BLOWN FILM LINES Clever Technologies for Profitable Blown Film Production

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As a producer of blown films, you must master several challenges at the same time. Convincing your customers with quality, reacting flexibly to market requirements, meeting the increasing demands for sustainability, and making as much money as possible in the process. With our technologies and know-how, we will help you master the balancing act and build up a blown film production line that is profitable for you. Reifenhauser Blown Film | 3

Reifenhauser Blown Film Your application should define the technology - not the other way around That's why we offer you the largest portfolio of blown film technologies on the market. Among them are many clever solutions for sustainable production and the manufacture of sustainable materials that will secure your future business success and help you turn challenges into opportunities. Benefit from our decades of experience, the Reifenhauser Group's competence network, our know-how along the entire value chain and our pioneering spirit. manufacturing of all core components of standards & special...

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YOUR GUIDE THROUGH THIS BROCHURE For easy and quick orientation, you will find different industry icons on the following overview pages, which identify Reifenhäuser's contents and solutions for industryspecific applications. Consumer Goods Industry Hygiene & Medicine Agriculture

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CONSUMER GOODS The demands placed on packaging are higher than ever: Packaging should optimally protect the contents with a reliable barrier, while being as recyclable as possible and – best of all – be made from recyclates. Since consumers make their in-store purchasing decisions within milliseconds, packaging must also be visually appealing. Reconciling all of these requirements and realizing them economically is one of the greatest challenges facing the modern packaging industry. Reifenhäuser lines support you in successfully manufacturing for the consumer segment. They deliver consistent...

The future belongs to highly functional, fully recyclable packaging made of monomaterial mostly, as in the example on the right, made of a 20µm MDO PE film and a 50µm PE film as sealing layer. Ideally, packaging will be additionally traceable and clearly identifiable thanks to a digital product passport. Stretching is the magic word for the production of modern, sustainable packaging solutions. With EVO Ultra Stretch, you can stretch your films up to 10 times. This saves material through downgauging and gives films completely new properties - the basic prerequisite for the substitution of materials...

INDUSTRY Manufacture mass-produced goods economically and be less dependent on material availability. In industry, blown films are a sought-after packaging solution. For example, when small packaging units need to be combined into larger units for transport or if bulk goods need to be packed securely and stably in bags. In these mass markets, where there is high competitive and price pressure, efficiency is everything, along with functionality. This means Formula 1-style change over times for smaller orders and high output rates for large orders. In any case, manufacturing costs must be minimized....

Blown film for form-fill-seal (FFS) bags must be stable, sealable and easily printable. Successful production in this market requires high productivity in favor of low manufacturing costs. The FFS sack on the right, which is made partly from recycled sacks, shows that it is possible to develop sustainable products despite competitive pressure. We support you in the highly competitive industrial sector with technologies that make your production more efficient and costeffective. Our high-performance cooling system EVO Ultra Cool 2.0 offers outputs that give you an unbeatable competitive edge in...

Ensuring Safety and Serving Trends Flexibly. Blown films ensure safety and well-being in hygiene and medical applications. The demand on their function is correspondingly high and it continues to increase due to various trends: Diapers today, depending on the region, should have different breathability, be lighter and thinner, and still meet high mechanical properties. Due to the aging population, we will need even larger quantities of such films in the future. High performance in production will therefore become even more important. Reifenhauser technologies ensure the consistently high quality...

Excellent transparency, gloss, puncture resistance as well as thermoformability make water-cooled blown films the ideal material for infusion bags. >> EVO Aquacool, page 18 With EVO Ultra Stretch technology, you can produce breathable films that are used, for example, as backsheets in diapers. The degree of breathability can be specifically adjusted with this technology and you can always supply exactly the product that is currently in demand on the market. >> EVO Ultra Stretch, page 22 As a breathable or non-breathable backsheet, blown film forms the leakage protection in diapers. Demand will...

AGRICULTURE Large Dimensions for Large Tasks Around eight billion people worldwide need to be supplied with food. Agricultural films make an important contribution to this. They accelerate crop growth, protect harvests and increase yields. Because these films come into direct contact with the soil, demand is growing for biodegradable films that can be traced using digital markers. The use of recycled material will also continue to increase in favor of a lower product carbon footprint in the agricultural industry. The required film dimensions and formulations are diverse in this industry. Manufacturers...

Silage stretch films are indispensable for the production of feed, such as straw. To prevent birds and other animals from damaging the bales, the films must have particularly good puncture resistance. EVO Agriculture lines give producers the flexibility that makes them successful in the agricultural market. The lines produce films with a bubble circumference of up to 24 meters, process many different raw materials and allow a design with up to seven layers. >> EVO Agriculture, page 18 Mulch films increase yields and protect crops - in times of a continuously increasing world population, these...