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Making Choices for Coating with a Laminating Adhesive

Published: October 01, 2001, By David J. Bentley Jr., RBS Technologies
Work, like life, is full of choices. Some are major; some are the kind we face every day. Converters laminating two substrates together using an adhesive

Vacumet Makes Metallizing Dreams Come True

Published: September 01, 2001, By Robert W. Marsh, Contributing Editor
The entrepreneurial spirit thrives at Vacumet Corp., feeding on acquisitions, expansions, perseverance, and good timing. What makes a dream come true

TAPPI Polymers, Laminations and Coatings Div. Awards 2002 Klucken Scholarship

Published: September 01, 2001
The Polymers, Laminations and Coatings Division has awarded the 2001 Ralph A. Klucken Scholarship to Shilpa Sankhe, a Ph.D. student in chemical engineering at Clemson University.

So You've Seen a Ghost! Who You Gonna Call?

Published: August 01, 2001, By Richard M. Podhajny, Ph.D., Contributing Editor
Many of us enjoyed watching Bill Murray conquer the ghosts that he encountered in the movie Ghostbusters. So, you ask, what do ghosts have to do with

Polymers/Laminations/Adhesives/Coatings/Extrusions

Published: August 01, 2001, By David J. Bentley, Jr., Editor
Providing practical information to the converting and packaging industries

Polymers/Laminations/Adhesives/Coatings/Extrusions

Published: July 01, 2001, By David J. Bentley Jr., Editor
Providing practical information to the converting and packaging industries

Antimicrobial Additives and Coatings for Food Packaging

Published: June 01, 2001, By Richard M. Podhajny, Ph.D., Contributing Editor
It seems as if every day we hear of some incident associated with food contamination. Recent outbreaks of contamination associated with meat products

The Sweet Smell of Success in Coatings and Adhesives

Published: May 01, 2001, By David J. Bentley Jr., RBS Technologies

Contamination is a frequent cause of odor in adhesives and coatings applied to a substrate. This normally occurs inadvertantly in the facilities of the formulator or at the converting plant.

A Primer on How to Put Substrates Together

Published: March 01, 2001, By David Bentley, Contributing Editor
To extrusion coat, extrusion laminate, or film laminate? If a composite construction is your goal, there is more than one way to get there.

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

Published: January 31, 2001
A Communication from the Polymers, Laminations and Coatings Division of TAPPI.

Conversing on Centuries, Computers, and Converting

Published: January 01, 2001, By David J. Bentley Jr., RBS Technologies
The three words in the title seem to have no relationship or connection. Or do they? As we begin 2001, we start a new century. Since centuries comprise

The Influence of Aluminum Gauge on the Adhesion of Extruded Polyester to Foil Using Adheisve Primers

Published: January 01, 2001, By Richard B. Allen and Bruce Foster, Mica Corp.
Application: Adhesion primers are effective when the thickness of polyester resin extrudate to aluminum substrate thickness exceeds a ratio of 0.7.

Coating Operation Starts a Tradition of Growth

Published: December 01, 2000, By Teresa Koltzenburg, Senior Editor
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.

The Case Against Oxidation as a Primary Factor for Bonding Acid Copolymers to Foil

Published: December 01, 2000, By Barry Morris & Naozumi Suzuki, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Mitsui-du Pont Polyechemicals
Application: Acid copolymers will generally adhere more strongly to foil than low density polyethylene even when processing the acid copolymer at lower temperatures. This reduces the potential for taste, odor, processing, and other problems associated with high temperature processing.

Some Causes of Blocking in Heat Seal CoatingsPart II

Published: November 01, 2000, By David J. Bentley Jr., RBS Technologies
Last month this column covered some causes of blocking when using heat seal coatings. The problem primarily addressed concerned processing conditions

Pilot Coating Line Aids Both R&D and Production

Published: November 01, 2000, By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
When MSC Specialty Films found its Faustel coating lines working overtime on R&D runs, it called on Faustel again, this time for a pilot-sized model.

Coating Tech Center Is a Dream Come True

Published: November 01, 2000, By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
For more than ten years, Jerry Forbes dreamed of opening a technology center dedicated to the "experimentation, development, and optimization" of web

Develop New Products with the Aid of a Pilot Line/Lab

Published: November 01, 2000, By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
Our updated guide to facilities that offer pilot lines and research equipment provides information that can help you better serve your customers—and maybe even enter new markets.

Directory of Pilot Lines/Labs A-L

Published: November 01, 2000, By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
Guide to facilities that offer pilot lines and research equipment, A thru L: Acumeter, Akron Coating, B.F. Perkins, Black Clawson, Brampton, ChemDevelopment, Chemair/Polytech Labs, Converting Machinery Technologies, Dummore, Enercon, Euclid Tool/Machine, Fronter Industrial, Faustel, General Forumlations, Geometric, Glenro, Holyoke, KAPCO, Killion Lab (Davis-Standard), Kroenert, Labelon, and Lamart.

Directory of Pilot Lines/Labs M-Z

Published: November 01, 2000, By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
Pilot lines and research equipment facilities guide, M thru Z: May Coating, Megtec, Microseal, Mylan Technologies, New Era Converting Machinery, Pillar, Polymer Science, Polytype America, Polytech North America, Print/Con-Printing and Converting Research Center, Tekmatex Inc., Texmac Inc., UCB Chemicals Corp., Viscor, and Yasui Seiki (USA).

Common Causes of Blocking in Heat Seal CoatingsPart I

Published: October 01, 2000, By David J. Bentley Jr., RBS Technologies
Heat seal coatings are formulated materials that are applied to a substrate on a coater and then wound into a roll. In a subsequent operation, the coated

Assessing Real-Life Sealant Performance in Flexible Packaging

Published: October 01, 2000, By Jeffrey J. Wooster & Laura K. Mergenhagen, The Dow Chemical Co., Freeport, TX
Application: Polyolefin plastomers exhibit excellent caulkability to deliver the sealing characteristics necessary for total package performance.

Nitrocellulose, Solvents, Recycling, and Safety

Published: October 01, 2000, By Arthur J. Legros, SRS Engineering Corp.
Without proper precautions, the combination of nitrocellulose-containing inks, solvent-based press cleaners, and on-site recycling can be a deadly one.

For ''Friendly'' Adhesives and Coatings, You Must Prioritize

Published: September 01, 2000, By David J. Bentley Jr., RBS Technologies
People working with adhesives and coatings for the converting industry constantly hear the terms "environmentally friendly" and "user friendly." These

Pollution Control Innovation for Silicone-Based Coatings

Published: August 01, 2000, By Ralph Stettenbenz, Air Preheater Co.
Since the late 1970s, there has been a dramatic increase in pollution control applications involving silicone as part of the exhaust stream. Unfortunately,

Release Papers: New Trends Are Driving the Market

Published: June 01, 2000, By Bob Tardiff
Release papers provide the base for a pressure-sensitive label system that runs the gamut from generic mailing labels to high-specification applications

Electrically Heated Rollers Are Top Technology Choice

Published: April 01, 2000, By Deborah Donberg, Managing Editor
The Thermalon line of electrically heated rollers from American Roller Co., Union Grove, WI, has won the 2000 Technology of the Year Competition sponsored

Curtain Coating Technology Can Mean Big Benefits

Published: March 01, 2000, By Dr. Peter M. Schweizer
Curtain coating belongs to the class of premetered coating methods. The term "premetered" indicates that only the exact amount of fluid to be coated onto

Clean Room Environment Makes Excellence a Priority

Published: February 01, 2000, By Claudia Hine, Senior Editor
In an aggressive effort to increase sales, the management team at Autotype Americas Inc. decided to make some bold moves that have paid off handsomely

What you should know about filled adhesives and coatings

Published: November 01, 1996, By Bentley, David J., Jr.
Adhesives and coatings sometimes contain fillers, because such ingredients can provide functional properties for certain applications. Examples of typical

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