Multilayer Flexible Packaging (2nd Ed.) Technology and Applications for the Food, Personal Care, and Over-the-Counter Pharmaceutical Industries Plastics Design Library Series
Coordonnateur : Wagner Jr. John R.
Multilayer Flexible Packaging, Second Edition, provides a thorough introduction to the manufacturing and applications of flexible plastic films, covering materials, hardware and processes, and multilayer film designs and applications. The book gives engineers and technicians a better understanding of the capability and limitations of multilayer flexible films and how to use them to make effective packaging.
It includes contributions from world renowned experts and is fully updated to reflect the rapid advances made in the field since 2009, also including an entirely new chapter on the use of bio-based polymers in flexible packaging. The result is a practical, but detailed reference for polymeric flexible packaging professionals, including product developers, process engineers, and technical service representatives.
The materials coverage includes detailed sections on polyethylene, polypropylene, and additives. The dies used to produce multilayer films are explored in the hardware section, and the process engineering of film manufacture is explained, with a particular focus on meeting specifications and targets. In addition, a new chapter has been added on regulations for food packaging ? including both FDA and EU regulations.
Part I: Introduction 1. Introduction
Part II: Resins2. Polyethylene3. Polypropylene 4. Introduction to Bio-Based Polymers the Performance of Multilayer Flexible Packaging 6. Rheology of Molten Polymers
Part III: Technologies7. Coextrusion Equipment for Multilayer Flat Films and Sheets8. Multilayer Blown (Tubular) Film Dies 9. Process Engineering 10. Blown Film, Cast Film, and Lamination Processes11. Machine Direction–Oriented Film Technology12. Oriented Film Technology 13. Polymer Blending for Packaging Applications 14. Water- and Solvent-Based Coating Technology 15. Vacuum Metallizing for Flexible Packaging 16. Web Handling and Winding
Part IV: Multilayer Films – Descriptions, Performance Characteristics, Uses, Considerations, Properties 17. PE-Based Multilayer Film Structures18. Multilayer-Oriented Films19. Regulatory Aspects of Food Packaging—A Global Matter
- Provides a complete introduction to multilayer flexible packaging, assisting plastics practitioners with the development, design, and manufacture of flexible packaging for food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and more
- Presents thorough, well-written, and up-to-date reviews of the current technology by experts in the field, making this an essential reference for any engineer or manager
- Includes discussion and analysis of the latest rules and regulations governing food packaging
Date de parution : 03-2016
Ouvrage de 410 p.
21.4x27.6 cm
Thèmes de Multilayer Flexible Packaging :
Mots-clés :
Adapter; Additive; Alpha crystallinity; Atactic; BOPP; Barrier; Barrier properties; Barrier resins; Beta crystallinity gamma crystallinity; Bio-based polymer; Blown film; Cast film; Coating; Coextrusion; Coextrusion dies; Constant rate period; Copolymer; Copolymerization; Crystallinity; Customer; Decorative coatings; Drying; Engineers; Equipment; Escherichia coli; Extruder; Extrusion; Feedblock; Film; Food-contact material; GRAS; Gas phase polymerization; Gloss; HDPE; Homopolymer; Hot melt coating; Isotactic; LDPE; LLDPE; LLPDE; Liquid propylene polymerization; Machine direction; Melt index; Melt system; Metallocene polymerization; Multilayer; Orientation; Orientation technology; Oriented polypropylene; PVDC; Packaging; Pellet; Petroleum-based polymers; Plastic film; Polyester; Polyethylene; Polyethylene terephthalate; Polyhydroxyalkanoate; Polylactic acid; Polymer; Polymers; Polyolefins; Polypropylene; Polystyrene; Product; Propylene; Quality; RfD; Rotating die; Sharkskin; Shear stress; Shear-thinning behavior; Side-feed distribution system; Single-manifold dies; Single-screw extruder; Slitting; Solution phase polymerization; Solvent coating; Solvent polymerization; Stabilizer; Syndiotactic; TNT's; Threads; Threshold of regulation; Vacuum-deposited coatings; Viscosity; WHRC; Web handling; Winding; Wound roll