Plastic Film Research and Development

Tools for Plastic Film Research and Development

SolveTech’s has been helping researchers develop their plastic film processes for over 36 years.  We utilize our proprietary thickness gauging technology in innovative ways to help researchers visualize their extrusion process with incredible detail and precision.  Since researchers are often in close and frequent proximity to the equipment, it is an added bonus that the technology does not contain any nuclear or x-ray hazards.

SolveTech’s proprietary capacitance based technology allows us to provide researchers with unique tools to help them understand the uniformity and behavior of their plastic film extrusion processes.  Below are several key areas where SolveTech helps plastic film researchers:

• Narrow Web Cast Film Gauges – The Multichannel Array Gauge

  • Allows researchers to quickly get on target using live bar graph of the thickness across the web.
  • Creates a complete 3D map so you can see transverse direction and machine direction behavior

• Off-Line Thickness Profiling for Pilot Blown Film Lines and Pilot Cast Film Lines

  • The profiler allows you to see the variability of the extrusion
  • See how process or formulation changes affect thickness uniformity

• Machine Direction Gauging

  • High speed tools for diagnosing and identifying frequencies of behavior in the machine direction
  • See how process conditions improve MD variability
  • Improving the MD will typically allow for more uniform film in the TD.

Contact us to discuss your research lab, and we can see if we may be able to help you!

The PR2000 Precision Profiler

Profile a strip of film to see the uniformity of the material in the cross web or down web direction.  This unit delivers the highest level of accuracy and repeatability on the market.  You can see how your extrusion is performing in great detail to see the affect of small incremental improvements.  Great for blown film and cast film lines.

The SC1000 SpotChecker

The SC1000 is great for inspecting a sheet of material.  Simply place the material under the gauge head and get a reading of thickness or basis weight.  This the preferred method for materials that may have adhesive or that are very delicate.

The MultiChannel Array Gauge

The MultiChannel Array Gauge measures research cast film lines like nothing else on the market.  Great for film webs less than 60 inches wide, and it provides a complete 3D map of your film thickness.   It helps researchers get the die set up quickly which is very helpful for small batch runs.

Machine Direction Gauging Systems

SolveTech has innovative tools to help with machine direction analysis.  Improving machine direction uniformity helps improve transverse direction uniformity and this can help you make very flat film.

Contact us here, or call 1-302-798-5400 to have a technical discussion regarding plastic film research application.

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