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CONTACT SEALING [1 record]

Record 1 1993-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging Techniques
  • Packaging in Plastic
  • Plastics Manufacturing
CONT

A package sealing technique in which the sealing interfaces are each contacted by a heated plate before being pressed together. This is also used for strapping as an alternative to friction sealing.

OBS

Applications : Sealing ends of strapping, tubing.

OBS

Plate is ... withdrawn, and the molten surfaces pressed together.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques d'emballage
  • Emballages en matières plastiques
  • Plasturgie
DEF

Technique de fermeture des tubes souples ou de scellage à l'aide de feuillards dont le principe consiste à disposer une plaque chauffante entre deux surfaces à souder. La plaque est ensuite retirée et les deux surfaces pressées l'une contre l'autre.

OBS

Bien que contesté entre autres par le Grand Dictionnaire Encyclopédique Larousse, le terme "soudure" est employé au sens de "soudage" (l'opération) par les auteurs de "L'emballage sous toutes ses facettes" (code : BEMBA, 1988), ouvrage piloté par le Laboratoire National d'Essais de France et la revue Emballages Magazine.

Spanish

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