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- Dr. Dharia presented a paper at SPE-ANTEC
2008 - "Novel method to determine strength and elasticity of thermoplastics at elevated temperatures and strain rates"
- August 2007 - University of North Texas (Material Science and
Engineering) appointed Dr. Dharia as an adjuct faculty for 2007-July 2010.
- July 2007 - US 7,235,609
issued on Thermoplastic Olefin Compoisitions and Articles
- August 15, 2006 - Dr. Dharia made SPE e-live presentation
on "Applications of Tehrmoformability Analyzer”
- July 2006 – USPTO issued patent 7059198 on “Apparatus
to Determine Ability of Plastic material to be shaped by Thermoforming process”
- May 2006 - Dr. Dharia presented
technical papers at SPE ANTEC ‘2006 on “Applications of Thermoformability Analyzer” and "Thermofomable
TPO blends". The first paper is selected for SPE e-live presentation.
- May 2005 – Dr. Dharia presented
technical papers at SPE ANTEC’2005 on “Novel Method to determine Thermoformability”, and “ Properties
of blends of Linear and branched PP”.
- March 2003 – A joint patent filed on Thermoplastic Olefin Composition,
Processes and Articles
- July 2004 – US patent 6766721 issued on “Just-in-time Rubber bale processor”.
- Nov 2002 – US patent 6487949 issued on “Just-in-time Rubber bale processor”.
- June 30,
2009 - US patent 7,50,099 issued.
News/ Trade news articles - Thermoforming
Quarterly 2005, Vol 24, No. 3 pg
- Plastics Technology, October 2005, pg 55- A simple, repeatable, realistic test of
thermoformability
- Plastics Technology, November 2005, pg.43 – High Melt Strength PP makes Softer, Lighter foams
- Plastics News October 11, 2004 pg. 20 – Peroxide-free TPO prevents degradation
- Plastics Engineering
Nov 2003 pg. 30 – Daploy Resin, as additive acts as process modifier
- Plastics News MAY 12, 2003 pg. 32 –
Borealis says its PP can cut part weight
- Plastics News – January 6, 2003 Pg. 5 – TTG to offer thermformer
for testing
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