A continuously monitored alarm system verifies the isolation of the laboratory and containment cubicles. Portable barriers and HEPA filtration units around aerosol generating equipment prevent contamination of workers or the environment. Plastics Recycling and Extrusion Laboratories T his a 1011 sq. The equipment, washers, rinsers, wedge screens, industrial centrifuge, industrial dryer and capability for conveying polymer through pipes, allows performance of all operations necessary for polymer recycling. The Extrusion Laboratory houses a single-screw extruder which can be used for either food or polymer research.
Extrusion is the last step in the recycling process.
The washed, chipped resins are extruded into clean dried polymer sheets which are later extracted with food simulating solvents. The extruder also has been used for cereal extrusion as part of a fumonisin stability investigation. High Pressure Laboratory. HTST Food Processing Laboratory is a thermal processing laboratory currently housing a Crepaco High Temperature Short Time Plate Pasteurizer with steam isolation barriers to simulate a UHT separation. The lab is designed for rapid change-over to maximize flexibility, and is currently being renovated after removal of an APV Ohmic heater.