SPETHE SPECIALISTSociety of Plastics Engineers • Upper Midwest Section June 2015 • Volume 41
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The Importance of Molecular Weight in Injection MoldingTim Morefield – Polysource • Sean Mertes – Polymer Technology Services
Seminar #1 – 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm – Tim MorefieldMolecular weight is a key fundamental material property which corresponds directly with both the physical and rheological properties of allthermoplastic resins. The practical ramification of this key material characteristic is often not well understood. The objective of this presen-tation is to provide an introduction to the basic concept of molecular weight in polymers, an overview of analytical techniques used forcharacterization of molecular weight in polymers along with practical examples of how this fundamental material property manifests itself aswell as practical ramifications relative to quality assurance considerations.
Seminar #2 – 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm – Sean MertesWhile Molecular Weight provides superior physical properties, processing higher MW can sometimes be difficult to injection mold. Don’tconfuse Molecular Weight with Melt Flow, while they both tend to tell us the same story, MFI can be deceiving. We will discuss how usingscientific, systematic or decoupled molding techniques can hopefully simplify the process. We will discuss how molecular weight of theresin typically directly correlates with pressure loss in the part, warpage, and stress. We will also discuss how utilizing a Universal Set Upsheet can simplify the ability to move from press to press.
Tim Morefield - PolysourceI began my career in the plastics industry over 30 years ago at GE Plastics after receiving my BS in Mechanical Engineering. While there Iheld various positions in the Lexan product group, advanced design & engineering group and the polymer processing development group.While at GE I obtained my Masters in Polymer Science. Subsequently I was the technical manager for a compounding operation for severalyears after which I worked as an independent consultant in the plastics industry for approximately 18 years before joining PolySource in mycurrent position in 2012.
Sean Mertes – Polymer Technology ServicesI began my professional career 26 years ago working at custom Injection Molding company as a Plastics Project Engineer after receivingmy Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering. In 1996, I accepted a Technical Service Representative position with General Polymers(later known as Ashland and currently Nexeo) to cover the Minnesota territory. After fourteen years in that role, I advanced to the positionof Application Development Engineering for corporate accounts throughout the U.S. I joined Polymer Technology and Services, LLS (PTS)as Sales Manager for the Midwest Region in 2013.
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President’s Remarks Shilpa Manjure
I have heard somewhere that time flies when you are having fun but in our case time has literallyzoomed by! Yes, it has already been a year since this board took office and I wanted to take a momentto THANK each and every one who helped put together the successful events in this past year. Weorganized a Golf Outing, a plant tour, a MegaTech, a MiniTech, an Annual Social & Awards dinner andgave scholarships to about 7 deserving students!!! It has been an exciting year putting together theseeducational and fun events for networking for all the SPE members in the Upper Midwest section.Hoping you continue to take advantage of these opportunities in your backyard as we plan to bringmore to you this year.
Our spring MiniTech on Injection Molding, held in April had a record breaking attendance of close to 100 people. Needless tosay, we are glad to have Sean Mertes as our Program Chair again who worked with Beaumont & AIM to put this seminar togeth-er. As always, students attended the seminar for free. Thanks to UW Stout and Hennepin Tech for their active participation inthis SPE event.
I am also pleased to report that our Scholarship Program is now gaining popularity. Thanks to Thomas MacNamara and PaulRothweiler for initiating and bringing structure to this program. We are indeed thrilled to encourage and recognize deservingstudents. The chapter gave out scholarships to a total of 4 students for the Tony Norris and Jerome Formo Award. So studentsspread the word about the Scholarships and if there is not a student chapter at your school please contact Tom or me direct-ly!
Another program that is now an annual feature is the Annual Meeting and Social. This event got its current shape due to theefforts of LuVerne Erickson. Verne retired from the board and his position as Chief Scientist at Clariant Corp., last year. Theboard recognized his services with an Upper Midwest West Service Award. Details about Verne’s career and work have beenincluded as a part of this newsletter later. Congratulations and Thank you Verne!
Finally, we have two events organized this summer – a Minitech on June 23, continuing on our Injection Molding educationseries and a Golf Outing on August 4 at Oak Marsh. Please see details attached and mark your calendars for the two days.
Looking forward to meeting you at our next events this summer!
Sincerely, Shilpa Manjure
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WELCOME TO OUR NEWMEMBERS - Hamid Quraishi, Membership
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We are pleased to welcome our newest members ofthe Upper Midwest Section. As of March 30, 2015,our section has 363 active members! Tell yourfriends and co-workers about the SPE UpperMidwest Section to help us grow and check out ourwebsite, www.uppermidwestspe.org, and the nation-al website, www.4spe.org, to know all that SPE andthis section has to offer
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SERVICE AWARDLuVerne Erickson was honored with a Service Award by the Upper MidwestSPE on April 21, 2015, at the Spring MiniTech Seminar, for his many years ofdistinguished service to the Society. The ceremony was held at the HennepinTechnical College, Brooklyn Park.
Mr. Erickson, a resident of Golden Valley for forty-two years, worked in theplastic industry for forty-four years. He received his BS degree in Chemistryfrom Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa and started his career in the plasticsindustry in 1971 as a color matcher for Charles B. Edwards Co. Verne heldvarious positions including laboratory manager, plant manager, maintenancemanager, and chief chemical engineer in charge of new product developmentand product safety. Charles B. Edwards Company was purchased by CooksonPLC of London and became Spectrum Colors, which was purchased by Sandozand became Reed Spectrum which was divested by Sandoz to become Clariant Corporation, a Swiss company. Heretired from Clariant in December 2014. Verne was a member of SPE and the Upper Midwest Section since 1981. Heserved for six years with the local division as Awards Chair and in this role revived an event that is now a regular fea-ture of SPE’s Upper Midwest Section.
We are thankful to Mr. Erickson for his dedicated service to the Upper Midwest SPE Board and plastics community!Congratulations!
Verne Erickson honored for his service to SPE’sUpper Midwest Section
ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENTThe Upper Midwest section of SPE is proud to announce
our annual golf tournament for 2015.
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THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE/POLYLACTIC ACID TISSUE SCAFFOLD FABRICATED BY TWIN SCREW EXTRUSION AND MICROCELLULAR INJECTION MOLDING
Hao-Yang Mi1,2, Xin Jing1,2, Brianna Jacques3, Lih-Sheng Turng2*, Xiang-Fang Peng1*
1National Engineer Research Center of Novel Equipment for Polymer Processing South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
2Polymer Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA 3Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin–River Falls, River Falls, WI 54022, USA
Abstract
Polylactic acid (PLA) and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) are two kinds of biocompatible and biodegradable polymers that can be used in biomedical applications. They possess rigid and flexible mechanical properties. The TPU/PLA blend tissue scaffolds at different ratios were fabricated via twin screw extrusion and micro-cellular injection molding techniques (a. k. a. MuCell) for the first time. Multiple test methods were used in this study. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) verified the presence of the two components in the blends. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) confirmed the immiscibility between TPU and PLA. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images affirmed that the PLA was dispersed as spheres or islands inside the TPU matrix, and that the phase morphology further influenced the surface rough-ness of cells. The blends exhibited a wide range of mechanical properties that cover most human tissue requirements. It was found from DMA and viscosity tests that 25% PLA significantly reinforces the blends at low temperatures or deformation frequencies.
Introduction
Tissue engineering is aimed at the regeneration of malfunctioning tissues and the fabrication of whole or partial artificial organs for transplantation. It is attracting more and more attention since it was reported by Langer [1]. Tissue scaffolds, which act as extracellular matrices (ECM) for cell adhesion, proliferation, migration, and differentiation, play a pivotal role in tissue engineering [2]. The main challenge for tissue engineered scaffolds is to design and fabricate three-dimensional (3D), highly porous scaffolds capable of fulfilling the requirements of the target tissue. The optimal pore size for tissue regenera-tion depends on the type of tissue [3]. Mechanical pro-perties and surface chemistry are two other important factors which influence the usefulness of the scaffold, as well as cell adhesion and migration. Various materials provide different mechanical properties. Likewise, rough scaffold surfaces can help to improve cell adhesion [4, 5].
PLA is the most popular biocompatible and bio-degradable polymer been used. It has also been widely used in the tissue scaffold field, for applications including bone regeneration [6], blood vessel scaffolds [7], and cartilage scaffolds [8]. However, PLA alone can usually only be used in hard tissue scaffolds due to its naturally high strength and brittleness. Recently, bioresorbable polyurethane (PU) scaffolds have been attracting considerable attention as a potential material for tissue engineering [9]. TPU is a class of PU that has been widely employed in medical applications due to its flexibility and excellent abrasion and tear resistances [10]. Therefore, a scaffold combining PLA and TPU at various ratios would yield multiple desirable properties suitable for different tissue applications.
Several methods have been used to fabricate tissue scaffolds including solvent casting/particle leaching, thermally induced phase separation, electrospinning, rapid prototyping, batch foaming, and microcellular injection molding [11-15]. Among them, microcellular injection molding is a relatively new method which is organic-solvent free and has the potential to mass produce tissue scaffolds. In this paper, PLA and TPU were melt blended at a variety of ratios and fabricated into scaffolds via microcellular injection molding technology. The miscibility, mechanical properties, foaming behavior, and rheology properties were investigated.
Experimental Materials
TPU (Elastollan 1185A, BASF Ltd., USA) is an elastomer that provides flexibility to the blends. PLA (3001D, NatureWorks LLC., USA) was selected to improve the rigidity of the blends. Both TPU and PLA have close melt processing windows, thus allowing them to be combined effectively.
Scaffold Fabrication TPU and PLA pellets were dried with a circulating air flow at 100 ºC for 3
hours prior to compounding. Materials with various formulations—including PLA, PLA75%, PLA50%, PLA25%, and TPU—were compounded with a twin-screw extruder (Leistritz ZSE 18 HPe) at 190 ºC (the die temperature) at 110 rad/s screw speed, followed by water cooling and granulation.
The pre-blended granules were dried for 3 hours at 100ºC to remove any moisture before being used for microcellular injection molding. The injection molding machine used was an Arburg Allrounder 320S equipped with a supercritical carbon dioxide supply system (MuCell® Trexel, Inc.). The processing parameters for the microcellular injection molding procedure are listed in Table 1. Both solid and foamed samples were produced.
Table 1. Microcellular processing parameters.
Parameters Value
Cooling Time 60s Clamp Tonnage 200 kN
Mold Temperature 23 °C CO2 Content 4% wt.
Injection Volume 70% vol Injection Speed 20 cm3/s
Plasticizing temperature 190 °C Back Pressure 6 MPa
Characterization Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)
FTIR measurements were carried out using a Bruker Tensor 27. The samples were analyzed in the absorbance mode in the range of 600 to 4000 cm-1. Functionalities corresponding to each of the absorption bands were analyzed. Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
Thermal property measurements were performed on a DSC Q20 (TA Instruments). Samples were encapsulated in standard aluminum pans and covered with standard lids. Samples were heated to 220ºC at a heating rate of 10 ºC/min and held isothermal for 5 minutes to erase prior thermal history. They were then cooled to –80 at 5 ºC/min and heated to 220 ºC again at 10 ºC/min. All tests were carried out under the protection of nitrogen.
Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) Thermal dynamic properties of the samples were examined in single
cantilever mode by a TA Instruments DMAQ 800. The samples were trimmed to 35.6 mm long by 12.8 mm wide by 3.2 mm thick. The tests were performed at a temperature range of –60 ºC to 150 ºC at a heating rate of 5 ºC/min with a frequency of 1 Hz. Liquid nitrogen was used to generate the low temperature and control the temperature during heating.
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Upper Midwest Section hostsAmerican Injection Molding (AIM)Institute for a Successful MINITECOur Upper Midwest Section hosted a very suc-cessful MiniTec this spring. The MiniTec, entitled“Knowledge is the Catalyst of Growth”, was heldon April 21th at the Hennepin Technical College inBrooklyn Park, MN. The MiniTech featuredspeaker Dave Rose, from the AIM institute. Theevent attracted a total of close to 100 attendeesincluding a combined 33 students from UW-Stoutand Hennepin Technical College.
The seminar was followed by a networking eventat Mad Jack’s and was very well received bythose who attended.
We would like to thank our Program Chair, SeanMertes, and Special Event Chair, Eric Swensiedfor organizing this event for us. Sean is alreadyworking on lining up more speakers in the areasinjection molding, screw design and extrusion inthe coming year. Please stay tuned!
A packed auditorium at the Spring MiniTech session presented by Dave Rose, AIM Institute
WHO CAN HELPYOU
SOCIETY OF PLASTICS ENGINEERS, INC.PO BOX 0403, BROOKFIELD, CT 06804-0403PHONE: 203-775-0471 • FAX: 203-775-8490
WEB: www.4spe.orgOffice Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m (Eastern Time)
ACADEMIC OUTREACHGail Bristol 203.740.5447 [email protected]
ANNUAL AWARDSSarah Sullinger 203.740.5422 [email protected]
ANTEC BOOTH SALES/CONFERENCE MANAGEMENTLauren McCarthy 203.740.5472 [email protected]
ANTEC PAPER SUBMISSIONBarbara Spain 203.740.5418 [email protected]
BOOK ORDERSBonnie Kaczowski 203.740.5428 [email protected]
CHANGE OF ADDRESSCustomer Relations 203.775-0471 [email protected]
COMMUNICATIONS EXCELLENCE AWARDSarah Sullinger 203.740.5422 [email protected]
CONFERENCE REGISTRATIONLauren McCarthy 203.740.5472 [email protected]
CONFERENCE SPONSORSHIPLauren McCarthy 203.740.5472 [email protected]
CORPORATE AFFILIATE PROGRAMGail Bristol 203.740.5447 [email protected]
CORPORATE OUTREACHGail Bristol 203.740.5447 [email protected]
DUES/BILLING/PAYMENTSCustomer Relations 203.775-0471 [email protected]
EMPLOYMENT ADVERTISING888-491-8333 ext. 1063 [email protected]
FELLOW & HONORED SERVICE NOMINATIONSSarah Sullinger 203.740.5422 [email protected]
GOVERNANCE LIAISONSarah Sullinger 203.740.5422 [email protected]
MARKETING/MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORTom Conklin 203.740.5453 [email protected]
MEMBERSHIP PROCESSING/QUESTIONSCustomer Relations 203.775-0471 [email protected]
MEMBERSHIP PROGRAMS/RETENTIONSue Wojnicki 203.740.5420 [email protected]
PINNACLE AWARDSarah Sullinger 203.740.5422 [email protected]
PLASTICS ENGINEERING MAGAZINE ADVERTISINGJoseph Tomaszewski 908-514-0776
SECTION & DIVISION INVESTMENT PROGRAMDawn Roman-Weide 203.740.5414 [email protected]
SECTIONS, DIVISIONS & SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP ADM.Sarah Sullinger 203.740.5422 [email protected]
SEMINAR PROGRAM & IN-PLANT TRAININGLauren McCarthy 203.740.5472 [email protected]
SEMINAR REGISTRATIONLauren McCarthy 203.740.5472 [email protected]
SOCIAL NETWORKINGTom Conklin 203.740.5453 [email protected]
SPE FOUNDATION/SCHOLARSHIPS & GRANTSGail Bristol 203.740.5447 [email protected]
SPE INDUSTRY RESOURCE GUIDE800-816-6710 [email protected]
STUDENT CHAPTERSSue Wojnicki 203.740.5420 [email protected]
TOPICAL CONFERENCE PLANNINGLauren McCarthy 203.740.5472 [email protected]
TOPICAL CONFERENCE REGISTRATIONLauren McCarthy 203.740.5472 [email protected]
WEBINARS (Non Registration)Barbara Spain 203.740.5418 [email protected]
WEBINARS REGISTRATIONBonnie Kaczowski 203.740.5428 [email protected]
WEBSITE ADMINISTRATIONPedro Matos 203.740.5438 [email protected] OF EDITORIAL MATERIAL FOR PLASTICS ENGINEERING;
QUESTIONS REGARDING SPE JOURNALSDan Domoff 203-740-5429 [email protected]
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Councilor’s Corner Tom McNamara - Councilor - Upper Midwest Section
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1 e-Members to be designated as such in the Member Directory 2 Anyone can opt-out from the member directory list 3 Yes for current issue, no access to older issues 4 If serving as SPE Leader 5 Public will have no access 6 Full if SPE Member is serving as a Group Facilitator 7 Planned for Future Release
At our Council meeting prior to the ANTEC in Orlando, new officer positions of President-Elect andVice President were elected. Scott Owens is our new President-Elect and Monika Verheij is a newVice President. Dick Cameron has moved up from the previous President-Elect position to the SPEPresident position for the 2015-2016 operational year. Congratulations to all the new positon holders.A motion was also passed to approve the petitions for eight new student chapters. They are: LamarUniversity, North Carolina A&T State, Stevens Institute of Technology, Texas State Technical College,Texas State University San Marcos, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, UW-Platteville, University ofNorth Texas.
A fair amount of time was spent on the governance structure of the SPE. The Council was broken outinto eight subgroups to brainstorm options for restructure of the governance for more effective opera-tion of our Society. The ideas from each group are being consolidated and action, if any is needed, willbe discussed at the next Council meeting.
In my last report, I informed our UMW members of the addition of a new membership category callede-Member. It is a no cost membership with limited access to the many benefits of SPE full member-ship. Included on the following page is a breakdown of the various member benefits with indication ofthe privileges afforded each membership grade. The intent of the e-Membership is to allow some par-ticipation in the Society with the hopes that the e-Member will see enough benefit to encourage fullmembership at a later date.
As always, please contact me if you have any questions, suggestions, or comments on either the SPEInternational organization or our Upper Midwest Section. My contact information is on the back of thisSPEcialist.
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SPE Education Committee - Tom McNamara
Our Upper Midwest Section is proud to report that we have selected and awarded four scholarships to four very deserving students. Two of theawards were Tony Norris Scholarship Awards (2-year degree programs) in the amount of $400 and two other awards were Jerome FormoScholarship Awards (4-year degree programs) in the amount of $500.
Tony Norris Awards went to:
Amber Robeck, a Plastics Engineering Technology student at Hennepin Technical College. Amber is active
in the SPE Student Chapter and last semester made the President’s List at HTC. She is employed full time at D.S.
Smith Worldwide Dispensers in Lester Prairie, MN while attending school full time. She is also active in fundraising
programs including Special Olympics Minnesota. She aspires to be a manager or founder of a company involved
with plastics.
Elias Hailetelemariam is also a Plastics Engineering Technology student at
Hennepin Technical College. Elias works a full time job at Medtronic, a world class medical device manufacturer,
while going to school at HTC full time. He has worked his way up from assembler to Senior Cell lead-person.
Elias uses some of his income to support his parents in Africa. He volunteers time at the Minneapolis Community
Library. Elias acknowledges the importance of the life saving devices that his manufacturer makes and he aspires
to own an injection molding or thermoforming company in the future. (accepted by Dan Ralph, HTC Plastics
Engineering Technology Program Manager)
Jerome Formo Awards went to:
Michael Beeler, a Plastics Engineering student at the University of Wisconsin – Stout. He has been a member of
the UW-Stout SPE Student Chapter since 2012. He was elected Vice President of the Student Chapter for the
2015-2016 school year. Michael has done many volunteer activities including UW-Stout move-in, campus cleanup,
and State Science Olympiad. He has worked as a Research Assistant in the UW-Plastics Laboratory and as a
Laboratory Assistant helping to instruct other student in the use of all of the equipment in the UW-Stout Plastics Laboratory.
William Miller is also a student in the University of Wisconsin Plastics Engineering program. William has been
awarded the UW-Stout Chancellor’s Award for both his freshman and sophomore years. He was voted to the SPE
Student Chapter Board of Directors and is active with many of the student activities. William has volunteered as
coach of youth athletic programs in his community. He is an Engineering Intern at Profile Xtrusions in Neenah, WI
where he is learning single extrusion, co-extrusion, and tri-extrusion. He has also worked as a Laboratory Assistant
at the UW-Stout Plastics Laboratory. (accepted by Adam Kramschuster, UW-Stout Plastics Engineering Program
Director)
UW-Stout 1ST Annual Golf Event
The University of Wisconsin – Stout held its first annual golf event in May at the Chippewa Valley Golf Course in Menomonie, WI. The event was
organized by the UW-Stout Student Chapter. The event was considered very successful with many companies participating in the fun-filled day.
The weather cooperated and even some of the golf “duffers” won prizes. Our Upper Midwest Section is the sponsoring Section for the UW-
Stout Student Chapter and as such, we did sponsor a hole at the event and had some of our Section Board members attend. We look forward
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PRESIDENTShilpa ManjureNorthern Technologies InternationalCorp.4201 Woodland RoadP.O. Box 69Circle Pines, MN 55014763-225-6600763-225-6645 [email protected]
PAST PRESIDENT Danny MishekVista Technologies1850 Greeley Street SouthStillwater, MN [email protected]
INTERNATIONAL COUNCILOR& EDUCATION CHAIR Thomas McNamaraThermotech1302 S. Fifth StreetHopkins, MN 55343952-933-9438
PROGRAM CHAIR Sean MertesPolymer Technology and Services19095 Wells LaneJordan, MN [email protected]
PROGRAM CO-CHAIR Matt HavekostAdvanced Technology Systems255 Roselawn Ave E, Ste 45St. Paul, MN 55117Office: 651-489-6990Cell: [email protected]
TREASURER / FINANCE CHAIRRolly EnderesChemCeed, Corp.2252 Olson DriveChippewa Falls, WI 54729715-726-2300715-726-2314 [email protected]
BOARD CHAIR POSITIONS
MEMBERSHIP CHAIRHamid QuraishiHASSQ Consulting Company460 Wilson StreetWinona, MN [email protected]
ADVERTISING CHAIRBill Priedeman405 S. Willow DriveLong Lake, MN [email protected]
AWARDS CHAIRRichard C. Bopp321 Flatbush RoadWest Coxsackie, NY [email protected]
AWARDS CO-CHAIRSDave Erickson13502 Essex CourtEden Prairie, MN 55347952-937-0960Cell: 612-868-5682
WEBSITE & NEWSLETTERCHAIR Michael ArneyBoston Scientific3 Scimed PlaceMaple Grove, MN [email protected]
SOCIAL MEDIA CHAIRMahin Shahlari4201 Woodland RoadP.O. Box 69Circle Pines, MN 55014P: [email protected]
SPECIAL EVENTS CHAIR &HOUSE CHAIR Eric Swensied Harbor Plastics, Inc.1470 County Road 90Maple Plain, MN 55369763-479-4772763-479-4776 [email protected]
SECRETARYEric Cybulski3MBuilding 235-3F-08St. Paul, MN [email protected]
BOARD DIRECTORSam McCordMCG BioComposites, LLC3425 Sycamore Ct. NECedar Rapids, IA [email protected]
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SOCIETY OF PLASTICS ENGINEERSUpper Midwest SectionMahin ShahlariP.O. Box 69, Circle Pines, MN 55014
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Section Total ........................ 363
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