Pilot Line - 15
Processing for confining polymers. Production of nano-layered films with high barrier properties
- Application: Packaging
- Development: Processing
Current status
MULTINANO pilot line is based on multinanolayering for the micro and nano co-extrusion of films with high gas barrier and optical properties. The co-extrusion IPC line consists of three extruders (a fourth can possibly be added) and the configured line is modular. A single film with thousands of layers with nano-range thicknesses are obtained through a series of Layer-Multiplying Elements (LME).
Challenge
A quality control is integrated inline to correlate film feature with process parameter, and optimize their barrier properties. Production of recyclable and/or biodegradable bio-based nanolayered films / sheets providing high barrier and optical properties.
Further development
Bi-axial stretching of the films to improve further the gas barrier properties is available to produce films of 750 x 750 mm and max stretching ratio of MDxTD (Machine direction x Transverse direction) 10×10.