Battery Separator Film
​and Biaxial Oriented Film Expert
Dr. Jürgen Breil

Battery Separator Film Expert - Dr. Jürgen Breil

Dr. Jürgen Breil is a plastic film industry expert with over 44 years of experience. He is a leading expert in Biaxial oriented film technology and battery separator film (BSF). He has substantial expertise in electrical, machinery, and process technologies for the production of oriented films and BSF. He is a people oriented individual with excellent leadership and management skills. His market knowledge for oriented films and BSF is incredibly expansive.

TECHNOLOGICAL EXPERTISE

Film stretching technologies:

• Sequential and simultaneous biaxial stretching
• BOPP
• BOPET
• BOPA
• BOPS
• BOPE
• BOPLA
• BOCOC

Technical Films

• Solar backsheets
• Capacitor films
• Flat Panel Displays
• Substrates for organic electronics

Packaging films

• Label films
• Multilayer barrier films
• Cavitated films
• Metallized films
• Synthetic paper
• Films for pouches

Battery Separator Films 

• PP/PE
• Dry/Wet - process
• Evapore Technology

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION 

• Development of new technologies for the expansion of business segments
• Advancement of production lines for biaxial oriented films for technical and packaging applications​
• Development of simultaneous stretching technology with linear motors ( LISIM® )
• Multilayer- Coextrusion, Inline-Coating, Multigap stretching technology
• Planning and set-up of a technology center for oriented films with pilot lines, laboratories and infrastructure
• Development of new processes for battery separator film ( BSF ) for Li-Ion batteries
• Market introduction of new technologies

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Apr 2018 - Present
Private Practice - Founder and Consultant

• Specialized on biaxial oriented films, related machinery, R&D projects and battery separator films
• Support for business development, Engineering and R&D support
• Projects, coaching, interims management

Jun 1986 – Dec 2017
Brückner Maschinenbau GmbH - Several Positions

Head of Division New Technologies and R&D
May 2011 - Dec 2017

• Research and Development Department
• Technology Center
• Expansion of Product Portfolio
• Battery Separator Film

Head of Division Process Technology and R&D
Feb 2002 - Apr 2011

• Process Engineering for oriented and non-oriented films
• Technology Center
• Start-Up of all production lines
• R&D-department

Head of R&D Department
Mar 1993 - Jan 2002

• R&D Department for process, mechanical and automation projects
• Planning and set-up of new technology center
• Development of LISIM-technology ( Linear Motor Simultaneous Stretching )
• Lectures at universities

Head of Process Technology
May 1987 - Feb 1993

• Development of new process for biaxial oriented films
• Start-Up of BOPP, BOPET production lines

Manager of Automation
Jun 1986 - Apr 1987

• Automation Projects
• TCE : Thickness Control for biaxial orienting film production lines

Mar 1986 - May 1986
Krauss Maffei - Head of Automation Injection Molding

Dec 1980 - Feb 1986
Institut für Kunststoffverarbeitung (IKV) in Industrie und Handwerk an der RWTH Aachen - Scientific Employee, Doctorand

• Castfilm Extrusion
• Pipe Extrusion
• Profile Extrusion
• Automation
• Inline-Measurement
• Image-Processing

EDUCATION
RWTH Aachen University
Doctor of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering 

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