Advanced multicomponent polymeric films for food packaging

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: CR108891-BRE20756

Project closed

Start date 1 December 1993

End date 30 November 1995

Funded under

• Specific programme of research and technological development in the field of industrial and materials technologies - CRAFT -, 1990-1994

Total cost No data

EU contribution No data

Coordinated by

Consorzio sulle Applicazioni dei Materiali Plastici e Problemi di Difesa dalla Corrosione
Italy

Objective

Multilayer films are widely used for food packaging. The drawbacks of such technology are:

1) complex and expensive processing (coextrusion)
2) not sufficient adhesion between the layers
3) High storage cost due to high weight and volume
4) difficulty to recyclable.

This project will be oriented to design thermoplastic innovatie formulations of multicomponent layers and monofilms having:

- tailored permeation to gases and moisture for application in food packaging.
- improved mechanical strength
- lower production costs
- much more possibility to be recycable.
We can conclude that:

- The activity of performers has been very satisfactory.

- The results confirm, at least on a laboratory scale, that it is possible, in principle, to use the philosophy of compatibilizers to obtain multilayers with no adhesive layer between the components.

- Moreover, the use of compatibilizers can produce monolayer films with good mechanical properties and with a morphology in the direction of internal multilayer, as requested by barrier monolayer films.

- The potential development of the above results could not be fully exploited, as the pilot plants do not possess all the facilities, like double bubble extrusion or intense mixer, which will permit full morphological control.
The fulfiment of the goals will permit:

- cost reduction in the production of films due to the possibility to use simpler manufacturing procedure
- the production of multicomponent monofilms for food packaging whose thickness is higly reduced compared to multilayer films
- easier recycle of plastic materials in packaging application.

Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)

CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques.

• engineering and technology › materials engineering › coating and films
• engineering and technology › other engineering and technologies › food technology › food packaging
• humanities › philosophy, ethics and religion › philosophy

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Programme(s)

• FP3-CRAFT - Specific programme of research and technological development in the field of industrial and materials technologies - CRAFT -, 1990-1994

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Call for proposal

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Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

Consorzio sulle Applicazioni dei Materiali Plastici e Problemi di Difesa dalla Corrosione

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Via Nuovo Macello ; 80131 Napoli - Portici ; Italy
• Total cost: No data

Participants (2)

Gianni de Falco C. Srl

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Via Nuova Ponte ; 84086 Roccapiemonte
• Total cost: No data

Independent

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Via R. Fucini 16 ; 56127 PISA
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