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SHRINK SLEEVE [4 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 1999-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labelling (Packaging)
DEF

A form of container decoration which consists of a heat-shrinkable printed sleeve made to look like a label. It is slipped over the product(e. g., pop bottles) by shrink labelers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Étiquetage (Emballages)
DEF

Gaine thermorétractable employée pour l'habillage des contenants (boissons gazeuses ou étuis cartons par exemple) et qui fait office d'étiquette.

OBS

Les étiquettes-manchons thermorétractables, à base de polychlorure de vinyle, sont posées par des appareils appelés «manchonneuses» ou «étiqueteuses pour la pose d'étiquettes-manchons».

OBS

On trouvera le terme «étiquette-manchon» dans le numéro 447 de «Emballages Magazine», 1987, page 82.

Spanish

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Record 2 1997-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Opening and Closing Devices (Packaging)
  • Packaging Techniques
  • Plastics Manufacturing
DEF

A sleeve-like band made out of PVC or vinyl copolymer film available under flat or tubular form that is stretched (oriented), cut off and shrinked over and around containers.

CONT

Shrink bands are used as tamper-evident neckbands, combination label/neckbands, sleeve labels, and sometimes as a type of holding sleeve for promotional packaging(e. g. two-for-one packages).

CONT

Shrink bands, also used as a tamper evidence around the closure.

OBS

These are called "dry" bands, in contrast to cellulose bands that are applied wet and shrink to a tight fit as they dry.

Key term(s)
  • shrink sleeve

French

Domaine(s)
  • Modes d'ouverture et de fermeture (Emball.)
  • Techniques d'emballage
  • Plasturgie
DEF

Manchon constitué de PVC ou de copolymères de vinyle ceux-ci étant disponibles généralement sous forme de film tubulaire ou plat que l'on emploie en emballage pour l'habillage des contenants (étiquette-manchon) et comme moyen de fermeture inviolable (manchon indicateur d'effraction) posé sur le col et le bouchage des récipients.

Spanish

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Record 3 1997-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labelling (Packaging)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
DEF

A form of container decoration which consists of a printed sleeve made to look like a label. It is slipped over the item (e.g. pop bottles) by sleeve application machines called more specifically sleeve labelling machines.

CONT

There are two types of sleeve labels, stretch band and shrink tubing. Two-mil low-density polyethylene film is used for stretch-type labels, which are supplied in roll form, with perforations between labels.... Heat-shrinkable labels are made of 3-mil polyvinyl chloride film [and] can be applied by hand or with automatic equipment.

CONT

Plastic sleeve label stretched over the [plastic] bottle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Étiquetage (Emballages)
  • Plasturgie
DEF

Manchon employé pour l'habillage des contenants (boissons gazeuses ou étuis carton par exemple) et qui fait office d'étiquette.

OBS

Les étiquettes-manchons qui peuvent être composées d'une pellicule plastique étirable ou thermorétractable sont posées par des appareils appelés «manchonneuses» ou «machines de pose de manchons».

Spanish

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Record 4 1995-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labelling (Packaging)
  • Packaging Machinery and Equipment
DEF

A type of labeler which is used specifically for the application of sleeve labels for container decoration (pop bottles, for example).

OBS

There are two types of sleeve labels, stretch band and shrink tubing. Two-mil low-density polyethylene film is used for stretch-type labels, which are supplied in roll form, with perforations between labels.... Heat-shrinkable labels are made of 3-mil polyvinyl chloride film [and] can be applied by hand or with automatic equipment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Étiquetage (Emballages)
  • Machines et équipement d'emballage
DEF

Machine employée dans l'industrie de l'emballage pour l'habillage des contenants (boissons gazeuses ou étuis carton par exemple) à l'aide de manchons imprimés faisant office d'étiquettes.

OBS

Les étiquettes-manchons peuvent être faites en polychlorure de vinyle (étiquettes thermorétractables) ou en polyéthylène (étiquettes étirables).

Spanish

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