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ITW Dynatec's Adhesive Applicator Offers Streak-Free Result

(Adhesive Coating)

April 17, 2013, CrossCoat precision metering slot die provides non-contact application HENDERSONVILLE, TN | ITW Dynatec has introduced CrossCoat, a non-contact, metered slot applicator that produces a precise flow ...

Put PFFC on Your Dance Card at ICE USA!

(Yo's Yarns)

April 03, 2013, Find PFFC's expert columnists at ICE USA, booth #549, on April 9—12 at the Orange County Convention Ctr. in Orlando FL. Share your experiences from the converting trenches on video. Next week the Paper, ...

Cepalgo Films Adds Capacity with Davis-Standard

(Film Mfg.)

February 13, 2013, ... extrusion package, formulation, film properties, embossing method and winding options. Product applications include diapers, protective and masking films, disposable garments and bed sheets, pouches, PP ...

Show Preview | ICE USA 2013

(Trends/Management)

February 04, 2013, ... (Polymers, Laminations, Coatings and Extrusions) and its Nanotechnology Div., the association will offer a three-session event. The first session highlights Innovations in Preparing Polymer-Based Nanomaterials ...

Another Review of Die Streaks

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

November 25, 2012, We really have to talk about this topic again.  It is amazing how many times I get calls on this seemingly simple, yet universal subject.  From film to sheet, cast film, extrusion coating, laminating, ...

Chevron Phillips Updates Lab with Davis-Standard Winder

(News | New Products)

November 18, 2012, Adds new stationary knife winder and roll changer to its extrusion coating laboratory in Bartlesville, OK FULTON, NY | Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. (CPChem) recently added a new Davis-Standard stationary ...

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

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

October 17, 2012, ... him to become an officer on the Extrusion Coating Committee.  For both our sakes, I won't tell when that was, suffice it to say those were the good old days.  Jeff, now President of Mica Corporation, quickly ...

EDI China Has a New Home in Shanghai

(Coating/Laminating)

June 12, 2012, ... (EDI China), a wholly owned sub. of Extrusion Dies Industries, will move to a new location in Shanghai August 1 of this year. The new facility reportedly will expand substantially EDI’s product and service ...

Loan to Help Gloucester Engineering Continue Growth

(Bag Pouch)

June 08, 2012, ... manufactures equipment which produces plastic bags, foam and sheet extrusion, blown and cast film, and extrusion coating. The company offers its customers both new lines and components for retrofit. “The ...

AIMCAL Conference to Feature Davis-Standard

(News | New Products)

June 07, 2012, ... product manager of specialty winding, and Michael Schroeder, product manager of extrusion coating for ER-WE-PA, will present papers on topics that include guidelines for selecting the best winding processes, ...

Reducing Sealing Failure

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

May 09, 2012, ... natural essential oils fail immediately on the packaging machine, whereas ionomer resins last nearly indefinitely.  I still use these samples in the extrusion coating classes I teach at UMASS-Lowell. I' ...

AIMCAL: Tidland Gives Blades a ‘Sharper Image’

(Film Mfg.)

March 10, 2012, ... IL, for its Process for Seamless Roller Coverings. Instead of traditional rubber extrusion, Menges relies on a proprietary compounding and application process that crosslinks the rubber after it's applied. ...

Premier Dies Is Now Part of EDI

(Extrusion Coating)

March 09, 2012, Extrusion Dies Industries acquires Premier Dies Corp., adding Premier’s slot coating and flat polymer extrusion dies to its portfolio   CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI | Extrusion Dies Industries (EDI), a portfolio ...

Overlaminate Film from Argotec is Protective

(Substrates)

February 29, 2012, ... lineal yds. It is extrusion coated onto a high-gloss PET carrier that enables the film to be wound and unwound without the need for TPU processing agents. The result is a film with consistent surface tension ...

Web Lines | Blocking in Rolls

(Web Handling)

January 12, 2012, ... finely milled calcium carbonate or silicon dioxide slip agents in low percentages to the polymer resin. In extrusion or biaxial orientation, the small mineral particles create an engineered roughness to ...

EDI Names Extrudex Its Agent in France

(Extrusion Coating)

December 08, 2011, Extrudex wil represent the full line of EDI's equipment, including dies, feedblocks, and related extrusion equipment, in France  LA GARENNE-COLOMBES, FRANCE | Extrusion Dies Industries (EDI), an international ...

Things have settled down

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

November 07, 2011, A lot has happened since my last post, including teaching many extrusion and polymer chemistry classes around the country, traveling, consulting, visiting friends and family, getting a sun tan and enjoying ...

About PFFC's Contributing Editor

(Uncategorized)

October 16, 2011, ... quality assurance, manufacturing, marketing, operations, finance, and expert witness experience in the blown film, cast film, orienting, extrusion coating, and converting industries. He is owner of PLC ...

ALOX Coater & CPP Film Line Debuting in Egypt

(Flexpack News)

July 13, 2011, ... claimed far superior to those provided by other transparent flexible packaging materials like PVDC-based structures and EVOH coextrusions. Also at this site is an 8.7-m-wide, 500 mpm state-of-the ...

Drives Motors: From Zero to 800

(Label/Tape)

June 30, 2011, ... Technologies to evaluate how to proceed because Circonix had performed a similar extrusion line move four years earlier at Mondi's Lancaster plant in the US. Plus, Fulton Machinery, Circonix's machinery ...