barrier films,

Product Categories
Whatever be the industry that a client belongs to, Vishakhas wide range of distinct products
has a ready solution waiting for the client. When it comes to the area of packaging, sky is the
limit for Vishakha.

Vacuum Pouch MAP (Modified Atmosphere packaging) packaging pouches, Nonvacuum , Gas Flush Pouches

Bulk Bags Liner

Inner bulk liner

Thermoforming film

Top Lidding Film - Flow pack Films

Vertical & Horizontal Form Fill and seal Films

Lamination film Barrier, non barrier & Specialty film (Anti-Fog Films)

Shrink wraps film LD/LLDPE base

Health care products

Barrier Films Applications

Barrier films are used for applications in protective clothing and packaging. These are also used as barrier against spills, as needed in carpet
underlayments or baby seats. They offer excellent resistance to a wide variety of chemicals for chemical resistant clothing.
They are well suited in food packaging where moisture, oxygen and odor barrier is essential. It is ideal for applications such as cheese packaging,
sausage chubs, and capliners. Some common examples for barrier films are found in grocery store. Bags used for packaging potato chips and meat

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These films provide moisture protection in health care and pharmaceutical blister packaging and other industrial applications. They are also valued in
exotic military, aerospace, aircraft, and electronic applications. Barrier films are used to make different packaging products like

Packaging bags

Aluminum foil

Aluminum sheet

Packaging pouch

Plastic Film Laminating

Grafix Plastics provides plastic film lamination services which allow us to combine
any number of our film products together to create
composite film products, up to 38" wide. We can
also laminate your plastic film materials together, or
laminate your materials to ours.
Definition: a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers. The process consists of "sandwiching" a
cell between sheets of clear plastic laminate in an effort to preserve it.
There are two basic ways to laminate. The first is to use pouch lamination. This process requires the use of a clear plastic
laminate that is sealed on one side and the document is placed inside this laminating pouch. It is then run through a
laminating machine that applies heat and pressure to seal the pouch. There are several different sizes of laminating
pouches ranging from the small business card sizes to the larger legal size and menu pouches. Pouch lamination comes in
a variety of thicknesses measured in millimeters. Some of the most common mils for pouch lamination are 3,5,7 and 10
mil. 3 mil is the thinnest stock and 10 mil is a stronger lamination with a thicker and harder shell. Coastal Business
Supplies offers a wide variety of sizes and mil's. If you can't find what you are looking for don't hesitate to contact a sales
rep and let them do the legwork for you.
Another form of lamination is called "roll lamination". Our laminating rolls are composed of a perfect blend of polyester
and adhesive, which results in smooth, clear lamination. You won't find any scrap material or 2nds being used to make our
laminating rolls. Coastal Business Supplies only offers the best lamination quality available and at the best price. Roll
lamination is a process that involves two laminating rolls, a top and a bottom roll, and is placed on the machine with the
glue sides facing each other. As the rolls are "uncoiled" a document is placed between the two pieces of laminate and are
sealed as they travel through the rollers and the heat is applied. It is important to leave a small edge around the document
to allow the lamination to adhere to itself. Some form of trimming is usually required with roll lamination. This lamination
process is generally used for larger volume items as it can run at higher speeds and in a continuous roll. Again, Coastal
Business Supplies offers a wide variety of Roll laminating in 3, 5, 7, and 10 mil thicknesses and the friendly sales staff
would be more than happy to help find supplies for your custom laminating needs.

A vacuum insulated panel (VIP) is a form of thermal insulation consisting of a nearly gas-tight
enclosure surrounding a rigid core, from which the air has been evacuated. It is used in building
construction to provide somewhat better insulation performance than conventional insulation
materials.
By removing air from fiber, powder, or foam core materials VIPs achieve high thermal
performance at a fraction of the thickness of cut-to-fit insulation materials. VIP products are
made-to-fit architectural details, with specified service lives for floor, wall, and roof
constructions. Quality control of component manufacture is important.

A VIP uses the insulating effects of a vacuum to produce much higher thermal resistance than
conventional insulation. Conventional insulation produces an R-value of eight or less per inch
(fiberglass being towards the lower end and foam panels towards the higher end). VIPs are
commonly as high as R-30 per inch, and have achieved commercially viable levels of R-50 per
inch[1].
VIPs consist of:

Membrane walls, used to prevent air from getting into the vacuum area

Core material, used to hold the vacuum inside the membrane while preventing the
membrane walls from collapsing. (e.g.fumed silica, aerogel, glass fibers or foams)

Chemicals to collect gases leaked through the membrane or offgassed from the
membrane materials are added to VIP with glass fibers or foams cores, as core with
bigger pore size requires vacuum level lower than about 1 mbar during the planned
service life. (Getter)

The near-vacuum inside VIP's greatly reduces conduction and convection of heat. This is similar
to the way in which a vacuum flask works, but without the reflective metal coatings, as the core
material reduces infrared radiation.
VIPs offer very high R-value by thickness (30-50R value per inch compared with 5-8R/in for
various foams and a lower 2-3.54R/in for common fiberglass batting), but by cost and lifespan it
is less competitive. Compared to more conventional insulating materials VIPs have a high cost/rvalue ratio. Unlike fiberglass (although foam insulation does age), VIPs age as it is impossible to
completely keep air from filling the vacuum. As air leaks in and pressure of the panel normalizes
with its surrounding air its R-value deteriorates.
Although their higher cost compared with fiberglass and foam generally keep them out of
traditional housing situations, their spectacular R/in values make them useful in situation where
high insulation requirements or space constraints make traditional insulation impractical. (Foam
sheets are used over fiberglass often for the same goal of higher R/in, despite higher cost for the
same R value).