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US 8,518,318 B2Granted
Methods, compositions and blends for forming articles having improved environmental stress crack resistance
AssigneeViva Healthcare Packaging Limited
InventorIan Orde Michael Jacobs
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Abstract
Several processes for the manufacture of thin-walled tubes are described, including: injection molding an article and annealing the article, injection molding a blend of a polymer and a high melt flow polymer, injection molding a blend of a polymer and nanoparticles or nanocomposites. Using nanoparticles to improve ESCR and/or tear resistance of a polymer or blend is also disclosed.
Claims12
A process for the manufacture of flexible thin-walled articles including:
- injection moulding a blend of (a) at least one polymer and (b) at least one high melt flow compatible polymer having an MFI of greater than 100.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.