Abstract: In the manufacture of cylindrical tubes for containers, a foil web and at least one fibre web are helically wound on a heated, rotating mandril. The foil web is wider than the fibre web and its edges lie outside the long edges of the fibre web. The foil web and the fibre web are fed in to the mandril at an angle such that the free edges of the foil web are placed against each other and welded together.
Abstract: A container sleeve 1 having an inner coating 5 of a heat weldable plastics material is fitted with a closure element 2 having a collar 4 of meltable plastics material. The assembly is rotated while a hot welding shoe 35 is inserted through the open end of the sleeve and brought to bear against the collar, which melts the latter and fuses it to the tackified coating 5 to thereby provide a tightly sealed joint.
Abstract: In the bonding of two webs, each having a polyolefin resin surface thereon, to form a laminate the polyolefin surface of a first of said webs is heated to a temperature at which the resin will melt or become tacky, while the polyolefin surface of the second of said webs is heated to a given temperature. The heated surfaces are then brought together in a manner to form a substantially permanent bond therebetween. One advantage of the method is that extremely thick high-density plastic foils can be bonded successfully to fibrous carriers.