Processing of Microcellular Foams


The following processing methods are just some of the ways we create microcellular foams.


Materials We Have Researched

A list of polymer-gas systems studied in the Microcellular Plastics Lab.

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The Solid-State Batch Pocess

The Solid-State Batch Process is the primary method we use to create microcellular foams.

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The Semi-Continuous Process

The Semi-Continuous Process was developed to scale the processing of microcellular foams toward commercialization.

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Gas-impregnated Thermoforming

The Semi-Continuous Process was developed to scale the processing of microcellular foams toward commercialization.

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In addition to these processes our lab is researching new ways to create microcellular foams.
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