MULTI-LAYER POLYMER FOAM FILM FOR PACKAGING APPLICATIONS AND THE METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME

A multilayer foam film suitable for direct and non-direct food contact and aseptic packaging application and a method of making said film are disclosed. The multilayer foam film comprises: a foam layer including a plurality of cells, wherein at least 10% of the cells are closed cells, and two solid...

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Hauptverfasser: LINDENFELZER, Mark, E, SANIEI, Mehdi, FREDRICKSON, Eric, V
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:A multilayer foam film suitable for direct and non-direct food contact and aseptic packaging application and a method of making said film are disclosed. The multilayer foam film comprises: a foam layer including a plurality of cells, wherein at least 10% of the cells are closed cells, and two solid skin layers comprising HDPE on each side of the foam layer, and a solid layer comprising ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH), wherein the said foam layer is between one of the solid skin layers and the solid layer comprising EVOH, and the film has an overall thickness equal to or greater than 8 mils,, and the ratio of the oxygen transmission rate of the creased, folded or scored film in cc/m 2 /24hr, according to ASTM D3985, over that of an identical film prior to creasing, folding or scoring is less than 1.1.