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BST and eltromat Announce Merger

(Controls)

June 17, 2014, ... web width measurement, sensor technology, and workflow solutions for web-based production processes such as nonwoven production and film extrusion. Company says merger will allow a stronger sales and ...

Coating Matters | Stop Defects Before They Start

(Coating/Laminating)

May 26, 2014, ... Coating Tech Service provides process troubleshooting and project management for precision coated products. Mark has extensive process knowledge in high precision coating applications including thin film ...

FTA Hands Out Awards for Excellence

(News | New Products)

April 27, 2014, ... Law, which is a relationship of ink film thickness and substrate white point, as related to L*c*h°. Sustainability Awards Two companies were announced as winners of FTA’s 2014 Sustainability Excellence ...

Faustel Tech Center Adds Yokogawa Sensors

(Controls)

April 08, 2014, The WEBFREX3ES online sensors is used on pilot coating lines to measure film and sheet thickness and allows coat-weight adjustments on the run   GERMANTOWN, WI | The Faustel Technical Center now ...

Do You Need a Roller That Is Chillin' and Groovy?

(Web Handling)

March 30, 2014, ... when you want to get the air out (e.g., high speed film winding), you can’t beat a nipped roller. You know why I hate nips? Nips make more wrinkles. So can we solve the air lubrication problem without ...

Z-Flute Boxes for Kitty Litter are Purr-fect

(Coating/Laminating)

March 08, 2014, ... GA, once again takes home the Product of the Year award, named in honor of Peter Rigney, (former publisher of Paper, Film & Foil Converter and competition supporter) in the Assn. of Intl. Metallizers, ...

Web Lines | War on Bagginess

(Web Handling)

February 26, 2014, A program to reducing bagginess begins with quantifying it, reducing thickness variations, and minimizing winding stresses and strains. Bagginess is an area that many paper, film, and foil converters ...

Heat Technologies Introduces App to Assist Converters

(Flexpack)

February 03, 2014, ... "The app was designed specifically to assist converters and printers with the analysis of their daily operation," he says. This application has been created for paper and film converters that use flexographic ...

AIMCAL Tech Meeting Honors Excellence

(Coating/Laminating)

November 04, 2013, ... is pursuing. He detailed some of the challenges of current coating fundamentals: Minimization of film thickness variation for more uniform films due to ongoing disturbances of process conditions and ...

Release Liner | What’s Next?

(Label/Tape)

October 24, 2013, ... preference for pressure-sensitive labeling for premium products. Equally, release liner—whether paper- or film-based—is fully recyclable and sustainable. It is, however, at the end of its working life ...

Coating Matters | Hot Melt Coating Technology, Part 1

(Coating/Laminating)

October 15, 2013, ... and project management for precision coated products. Mark has extensive process knowledge in high precision coating applications including thin film photo voltaic, Li-Ion battery, and optical systems ...

PECO Introduces New Bag Machine

(Bag Pouch News)

October 02, 2013, ... of any given film being converted. FAS offers a sealing system that applies heat and pressure to both sides of the web, instead of just from the top of the web. The shorter dwell times required of this ...

On Print | Impact of 3-D Printing on the Converting Industry

(On Print)

September 26, 2013, ... used to. There is a variant of 3-D inkjet printing that could work: some conventional wide format UV-cure films and paper inkjet printers can build 3-D patterns up to a millimeter deep. They are useful ...

Future Design Redesigns Air Ring

(Flexpack News)

September 21, 2013, ... and processing parameters in the blown film industry.  Among the reported benefits are improved width control, bubble stability, finished roll geometry, and faster running speeds. Rings are designed ...

NDC Products Aid Ion Battery Web Gauging Applications

(Coating/Laminating News)

September 07, 2013, New technologies are said to help manufacturers of lithium ion battery components achieve high quality on film extruders, coaters, and press lines   IRWINDALE, CA | NDC announces new on-line measurement ...

LAB/PILOT/TECHNICAL FACILITIES DIRECTORY

(Uncategorized)

August 31, 2013, ... film, foil, nonwoven, paper, paperboard, tissue Atlas Material Testing Technology LLC 4114 N. Ravenswood Ave., Chicago, IL 60613 773-327-4520 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. www.atlas-mts.com ISO | certified ...

LAB/PILOT/TECHNICAL FACILITIES DIRECTORY

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August 31, 2013, ... physical and analytical capability COATING TECHNIQUES | hot melt, slot die, spray SUBSTRATES | film, foil, nonwoven, paper, paperboard, tissue Advanced Greig Laminators, Inc. 801 Burton Blvd.,DeForest, ...

Web Lines | Curl Mechanics Pt. 2—Transverse Direction Curl

(Web Handling)

August 26, 2013, ... such as porous films or foams, fibrous materials (nonwovens, papers), or textiles, can void their air space during tensioning, changing their density. These type of materials can have Poisson’s ratios ...

Coating Matters | TWOSD

(Coating/Laminating)

August 19, 2013, ... management for precision coated products. Mark has extensive process knowledge in high precision coating applications including thin film photo voltaic, Li-Ion battery, and optical systems technology. ...

Show Preview | CPP EXPO and PRINT 13 Share a Stage

(Print)

August 07, 2013, ... film laminator, equipped with an in-line inkjet spot UV (SUV) machine and a high speed flying knife cross cutter, neither of which have been exhibited in North America before. The configuration comprises ...