PRODUCT AND PROCESSES: PROVIDING INDUSTRY WITH THE MEANS TO COMBAT CORROSION

Reinforced Polythene Sheet. The protective qualities of polythene, deriving from its extreme chemical inertness, have long been recognised and utilised. The extrusion coating technique is employed for the manufacture of several important packaging materials, in which polythene is applied to paper, light boards, aluminium foil and cellulose film. Developments in this technique have made it possible for polythene to bring its valuable properties to bear on a different set of problems, involving among other things, containers on a larger scale than usually implied by the term ‘packaging.’ The new development is thin polythene sheet reinforced internally with an open mesh of fibreglass, Terylene or other suitable synthetic or natural textile. This material, patented and bearing the name Telcomesh, is claimed to possess the impermeability and chemical resistance of polythene plus greatly increased mechanical strength, and a fair degree of translucency.