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From:Belarus
Registered: Apr 2004

posted August 16, 2004 10:20 AM               

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Does anyone have any general information on the extrusion of PLA (polyactide) resin into thermoformable sheet,,, what are the equipment requirements and can it be run on standard polystyrene systems

Also does anyone know the present cost of this material

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Registered: Sep 2004

posted September 03, 2004 11:23 AM               

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Technical data sheets are avaiable for PLA resin on their homepage, "Cargilldow.com". Look under Natureworks packaging section, grade 2002D is thermoforming grade. Main items to address are resin needs to be dried thoroughly before extrusion, and extruder/equipment needs to be purged properly as PLA is not compatible with most commodity resins. Both of these are covered in the tech sheets.

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