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Faculty of Science & Engineering
University of Brighton
Prof. Sergey Mikhalovsky
Oct - 08
Sept
– 06
Feb
- 05
[email protected]
Applications for Flax fibers and flax by-products
Biomedical and Food Industry
Composites for Car Industry & Construction
Applications
Applications
• Flax fibers for biomedical needs e.g.
surgical sutures, implant materials to
reduce post-surgical complications
• Composites from short flax fibers and polymers for
Car industry (doors, panels)
• Biodegradable part of a Wind turbine
• Flax dust /chaff for soil strengthening
• Short fibers/chaff for reinforcing of concrete
• Flax fibers for medical plaster preparation
• Flax fabrics for Healthcare products
as reservoirs for antimicrobial agents
• Short fibers/PLLA composites for the
hot/cold-food packaging
Techniques
Techniques
• Swelling rate in comparison to
commercial cotton products
• The feasibility of biodegradation
• Drug adsorption/desorption
• Culturing of human cells
•Flax and PLA were hot compressed by molding and “sheet
composite workshop“ process (LTP / Groupe Depestele / ACT ENER /
Advantages
(EcoTechnilin). http://www.eco-technilin.com/productfinder.asp
Non toxic
Bioresorbable
Low inflammation
Université du Havre).
http://www.jeccomposites.com/upload/docs/cp_jec_awards_paris_2010%20gb5.pdf
•Composites from Flax fibers with polymer for use in car industry (car
door panels with PP – flax short fibers elaborated by extrusion)
Advantages
Increased tensile strength
Enhance shock adsorbing properties
Reduce cracking
Plaster formulations
Replace synthetic materials with biodegradable and a renewable resource !
Concrete