TY - BOOK ID - 77910266 TI - Update on mouldable particle foam technology PY - 2009 SN - 1282274538 9786612274534 1847354076 9781847354075 1847354068 9781847354068 9781847354068 PB - Shawbury, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, U.K. ISmithers DB - UniCat KW - Polystyrene. KW - Polymers. KW - Polymere KW - Polymeride KW - Polymers and polymerization KW - Macromolecules KW - Polymerized styrene KW - Styrenic polymers KW - Styrene KW - Thermoplastics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77910266 AB - Moulded particle (bead) foam products are nowadays ubiquitous, in packaging and construction, from drinking cups to motorway foundations. The industry which started with Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) has grown spectacularly and now also includes Expanded Polypropylene and Expanded Polyethylene, and its technology and machinery has become so specialised that it is seen as an almost isolated branch of the plastics industry. The first part of this update summarises the present status of particle foam technology and how specific challenges have already driven its development. This includes the potent ER -