Film Extrusion

Packaging

Toray Produces Biax, Metalized PLA Film

Oriented films producer Toray Plastics (America), Inc., N.

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Film Extrusion

Stationary Gauge Effect Occurring Randomly Across a Wound Film Roll

How can the oscillation speed of a hauloff impact film buildup in a film extrusion winding operation. 

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From the Ashes, A More Efficient Film Operation Emerges

Three years after a fire destroyed most of its operation, Tex-Trude came back as a more productive extrusion 大象传媒.

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Film Extrusion

The Practical Processor, February 2011

Your processing questions answered.

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Film Extrusion

Processor Strategies - Cadillac Products Packaging Move to Nine Layers Means Better Bags, High-Value Niches

The story of Cadillac Products Packaging is a 65-year-old tale that combines a steadfast commitment to innovation and customer satisfaction with a broad range of product offerings.

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Film Extrusion

Tips and Techniques: How to Downgauge Film Without Losing the ‘Feel’ of Quality

These days, blown film processors supplying converters and packagers with high-end materials are between a rock and a hard place.

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Film Extrusion

On-Site: Well, Well, Well... Processor Taps into Novel Underground Cooling Solution

In 2008, Olle Mannertorp and his co-owners of Multifilm Packaging (multifilm.com) had a decision to make.

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Film Extrusion

Tooling: More Is Better…Layers, That Is

I can’t count the number of times I have been asked why I recommend a blown film line with 5+ layers to make 2- or 3-layer products.

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sustainability

EXTRUSION & COMPOUNDING: Five-Layer Film Structures Set to Supplant Three Layers?

In blown film, equipment and material suppliers have come together to push five-layer technology into non-barrier applications previously held by three-layer films.

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Sheet Extrusion

K 2010 Preview, Extrusion More…Layers, Output & Quality

In most segments of extrusion technology, the word at K 2010 is more.

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Process Cooling