Standard Test Method for Shrink Tension and Orientation Release Stress of Plastic Film and Thin Sheeting

Importancia y uso:

5.1 As a result of the manufacturing process, internal stresses are locked into the film and these can be released by heating.

Note 3: For any given type of film or sheeting, the temperatures at which shrinkage will begin are related to processing techniques employed to manufacture the film and also may be related to a phase transition in the base resin.

5.2 Shrink tension affects the appearance and performance of a film in a shrink-packaging application. It is also used to determine the degree and direction of orientation. The orientation exerts a great influence upon important physical characteristics such as tensile strength, stiffness, tear resistance, and impact strength.

5.3 Data from Procedure A are most useful for determining the degree and direction of orientation, orientation release stress, and the maximum force that the film can exert at a given temperature.

5.4 Since, in actual applications, film is seldom, if ever, totally restrained, data from Procedure B are useful in estimating the force an item to be packaged will actually receive and in predicting the appearance of packaged items.

5.5 The characterization of shrink tension as a function of temperature, and the resultant determination of orientation release stress and its corresponding temperature, is usually carried out only for a particular material of specified thickness for a defined fabrication process. For product development purposes, quality control and determination of conformity be made to the specification of the material being tested. Any test specimen preparation, conditioning, dimensions, or testing parameters, or combination thereof, covered in the relevant ASTM material specification shall take precedence over those mentioned in this test method. If there are no relevant ASTM material specifications, then the default conditions apply. Table 1 of Classification Systems D4000 lists the ASTM material specifications that currently exist.

Subcomité:

D20.19

Referida por:

D8065_D8065M-16R23, D6287-17, D2673-14R22

Volúmen:

08.01

Número ICS:

83.140.10 (Films and sheets)

Palabras clave:

film; orientation release stress; shrink force; shrink tension; thin sheeting;