Making the Most of a Strong Side Seal
Getting a clean, reliable side seal is arguably the most important part of the packaging process if you want your products to actually reach the customer in one piece. It's one of those things that seems incredibly simple on the surface—you're just sticking two pieces of plastic together, right?—but anyone who's spent ten minutes on a production line knows it's a bit more temperamental than that. If the temperature is off by just a few degrees or the timing is a millisecond fast, you end up with a pile of wasted film and a lot of frustration. ...