In a breakthrough development, a fully recyclable* mono-material PE pouch has been created that has similar properties to barely recyclable multi-material laminated pouches. The new pouches utilize the latest polymers, inks, functional coatings, adhesives and conversion technology and were the product of a unique value chain collaboration of ExxonMobil, Henkel, Kraus Folie, Siegwerk and Windm\u00f6ller & H\u00f6lscher. The innovation allows for pouches that provide a high oxygen barrier, outstanding package integrity and excellent shelf-appeal, and produces an almost colorless recyclate after the removal of printing ink and the oxygen-barrier coating layer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Delamination and Deinking:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to produce a colorless recyclate, the delamination and removal of the printing ink and coating from the laminate structure is crucial. To this end, Siegwerk\u00b4s delamination\/deinking primer technology was applied on a Windm\u00f6ller & H\u00f6lscher MIRAFLEX\u201d, a flexo printing press with a downstream unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Depending on the requirements either solvent- (SB) or water-based (WB) primer from Siegwerk\u00b4s CIRKIT\u00ae ClearPrime product range are available. Applying industrial hot-washing conditions enables delamination and deinking of the pouch, giving an almost colorless recyclate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n High Oxygen Barrier:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Excellent oxygen barrier properties had been achieved through the use of Loctite\u00ae Liofol BC 1582 RE, a recently introduced 1-component barrier coating from Henkel, and CIRKIT\u00ae OxyBar BC 1582 from Siegwerk. The coating can be applied on both flexo and gravure presses at industrial machine speeds on various substrates, giving excellent transparency. Its compatibility with recycling has been confirmed by Cyclos HTP and it also meets Critical Guidance by American Plastic Recyclers (APR).<\/p>\n\n\n\n To match these requirements, appropriate colored and white inks from Siegwerk were used. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Laminating Adhesive:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n To improve recyclability, the partners used Henkel\u2019s new solvent-free, 2-component polyurethane laminating adhesive, LOCTITE\u00ae LIOFOL LA 7102 RE \/ 6902 RE. The system has been designed for mono-material structures and been recognized for its compatibility with recycling as certified by RecyClass. Outstanding packaging integrity is achieved using ExxonMobil\u2019s latest generation of performance polyethylene such as Exceed\u2122 S and Exceed\u2122 XP, in combination with Exact\u2122 materials in the sealant layer. The MDO-PE films had been developed by ExxonMobil and Kraus Folie, employing ExxonMobil HDPE and Enable\u2122 performance polyethylene, and produced on their VAREX\u201d extrusion line with inline MDO unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shelf Appeal:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n High primer transparency combined with consistent print quality and the inherent gloss of the ExxonMobil PE-based MDO film helps to deliver an excellent shelf appeal of the final pouch. Deinking primer, print image and barrier coating had been applied in one step using a Windm\u00f6ller & H\u00f6lscher MIRAFLEX\u201d with a downstream unit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In a breakthrough development, a fully recyclable* mono-material PE pouch has been created that has similar properties to barely recyclable multi-material laminated pouches. The new pouches utilize the latest polymers, inks, functional coatings, adhesives and conversion technology and were the product of a unique value chain collaboration of ExxonMobil, Henkel, Kraus Folie, Siegwerk and Windm\u00f6ller<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[733,341,421],"class_list":{"0":"post-9098","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-flexible-packaging","8":"tag-exxonmobil","9":"tag-henkel","10":"tag-siegwerk"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9098"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9100,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9098\/revisions\/9100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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