Dissertation “Formability of paper and its improvement”

10 June 2015

Paper and paperboard are the most widely used packaging materials in the world. However, paper packaging is inferior to plastics in respect to moisture sensitivity and its limited ability to be converted into advanced 3D shapes. The ability of paper and paperboard to be formed into 3D shapes is called formability.
The primary objective of MSc (Tech) Alexey Vishtal’s dissertation was to improve the formability of paper by increasing its extensibility. Additional objectives were the characterization of formability as a mechanical property of paper and the development of a testing platform for the evaluation of formability (News Item Tampere University of Technology, 1 June 2015).
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