Packaging
Engineered surfaces for better packaing
processes.
The most common packaging problem solved by Impreglon
UK is one of heat seal. The heat seal tool could be a bar, knife, blade, plate,
roll, block but they all suffer from the same problem - the packaging film
sticking to the hot tool.
The Impreglon UK solution can be tailored to
suit both the desired coating lifespan and the type of film being used.
Similar problems and solutions are found with the moulding of plastic
containers and the internal conveyor rolls in heat shrink tunnels.
A
second typical packaging problem is one of slide. This is where the packaged
product is required to move across a plate, deadplate or guide but does not do
so very well because of too high a coefficient of friction. Impreglon UK can not
only solve the slide problem but will often incorporate a hard wearing component
in the coating solution so as to maximize coating life.
Glue build up is
responsible for a lot of packaging downtime, whether it be misfires from the
glue gun or glue residue building up on equipment such as guide rails. Impreglon
UK coatings are used to give glue non-stick or glue easy clean depending on the
type of glue being used and the equipment needing coating. Thus hot melt, cold
seal or PVA can be dealt with.
An example of where Impreglon coatings
can provide a total solution is with flow-wrappers. Here you could find coatings
on rolls to prevent cold seal build up whilst still giving traction for the
packaging material; hard wearing low friction coatings on the actual wrapping
guides; and hot melt non-stick on the folding blocks and conveyor guide
rails.
