|
| *When these substrates are coated with
polyethylene, nylon, polypropylene, EVA, EAA, and EEA, add the following tension values to
the values listed here for the substrate only. |
| Coating Thickness = |
| Approx. Tension lbs./inch: |
| 0.0005" to 0.001 = |
| 0.12 lb./in. |
| . |
| 0.0011" to 0.002 = |
| 0.25 lb./in. |
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| Engineering Data TAPPI
Reference |
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| Tension Data for |
| Typical Converting Materials |
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| Material |
Tension
(lbs./inch/mil) |
Paper
& Laminations |
Tension
PLI |
| Aluminum foils |
0.5 to 1.5 (1.0 avg.) |
20#/R-32.54 gm/m2 |
0.50 to 1.0 |
| Cellophanes |
0.5 to 1.0 |
40#/R-65.08 gm/m2 |
1.0 to 2.0 |
| Acetate |
0.5 |
60#/R-97.62 gm/m2 |
1.5 to 3.0 |
| Mylar (Polyester) |
0.5 to 1.0 (0.75
avg.) |
80#/R-130.1 gm/m2 |
2.0 to 4.0 |
| Polyethylene |
0.25 to 0.30 |
|
|
| Polypropylene |
0.25 to 0.30 |
|
|
| Polystyrene |
1.0 |
|
|
| Saran |
0.05 to 0.20
(0.10 avg.) |
|
|
| Vinyl |
0.05 to 0.20 (0.10 avg.) |
|
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Substrate* |
Approximate Tension (lbs./inch) |
| Mylar and Oriented Propylene |
|
| 0.0005" |
0.25 |
| 0.001" |
0.50 |
| 0.002" |
1.00 |
| Cellophane |
|
| 0.00075" |
0.50 |
| 0.001" |
0.75 |
| 0.002" |
1.0 |
| Nylon and Cast Propylene
(non-Oriented) |
|
| 0.00075" |
0.15 |
| 0.001" |
0.25 |
| 0.002" |
0.50 |
| Paper |
|
| 15 lbs./ream (3000 sq. ft.) |
0.50 |
| 20 lbs./ream |
0.75 |
| 30 lbs./ream |
1.00 |
| 40 lbs./ream |
1.50 |
| 60 lbs./ream |
2.00 |
| 80 lbs./ream |
2.50 |
| Paperboard |
|
| 8 pt. |
3.0 |
| 12 pt. |
4.0 |
| 15 pt. |
5.0 |
| 20 pt. |
7.0 |
| 25 pt. |
9.0 |
| 30 pt. |
11.0 |
| Laminations |
|
| 25 lb. paper/.0005" PE/.00035"
Foil/.001" PE |
3.0 |
| 0.001" Cello/.0005" PE/.001" Cello |
1.5 |
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