Macro Engineering & Technology Inc. of Mississauga, Ontario, has installed a nine-layer blown film line in Europe.
The company did not identify the customer.
The 1.8-meters-wide line (5.8 feet) uses nine extruders and a Macro nine-layer die design to produce barrier structures for film and bags. The line is also equipped to run 18-layer film.
The production line can handle a variety of materials, including barrier resins such as nylon, EVOH and glycol modified PET.
The surface winder has zero fold-back roll starts. It can auto-cut and transfer in both directions, and has automatic shaft and roll handling, plus automatic shaft extraction.
Tel. 905-507-9000 ext. 132. Email [email protected].