By
John R. Wagner, Jr., Crescent Associates, Inc., Rochester, NY, USA
Description
A comprehensive and highly practical survey of the materials, hardware, processes and applications of flexible plastic films.
Aimed at a wide audience of engineers, technicians, managers, purchasing agents and users,
Multilayer Flexible Packaging
provides a thorough introduction to the manufacturing and applications of flexible plastic films, covering:
- Materials
- Hardware and Processes
- Multilayer film designs and applications
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 explained, with a particular focus on meeting specifications and targets. The section
includes unique coverage of the problematic area of bending technology, providing a unique explanation of the issues involved in the
blending of viscoelastic non-Newtonian polymeric materials.
About the author
John R. Wagner, Jr. is President
of Crescent Associates, Inc., a consulting firm that specializes in plastic films and flexible packaging. He graduated from the University
of Notre Dame with a BS and MS in Chemical Engineering.
Included in series
Plastics Design Library
Audience:
Plastics engineers, process engineers, quality assurance and reliability engineers and manufacturing engineers who manufacture, convert and use flexible plastic films.
