{"product_id":"manufacturing-flexible-packaging-thomas-dunn-9780323264365","title":"Manufacturing Flexible Packaging: Materials, Machinery, and Techniques","description":"\u003cp\u003eEfficiently and profitably delivering quality flexible packaging to the marketplace requires designing and manufacturing products that are both \"fit-to-use\" and \"fit-to-make\". The engineering function in a flexible packaging enterprise must attend to these dual design challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlexible Packaging\u003c\/i\u003e discusses the basic processes used to manufacture flexible packaging products, including rotogravure printing, flexographic printing, adhesive lamination, extrusion lamination\/coating; and finishing\/slitting. These processes are then related to the machines used to practice them, emphasising the basics of machines' control systems, and options to minimize wasted time and materials between production jobs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRaw materials are also considered, including the three basic forms: \u003ci\u003eRollstock\u003c\/i\u003e (paper, foil, plastic films); \u003ci\u003eResin\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eWets\u003c\/i\u003e (inks, varnishes, primers). Guidance is provided on both material selection, and on adding value through enhancement or modification of the materials' physical features.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA 'measures' section covers both primary material features - such as tensile, elongation, modulus and elastic and plastic regions - and secondary quality characteristics such as seal and bond strengths, coefficient of friction, oxygen barrier and moisture vapour barrier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Dunn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0323264360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780323264365\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Andrew\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/04\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d","brand":"Thomas Dunn","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48152963121407,"sku":"9780323264365","price":220.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a7790f01-0eb4-4df5-916c-9cf863d53fb3.jpg?v=1770780373","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/manufacturing-flexible-packaging-thomas-dunn-9780323264365","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}