• Production of Memory and Functional Elastic Film with Blown Production Technology

    Ilker Türkmen*1, Ali Cicek2, Omer Faruk Simsek3, Akif Dik4

    Lidersan Saglik ve Gida Urunleri A.S., Research and Development Center, 27500, Gaziantep, Türkiye.

    Abstract: Elastic films are the name given to thin material layers (films) that are flexible, stretchable and have a memory structure. Such films are made of elastomer-based polymers and have the ability to return to their original form due to their high memory. These features make them useful in a wide variety of applications. Diapers are a complex structure formed by the combination of many different components and one of these components is flexible earflaps. Flexible earflaps allow the user to fix the diaper to the body thanks to an elastic film that is ultrasonically laminated between two nw (nonwoven) fabrics. This study; is aimed at the trial studies conducted to approach the standard elastic film performance with the blown film production technique of SEBS (Styrene-Ethylene-Butylene-Styrene) based elastic films, which are not suitable for the blown film production process in the global sense and are produced with the cast film process, and their applications in the flexible earflap component of the baby diaper.

    Key Words: Elastic Film; SEBS; Diaper; Blown Film; Polymer

    Pages: 30 – 44 | Full PDF Paper