EPA P3 Sustainable Packaging Solutions


Coating Process

  • Hot Coat™ Paper Plus 12 (Glue Machinery Co.)
  • BD-20AC Laboratory Corona Treater (Electro-Technic Products)
  • SPECTROLINKERTM XL-1000 UV Crosslinker (Spectronics Co.)

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Hot Coat™ Paper Plus 12 (Glue Machinery Co.)

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SPECTROLINKERTM XL1000 UV Crosslinker (Spectronics Co.)

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BD-20AC Laboratory Corona Treater (Electro-Technic Products)


Structural Characterization

  • Wyko NT2000 Optical Profiling System 
  • Thermo Scientific Nicolet 4700 FTIR with a Smart Orbit Attenuated total reflectance (ATR) accessory 
  • JEOL JSM-1401F Field Emission - Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM)
  • Quartz Crystal Microbalance, Resonant Frequency-10MHz (ICM Manufacturing)

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Wyko NT2000 Optical Profiling System

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Thermo Scientific Nicolet 4700 FTIR-ATR

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JEOL JSM-1401F Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FE-SEM)


Testing of Packaging Film

  • Oxygen Permeation Analyzer 8001 (Systech Illinois)
  • TABER® Model 503 Rotary Platform Abrasion Tester 
  • Instron Model 4400R Universal Testing System
  • DataColor Model 650® Spectrophotometer

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TABER® Rotary Platform Abrasion Tester

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DataColor Model 650® Spectrophotometer

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Oxygen Permeation Analyzer 8001 (Systech Illinois)

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Instron Model 4400R Universal Testing System