How to calculate ink required for printing layer ?
Liquid Ink = 4 times of dry ink. Assuming 25% solid content in liquid ink. Printing Layer – Pet Film Density – 1.4 Film Micron – 12 Film…
What is Mylar Film?
Mylar is actually the name of a popular polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film from DuPont Teijin FilmsTM. Mylar is technically BoPET (biaxially-oriented polyethylene terephthalate). It has been a prominent…
What is Roll OD?
Roll OD or Roll Outer Diameter is a measurement of the distance of a straight line from one point on the outer wall of the Jumbo Roll, through…
What is Bi-axially Oriented?
Biaxially oriented, means that the film is stretched in two different directions to increase strength and modulus (lower elongation and higher stiffness). BoPP BoPET
What is PET?
Density 1.4 Polyester film is a high-performance, crystal clear thermoplastic made from Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) resin. In comparison with other common plastic films, PET film has high tensile…
What is Nylon?
Density – 1.15 Polyamide (PA), also known as Nylon, is a clear and printable thermoplastic that has a relatively high melting point, exceptional strength and toughness, and good…
What is Poly?
Density 0.93 Low density polyethylene or LDPE is the largest volume commodity thermoplastic and cheapest packaging film which is used for a wide variety of applications. It is…
What are Polymers ?
A polymer is a molecule, made from joining together many small molecules called monomers. The word “polymer” can be broken down into “poly” (meaning “many” in Greek) and…
What is density ?
Density, of a substance is its mass per unit volume. The symbol most often used for density is ρ. For eg. Density of common used films are below…
What is gsm ?
gsm stands for grams per square meter. gsm = micron x density For eg. Pet gsm = 12 x 1.4 = 16.8 Where 12 – Thickness of Pet…