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Process of making stretchable, heat shrinkable polyethylene film

US5132074A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 15, 1989
Grant dateJul 21, 1992
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Expiry dateAug 15, 2009

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC08J2323/08
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A stretchable, heat shrinkable ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer film which has excellent stretchability as well as shrinkability at a low temperature and is useful as a good packaging material is prepared by melt extruding a composition including at least one ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer as a main component to give a non-stretched film and biaxially stretching the film in a temperature region where an orientation can be induced and at an area stretching ratio of not less than 8 under conditions such that a tensile strength is from 30 to 170 kg/cm.sup.2. The film has an index of refraction N of 1.500 to 1.522, a degree of orientation Wk according to X-ray diffraction method of 0.78 to 0.93 and an area shrinkage of not less than 15% at 90.degree. C.

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