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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2019
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., Ames, IA (US);
Cal Poly Corporation, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
Keith Vorst, Madrid, IA (US);
John Wyatt Brown, Atascadero, CA (US);
Jeffrey E. Danes, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
Greg Curtzwiler, Petal, MS (US);
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., Ames, IA (US);
CAL POLY CORPORATION, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to relates to a method of optimizing a plastic composition formed from a plurality of resin feedstocks. A plurality of resin feedstocks are provided. The plurality of resin feedstocks are blended to form the plastic composition. One or more properties of the plastic composition, including radiation absorption, radiation transmission, gas evolution, radiation fluorescence, or melting properties, are measured. The ratio of the plurality of resin feedstocks being blended into the plastic composition is adjusted, based on said measuring, to form an optimized plastic composition. A system for performing the method is also disclosed.