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More New Products for the Converting Industry

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August 31, 2000, ... a family of rubber solution p-s adhesives, are suited for double-coated tapes, foam gasketing, and mounting tapes. Designed for continuous-process hand applications, adhesives are said to provide a "quick ...

Barrier Layer Protects CDs from Skips and Scratches

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July 31, 2000, ... film and the CD itself." There are two separate lamination steps, both occurring on laminating lines designed and built by Integrated Design. In the first step, one of the polyester layers is coated ...

Release Papers: New Trends Are Driving the Market

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May 31, 2000, ... or welting, regardless of the demands of the production environment. To this end, three options are available: clay-coated liners, low-density liner products, and machine-finished kraft liner. Clay-coated ...

Electrically Heated Rollers Are Top Technology Choice

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March 31, 2000, ... and Mark Spaulding, editor-in-chief of Converting Headquartered in Fort Mill, SC, AIMCAL is an international, nonprofit trade association representing converters of metallized, laminated, and coated ...

Static electricity can be a very costly problem

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August 31, 1998, ... want to run higher quality products at higher speeds, and dust will lower the quality of laminated products, coated products, and printed products," says Kessler. "The bottom line is that static costs the ...

The role of barrier materials in packaging low-fat goods.

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October 31, 1996, ... packaging materials. For this part of the Aspen Labs experiment, samples of both cookie types were packaged in coextruded OPP film and in OPP film coated on one side with acrylic and the other with high-barrier ...

Gauging system lights the way

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August 31, 1996, ... process (supplier information is proprietary). The ITO-coated polyester receives an additional thin coat (under 5 mils) of a phosphor suspended in a proprietary binder system. The metallized polyester ...

FTA winners show off strides in Flexo

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June 30, 1996, ... One combination plate was teal with a tight register of [+ or -] 1/64 in. The target for the overall appearance was litho carton. Press target was a chromalin. Combined corrugated, coated, process  ...

In-mold labels: film is today's hot development

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June 30, 1996, ... better appearance. The first in-mold labels consisted of two-side, clay-coated paper. One side had a heat-seal adhesive, and the other side had an inked surface with an overprint coating to provide ...

Laser positioning system creates clean, productive environment

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April 30, 1996, ... coated papers for unique applications, thermal papers for variable bar code information, carbonless papers for business forms, and ticket and tag papers for the entertainment industry and retail stores. ...

Paper characteristics: starting the job right

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April 30, 1996, ... product. For example, if you're laying down a red ink on a clay-coated stock that is inconsistent or too light or flaky, the ink won't stand up properly, resulting in poor performance. One paper property ...

Innovation is a winner in FPA competition

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March 31, 1996, ... ferret food since this package was introduced). The structure combines coated nylon film adhesive-laminated to an opaque polyolefin sealant, totaling only 2.75 mil thick. It provides an improved moisture ...

Business and education join forces, and everybody wins

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February 29, 1996, ... students have used the narrow web press with top-coated materials. "We ran into problems with the printing, especially UV flexo," says Crouch. "We always wished we could turn on a treater, and now we can. ...

Two-component adhesive system eliminates mixups

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June 30, 1995, ... uses the product on various films, including polypropylene, polyethylene, metallized and coated films, nylon and polyester. * There is a greatly reduced likelihood of monomer migration because of low ...

Buyer beware when comparing video systems

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May 31, 1995, ... systems today. Circumferential strobes should be avoided as they produce hot spots on varnished, ultraviolet-coated or reflective substrates. Monitors Like speakers in a stereo system, the video ...

Conserving weight, space earns praise for flexible

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March 31, 1995, ... uses of glass-coated film in the US. The silicon-oxide-coated polyester laminate protects radioactive blocks of cesium-iodide crystal in a manner that allows them to be visually inspected while still in ...

Innovative uses, creativity earn honors from AIMCAL

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March 31, 1995, ... It's also breathable, soft and resilient. Individual metal-coated fibers are produced through a patented process. A lightweight non-woven web produced of polymer fibers is then metallized. The new process ...

Familiarity with change no surprise in this industry

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February 28, 1995, ...  application a week," he said. "In metallizing, I see extreme interest in foil replacement for both metallized film and coated film in packaging. One new application a week is very specific to packaging ...

State legislative action includes removal of 2 bans: 1994

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February 28, 1995, ... fee (ADF), none of them were heard in committee prior to the legislature's adjournment on April 15, 1994. The ADF is a 2-cent fee on all "individual, separate and sealed glass, plastic, plastic-coated paper, ...