In-mould labelling process
AssigneeInnovia Films Limited
InventorsRichard Waning, Stephen Langstaff
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Abstract
There is disclosed a process for manufacturing an in-mold labelled article, the process comprising the steps of: placing a label comprising a polyvinylidene chloride coated film (15) into a mold for injection molding, thermoforming, or blow molding; holding the label in position; injecting a polymeric melt into, or thermoforming or blowing a polymeric preform in said mold so as to bind with the label; and removing the article from the mold. A process of in-mold labelling using a label comprising a polyvinylidene chloride coated film is also disclosed.
Claims20
A process for manufacturing an in-mould labelled article, the process comprising the steps of:
- placing a label comprising a film coated with a polyvinylidene chloride (PvdC) coating into a mould for injection moulding, thermoforming, or blow moulding;
- holding the label in position;
- injecting a polymeric melt into, or thermoforming or blowing a polymeric preform in the mould, wherein the polymeric melt or polymeric preform binds to the label and forms a labelled article;
- and
- removing the labelled article from the mould,
- wherein the label is oriented in the mould so that the PvdC coating on the film lies on or towards an exterior surface of the label when retrieved from the mould, and wherein the PvdC coating on the film is shielded from the melt during the process by interposing between the coating and the melt during the process a substrate layer of the film.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.