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Shredding Thin Film: How to Do It Right
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Shredding Thin Film: How to Do It Right

While many processors recoil at this task, a little know-how in shredding equipment, processing, and maintenance should add the necessary confidence.

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Big Bubble, Wide Film Highlight Balcan's Latest Buy

Five-layer Bandera line to produce films at a 50-ft web width — among the largest formats available for industrial packaging.

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Ingenia Installs Seven-Layer Macro Blown Film Lab Line

Ingenia expands its Brantford Innovation Center with a seven-layer blown film lab line by Macro, boosting multilayer film development and material innovation.

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Consider the Incumbent Resin Effect When Purging Your Blown Film Dies

Be thorough to purge all the previous resin from your blown film line before starting up with a new resin to avoid gels and other impurities.  

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PFAS Free PPAs are Advancing, But Processing Adjustments Still Critical

As non-PFAS polymer processing aids for blown film extrusion evolve, approaches to using them and maintaining equipment are as important as ever. 

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Maag to Buy Cloeren

Maag Group acquires Cloeren, a leading extrusion die and feedblock manufacturer, expanding its polymer processing solutions. Deal expected to close in Q3.  

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Cast Film Die Built for PFAS-Free Formulations

Amid the push to ban “forever chemicals,” Nordson has engineered a new flow-distribution channel to enable stable extrusion of formulations without fluoropolymer-based processing aids.

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Vastex Industrial Infrared Tunnel Oven Manages Airflow for High-Volume Curing

ERVP Series infrared tunnel oven is a modular three-chamber unit designed for high-volume curing of film, sheet, adhesives, coatings and parts.

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Extrusion Automation Debuts Film-Recycling Machine

Energy-efficient film pelletizing machine has PLC controls, 3-year warranty and built-in training support.  

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W&H Completes Expansion of North American HQ

Machinery manufacturer’s expansion increases operational capacity and supports continued team growth in North America.  

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Alpine Debuts Granulate Intake Unit

Design features three slide valves and a metal separator with no adapters required, promising dust prevention, rapid screw emptying and minimal resin loss.  

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Hosokawa Alpine Calibration Basket Offers Variety of Options To Boost Efficiency, Output

Can be equipped with additional monomer separator and a post-cooling air ring to increase output.  

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Reifenhäuser Blown Film Dies, Air Rings Combine To Boost Output

New products, when combined, are designed to increase output rate by up to 30% from industry standards.  

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Flexible Film Processor Reinvents Itself With Coextrusion Investment

Approaching its 50th anniversary, Mountain States Plastics moves from monolayer to modern coextrusion technology to boost quality and reach more customers.  

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Stretch-Film Innovator Collaborates on New High-Performance Nanostructure

Alliance Films leverages ExxonMobil resins and Cloeren nanolayer tooling technology to develop a high-performance PPS film.

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Automation in Motion: Rethinking Roll Handling for Flexible Film Processors

Learn how to overcome roll-handling bottlenecks in film processing with AMRs, robotics and integrated systems that enhance efficiency and safety.

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Mid South Extrusion’s New Path to Growth

In business for nearly 40 years, this family-owned company is investing big in a move to be a power player in high-end blown film markets.

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Mitigate Resin Degradation With Nitrogen Sparging in the Hopper

Here's how nitrogen sparging in extruders reduces resin degradation in polyethylene films by excluding oxygen, minimizing gels and boosting yield.   

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At K 2025, Automation, AI All the Rage in Blown Film

New controls technology aims to minimize operator involvement and required expertise, while MDO technology continues to advance as well.  

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