Film Extrusion
Which Winder’s for You?
It's time to apply more science to the process of selecting the right kind of winder for your operation.
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Flexible Package Takes Aim at Rigid Containers
Leading sheet processor Clear Lam Packaging, Inc., Elk Grove Village, Ill., made three announcements during October’s Pack Expo International show in Chicago.
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Modified MDO Gives Higher Film Yields
Hosokawa Alpine American, Natick, Mass., is offering new machine-direction orientation (MDO) technology that is said to dramatically reduce the amount of film to be edge-trimmed compared with other MDO designs.
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ISO Poly Avoids Economic Woes With High-Value Films
Positioning itself on the high end of the blown-film market helped insulate this blown film processor from the recent economic downturn.
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‘Light’ Grooves Offer Big Boosts in Film Processing
Blown film is main target for technology billed as an option to smooth bore feedthroats in extrusion.
Read MoreGloucester & Dolci Share Stretch-Winding Technology
Gloucester Engineering Co., Inc., Gloucester, Mass., and Dolci Extrusion S.r.l. of Italy have announced that they will share winding technology so that each firm can offer the other’s winders for cast stretch film.
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Cloeren Breaks Ground on Plant Expansion
Leading flat-die and feedblock supplier Cloeren Incorporated recently broke ground on a multimillion-dollar expansion of its Orange, Texas, Plant 2 site that will add about 37,500 ft² to the facility.
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Novel Materials Stretch Process Capabilities
The potential for new or unusual materials to broaden the application potential of standard plastics processes was explored in a number of papers at April’s SPE ANTEC conference in Orlando, Fla.
Read MoreMuCell Extrusion Gains Dow and Styron Film and Sheet Technology
MuCell Extrusion LLC, Woburn, Mass., made two moves last month that further expanded its capabilities in flat film and sheet foaming.
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Making Old Bags New Again
This year, leading film processor and bagmaker Hilex company reprocessed 25 million lb of post-consumer material in its Bag2Bag recycling program.
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