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Apparatus and method for cooling an extruded blown film

US5213725A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 10, 1992
Grant dateMay 25, 1993
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Expiry dateMar 10, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29C48/885
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus and method for cooling an extruded blown film in which the interior surface of the thin film bubble is contacted with a gas which does not contain water vapor to thereby cool the extruded film. The apparatus and method may employ an enclosed circulation system to provide for the reuse of the gas through cooling with a liquid coolant such as liquid cryogen.

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