Deutsche Gelatine-fabriken Stoess & Co. Gmbh

Deutsche Gelatine-fabriken Stoess Ag

Helmuth Stahl

Klaus Braumer

Peter Koepff

Eberhard Dick

A process for making gelatine films, in particular sheet gelatine, from powdered gelatine includes the following steps: The powdered gelatine with the addition of water is plasticized by the application of shearing forces at an elevated pressure and an elevated temperature, the plasticized mass is pressed in the form of a film through a slotted die, the film is drawn off the slotted die under tension and the taut film is dried.

Process for making gelatine films

Gelatine granules obtained by plasticizing conventional gelatine consist of solid gelatine particles with a water content of from 1 to 12% by weight, with a particle size of from 0.1 to 10 mm, with an entrapped air content of less than 1% by volume and with a melt flow index greater than 1 g/10 min at 110 degrees C. The granules are thermoplastic and solid or hollow molded articles can be made from them like from conventional plastics by extrusion, injection molding, blow molding and the like.

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Michelstadt, Germany

Helmuth Stahl