Thin laminate films for barrier packaging application - Influence of down gauging and substrate surface properties on the permeation properties

Packaging Technology and Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 137-148

  Mueller, Kajetan ^a   Schoenweitz, Claudia ^a   Langowski, Horst Christian ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR PROCESS ENGINEERING AND PACKAGING IVV   (Germany)

Author keywords

barrier laminates; EVOH; food packaging application; metallized film; oxygen and water permeability; reduced film thickness

Indexed keywords

BARRIER PACKAGING; BARRIER PROPERTIES; BI-AXIALLY ORIENTED POLYPROPYLENES; EVOH; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PACKAGING APPLICATION; FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; LAMINATE FILMS; LAMINATED FILMS; LOW OXYGEN; METALLIZED FILMS; OXYGEN TRANSMISSION RATES; PACKAGING APPLICATIONS; PACKAGING LINES; PERMEATION PROPERTIES; PRODUCTION PROCESS; THIN FILM SYSTEMS; TRANSMISSION PROPERTY; VINYLALCOHOL; WATER BARRIER PROPERTIES; WATER BARRIERS; WATER VAPOUR;

ALUMINUM; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; METALLIZING; OXYGEN; PACKAGING MACHINES; PACKAGING MATERIALS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THIN FILMS;

LAMINATES;

EID: 84859439403     PISSN: 08943214     EISSN: 10991522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pts.966     Document Type: Article

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