Research areas description
Development and pilot production of polymer based flexible packaging, monolayer or multilayer (up to 9 layers in cast and 7 layers in blown), high barrier, machine direction orientation, corona surface treatment, multilayer blown films, multilayer cast films, twin screw extrusion, antibacterial films, films with oxygen scavenging ability, multilayer films sealing, use of recycled content in films and sheets, development of mono-material multilayer films with high barrier and recyclable. Flexible packaging properties evaluation: barrier, sealability, mechanical, antibacterial, antiviral, gas scavenging (oxygen, water vapor, ethylene). Determination of composition (layout) and properties of multilayer films. Microscopy.
Research staff
- Abdellah Ajji | Director
Specialized equipment
- Mechanical testing (tensile and puncture) Instron Electropuls E-3000, with environmental chamber
- Spectroscopy - Perkin Elmer FTIR Spectrum 65, ATR and Transmission
- Spectroscopy - Perkin Elmer Microscope FTIR Spotlight 400, ATR and Transmission
- Density - Micromeritics gas Pycnometer, volume 10cc
- Gaz permeability - Mocon, O2 and H2O
- Abdrasion equipment Geneq
- Flex crack, equipment Vinatoru
- Hot lamination - BJ Creation Inc.
- Sealability - LakoTool, Hottack/Seal tester
- Cast multilayer films extrusion (up to 5 and 9 layers )
- Multilayer blown films (7 layers)
- Thermal analysis: TA Instruments DSC Q2000, 2012
- SEM microscopy and EDX: Hitachi Tabletop SEM TM3030 with EDX, 2016
- Quorum Sputter Coater T ES, 2016
- Thermogravimetry analysis : TA Instruments TGA Q500, 20XX
- Corona treatment : Enercon CoronaFlex Deluxe (3kW) with unwind/rewind station, 2017
- Machine direction Orientation Labtech LMDO-350, 2017
- Antibacterial testing lab
External sources of funding
- NSERC
- RITA
- Private partners