Product Improvement

Maximize the Effect of Additives in Your Plastics

Maximize the Effect of Additives in Your Plastics
Language: English
Length: 90 min
Recorded on: 14 Oct 24

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Course Description

Reduce production cost of plastic! Use lesser additives and yet reach better properties (flame retardancy, UV protection, antistatic/antifogging, low weight/foaming)

In this simulated live Luis Roca will help you to gain maximum benefits of additives without overdosing them. Get a better understanding of the additive performance failure and learn the best methods to overcome the compatibility issues with ease.

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Luis Roca
Luis Roca
AIMPLAS
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Luis Roca is the Head of the Compounding Department at AIMPLAS. He is an experienced polymer researcher specializing in compounding.

Throughout his career, Luis has worked as an R&D project developer, either as the lead or supporting researcher, collaborating with plastic companies to modify or enhance polymer properties across regional, national, and European projects. He has contributed to various projects involving nanomaterials, biopolymers, flame retardancy, natural fibers, electrical conductivity, and recycling.

With over 15 years of experience in processing a wide range of polymers—including commodity plastics, starch-based biopolymers, technical polymers, and high-performance materials—Luis has also delivered more than 3,000 hours of training courses to companies in areas such as compounding, additives, fillers, and injection molding. Additionally, he has presented at numerous seminars organized by AIMPLAS and at various conferences related to plastic modification and recycling.

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Why should you view this course?

"Are you going through all the processes with utmost care and calculations, yet your plastic is not delivering the desired property? Most formulators and masterbatch producers tend to add more additives to achieve the property. But this results in an increase in cost and compatibility issues.

The key to overcoming this challenge is to understand the cause of additive failure and incompatibility as well as how to get maximum gains with the additives used.

Join this course to:"

  1. Easily identify the key problems and causes of additive failure (selection, formula, degradation)

  2. Save money by reaching better performance without increasing the additive dosage

  3. Learn how to achieve compatibility of your additives with fillers, pigments, etc., and find better alternatives

Who should join this course?

  • End users, plastic converters, compounders, masterbatch producers, formulators, and R&D professionals working with any material or any additive.

  • Sectors covered but not limited to:

    • Flame retardancy
    • UV protection
    • Antistatic/antifogging
    • Low weight/foaming
    • Antimicrobial
    • COF/slip
    • Transparency
    • Migration/food compliance, etc.

  • Materials covered but not limited to:

    • Automotive industry: PP, PA, TPU, PVC
    • Building and construction: PVC, PP
    • Electronics: PP, ABS, PC/ABS
    • Packaging: PE, PET, PS, PP
  • This course is suitable for advanced level proficiency
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Course Outline

Main Causes and Problems When Additives Are Not Working as Expected

  • Additives selection
  • Appropriate formula
  • Possible degradations

Mechanisms of Action of Plastic Additives

  • How additives work: contact, release, etc.
  • Permanent additives vs migratory ones

Identify the Right Additive Incompatibilities

  • Chemical incompatibilities
  • Thermal incompatibilities
  • Rheological incompatibilities

Effect of Fillers and Other Additives

  • How fillers interact with additives
  • Synergistic and antagonistic effects between additives

Correct Use of Masterbatches

  • Dilution
  • Chemical compatibility
  • Let down ratio

Additives in the Value Chain

  • Mixing and incorporation of additives in final processing

Failure Analysis and Testing

  • Cause and effect of failure
  • Properties affected
  • Appropriate testing for problem-solving

30 mins Q&A

  • Ask your question directly to our expert
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