I-Polylactic acid (PLA) inamandla amakhulu kunye ne-ductility.I-PLA inokuveliswa ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo eziqhelekileyo zokusetyenzwa, njengokubumba ukunyibilika kwe-extrusion, ukubunjwa kwenaliti, ukubumba ifilimu, ukubumba ugwebu kunye nokubumba i-vacuum.Ineemeko ezifanayo zokubumba kunye neepolima ezisetyenziswa ngokubanzi.Ukongeza, ikwanomsebenzi ofanayo wokushicilela kunye neefilimu zemveli.Ngale ndlela, i-polylactic acid inokwenziwa kwiimveliso ezahlukeneyo zesicelo ngokweemfuno zamashishini ahlukeneyo.
Ifilimu ye-lactic acid (PLA) inomoya omhle wokungena emoyeni, i-oksijini ekwazi ukungena kunye ne-carbon dioxide permeability.Kwakhona ineempawu zokuhlukanisa ivumba.Iintsholongwane kunye nokubumba kulula ukunamathela kumphezulu weplastiki ye-biodegradable, ngoko kukho ukuthandabuza malunga nokhuseleko kunye nococeko.Nangona kunjalo, iasidi yepolylactic kuphela kweplastiki enokubola ngebhayoloji ene-antibacterial egqwesileyo kunye nokumelana nokungunda.
Xa kutshisa i-polylactic acid (PLA), ixabiso layo le-calorific yokutsha liyafana nelo phepha elitshisiweyo, elisisiqingatha sokutshisa iiplastiki zemveli (ezifana ne-polyethylene), kunye nokutshiswa kwe-PLA akusayi kukhulula iigesi ezinetyhefu ezifana ne-nitrides kunye iisulfides.Umzimba womntu uqulethe i-lactic acid ngendlela ye-monomer, ebonisa ukhuseleko lwale mveliso yokubola.