Biodegradable composite articles
AssigneeCG Biocomposite APS
InventorsMalthe Rasmus Timmermann Larsen, Kristoffer Kilias Møller Jacobsen
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a particulate biodegradable fibrous polymeric material which is isolated from a monocot plant and has an average particle size from 10 μm-10 mm and a method of producing the same. It further provides a biodegradable solid composite composition comprising a mixture of a fibrous polymeric material of the invention and a biodegradable polymer and a method for producing said composite. It further provides an article produced by the method of the invention. It further provides for the use of the biodegradable article of the invention for storing a liquid or solid material.
Claims15
A method of forming a biodegradable article from a composite material, said article comprising one or more walls forming an inner surface and an outer surface and said method comprising:
- a) providing a biodegradable composite composition comprising a mixture of fibrous polymeric material and a biodegradable polymer;
- b) heating the composite material and injecting it into a mold allowing the composite material to adopt the shape of the mold, thereby forming the article;
- c) cooling the formed article to allow to stabilize and fix the shape of the article,
- d) removing the formed article from the mold;
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- e) optionally applying one or more coating layers to the inner and/or outer surfaces of the one or more article walls.
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