Calendering

This video is aimed at school students of design and technology, and engineering. The video covers calendering processes used to:
1. reduce the thickness of plastics
2. create a texture on plastics and plastic coated fabrics
3. bond or laminate two or more fabrics or plastics and fabrics
Typical plastics used in calendering :
• modified polyethylene (PE)
• polypropylene (PP)
• polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
• acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS)
• thermosetting compounds.