Extrusion International 2-2017

CHINAPLAS 2017: lightweighting and smart manufacturing 20 Big capacity in-line thermoforming plant for Zegar cups 21 Performance up, production costs down 22 ISO-13485 Certifi cation in Singapore 22 DORNIER: innovations for the production biaxial and mono-oriented films 23 Flexible products constitute one of the fastest growing segments in the packaging industry and SML’s commitment to this high-potential area is reflected by its innovative and skilfully engineered FlexPack ® co-extrusion coating and laminat- ing line. Page 26 With the FDC line from battenfeld- cincinnati, changeover to different pipe dimensions currently takes about 20 min at Emtelle’s plant and change to a different automatic dimension range is possible within one shift. Page 32 IN FOKUS: Smart Extrusion for Packaging Flat film line Breyer “ThermoFlex” 24 FlexPack ® coating line + DoubleCoat: new product diversity 26 Functional films and efficient coating processes 28 New die design for multi-layer fluid coating 30 Pipe extrusion FDC pipe extrusion line delivers ultimate flexibility in diameters and wall thicknesses 32 Extrusion of fluoropolymer tubing Processing and Workplace Safety Tips for Fluoropolymer Medical Tubing 34 Thermoforming Variable and attractive IML 36