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HIPF team at the orientation ceremony of the fresh R-group trainees.

Carbon nanotubes (CNT) replaced metal for aerospace cable use.

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Jan 242016 ,28- : HIPF extended a warm welcome

through conducting a one week orientation

ceremony to the new batch of trainees recognized

as R-group with initial admission of 150 out of

total 1,974 qualified applicants.

The orientation program aims to develop the

trainee’s awareness about the institute’s mission

and vision, people, rules and regulations, training

facilities, course objectives and counseling about

job opportunities.

Carbon nanotubes coating would be beneficial to airplanes and spacecraft, with improved properties. The currently used coaxial data cables are made of four elements:

1. A conductive copper core

2. An insulation of nonconductive polymer sheathing

3. An outer conductor

4. Polymer jacket

The outer conductor element is usually made of tinned copper or braided metal which makes the cable heavy and rigid. According to recent research conducted at Rice University laboratory by replacing the metal

Special pointS of intereSt: in thiS iSSue:• Recent Path Breaking Innovations in the field of Plastics.

• Selected International Plastics centered events and exhibitions.

• HIPF team at the orientation ceremony of the fresh R-group trainees.

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01Carbon nanotubes (CNT) replaced metal for aerospace cable use. 1

Gas adsorbing polymer is a boon to save earth from global warming. 2

Revolution of nanotechnology in the global packaging industries. 2

Synthetic paper from plastics, an amazing way to replace the traditional paper. 3

Wood Plastics Composite from recycled material. 3

International Plastics Events. 4

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with carbon nanotubes coated sheath has brought a significant reduction in the weight of the cable and improved flexibility with a great surface uniformity. The coating of sheath was done with a solution of carbon nanotubes in chlorosulfonic acid.

Three cables of varying thickness has been tested by the researchers, the one having the highest thickness of about 90micrometer (almost the size of human hair) was found to be the strongest by passing over10,000 times bending test with no harmful effect on performance to meet the military standards.

The laboratory is in progress to develop production line of high-performance- nanotubes based fibers by setting up a wire coating die at the exit of fiber extrusion.

Adsorption is the physical process that causes adhesion of ions or atoms or molecules from a gaseous or liquid or dissolved solid phase to a surface of solid material.

Researchers across the world has developed a new brown colored, sand like polymer material that has greater affinity of adsorbing carbon-di-oxide from the effluents of various sources of combustion and help in reducing CO2 level in the environment.

This material is stable, cheaper, reusable, durable and hydrophobic in nature. The material is expected to be more promising

for a variety of applications in the field of automobiles, power plants and other industries where CO2 emission has reached the alarming rate.

When carbon-di-oxide gas comes in contact of this polymer, it is readily adsorbed into the intermolecular spaces of the polymer thereby the polymer swells. The adsorbed carbon-di-oxide can be recovered from the polymer for other safe applications by deflating the polymer after subjecting it to lower pressure. The released CO2 gas from the polymer material can be collected and converted into other useful compounds by the process of catalytic conversion.

The nanotechnology that has been revolutionizing the world is causing a great impact on the packaging industry.

A small quantity of nanomaterial such as nanoclay added to the base polymer like PP, PE, PS nylon and TPO results in the wide spectrum of change in the properties like better transparency, higher mechanical strength, delayed oxidation, better gas barrier property, antimicrobial property, cost effectiveness and many other aspects, without actually altering the processing characteristics.

The technology has influenced almost all kinds of packaging industries such as bakery, meat, beverages, fruits and vegetables. These perishable goods needs better shelf life and anti-microbial properties that can be easily catered with this technology as compared to the traditional plastics packaging.

Moreover, the global nanotechnology packaging products consumption was projected to grow around 12% to 13% per annum.

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Revolution of nanotechnology in the global packaging industries

Courtesy of www.freefoto.com / American chemical society

Courtesy of www.staff.uni-mainz.de & http://en.rusnano.com

Gas adsorbing polymer is a boon to save earth from global warming.

Plastics can be used as an alternative to traditional paper and a tool to cater the growing needs of paper in the packaging industries with additional characteristics.

Synthetic paper is a product that is seen, felt, behaves and used as an alternative to traditional paper reducing the cost of production and also being eco friendly conserves the environment. The paper is made with high density polyethylene (HDPE) coated with a calcium carbonate of a special clay, pigments and other components in variable proportions according to the application.

This synthetic paper has many advantages over the traditional paper such as resistance to water, grease, oil and chemicals, tear resistance in both directions, long life, excellent printing surface and resistance to extreme weather conditions.

The manufacturing process involves the extrusion of material as sheet associated with bi-axial stretching followed with paper like coating. The product is made available in the form of sheets and rolls of different sizes.

Although many manufacturers produce coated plastics sheets as an alternative to the traditional paper but this product was manufactured by a U.S based industry ‘Polyart’

Wood Plastics Composite (WPC) is the mixture of thermoplastic polymers and small quantity of wood particles in different ratios. The compounding of thermoplastics and wooden particles are generally carried out above the melting temperature of the polymeric materials.

In the quest of efficient material recovery and continuous sustenance from the waste produced by the construction and demolition industry, the plastics innovators has introduced a new process of manufacturing wood plastics composites by utilizing 95% of thermoplastics waste.

WPC has a wide spectrum of applications such as house interiors and accessories for décor, automobile interiors, landscaping, designing amusement parks, building plastics houses to cater the needs of shelter at absolutely low cost and many other uses.

The composite was made by a Finland based company CONENOR with the waste materials recovered from C&D materials such as mineral wool, wooden waste, gypsum plaster materials, HDPE etc.

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Courtesy of IRCOW project

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Wood Plastics composite from of recycled materials

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SEPM 2016

Science and engineering of polymer materials 2016.

CHINAPLAS 2016

Science and engineering of polymer materials 2016.

PLASTECH 2016

3rd Plastics packaging and technology fair.

GAPCE – Global Automotive Plastics Congress and Exhibits.

Science and engineering of polymer materials 2016.

IWPRE

International workshop on polymer reaction and engineering.

Polycondensation 2016

11th conference covering wide range of topics and showcasing of the most

exciting fields of condensation polymer science and technology

EPTS16

Emerging polymer technology summit 2016.

ESOPS20- 20TH European Symposium on Polymer

Spectroscopy.

IRaP- International radiation and polymers symposium

The symposium deals with a wide range of topics and effects of ionizing

radiations on polymers.

Monastir, Tunisia

Shanghai, China

IZMIR, Turkey

Charleston, South Carolina.

Hamburg, Germany

Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia

Melbourne, Australia

Dresden, Germany

Peninsula of Giens, France.

Mar 24-27, 2016.

Apr 25-28, 2016.

May 4-7, 2016.

May 8 & 11, 2016.

May 17-20, 2016.

Sep 11-15, 2016

Sep 14-16, 2016.

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PLASTICS LINK

Your Link to the World of PlasticsThe establishment of HIPF aims to prepare Saudi youth to participate as skilled technicians in the booming plastics industry of the Kingdom and to develop the technical knowledge and skills of Saudi workforce towards localization of plastics fabrication technology.

The Editorial board of the Newsletter would like to remind the reader that the articles in this newsletter are collated from the various sources of information. HIPF does its best to verify the sources and confirm the authenticity of the articles published in the newsletter. The HIPF will not assume any legal liability for the content, quality, accuracy or completeness of said information and materials. The sources of the articles and the ‘terms and conditions’ of the newsletter ‘Plastic Link’ are available with the board of Editors and are available on request.s

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