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PRODUCT NEWS

Modern introduces new Stand-up Polypalstics introduces Duracon

Pouch Machine POM WW-09

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Mto the “ease of use and setup” of their new Jhas launched a new polyoxymethylene (POM,
Momentum Series stand-up pouch machine powered by RU SRO\DFHWDO JUDGH 'XUDFRQ 320 :: ZKLFK
Inteliseal. Most manufacturers of stand-up pouch making combines high strength with superior creep and sliding
equipment, claim that their products are easy to setup and SURSHUWLHV 3RO\SODVWLFV· 'XUDFRQ 320 :: GHOLYHUV
can quickly produce sellable bags. However, circumstances
provided us an opportunity to prove that our new
Momentum Series is extremely easy to setup and operate.
Modern Manufacturing recently completed manufacturing
a 24” Momentum Series machine for Poly Craft Industries
Corp. of Hauppauge, NY. As final acceptance of the
product, Poly Craft sent two of their operators to our
Modern Manufacturing Facility. They had never used one
of these stand-up pouch making units before and after
about three hours of training, they were ready to do a new
setup on their new Momentum Inteliseal machine. They better mechanical properties by using high molecular
were asked to start from the beginning, by loading a new weight polymers and employing the company’s original
roll of material and end up with a customer acceptable molecular design and polymerization technologies to
stand up pouch product. The bag size was 9” x 6” with achieve high initial strength and creep properties.
a 2.5” bottom gusset. They were able to produce high 7KH QHZ PDWHULDO ÀOOV WKH QHHG IRU VOLGLQJ JUDGHV
quality pouches after about 27 minutes of set-up time. that require durability in high-load and high-weight
The bottom gusset set-up took less than two minutes to conditions which employ thin-walling to achieve
set and align. This is a testament to the ease of use of OLJKWHU ZHLJKW DQG EHWWHU VSDFH HIÀFLHQF\ DFFRUGLQJ
the control system and, in particular, the new Inteliseal WR 3RO\SODVWLFV 'XUDFRQ :: KDV KLJKO\ UDWHG
sealing system. All of the seal heads are independently mechanical properties compared to existing sliding
grades, and maintains physical properties close to
those of high-viscosity standard grade Duracon M25-
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polymers, it exhibits better creep properties than
other sliding grades. The material also possesses long-
term durability, so it can be used in product designs
close to those of standard grades in applications where
loads are continuously applied over the long term.
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as other sliding grades, but is also designed with the
capability to provide noise reduction during sliding.
The material is designed for balance with mechanical
controlled for sealing time, cycle stroke distance, seal properties in mind, anticipating a maximum of 5 MPa of
compression distance and seal force. InteliSeal enables surface pressure which can typically occur in practical
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with minimal time and minimal start-up waste. Located surface pressures. Polyplastics will be present at the
in New York State, Modern Manufacturing Services is an upcoming Chinaplas 2019 show May 21–24 in Guangzhou,
LQQRYDWLYH PDQXIDFWXUHU RI ÁH[LEOH SDFNDJLQJ PDFKLQHU\ China (Hall 11.2 Booth B31).

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