Calendering

• What is calendaring


  Smoothing and rolling process used in making thin polymer sheets and film as stick material for further processing 
• How is calendering carried out

  Heated pellets of Thermoplastics to dough like consistency

  Extruded between series of heated rollers

  Squashed and stretched till thinner

  Finished on cooling rollers

  Chopped into standard stock size sheets(sheets)

  Rolled up for storage(film)
• What type of production is calendering used for

  Industrial/continuous production