People can use it to produce thinner, lighter, heavy-duty bags, while still being able to do the same!
This is good news for manufacturers in the packaging industry, heavy bag manufacturers, and other manufacturers. By thinning, they can save 15% of the raw material cost and obtain a more lightweight package. (Do not forget that additional cost reductions can be achieved in the storage and transportation process through weight reduction).
This breakthrough 125-micron thick heavy-duty bag film was developed by ExxonMobil Chemical. As of now, the packaging thickness of heavy packaging bags in the Asia Pacific region is usually +/-140 microns.
"This breakthrough lightweight lightweight bag not only reduces the cost for manufacturers and the entire industry, but also provides a more sustainable packaging solution that is more adaptable to the current competitive market environment," said ExxonMobil. David McConville, global market development manager for chemical polyethylene, said.
Wang Guoxiang, ExxonMobil’s application manager of chemical engineering, explained that the challenge of thinning heavy-duty bags is that “although the film thickness of heavy bags dropped from about 140 microns to 125 microns, the reduction seems to be small, but this is a The huge challenge is because of the stringent requirements for the high stiffness, creep resistance and bag-drop test performance of heavy-duty bags, and thinning has a negative effect on these performances (improvements).
"But, by introducing our new commercial EnoximTM mPE resin in 2008," he added, "At the same time, using a special blending formula consisting of Enerbium TMmPE and ExceedTM mPE resin, we can Produces a 125-micron heavy-duty bag film that offers excellent balance of stiffness, creep resistance, and toughness.The long chain branching of EnerbiumTM mPE significantly increases the bubble stability in the blown film process. Can achieve excellent film thickness control at the same time, improve the film production line speeds of more than 10%."
After months of intensive testing and testing, the performance of the film was verified. All 25 kg resin bags manufactured by ExxonMobil Chemical's factory in Singapore have been completely converted to 125 micron film. Some of its customers have also switched to use thinner, high-performance films.
One of the customers is Nordenia, an industrial and consumer product packaging manufacturer in Malaysia. Li Fulin, general manager of Nordenia, said that since the switch to the 125-micron film produced by the blending of Enerbium TMmPE and ExceedTM, they found that the film processing was smoother and the process conditions were improved. “We are pleased to see that the use of the new formulation resulted in very stable film production, excellent bubble stability and fewer crystal points when film was blown, which means less material wasted,†he explained. . Li Fulin further introduced that they observed shorter downtime and higher processing capacity (6-7% increase) - "This level was achieved without optimization, because Some poorly performing equipment components need to be replaced,†he disclosed.
“We were not initially able to determine such a thin film technology performance, but from the results of our actual use of the new formula, we were convinced. The transition to the new formula achieved a seamless connection, only need to polarize our equipment. Small adjustments. We have not encountered any problem with film performance on this new thinning film,†he added.
This 125-micron heavy-duty bag is suitable for a wide range of products, including granular free-flowing materials, pet food, animal feed, fertilizers, herbicides, insecticides, lawn and garden products, rice, salt, sugar and flour.
This is good news for manufacturers in the packaging industry, heavy bag manufacturers, and other manufacturers. By thinning, they can save 15% of the raw material cost and obtain a more lightweight package. (Do not forget that additional cost reductions can be achieved in the storage and transportation process through weight reduction).
This breakthrough 125-micron thick heavy-duty bag film was developed by ExxonMobil Chemical. As of now, the packaging thickness of heavy packaging bags in the Asia Pacific region is usually +/-140 microns.
"This breakthrough lightweight lightweight bag not only reduces the cost for manufacturers and the entire industry, but also provides a more sustainable packaging solution that is more adaptable to the current competitive market environment," said ExxonMobil. David McConville, global market development manager for chemical polyethylene, said.
Wang Guoxiang, ExxonMobil’s application manager of chemical engineering, explained that the challenge of thinning heavy-duty bags is that “although the film thickness of heavy bags dropped from about 140 microns to 125 microns, the reduction seems to be small, but this is a The huge challenge is because of the stringent requirements for the high stiffness, creep resistance and bag-drop test performance of heavy-duty bags, and thinning has a negative effect on these performances (improvements).
"But, by introducing our new commercial EnoximTM mPE resin in 2008," he added, "At the same time, using a special blending formula consisting of Enerbium TMmPE and ExceedTM mPE resin, we can Produces a 125-micron heavy-duty bag film that offers excellent balance of stiffness, creep resistance, and toughness.The long chain branching of EnerbiumTM mPE significantly increases the bubble stability in the blown film process. Can achieve excellent film thickness control at the same time, improve the film production line speeds of more than 10%."
After months of intensive testing and testing, the performance of the film was verified. All 25 kg resin bags manufactured by ExxonMobil Chemical's factory in Singapore have been completely converted to 125 micron film. Some of its customers have also switched to use thinner, high-performance films.
One of the customers is Nordenia, an industrial and consumer product packaging manufacturer in Malaysia. Li Fulin, general manager of Nordenia, said that since the switch to the 125-micron film produced by the blending of Enerbium TMmPE and ExceedTM, they found that the film processing was smoother and the process conditions were improved. “We are pleased to see that the use of the new formulation resulted in very stable film production, excellent bubble stability and fewer crystal points when film was blown, which means less material wasted,†he explained. . Li Fulin further introduced that they observed shorter downtime and higher processing capacity (6-7% increase) - "This level was achieved without optimization, because Some poorly performing equipment components need to be replaced,†he disclosed.
“We were not initially able to determine such a thin film technology performance, but from the results of our actual use of the new formula, we were convinced. The transition to the new formula achieved a seamless connection, only need to polarize our equipment. Small adjustments. We have not encountered any problem with film performance on this new thinning film,†he added.
This 125-micron heavy-duty bag is suitable for a wide range of products, including granular free-flowing materials, pet food, animal feed, fertilizers, herbicides, insecticides, lawn and garden products, rice, salt, sugar and flour.