Formulation Development and Process Optimization for Novel Recyclable Thermoplastic Elastomers (TPE)

热塑性弹性体(TPE)是一种在高温下表现为塑料，在室温下表现为橡胶的材料。它们将弹性体改进的抗冲击性和弹性与热塑性塑料的强度结合在一起。这种材料在制造中提供了较短的产品周期时间。这与热塑性塑料相同，不需要耗时的硫化过程。热塑性弹性体主要由合成材料生产。这个应用研究项目的目标是利用消费后的回收塑料开发热塑性弹性体材料。学院团队由教师研究人员和研究人员组成，将与Entropex的研发团队密切合作，开发一种利用消费后回收聚合物来源生产高端应用热塑性弹性体材料的新配方和工艺。将测试各种配方，并将使用一套全面的实验分析来分析数据和优化产品。Entropex是消费后硬质塑料回收的领先公司，该项目将显著提高其产品的最终价值。Entropex是一家总部位于安大略省的公司，100%为加拿大人所有。Entropex的消费后回收基热塑性弹性体的开发和商业化具有增加收入和创造就业的巨大潜力。

Thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) are materials that behave as plastics at a high temperature and rubbery atroom temperature. They combine the improved impact resistance and elasticity of an elastomer with thestrength of a thermoplastic. Such materials offer a short product cycle time in manufacturing. This is the sameas thermoplastics and do not require a time consuming vulcanization process. TPEs are mainly produced fromsynthetic materials. The goal of this applied research project is to develop a thermoplastic elastomer materialfrom post-consumer recycled plastics.The College team which consists of faculty researchers and research students will work closely with Entropex'sR&D team to develop a novel formulation and process for production of TPE material for high end applicationfrom a post-consumer recycled polymer source. Various formulations will be tested and a comprehensive set ofexperimental analysis will be used to analyze the data and optimize the product.Entropex is a leading company in post-consumer rigid plastics recycling and this project will improve the endvalue of their products significantly. Entropex is an Ontario based company and is 100% Canadian owned.Development and commercialization of a post-consumer recycled base thermoplastic elastomer for Entropexhas enormous potential for revenue increase and job creation.