Advanced Biomaterial Product Development Platform

随着对不列颠哥伦比亚省和加拿大经济具有重要意义的机械制浆行业向低能耗生物纤维生产过渡，我们发现有必要研究这些纤维在下一代产品中的性能。低能纤维在高价值产品中的性能，如先进的包装材料，需要研究和优化，如果该部门要成功转型为低能源生产。本申请中提出的动态板材成型机(DSF)是理解这些新产品开发的关键，将被大学和行业研发团队广泛使用。 DSF将支持不列颠哥伦比亚省制浆造纸中心的几个研究项目，包括高级造纸计划，该计划的重点是为高素质人员提供培训机会，以及机械制浆节能(ERMP)研究计划-一个杰出的大学行业合作(NSERC-CRD)(400万美元)，将16家公司和3所大学的7名教授聚集在一起。在能源削减研究计划的9年历史中，重点一直是开发将用于先进材料和产品的低能量纤维。 我们没有足够的设备来复制行业质量的产品样品，即含有低能量纤维的多层板材样品，以及微纤维纤维等新产品。这从根本上限制了我们研究的翻译、新的节能策略的实施以及新材料和产品的开发。 该设备将极大地扩展我们目前的研究能力，并帮助解决机械制浆部门面临的挑战，这有力地支持了UBC正在进行的研究。申请的DSF是一种新的设备，我们目前无法使用，所有纸浆和造纸中心用户，包括27名教员和50名研究生水平的学生，博士后研究员，以及来自UBC校园的工作人员，都可以使用，PPC的技术人员已经到位，为这些用户提供支持。 机械纸浆行业正面临现有市场前所未有的结构性变化。这种拟议的实验室设备对于确保机械纸浆行业的成功是绝对必要的，因为它正在过渡到新的低能源工艺，并转变为一个多样化和强大的生物产品行业。这一部门的成功与加拿大农村社区的繁荣直接相关。

As the mechanical pulping industry, which is significant to British Columbia and Canada's economy, transitions to low energy biofibre production, we have identified a need to study the performance of these fibres in next generation products. The performance of low-energy fibres in high value products, such as advanced packaging materials, needs to be studied and optimized if this sector is to successfully transform into low-energy production. The Dynamic Sheet Former (DSF) proposed in this application is key to understanding the development of these new products and will be broadly used by university and industry research and development teams. The DSF will support several research programs in the UBC Pulp and Paper Centre, including the Advanced Papermaking Initiative, which focuses of training opportunities for high quality personnel and the Energy Reduction in Mechanical Pulping (ERMP) research program - an outstanding university industry collaboration ($4.0M NSERC-CRD) that brings together 16 companies with 7 professors across 3 universities. Throughout the Energy Reduction research program’s 9-year history, the focus has been on developing low energy fibres that will be used in advanced materials and products. We are not adequately equipped to reproduce industry-quality product samples, namely multi-layer board samples that incorporate low energy fibres, as well as novel products such as microfibrillated cellulose. This fundamentally limits the translation of our research, the implementation of novel energy reduction strategies, and the development of new materials and products. This equipment will significantly extend our current research capabilities and help address the challenges faced by the mechanical pulping sector, which strongly supports the ongoing research at UBC. The requested DSF is a new piece equipment that we do not currently have access to, and will be accessible to all Pulp and Paper Centre users, including 27 faculty associates and 50 graduate level students, Postdoctoral Fellows, and staff from across the UBC campus, with technical staff in place at PPC to support this range of users. The mechanical pulp sector is facing unprecedented structural changes in existing markets. This proposed laboratory equipment is absolutely essential for ensuring the success of the mechanical pulp sector as it transitions to new low energy processes and transforms into a diverse and robust bio-products industry. The success of this sector is directly tied to the prosperity of Canada's rural communities.