Thermoformed cellulosic pulp eco-products
819 376-5011, ext. 4542
tarik.jabrane@cegeptr.qc.ca
tarik.jabrane@cegeptr.qc.ca
Intervention fields
Innofibre hosts the NSERC College Industrial Research Chair in Ecodesign for a Circular Economy of Thermoformed Cellulose Packaging Materials. Tarik Jabrane, a researcher at Innofibre, is the holder of this chair.
- Raw materials development for thermoformed fiber packaging
- Functional adjuvants development for thermoformed fiber packaging
- Performance analysis of thermoformed fiber packaging
- Thermoforming pilote trials of cellulosic fiber packaging
Expertise
- Development and prototyping of thermoformed pulp packaging
- Technological development of the pulp thermoforming process
- Demonstration of the use of lignocellulosic materials such as annual plants and mechanical pulp
Our equipment
- Thermoforming pilot system for cellulosic pulps
- High performance 3D printer for additive manufacturing of prototyping molds up to 16 x 14 x 16 in
- FLIR T1030sc high performance infrare thermography camera for R&D applications
- Dedicated system for the surface treatment of thermoformed cellulosic packaging with a variable speed conveyor
- 300 L wet chamber for accelerated aging of thermoformed pulps according to ASTM D2247 and ASTM D1735
- Compostability analysis chamber for thermoformed cellulosic pulp packaging according to ASTM D6868
- Cellulosic pulp preparation equipment : Tornado 24 po variable speed pulper for long fibers (hemp, flax, etc.), 20 L digester, 1 kg Valley refiner, PFI refiner
- Thermoformed cellulosic pulp packaging analysis equipment : FPI (Food Packaging Institute) stiffness, OTR oxygen transmission rate and water vapor transmission rate, KIT test, COBB test, FTIR, TGA, thermoscellability, etc.