            

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I found a processing guide here:

http://72.14.207.10 4/search?q=cache:K4yUAs9pUekJ:www.cargilldow.com/corporate/pdf/PLA_SheetExtrusionProcess.pdf+PLA+%22processing+guide%22&hl=en&lr=lang_en

A lot of information can be found here:
http://www.natureworksllc.com/corporate/nw_pack_datasheets.asp

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Best Regards,

Tom Cunningham

Extrusion Technical Services
www.ExtrusionTechnicalServices.com

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From:Newcastle England
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posted August 18, 2005 04:19 AM            

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Thanks Tom these links will come in useful. Would still like to hear from anyone who has had practical experience seems like nobody out there has actually ran this stuff in a production environment.

Thanks Jackie

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From:Durham
Registered: May 2005

posted August 18, 2005 04:31 AM            

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Jackie we are actually running a small amount of PLA next week (about 4 tonnes)I will let you know how I get on.

Regards Joe

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posted August 22, 2005 11:13 PM            

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Are you interested to keep molecular weight?

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From:Newcastle England
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posted August 24, 2005 08:19 AM            

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Simone, Sorry but I do not understand what you are asking and how this effects my post. Could you give a bit more detail please.

Regards Jackie

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From:Durham
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posted August 24, 2005 08:31 AM            

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Jackie have some news on PLA that might interest you if you would like to get in touch e-mail is jmackie1@pactiv.com Also we are fairly close geographically so it may of interest to visit.

Cheers Joe

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From:Boca Raton, Florida, USA
Registered: Oct 2005

posted October 05, 2005 10:39 AM            

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Hi Jackie,
My company has been running PLA foam trials for 10 months now. Our results are very, very good so far. We are working with NatureWorks. Our foam feed screws work extremely well on PLA. I suggest you keep in touch with me!

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Originally posted by jackie:
Has anyone out there had any experience extruding PLA we are looking at Extruding some for food packaging. Have heard that it is similiar to and can be ran on PET line but would be interested to hear from anyone with practical experience.
Thanks Jackie...

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