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Kawata Mfg. Expands Polylactic Acid Resin 40 Times.(Brief Article)

Japan Food Products & Service Journal

| April 25, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 Pacific Research Consulting, Inc. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Kawata Mfg. is using microcellular foaming and inactive expanding agents like carbon dioxide and nitrogen to foam polylactic acid resin to an expansion factor of 40. The feat is unprecedented, because the resin has long been considered too rigid for high degrees of expansion. Kawata has cooperated with resin manufacturers to develop a type of the resin especially suited to foaming. With this …

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