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Calendering

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Plastics Forming

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The actual calendering of plastics is the final act of production after a lot of effort has been put into the preparation of the material at the right temperature and texture for introducing to the calender. It is therefore proposed to take the process of producing PVC sheeting step-by-step and discuss the most important or difficult points.

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  1. J T Laing, Web thickness control by Beta-Ray. International Plastics Engineering, vol. 3, No. 9, Sept. 1963.

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John D. Beadle

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© 1971 Macmillan Publishers Limited

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Hardman, K.J. (1971). Calendering. In: Beadle, J.D. (eds) Plastics Forming. Production Engineering Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-01194-0_11

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