The Smart Blending for Multilayer Structure of PLA/EVOH

Pornlada Pongmuksuwan; Wanlop Kitisatorn

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.751.258

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The Smart Blending for Multilayer Structure of PLA/EVOH

Abstract:

The concept of smart blender to form a multilayer structure of PLA/EVOH has been developed. Unlike conventional mixing, smart blending provides a formation of multilayer structure by dictating the motion of stir rod to agitate melts. The PLA and EVOH are supplied separately by a single-screw extruder. An experimental rig is assembled at the end of a co-extruder, and melt from an extruder entered an experimental rig via a cylindrical port. The molten EVOH is recursively stretched and folded in an experimental rig of PLA major phase to give an alternating layer structure. The rod is rotated by variable speed motor that is independently controllable. The rod rotational speed and volumetric flow rates of EVOH and PLA are of our interest. Careful design of stir rod in smart blending is necessary for effective performance. The computational model provided the visualization of flow profile inside an experimental rig. The simulation determined the geometry of the stir rod required to achieve the spiral flow developed of the melt. The experimental results suggest that the injected streams of EVOH are stretched and folded to multiple and distributed layers ranging thickness from 10 to 200 um. The characteristic folding of EVOH melt depends on the volumetric flow rate of the screw extruder and rod rotational speed. However, the coalescence of EVOH layers is observed for high rod rotational speed.

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Key Engineering Materials (Volume 751)

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Pornlada Pongmuksuwan, Wanlop Kitisatorn*

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Co-Extrusion, Multilayer Structure, Polymer Blend

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