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POLYESTER FILM [2 records]

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Record 1 1999-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
  • Photoengraving
  • Intaglio Printing
DEF

A strong, dimensionally stable film made from dimethyl terephthalate and ethylene glycol ... Used as a base stock for light-sensitive coatings and drafting materials.

OBS

Polyethylene terephthalate film often used in gravure printing and in flexography for printing on packaging material.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
  • Photogravure
  • Impression en creux (héliogravure)
DEF

Film de polytéréphtalate d'éthylène glycol utilisé en héliogravure ou en flexographie pour imprimer sur les emballages.

Spanish

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Record 2 1993-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nonwoven Textiles
CONT

The Witcoflex coating ... is a hydrophylic polyurethane which transmits vapour by molecular action thus making a coated fabric ... The peel strength test, expressed in N/2 cm, rates Witcoflex Superdry on nylon at 55 in dry conditions (polyester and microporous films rate between 4 and 25) and at 15 in wet conditions (polyester and microporous films rate between 2.5 and 7).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Nontissés (Industries du textile)
CONT

Le test de résistance à la séparation de la couche enduite et du tissu (exprimée en N/2 cm) donne, pour un tissu de polyamide Witcoflex Superdry, 55 à l'état sec et 15 au mouillé alors que les films polyester et les films microporeux se situent entre 4 et 25 à l'état sec et entre 2,5 et 7 au mouillé.

Spanish

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