Fillers in Thermoplastics: Essential Principles for Efficient Optimization

Fillers have a huge impact on the processing, performance & cost of your filled thermoplastics. Reaching optimal performance can be quite tricky, unless you know how to efficiently select and deploy appropriate fillers. Join this course to:

1. Learn to design & develop filled thermoplastic formulations.


2. Easily adjust your formulations with a cheat sheet to select appropriate fillers (acicular, isotropic…) & additives (impact modifier, dispersant, coupling agent...).


3. Develop your skills faster by saving yourself from reading countless papers, ​with an organized review of fillers & their impact on cost/performance ratio.


4. Focus your efforts on getting desired performance (high strength, modulus...) with the insight shared from Dr Trevor’s own industrial optimization experience

Filler suppliers, polymer suppliers, recyclers, Compounders, Processors, OEMs with a need to compare materials in terms of performance/cost ratio, select the best material for each application or a desire to develop plastic products through a better knowledge of how to use fillers in polymer formulations.

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The following sections will be covered during this session:

1. Essential Principles governing fillers and thermoplastics
   • Common fillers and their characteristic properties - fillers that will be covered include: Talc, Carbon Black, Calcium Carbonate, Titanium Dioxide, Clays, Barium Sulphate...
   • Common polymers and how structure affects their properties


2. How fillers affect polymer processing & many properties of polymers


3. The effect of particle size, size distribution and particle shape on the rheology, processing and properties of filled thermoplastics​


4. Cost / Performance graphical analysis of polymers and filled polymers


5. Cheat sheet summarizing how all of these factors influence the properties of filled thermoplastics


6. Further reading, consultants, web resources
7. 30 mins Q&A - Ask your question directly to our expert

Have a query ? Email us for any help !