Corona, Flame, Plasma
Peak Performance
In a twist on the old cliche, one long-time UK-based resin supplier decided that if you want something done at all, sometimes you just have to do it yourself....
Treater Agreement Reported
HARTLAND, WI Pillar Technologies and Empire Treater Rolls, Fishers, NY, have signed an agreement that provides Pillar worldwide distribution rights for...
Treat 'em Right
Offset printer adds corona treating to its eight-color press and improves print quality on a new product line: in-mold film labels. ...
Baggy Webs: Part I Nightmares
This is the first of four columns on baggy webs, starting with understanding the problems they create. To most converters, the ideal web is one that is...
Pilot/Lab/Technical Facilities
Is there a problem with your process? Fix it! These technical facilities stand ready to help....
Model Mock-Ups
Driving its equipment to unconventional new levels, Haney PRC creates model mock-ups....
Corona Collaboration
Label Technology provides input to Corotec Corp. to improve its corona treater design and its productivity....
Some Things to Remember About Dynamic Surface Tension
Most flexible packaging plants can measure surface tension of their films by using dyne solutions. The dyne solutions are chemical mixtures that have...
Atmospheric Plasma
Converters of hard-to-treat and thicker substrates will benefit from using an alternative to corona treating—the atmospheric plasma method....
One New Treater, Many New Benefits
A new production line at Optimum Plastics is the impetus for a new, portable corona treater system from Corotec Corp..jpg)
Enercon's Surface-Treating Lab Adds A"Peel"
Converters in need of surface-treatment information now may be able to get it from Enercon's surface-treating lab. Enercon Industries Corp. says it's added a Friction/Peel Tester to its laboratory to help customers identify the effects of various levels and types of surface treating....
Atmospheric Plasma: The New Functional Treatment for Films
Application: Specialty films that require stringent surface morphology specifications, specific surface modification, precise surface coating, or tightly controlled electrical characteristics will benefit from atmospheric plasma treatment.
...Coating Operation Starts a Tradition of Growth
Venture Coating Technologies, located in what once was a Wisconsin cornfield, is striving to be much more than a budding converting plant. Moving the process along is a slot-die coater assembled by Dri-Tec....
Corona Treaters Adapt to Converting Processes
Conductive or nonconductive? That is the question, and it's the premiere question when it comes to choosing a corona treater, says Ron Seaman, VP, Corotec...
Barrier Layer Protects CDs from Skips and Scratches
Optimanufacturing is turning out a new product designed to protect the surface of a compact disc. A unique laminating process makes it work. Compact discs...
Latest Gravure Technology Launches Converter into Fray
Imagine you're a paratrooper. Your mission: to launch yourself out of a plane, drop to the earth, hit the ground running, and go into battle. Sounds risky,...
Specialty Products Are Custom Made in the U.K.
Specialization is something that seems to be burgeoning in the converting industry. From short-run specialty bags to the season/holiday-changing colorful...
Getting Off to a Smooth Start with a New Coater
With a combined 50 years of experience in the converting industry, William R. Arndt and Michael R. Nowak decided to start their own coating business,...
Flexible packaging converter treats its customers right.
When Flex-Pak purchased a new laminator for snack food packaging, it made sure that bare roll corona treating was included as a means of increasing quality...
Partnering launches future growth in laminations
As a long-time supplier to wire and cable manufacturers, Chase & Sons, Webster, MA, a div. of Chase Corp., is introducing innovative process technology...
Taking the "magic" and the mystery out of treating
Treating is an important operation in the converting industry. Flexible packaging as practiced today would not exist without this significant factor,...
Taking the measure of surface treatment is a learning process
If you surface-treat your materials (and it's very likely you do), you should be up to date on methods for measuring the level of treatment.As a growing...
Converter combines profit with environmental concern
At Brady USA, the careful selection of a flexo press and bare-roll treater results in improved product quality, EPA compliance, and increased profitability.The...
