Illinois Tool Works Inc.

Jack N Shirrell

Guy Rosenthal

Michael J Rancich

Jeffrey G Kellermann

Eldrige J Presnell

Patrick T Rigney

Xavier J Maka

Chad D Broussard

Christopher Brunning

A cling film system includes first and second film piles having different composition. Each film ply includes at least one cling layer and, desirably, one or more additional layers. Each film ply includes an overlapping portion and a second portion. The cling layer of the first film ply engages the cling layer of the second film ply in the overlapping portion of the first film ply and in the overlapping portion of the second film ply.

Wrapping films with mating cling strips

The invention pertains to an ethylene-propylene copolymer which when added to stretch film used in palletizing reduces the noise involved in use. The ethylene-propylene copolymer tackifier has a weight average molecular weight in the range of 7,000 to 18,000 and an ethylene content of 15-28 weight percent and results in polyethylene stretch films having both desirable cling and noise levels.

Ethylene-propylene copolymer low noise film additive

A novel process and novel apparatus for producing prestretched plastic film is presented. The method and apparatus are capable of forming a film from molten material and cooling the film to a non-molten condition so the film can be stretched. The cooled film is engaged and passed through a primary nip and second nip to plasticly and elastically stretch the cooled film to cold orient the film such that the film is stretched beyond the material's yield point. The cooled film is engaged with a plurality of idler rollers at a relatively low tension over a distance sufficient to allow the cooled film to relax to recover a major portion of its elastic deformation. Thereafter, the film is formed into a roll prior to being affixed to a unit.

Method for making prestretched film

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Wadsworth, IL, United States of America

Jack N Shirrell