MASTERBATCH ADDITIVES IN THIN-WALLED THERMOFORMED CUPS
March 08, 2016The 12th edition of AMI's Masterbatch Asia 2016 took place from 8-10 March 2016, at the Swissotel The Stamford, Singapore.
The conference provided an international forum for all companies involved in the Asian masterbatch business, from raw material suppliers, additive and pigment manufacturers to end users, and offered participants the opportunity to learn about the new developments and future trends that will influence the Asian plastic industry.
The conference focused on the latest trends in colorants, pigments and functional additives to give new insight into how to improve performance and cut costs.
PT Inter Aneka Lestari Kimia has participated in this conference as one of the presenters. Asmuwahyu Saptorahardjo, as thetechnical advisor of PT Inter Aneka Lestari Kimia presented about Masterbatch Additives in thin-walled thermoformed cups.
The thermoforming industry has grown rapidly in Indonesia. Drinking water and beverages, packed in thermoformed PP cups are very popular. Approximately 42 billion cups are produced annually to meet the demand, which is equivalent to 150,000 tons of PP thermoforming grade. Using between 40- 50 % regrind material is typical in this industry, and reducing the cup grammature from around 5 to 3 grams is the latest cup product design effortin reducing material consumption. The purpose of this development is for economical reason as well as to reduce the greenhouse gas emission.
But many problems happen in the thermoforming process. PT Inter Aneka Lestari Kimia, as a masterbatch producer has developed some additives to maintain the impact properties of the cup while achieving top load balancing with the reduction of the cup wall thickness. INTRAPACT has been designed and used by various thin-walled cup producers to optimize their production cost.
Another drawback with thin-walled cups is the static problem, resulting in the nesting of the cups and thus reducing output. However this can be overcome with INTRASTAT.
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