Laminates.

Laminates.

• Laminating is the simple binding together of different layers of materials.
• Laminates or multilayer polymer films are used in industries for food and consumer product packaging.
• Multilayer films used for packaging have complex composition in order preserve their contents.
• The multilayer films used for packaging need to protect their contents and must be machinable at low cost.
• Each layer in multilayer films perform a unique barrier function in order to protect their contents from light, moisture, oxygen, chemicals and microbial materials.
• They are often refer to as reinforcing materials.

  

  Uses of Laminates.

• Typically, conventional polymers used for packaging are polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE), Polystyrene (PS) and polyethylene terepthalate (PET).
• The multilayer films are the materials which account for a significant proportion of material that end up at landfill sites or recycling plants.

  

  Landfill sites and recycling plants.

• Some of these materials biodegrade slowly and some do not biodegrade at all and are environmentally unfriendly.
• The preference on using compostable/ biodegradable polymers for packaging are increasing steadily. NEXT