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PAGE 13 5 Industry news
13 Taking the air: applications in foamed sheet Foamed sheet is finding use in a diversity of applications – including transport, construction and the food industry. Lou Reade reports
21 Innovations in melt filtration Melt filter and screen changer producers are upgrading designs to handle the higher levels of contaminants in recycled plastics. Peter Mapleston reports on the latest developments
31 At the cutting edge: latest in granulators Recent granulation and recycling developments include a high torque model that minimises thermal degradation, and new systems to reclaim thermoforming scrap
38 What makes TiO2 so special? Neil MacDonald, Lomon Billions quality and technical manager,
provides a primer on TiO2 – explaining why it is so good at its job
41 Shock treatment: keeping control of static Keeping static under control is critical if film and sheet extruders are to maintain product quality – on everything from blown film to rigid sheet
47 Helping plastic films to breathe We preview AMI’s second Breathable Films conference, which takes place in Berlin, Germany in February 2019
49 Technology: Materials 50 Technology: Machinery 54 Extruder of the month: Laminex 56 Dates for your diary
COMING NEXT ISSUE � Bioplastics � Materials testing/quality control � Polyolefins � Medical materials/applications
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