Trexel Plans Commercialisation of HDPE Bottles Using MuCell
1 Aug 2000
Trexel has completed a joint development program with one of the world's leading users of HDPE bottles in which the two companies were able to produce a light-weight plastic bottle using Trexel's proprietary MuCell blow molding technology.
As a result, Trexel will be continuing the commercial development process for HDPE bottles on high-speed wheel equipment to confirm that cost and performance objectives can be met. Trexel is the leader in the development and commercialisation of the MuCell microcellular process technology.
By agreement with its development partner, Trexel will market this weight saving technology for manufacturing MuCell-foamed HDPE bottles to all users and producers. Trexel will initially target large production volume wheel machines, which are typical of those used by the leading bottle converters.
The MuCell process itself is a thermoplastic polymer processing technology that uses supercritical fluids (SCFs) of atmospheric gases (CO2 and N2) to create microscopic cells throughout thermoplastic polymers.
The advantages of the process in blow moulding include the ability to maintain performance of HDPE bottles while improving productivity and reducing material usage and cost, thereby helping Trexel Licensees expand their markets while maximising efficiencies in blow moulding applications.
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