{"product_id":"9780323265058","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\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHelps engineers improve existing raw material selection and manufacturing processes for manufacturing functional flexible packaging materials.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCovers all aspects of delivering high value packaging to the customer – from the raw materials, to the methods of processing them, the machines used to do it, and the measures required to gauge the characteristics of the product.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHelps engineers to minimize waste and unproductive time in production.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Elsevier Science","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47084275302640,"sku":"9780323265058","price":220.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780323265058_p0.jpg?v=1763682504","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780323265058","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}