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Flat sheet process for production of polyolefin shrink film

US4335069A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 25, 1981
Grant dateJun 15, 1982
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Expiry dateJun 25, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29C55/146
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A balanced, biaxially oriented polyolefin shrink film is produced using a tenter process by heating the film, stretching the film 7 to 10 times in the transverse direction, cooling the film and then heating and stretching the film 1.5 to 4 times in the longitudinal direction such that the ratio of the transverse stretch to the longitudinal stretch is greater than 2.0.

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