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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2019
Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Peiguang Zhou, Cumming, GA (US);
Paul Milbrodt, Neenah, WI (US);
Wade R. Thompson, Cumming, GA (US);
Vikram S. Kaul, Atlanta, GA (US);
Wen Yuan, Randolph, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for cutting or perforating webs are disclosed. A method of cutting or perforating a web can include providing a web including a film. The film can include a polyolefin polymer and a plurality of particles. The film can include a width and length defining a surface. The method can further include stretching the film to provide a stretched film. Stretching the film can provide a plurality of voids in the stretched film. The method can additionally include providing a laser assembly. The method can include directing abeam of light from the laser assembly upon the surface of the web to cut or perforate the web in at least one location.