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B&W MEGTEC Launches Drying Lab

(Coating/Laminating)

July 30, 2017, An in-house bench-top drying system profiles drying characteristics of coatings and substrates from small-size samples DE PERE, WI | Babcock & Wilcox MEGTEC has developed an exclusive in-house drying ...

Foil Substrates: Handling, Web Control & Substrate Interaction

(Coating/Laminating)

September 21, 2015, ... foil prior to the functional coating, but may be coated simultaneously if the interfacial chemistry between the two fluids allows consecutive flow. Once the fluid is coated on the foil, drying and curing ...

Porous Substrates

(Coating/Laminating)

February 25, 2015, ... allow for shorter oven length for drying in addition to less penetration. Sometimes fillers can be added that can provide the same benefit of lower penetration if simply increasing solids is not an option. ...

A Primer on How to Put Substrates Together

(Unprinted Rolls)

February 28, 2001, ... requires some pieces of equipment that are necessary in a film laminating operation: a coating station and a drying station. In some instances, a laminating adhesive such as a polyurethane or polyester ...

Oxide-coated films are still finding their market niche

(Magazine)

November 30, 1996, ... and the stand-up retort pouch. Mitsubishi Kasei "Tech-barriar" films have been marketed in Japan for dry seaweed, liquid products, and lidstock. Europe consumes about 40 million [m.sup.2]/yr or 1.5 million ...

A Deeper Look at UV Inks in Label Production

(Surface Prep)

August 16, 2024, ... this 1s, the drying process for these inks consumes considerable time and energy, which influences print speeds, making it significantly slower than UV ink prints. Because water-based inks are favored ...

Sustainability: A Journey Through Coating and Lamination Technology

(Coating/Laminating)

June 19, 2024, ... to technological needs associated with process handling, thermal regulations during the process and drying systems. The reduction of electric energy consumption can be approached by the OEM through smart ...

Obtaining Barriers When Coating and Printing Flexible Materials

(Bag Pouch)

June 09, 2024, ... quite a few coating practitioners are moving to water-based coatings with lower solids. Sometimes modification is needed to process equipment such as dryers. The search for packaging materials with barrier ...

Conductive Science Chooses Vetaphone Corona

(News | New Products)

May 15, 2023, ... gravure, three roll reverse, rod, or slot-die.  Drying is by a two-zone overhead IR hoods, and to ensure quality, inline and post measurement testing is completed throughout the process.  CSI is coating ...

How a Full Lineup of Coatings Can Transform Packaging

(Coating/Laminating)

February 07, 2023, ... The performance of these nanocomposite barriers is much improved over typical PVdC and EVOH barrier resins typically used in packaging films. While most commercial activity today is in the area of dry ...

Thinking Inside and Outside the Coating Box

(News | New Products)

October 02, 2022, ... bags; overwrapping papers; dry goods produce bags (flour, sugar) and sachets. More often than not paper or paperboard is used in conjunction with another packaging material. Microwaveable meals and pop-in-the-oven ...

The Fundamentals of Adhesive Coatings

(Coating/Laminating)

March 27, 2022, ... and the coating method is dialed in, drying is the next part of the process. Most coaters have in-line ovens designed to dry or cure the adhesive. Temperature, speed and oven length are all accounted for ...

Advantages and Disadvantages of Coating Methods

(Upcoming Conference News)

September 26, 2021, ... Company. He works directly with customers to develop solution-based coating and drying equipment. Solutions span a variety of industries, including batteries and capacitors, fuel cells and medical parts. ...

Value-Added Processes: Coating, Laminating and Metallizing

(Coating)

June 06, 2021, Coating, laminating and metallizing are value-added processes that enhance a base web into a higher-value end product. By Lee Ostness, Product Manager – Coating & Drying at Davis-Standard Coating, ...

The Back Page: Taking it back 54 years

(News | New Products)

April 23, 2020, ... can be printed, wicked or sprayed on the film surface to achieve the required slip. These are ethyl alcohol solutions that present no serious drying problems and can be applied without major machinery ...

What’s Next in Inkjet and the Many Reasons to Adopt it

(Digital)

December 16, 2019, ... of ink penetration into the substrate, or the improved drying of uncoated paper, etc. We see many printhead suppliers (Memjet, Kyocera, Fuji, Xaar, Konica Minolta to name but a few) delivering higher ...

AIMCAL Awards

(News | New Products)

March 10, 2019, ... of volatile organic compounds and oven drying, long pot life and easy cleaning. The food-grade adhesive strongly adheres to most flexible packaging substrates and is compatible with high line speeds. Potential ...

Coating Matters | Rigid Panel Coating with Slot Die Equipment

(Coating/Laminating)

August 29, 2018, ... is typically a dry border left on the substrate.  With curtain coating, there will be overcoat that needs to be dealt with.   EQUIPMENT DESIGN How about the equipment utilized?  First of all, the ...

ebeam Technologies & GM Deliver OPV Curing

(Coating/Laminating)

June 18, 2018, ... users. Instantaneous ebeam curing of OPV means that lamination, with its lengthy drying times to ensure bonding, can be eliminated from the finishing stage. With ebeam, ePac will be able to send fully ...

Coating Matters | The 6 C's of Roll-to-Roll Coating System

(Coating/Laminating)

January 18, 2018, ... or thinner dry coating thickness. This points to the critical connection between coating and curing (solidification). How the fluid travels through the tank, pump, pipe, coating head, and eventually exiting ...