Avery Dennison Corporation

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Abb Schweiz Ag

Mitchell J Rackovan

Gerald G Popely

Karl Josephy

Donald F Kimes

Melvin S Freedman

Kushalkumar M Baid

Ronald V Lloyd

Eng-Pi Chang

Craig William Potter

Johannes Schut

James Paul Lorence

William Lewis Cone

Richard D Pastor

Ramin Heydarpour

Oscar C Mascarenhas

David Mielnik

Liviu Dinescu

Edward I Sun

Yao-Feng Wang

Richard A Previty

Mallikarjun Kande

Thomas Heilman

Christopher J Blackwell

Ravish Kumar

James P Akeley

Mark James Wyatt

John E Kovalchuk

Kenneth J Wolfe

Sara E Porosky

Craig W Potter

Marco Sanguineti

Rahul Kumar Gore

Paul C McCaslin

Coen Van Tol

Daniel J Savident

Ajay S Desai

Karen L Karbacka

Shawn Ross

Jeremy Bockmuller

Richard L Cevera

Richard W Sheldon

Osman N Tanrikulu

Tamara L Mccartney

John A Charny

William L Cone

Nick Mcclennen

The present invention discloses a controller configured to communicate over a network in a process plant, wherein the network comprises one or more native TSN devices. The controller comprises one or more process applications for controlling one or more processes in the process plant, wherein the one or more process applications includes plurality of tags corresponding to one or more process variables of the one or more processes in the process plant, a software TSN agent for receiving and transmitting packets associated with the one or more process applications on the controller, wherein the software TSN agent is configured to segregate packets associated with the one or more process applications for processing the packets in at least one of a TSN communication mode and a non-TSN communication mode; and a first network interface dedicated for TSN communication and a second network interface dedicated for non-TSN communication.

TSN enabled controller

Adhesive compositions, facestocks and/or packaging labels containing same, where such compositions, facestocks and/or labels designed to facilitate the recyclability of a plastic article formed from any suitable polymer or mixture of polymers (e.g., a polyethylene terephthalate (PET), recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET), high density polyethylene (HDPE), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), low density polyethylene (LDPE), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS), polyesters, recycled polyesters, polylacticacid (PLA), biopolymers, cellulose or other types of polymers or plastics) are described. Methods for removing an adhesive composition, facestock and/or packaging label containing same, from a plastic article that is to be recycled and/or subjected to multi-generational recycling are also provided.

Labels compatible with recycling

A label for application to a surface having at least one compound curve is provided. The label comprises a heat shrinkable film having an inner surface and outer surface and a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive on the inner surface of the heat shrinkable film.

Pressure sensitive shrink label

A multilayer film facestock for labels is described which comprises a base layer having an upper surface and a lower surface, and at least a first skin layer bonded to the upper surface of the base layer by a tie layer wherein the base layer comprises a propylene homopolymer or copolymer, or a blend of a propylene homopolymer and at least one propylene copolymer, and the first skin layer consists essentially of at least one polyethylene having a density of about 0.940 g/cm or less, wherein the multilayer facestock is not oriented. Adhesive containing multilayer labelstocks for use in adhesive labels also are described which comprise the multilayer film facestock described above and an adhesive layer adhesively joined to the lower surface of the base layer. Labels prepared from the facestock and the labelstock also are described.

Multilayer films and labels

A multilayer film facestock for labels is described which comprises a base layer having an upper surface and a lower surface, and at least a first skin layer bonded to the upper surface of the base layer by a tie layer wherein the base layer comprises a propylene homopolymer or copolymer, or a blend of a propylene homopolymer and at least one propylene copolymer, and the first skin layer consists essentially of at least one polyethylene having a density of about 0.940 g/cm or less. In one preferred embodiment, at least the base layer is machine direction oriented. In another embodiment, the base layer comprises a polyethylene having a density above 0.940 g/cm (high density) and the polyethylene is ultimately oriented in the machine direction. Adhesive containing multilayer labelstocks for use in adhesive labels also are described which comprise the multilayer film facestock described above and an adhesive layer adhesively joined to the lower surface of the base layer. Labels prepared from the facestock and the labelstock also are described.

The present invention relates to a halogen-free, multilayered heat shrink film comprising (A) a core layer comprising a copolymer of ethylene or propylene with an alpha olefin and the core having an upper and lower surface, (B) a skin layer on the upper surface of the core layer, wherein the skin layer comprises a polyolefin or polyolefin blend and (C) a printable layer on the lower surface of the core layer, wherein the shrinkage of the film is at least about 30%. The invention also relates to articles, including cylindrical articles such as batteries. The films have good shrinkage and avoids end puckering. Additionally, the films are printable, even with gravure printing. The films and labels produced thereform may be applied at high speeds and have good heat stability.

Halogen-free, printable, multilayered shrink films and articles encapsulated therein

A polypropylene based composition is described which comprises a mixture of (A) a propylene polymer or copolymer and (B) an alkylene-alkyl acrylate copolymer. These polypropylene based compositions are useful in the preparation of continuous films such as by extrusion, and the films can be oriented by stretching in the machine direction. The films prepared from the polypropylene compositions of this invention exhibit a variety of useful properties including the desired printability, stiffness, and die-cuttability to be useful as a facestock in preparing labels. Films prepared from the polypropylene based compositions of the invention also can be used as a base film, and the films can be overlaminated with a functional film. Machine-direction oriented monolayer and multilayer film facestocks for labels, and adhesive containing film labelstock for use in adhesive labels also are described. The present invention, in one embodiment, relates to the discovery that the films of the polypropylene compositions are useful as the facestocks in label applications. The clear films prepared from the polypropylene compositions of the invention also are useful for laminating over other polymer films and film facestocks to provide improved printability, die-cuttability and/or scuff resistance characteristics to the polymer films and facestocks.

Polypropylene based compositions and films and labels formed therefrom

Cling film and articles

An oriented polymeric in-mold label film comprises a hot-stretched, annealed, linerless self-wound film lamina and has a face layer for printing and a base layer which includes a heat-activatable adhesive. The heat-shrinkability of the film is balanced thickness-wise to minimize curl and allow the film to be printed in conventional label-printing presses. An antistat may be included only in the charge for the base layer which includes the heat-activatable adhesive. In the manufacture of labelled blow-molded containers, sheets and labels formed from the film may be handled at high speeds while maintaining accurate registration and dimensional and positional integrity even in the absence of any reinforcing backing, yet the labels perform well on deformable containers such as shampoo bottles.

In-mold label film and method

In one embodiment, the invention relates to an ink-imprinted and reusable multilayer cling film of at least one layer for use in combination with a substrate having a rigid smooth surface comprising a non-vinyl flexible polymer cling film which has two smooth surfaces, is substantially free of added plasticizer and provides a 180.degree. peel force after application to glass of from about 30 to about 2500 gms after aging in a 140.degree. F. oven for 72 hours. In another embodiment, the invention relates to an ink-printed and reusable multilayer cling film of at least two layers which can cling to substrates having a rigid smooth surface without the use of an adhesive material. For example, such multilayer cling film may comprise: (A) a first layer of at least one thermoplastic polymer film having an ink-imprinted upper surface and a smooth lower surface; and (B) a second layer which is a polymeric cling film having an upper surface and a lower surface and comprising at least one non-vinyl thermoplastic elastomer wherein the upper surface of the second layer is in contact with and adhered to the lower surface of the first layer. In yet another embodiment, the invention relates to an article comprising a substrate having a rigid smooth surface and an ink-imprinted flexible polymeric cling film of at least two layers which are affixed to the smooth surface of the substrate without adhesive whereby the cling film is removably adhered to the substrate.

Cling films and articles

Physical properties of extruded, uniaxially oriented films useful in label manufacture and formed from blends of olefinic base materials and soft polar additives such as ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) are changed in a directionally selective manner that improves abrasion resistance while preserving conformability by use of compatibilizers or coupling agents in the blends. Machine direction strength properties, including stiffness and tensile modulus, increase with little or no degradation of cross-direction elongation, and with limited degradation of cross-direction tensile modulus, both required for good label conformability.

Uniaxially oriented label film with compatibilizer

A die-cut label is described which is prepared from a composite which comprises (A) an extruded cast multilayer film oriented in the machine-direction at a stretch ratio between about 2 and about 9 which comprises (A-1) at least one skin layer comprising an olefin-SPA blend comprising from about 30% to about 60% by weight of SPA; and (A-2) at least one relatively thick inner layer comprising a mixture of an olefin-SPA blend and a compatibilizer wherein the mixture comprises greater than 15% by weight up to about 40% by weight SPA, and wherein the total thickness of said at least one skin layer (A-1) and said inner layer (A-2) is less than about 3 mils; and (B) an adhesive layer associated with said film for adhering said label to a substrate.

Machine-direction oriented label films and die-cut labels prepared

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Madison, OH, United States of America

Mitchell J Rackovan