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The Role of Corona in Flexible Packaging Lamination Requires an Understanding of Filmic Substrates

(Surface Prep)

January 29, 2023, ... poor web tension and prevent the film from sealing fully. The result is stripes appearing in the running direction and in the case of PE and PP polar groups appearing at the surface to prevent good sealing. ...

Static and Static Controls in Printing

(Surface Prep)

December 05, 2023, ...  How to Test for Static A handheld static meter is an ideal tool to measure the strength of a static field for problem-solving purposes. A static meter will measure the voltage levels and polarity ...

There’s More than One Way to Treat a Film

(News | New Products)

June 26, 2022, ... and polypropylene. ASTM D7490-13 was written for more polar substrates (like polyester). There are small portable measuring devices for D7490 — but no pens. Coaters need the liquid to wet the surface, ...

Atmospheric Plasma Treatment

(Surface Prep)

March 31, 2022, ... restructuring of functional groups, such as hydroxides, ketones, ethers and carboxylic acids to the polymer surface. The newly created polar groups on the surface now readily form strong bonds with inks, ...

Dare to be Different!

(News | New Products)

July 09, 2019, ... where there is also a return to ‘the physical’ e.g. Polaroid images in photo and the Vinyl album in music. We are heading towards more automation of the print-production process – from receiving the ...

Edaron Improves Performance with Colter & Peterson’s SABER Paper Cutter

(News | New Products)

September 04, 2018, ... the SABER was installed in April 2017 and is already battle tested. “We bought it from Colter & Peterson. They also do preventive maintenance on our other two cutters (a similar size Polar and a 52-inch ...

Show Preview | Focus on Industrial Printing at drupa 2016

(Print)

April 28, 2016, ... press.     C&P Microcut Color WS touchscreen Colter & Peterson Microsystems (Hall 11, E25) will show a Microcut retrofit system on a POLAR 66-in. paper cutter. Also displaying the Microcut COLOR ...

Show Preview | Labelexpo Europe 2015 Grows To Eight Halls

(Trends/Management)

August 18, 2015, ... show a new, fully compliant SolarFlex UV Flexo opaque white ink for food and pharmaceutical packaging applications. Also introducing Polare, a versatile and cost-effective ink dispenser range designed ...

Drytac Offers Self-Adhesive Print Vinyl

(Materials)

April 11, 2015, Polar print vinyl with acrylic adhesive is said to provide consistent print surface and durability in both indoor and outdoor settings   RICHMOND, VA | Drytac announces Polar, an 80-micron (3.2-mil) ...

Carestream Tollcoating Expands Services

(Coating/Laminating)

February 23, 2014, Initiatives carried out in 2013 include a new coating assessment lab, more pilot coaters, and an alliance with Polaris Battery Labs   MEDFORD, OR | Carestream Tollcoating, a provider of toll coating ...

Henkel Offers Clear-on-Clear Acrylic PSA

(Adhesives)

March 23, 2013, ... even when exposed to moisture, such as the condensation water that can form on a beverage bottle. Company says the adhesive bonds excellently to polar substrates while still adhering well to nonpolar ...

Wacker Presents Innovative Binders at European Coatings Show

(Coatings)

January 07, 2013, ... to non-polar polymers such as polystyrene, polypropylene, and polyethylene. The carboxyl functional groups, on the other hand, ensure outstanding adhesion to metal surfaces such as aluminum. Until ...

What's New with Primers, and a visit to old friend

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

October 17, 2012, ... yields less than optimal adhesion characteristics, to say the least.  There are several reasons for this poor adhesion phenomenon, not the least of which is that PP is a highly stabilized non-polar resin, ...

Coating | The Movement Toward Thinner Films and Coatings

(Coating/Laminating)

July 30, 2012, ... attributes. In LCD displays, for example, there are protective, prism, diffusing, liquid crystal, and polarizing layers, among others, that work together to create the image. The thickness of those layers ...

Contract Converting Services Directory

(Uncategorized)

February 12, 2012, ... packaging materials. • • • • • • • • PolarSeal Tapes and Conversions Ltd. ;  Farnham, Surrey - UK; Matthew Rich ; +44 (0)1252 726000; www.polarseal.net ...

Surface Treating: Promoting Adhesion

(Surface Prep)

February 28, 2011, ... the preferred level. So if the surface of polymer films and other non-polar substrates are made polar, how does corona treatment create the bond with solvent-borne, water-borne, and energy-curable inks, ...

Web Cleaning: To Contact or Not?

(Web Cleaning)

January 31, 2011, ... bars are powerful ionizers that can cope with the fast web speeds found on modern printing and converting machinery. Mounted close to the web, the AC ionization neutralizes charges of either polarity. ...

Dow Europe Increases Price for PRIMACOR Copolymers

(News | New Products)

July 11, 2010, ... region. PRIMACOR copolymers are high-performance thermoplastic adhesives that add flexibility and strength to polar substrates. They adhere well to metals, plastics, paper, and glass, and they can also ...

New Roles for Converters

(Archive)

September 30, 2009, ... oil, gas, and nuclear power. An example of this technology is the Konarka Power Plastic solar cell, shown in Figure 1. It is being produced in the Polaroid film coater plant, which Konarka purchased and ...

Plasma Power

(Archive)

April 30, 2009, ... radicals on the same or different molecular chain, resulting in cross-linking. Oxidative effects on treated surfaces increase surface energy as a result of polar groups being created on the surface, primarily ...