The Science and Technology of Flexible Packaging: Multilayer Films from Resin and Process to End Use

The Science and Technology of Flexible Packaging: Multilayer Films from Resin and Process to End Use provides a comprehensive guide to the use of plastic films in flexible packaging, covering scientific principles, properties, processes, and end use considerations. The book brings the science of multilayer films to the practitioner in a concise and impactful way, presenting the fundamental understanding required to improve product design, material selection, and processes, and includes information on why one material is favored over another for a particular application, or how the film or coating affects material properties.

Detailed descriptions and analysis of the key properties of packaging films are provided from both an engineering and scientific perspective. End-use effects are also covered in detail, providing key insights into the way the products being packaged influence film properties and design.

The book bridges the gap between key scientific literature and the practical challenges faced by the flexible packaging industry, providing essential scientific insights, best practice techniques, environmental sustainability information, and key principles of structure design to enable engineers and scientists to deliver superior products with reduced development time and cost.

  • Provides essential information on all aspects of multilayer films in flexible packaging
  • Aids in material selection and processing, shortening development times and delivering stronger products
  • Bridges the gap between scientific principles and key challenges in the packaging industry, with practical explanations to assist practitioners in overcoming those challenges
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The Science and Technology of Flexible Packaging: Multilayer Films from Resin and Process to End Use

The Science and Technology of Flexible Packaging: Multilayer Films from Resin and Process to End Use provides a comprehensive guide to the use of plastic films in flexible packaging, covering scientific principles, properties, processes, and end use considerations. The book brings the science of multilayer films to the practitioner in a concise and impactful way, presenting the fundamental understanding required to improve product design, material selection, and processes, and includes information on why one material is favored over another for a particular application, or how the film or coating affects material properties.

Detailed descriptions and analysis of the key properties of packaging films are provided from both an engineering and scientific perspective. End-use effects are also covered in detail, providing key insights into the way the products being packaged influence film properties and design.

The book bridges the gap between key scientific literature and the practical challenges faced by the flexible packaging industry, providing essential scientific insights, best practice techniques, environmental sustainability information, and key principles of structure design to enable engineers and scientists to deliver superior products with reduced development time and cost.

  • Provides essential information on all aspects of multilayer films in flexible packaging
  • Aids in material selection and processing, shortening development times and delivering stronger products
  • Bridges the gap between scientific principles and key challenges in the packaging industry, with practical explanations to assist practitioners in overcoming those challenges
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The Science and Technology of Flexible Packaging: Multilayer Films from Resin and Process to End Use

The Science and Technology of Flexible Packaging: Multilayer Films from Resin and Process to End Use

by Barry A Morris
The Science and Technology of Flexible Packaging: Multilayer Films from Resin and Process to End Use

The Science and Technology of Flexible Packaging: Multilayer Films from Resin and Process to End Use

by Barry A Morris

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Overview

The Science and Technology of Flexible Packaging: Multilayer Films from Resin and Process to End Use provides a comprehensive guide to the use of plastic films in flexible packaging, covering scientific principles, properties, processes, and end use considerations. The book brings the science of multilayer films to the practitioner in a concise and impactful way, presenting the fundamental understanding required to improve product design, material selection, and processes, and includes information on why one material is favored over another for a particular application, or how the film or coating affects material properties.

Detailed descriptions and analysis of the key properties of packaging films are provided from both an engineering and scientific perspective. End-use effects are also covered in detail, providing key insights into the way the products being packaged influence film properties and design.

The book bridges the gap between key scientific literature and the practical challenges faced by the flexible packaging industry, providing essential scientific insights, best practice techniques, environmental sustainability information, and key principles of structure design to enable engineers and scientists to deliver superior products with reduced development time and cost.

  • Provides essential information on all aspects of multilayer films in flexible packaging
  • Aids in material selection and processing, shortening development times and delivering stronger products
  • Bridges the gap between scientific principles and key challenges in the packaging industry, with practical explanations to assist practitioners in overcoming those challenges

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780323243254
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Publication date: 09/01/2016
Series: Plastics Design Library
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 744
File size: 155 MB
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About the Author

Barry A. Morris is a technical fellow at DuPont with over 30 years of experience in packaging innovation and technology. He has had a variety of roles supporting DuPont’s ethylene copolymer business, including technical service, application development and R&D. He holds ten U.S. patents and has written for over 100 publications. He is a Fellow of the Society of Plastics Engineers, a long time board member and past chair of the SPE Extrusion Division, and a founding member and current chair of the SPE Flexible Packaging Division. A longtime member of TAPPI, he won the PLACE Division’s technology award in 2005 in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the advancement of flexible packaging technology.

Table of Contents

Part I. Why Multilayer Films? 1. Introduction

Part II. Basic Processes 2. Converting Processes 3. Packaging Equipment

Part III. Material Basics 4. Commonly Used Resins and Substrates in Flexible Packaging 5. Rheology of Polymer Melts 6. Polymer Blending for Packaging Applications

Part IV. Film Properties 7. Heat Seal 8. Barrier 9. Strength, Stiffness, and Abuse Resistance 10. Adhesion 11. Thermoforming, Orientation, and Shrink 12. Frictional and Optical Properties

Part V. Effect of the Converting Process on Properties 13. Effect of Processing on Quality 14. Effect of Process on Properties 15. Effect of Processing on Interlayer Adhesion

Part VI. End Use Considerations 16. End-Use Factors Influencing the Design of Flexible Packaging

Part VII. Structure Design and Modeling 17. Analytical and Modeling Tools for Structure Design and Process Optimization

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