{"id":2950,"date":"2017-12-18T06:11:34","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T06:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mpml.mie.utoronto.ca\/info\/?page_id=2950"},"modified":"2026-02-08T03:56:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T08:56:23","slug":"processing-equipment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mpml.mie.utoronto.ca\/lab\/facilities\/processing-equipment\/","title":{"rendered":"Facilities: Processing Equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Extrusion foaming lines:<\/span><\/p>\n

– 2.5\u2019\u2019(44L\/D) single-screw foaming extruder<\/span><\/p>\n


\n– 1.5\u2019\u2019-2.5\u2019\u2019 tandem foaming extruder<\/strong>: This system exhibits very effective plasticization and cooling of the polymer melt to achieve homogenous polymer-gas mixture for foaming.
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\n– 0.75\u2019\u2019-1.5\u2019\u2019 tandem foaming extruder<\/span><\/p>\n


\n– 0.75\u2019\u2019 single-screw foaming extruder: This small-scale system is ideal for conducting pilot runs of new foaming processes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nInjection foam molding machines<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

– 50 ton MuCell injection molding machine<\/p>\n

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1 27mm twin-screw compounder<\/strong>:\u00a0 This system compounds polymer and additives efficiently with a high throughput.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n1 EPP\/EPS bead foaming system
\n<\/span><\/span>1 rotational molding machine
\n2 compression molding machines
\n5 batch foaming apparatuses
\n1 batch mixer <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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  Extrusion foaming lines: – 2.5\u2019\u2019(44L\/D) single-screw foaming extruder – 1.5\u2019\u2019-2.5\u2019\u2019 tandem foaming extruder: This system exhibits very effective plasticization and cooling of the polymer melt to achieve homogenous polymer-gas mixture for foaming. – 0.75\u2019\u2019-1.5\u2019\u2019 tandem foaming extruder – 0.75\u2019\u2019 single-screw foaming extruder: This small-scale system is ideal for conducting pilot runs of new foaming processes. Injection foam molding machines – 50 ton MuCell injection molding machine 1 27mm twin-screw…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2669,"menu_order":23,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2950","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpml.mie.utoronto.ca\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpml.mie.utoronto.ca\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpml.mie.utoronto.ca\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mpml.mie.utoronto.ca\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mpml.mie.utoronto.ca\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2950"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/mpml.mie.utoronto.ca\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8027,"href":"https:\/\/mpml.mie.utoronto.ca\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2950\/revisions\/8027"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mpml.mie.utoronto.ca\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpml.mie.utoronto.ca\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}