The Novacote SF-739/CA-376 is a cold applied solvent free adhesive that adheres to a wide variety of substrates (film/film as well as film/ALU), is fast to be free of primary aromatic amines, has an extremely low risk of anti-seal, and is intrinsically very low in cyclic polyester oligomers (as demonstrated by extensive extraction studies).
With the shrink sleeve market recording annual growth of between 6 and 8 percent, Hammer Packaging, located in Rochester, New York, invested in a brand-new VSOP web printing press with nine printing units and an additional flexo unit.
Unless you have extruded some heavy gage tubing or very large rolls of blown film tubing (or ‘J’ sheet) possibly using an edge guide, you may not have experienced “flanges” on the edge of a roll of film.
A Q&A with Brian Beuning, senior VP of sales and marketing for Charter NEX Films and Steve Crimmin, U.S. director of sales and marketing for RKW Danafilms
Using better-engineered, coextruded films with multiple layers may cost more up front, but can save money and increase productivity and profitability in the long run.
One way that some flexible packaging operations often try to save money is using single-layer films or low-cost multi-layer films in their vertical form fill seal (VFFS) machines.