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New COF Indicator Simplifies Measuring Friction on Packaging Film

(News | New Products)

April 22, 2024, ... instruments for measuring the precise COF value following the ISO standard. This will clarify if the packaging film has the required COF value. Test friction on the film when the packaging machine fails ...

ExxonMobil Introduces New Series of Low Density ExceedTM XP 7 Performance Polyethylene Grades That Deliver “Never Seen Before” Levels of Performance

(News | New Products)

September 28, 2021, ExxonMobil has developed a new series of ExceedTM XP performance polyethylene (PE) grades that deliver remarkable mechanical performance with a combination of low density and fractional melt index (MI). ...

Sabic Certified Renewable Polymers Used in New More Sustainable Delizio Coffee Capsules

(News | New Products)

June 01, 2021, ...  The ISCC PLUS accreditation verifies that the mass balance accounting follows predefined and transparent rules. In addition, the certification also provides traceability throughout the partners’ entire ...

Testing Machines Inc. Enhances COF Tester

(Controls)

April 22, 2018, ... designed to measure the adhesive force of a heat seal or adhesive bonded substrate. Some of the many features of the Model 32-76e include the following: 7-in. full-color digital touchscreen display ...

Coffee Sleeve Is Reusable

(Carton Box)

August 02, 2017, ... around a cup as a hassle. The Freedom Sleeve allows consumers to feel like they’re part of the solution without the inconvenience and has real potential to initiate systemic change by altering consumer ...

Blown Film | Which Applications Are Most Suited for 7/9/11 Layers? Part 1

(Flexpack)

May 03, 2017, ...  This is true across the entire spectrum of polymer film production, including blown film, cast film, double bubble, oriented cast sheet, and extrusion coating. The technology developed by Roberto Colombo ...

Plastic Technologies Issues Study on Coffee Capsules

(Flexpack)

January 25, 2016, ... vapor transmission rates) attributes, and the impact on taste to produce comprehensive analysis on the package type. “It’s important to understand, however, that just because a capsule type has a lower ...

What do Kerite, UMASS-Lowell, Malloy, Womer and Glycon Have in Common?

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

January 17, 2013, ... at Lowell.  It was an elegant event, displaying a very nice center for technology at what I and many consider to be the premiere plastics education center in the USA.  It was good to see new equipment, ...

Winding Film: How COF Properties Affect TNT

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

October 17, 2011, ...  In general, films that have a layer-to-layer COF value of 0.2 to 0.7 will wind well. However, consistently winding defect-free rolls of high-slip or low-slip (low COF or high COF) films usually presents ...

Print Labels with Lower Costs

(New Products)

February 28, 2010, The LX900 color label printer produces labels at speeds to 4.5 in./sec. Company says separate ink cartridges for cyan, magenta, yellow, and black keep The LX900 color label printer produces labels at speeds ...

COF Testing: Why Does it Matter?

(Process Management)

July 31, 2008, ... boxes, and sacks will occur. Flexible films may bind when sliding onto filling collars. If the static COF is too low, problems in maintaining stability in stacks could result, as well as difficulty ...

COF in Printed Packaging

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, ... have a perfect lubricated surface with no friction between surfaces, the static COF would equal the kinetic COF. As a rule of thumb, inks have the following effect on the printed substrate COF:  ...

Rise & Fall of Printed Film COF

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2004, Packaging products require a specific range of coefficient of friction (COF) to allow automatic packaging operations to run unhindered and to prevent Packaging products require a specific range of coefficient ...

ARC Honors Award Winners at R2R Conference USA

(News | New Products)

November 12, 2024, ... backside release coating allows for quick and easy adjustment. The lightweight, compact roll configuration allows for convenient storage, cutting to shorter lengths or reuse under certain circumstances. ...

Go with the Float: CCL announces extended range of floatable polyolefin shrink sleeves that support PET recycling

(Label/Tape)

July 30, 2024, ... has announced the extension of its award-winning low density, floatable polyolefin (PO) shrink sleeve that is a sustainable alternative for existing materials that are detrimental to recycling. “We are ...

Surface Treatment: The Importance of Getting it Right

(Surface Prep)

May 19, 2024, ... is often a multi-layer material. Corona treatment will be required on the PP surface to allow it to be printed and subsequently have an adhesive applied before laminating it to a metalized film - in every ...

The World Leader in Pouch Making Machinery

(Bag Pouch)

February 07, 2024, ... single web to create a plowed in bottom stand up pouch.  Using proven technology, Totani created a machine to fit the growing narrow web market used in both digital and flexo printing.  Its compact design ...

From the Tosaf development laboratory: PFAS-free additives for the plastics industry

(News | New Products)

January 22, 2024, ... Tosaf's standard fluoroelastomer-based processing aid (AP5645PE EU), while the comparison materials contained the alternative PFAS-free products. The results for the flow behaviour in the capillary rheometer ...

The IHMA: Driving 30 Years of Hologram Growth

(News | New Products)

October 08, 2023, ... the potential of holography as a security feature following its role on payment cards, convincing companies to adopt holograms for security was tough because holography was expanding rapidly in retail ...

Planning, Labs and Trials

(Coating/Laminating)

May 30, 2023, ... to a high standard is not common. An exception is Rebel Converting’s capabilities in the world of wipes in a canister. This Milwaukee-based supplier uses full digital technology which allows Rebel to provide ...