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VIEW ALLFollow These Tips to Fire Up Your Cold Blown Film Line
Firing up a cold blown-film line after a shutdown involves multiple pieces of equipment that all interact. Here’s a look at those components individually and some best practices on how to get your line up and running as quickly and safely as possible.
Read MoreSee a 7-Layer Stretch Line Controlled by AI
Colines producing high-tech stretch film on a line with an artificial intelligence control package.
Read MoreAlpine Is Focusing on Efficiency, Sustainability, While Pushing for Better Recycling Infrastructure
NPE2024: New technology aims at improving efficiencies in film production, but executive calls on e-commerce retailers to help develop packaging infrastructure.
Read MoreMacro Building Shrink Film Lab Line for Multibubble Production
NPE2024: Machine builder is preparing should market switch from PVdC.
Read MoreFor W&H, Big Themes are MDO, the Circular Economy, Retrofits
NPE2024: Machine builders responding to a need for flexible packaging processors are looking to make their operations more sustainable.
Read MoreAddex Continues to Advancing Cooling in Blown Film
NPE2024: Cooling specialist Addex debuts auto-profiling air ring for rotating dies, and new single-plenum air ring.
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Blown Film Lines Are Fully Customized
NPE2024: Systems can be furnished for single- to nine-layer for barrier applications.
Read MoreSingle-Inlet Plenum Air Ring Improves Gauge Control
NPE2024: New design also eliminates multiple hoses to clean up production area.
Read MoreRefurbishing Service for Biax Lines
NPE2024: Clip and chain systems for film-stretching lines can now be overhauled in the U.S.
Read MoreAuto-Profile System for Blown Film Rotating Dies
NPE2024: New technology can slash gauge variation by 50%.
Read MoreNovel Cooling System, Energy Efficient Extruders for Blown Film
NPE2024: Tower-mounted, variable-diameter air ring and flexible, energy-efficient extruder highlight Apline display.
Read MoreBandera to Run 5-Layer Blown Film Line at NPE2024
Italian machine builder bucks trend among blown film suppliers to run production line in Orlando, May 6-10.
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New Blown-Film Cooling Technologies Set to Debut at NPE2024
Cooling specialist Addex to roll out new auto-profiling air ring for rotating dies, and new single-plenum air ring.
Read MoreFilm Extrusion: Boost Mechanical Properties and Rate of Composting by Blending Amorphous PHA into PLA
A unique amorphous PHA has been shown to enhance the mechanical performance and accelerate the biodegradation of other compostable polymers PLA in blown film.
Read MoreBreaking the Barrier: An Emerging Force in 9-Layer Film Packaging
Hamilton Plastics taps into its 30-plus years of know-how in high-barrier films by bringing novel, custom-engineered, nine-layer structures resulting from the investment in two new lines.
Read MoreFiltration System Helps Film Processor Manage Recycled Material Mandates
Global film processor RKW teams with Nordson to enable it to process blown film with high recycled content.
Read MoreSustainability, Innovation Intertwined at TC Transcontinental Packaging
Just 10 years in the plastics packaging business, TC Transcontinental has invested heavily to help its brand owner and retail customers meet their sustainability goals.
Read MoreFlexible-Film Processor Optimizes All-PE Food Packaging
Tobe Packaging’s breakthrough was to create its Ecolefin PE multilayer film that could be applied with a specialized barrier coating.
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