摘要 |
Process and apparatus wherein an extruded seamless thermoplastic tubular film is biaxially stretched by a longitudinal drawing accompanied by an inflation or blowing for transverse stretch. After first inflating the initially extruded film tube under a counterpressure of an externally applied cooling gas in a pressure chamber, the tubular film is necked down from the pressure chamber to pass through an elongated pipe having at least a first cooling section of reduced surface contact with the tubular film, after which the tubular film is reheated for further inflation and/or longitudinal stretching and may then be subsequently tempered to achieve uniform and/or stable dimensions. The resulting inflated and biaxially stretched tube is collapsed or flattened and collected on a take-up roll in the usual manner. |