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Reduce Downtime and Scrap in the Blown Film Industry

The blown film sector now benefits from a tailored solution developed by Chem-Trend to preserve integrity of the bubble.

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Blown Film Lines Are Fully Customized

Systems can be furnished for single- to nine-layer for barrier applications.

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NPE

Single-Inlet Plenum Air Ring Improves Gauge Control

NPE2024: New design also eliminates multiple hoses to clean up production area.

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NPE

Refurbishing Service for Biax Lines

NPE2024: Clip and chain systems for film-stretching lines can now be overhauled in the U.S.

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NPE

Auto-Profile System for Blown Film Rotating Dies

NPE2024: New technology can slash gauge variation by 50%.  

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Novel Cooling System, Energy Efficient Extruders for Blown Film

NPE2024: Tower-mounted, variable-diameter air ring and flexible, energy-efficient extruder highlight Apline display.  

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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.

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Bandera 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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Electric Roller Suited for High-Temp Web Applications

Billed as “game-changing” product to enhance process control and efficiency.  

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Rohm, SABIC Combine on New Film, Sheet Unit

Called Polyvantis, new firm to be a global powerhouse in PC and PMMA extrusion.  

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Five-Layer Polyolefin-Dedicated Film Line

Five-layer line suited to handle PCR.  

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Additives

Graphene-Enhanced Stretch Film Billed as 'World First'

Thinner, stronger films to be commercialized by Brazil’s Packseven in August.  

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W&H Names VPs for Sales, Service

Fairbarn to lead sales efforts; Utovac service.  

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Film 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.

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Breaking 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.

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Filtration 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.  

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Sustainability, 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.

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polyolefins

Flexible-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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Roll Cooling: Understand the Three Heat-Transfer Processes

Designing cooling rolls is complex, tedious and requires a lot of inputs. Getting it wrong may have a dramatic impact on productivity.

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