{"id":53040,"date":"2025-10-21T14:26:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T12:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ins.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/?page_id=53040"},"modified":"2026-06-30T11:19:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T09:19:47","slug":"biodegradable-plastics-research-group","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ins.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/about-us\/research-groups\/biodegradable-plastics-research-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Biodegradable Plastics Research Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"53040\" class=\"elementor elementor-53040 elementor-47357\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d0bc65 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4d0bc65\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f16ac1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f16ac1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Business Profile<\/h2><ul><li>Technology for obtaining thermoplastic starch (TPS).<\/li><li>New blends of biodegradable polymeric materials based on plant raw materials.<\/li><li>Optimization of the manufacturing process of multilayer biodegradable films (methods: extrusion blow molding and flat head extrusion).<\/li><li>Optimization of the (bio)composites manufacturing process.<\/li><\/ul><h2>Research Apparatus:<\/h2><ul><li>Differential scanning calorimeter DSC.<\/li><li>TGA Thermogravimeter.<\/li><li>DMA dynamic thermomechanical analyzer.<\/li><li>Testing machines: single-column 5 kN and dual-column 20 kN.<\/li><li>FTIR spectrometer.<\/li><li>Apparatus for the determination of water content by the KF method with an oven for solid samples.<\/li><li>Plastometer.<\/li><li>Two-channel capillary rheometer.<\/li><li>Hardness meter.<\/li><li>GPC Gel Chromatograph.<\/li><li>Climate chamber.<\/li><li>Charpy&#8217;s Hammer.<\/li><li>Apparatus for tearing through film using the Elmendorf method.<\/li><li>Falling spearhead.<\/li><li>Helium Pycnometer.<\/li><li>Apparatus for determining the softening temperature of polymers by the Vicat method (HDT\/Vicat).<\/li><\/ul><h2>Plastics processing apparatus<\/h2><ul><li>Co-rotating twin-screw extruders with screw diameters of 20 mm and L\/D 48:1 and 26 mm and L\/D 52:1.<\/li><li>Single-screw extruder.<\/li><li>Gravimetric dispenser system.<\/li><li>Air-cooled conveyor belt for moisture-sensitive plastics.<\/li><li>Granulator for cutting soft and hard plastics.<\/li><li>Blown film extrusion line.<\/li><li>Flat head film extrusion line for horizontal and vertical film extrusion.<\/li><li>Bottle coextrusion line with blow molding.<\/li><li>600 kN electric injection molding machine.<\/li><li>High-speed mixer.<\/li><li>Plastic dryer with molecular sieves.<\/li><li>Two-wheeler.<\/li><li>Hydraulic press.<\/li><li>Thermoformer.<\/li><li>A slow-speed mill.<\/li><li>Knife Grinder.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfcbc6c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cfcbc6c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf1a722 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bf1a722\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Manager<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e1e3b5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8e1e3b5\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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