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Techniques to Prevent/Minimize Die Lines

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

April 28, 2010, ... anywhere near zero. Let me give a detailed example that I have direct experience with to illustrate my point. Let’s assume the following: A converter has a 5-layer flexible packaging barrier blown film ...

Taghleef Industries Enters Bioplastic Market

(News | New Products)

April 15, 2010, Taghleef Industries (Ti), a leading BOPP film producer, commits to the development of sustainable packaging by introducing DUBAI, UAE | Taghleef Industries (Ti), a leading BOPP film producer, commits to ...

Analyze Platemaking Parameters

(New Products)

March 31, 2010, ... QA and analyses of production parameters in flexo platemaking. Developed to facilitate fast and precise measurements of imaged LAMS plates, finished flexo plates, and film, this portable analyzer can be ...

What’s Up With Die Lines

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

March 17, 2010, ... PET film. As can be seen in the attached picture, they are present in rolls of converted PET film. This leads us to the logical conclusion that gauge bands are caused in the converting operation… either ...

FIRST GLANCE

(Magazine)

February 28, 2010, ... film from UK-based Innovia Films. Hermann Grauer, founder of Nature's Farm, says, “We are committed to ecological sustainability and stewardship. NatureFlex is fully sustainable, lessens environmental impact, ...

Click To Pick

(New Products)

February 28, 2010, ...  PSA Ideal for Clear Film Applications Water-based Covinax 462 is a permanent pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) said to be ideal for clear film applications that demand no hazing or blushing of the ...

LDPE Tough on Contaminants

(New Products)

February 28, 2010, IQF (Individually Quick Frozen) food packaging LDPE film seals at low temperatures and maximum f/f/s speeds, even with contaminants such as blood, fats, IQF (Individually Quick Frozen) food packaging LDPE ...

Multiplying Key Coex Layers Improves Properties

(New Products)

February 28, 2010, Innovative flat extrusion die systems allow multiplying key functional layers in cast film and sheet to improve properties without increasing either overall thickness or raw materials content Innovative ...

Technical Report: Thin Coating Challenges

(Coatings)

January 31, 2010, ... can be placed in a final product, such as a battery, with a thinner film than with thick film, thereby giving better overall performance. Longer rolls can be wound without increasing roll weight. New ...

Measure Accurately

(New Products)

January 31, 2010, The IPlus! gauging platform is designed to accurately measure weight or thickness in cast film extrusion, sheet extrusion, nonwovens, vinyl calendering, The IPlus! gauging platform is designed to accurately ...

Parkinson Technologies Adds Seven Layer Capability to Pilot Lab

(News | New Products)

November 16, 2009, ... for customers using its film/sheet extrusion and biaxial orientation pilot lab. “This arrangement not only enables us to make wider films with more layers than was previously possible, but it also affords ...

Cores | The Foundation of Winding

(Web Lines)

October 31, 2009, ... exerted on a core. Core pressures are commonly 10?100 psi but easily can reach 1,000 psi in winding stretch films. The core will respond to pressure by compressing and, in cases of extreme pressure, ...

Static, Be Gone!

(Static-Beat)

October 31, 2009, Static charge accumulates on the surface of PE, PP, or PET films as they run through a coating, lamination, or converting process. Static charge also Static charge accumulates on the surface of PE, PP, ...

Get a Grip on Your Web

(Tension)

October 31, 2009, ... (Arkwright produces coated paper and film for the reprographics industry. Green Bay Packaging produces pressure-sensitive laminated structures for the roll label industry.) Analysis of a Vacuum Roller ...

New Roles for Converters

(Archive)

September 30, 2009, ... oil, gas, and nuclear power. An example of this technology is the Konarka Power Plastic solar cell, shown in Figure 1. It is being produced in the Polaroid film coater plant, which Konarka purchased and ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCT

(New Products)

September 30, 2009, ...  Circle 403 or visit www.freeproductinfo.net/pff Clean Lines Safely Purgex 461 Plus commercial purging compound is designed to clean blown film and sheet lines. Said to result in shorter cleaning ...

Digital Printing, Part 1 | Technology

(Process Management)

September 30, 2009, ... paper, film, and foil. There are two main classes of inkjet printing: continuous (CIJ) and drop-on-demand (DoD). CIJ long has been used for printing low-resolution expiry dates and simple bar codes. ...

Dissipating Static

(Static-Beat)

September 30, 2009, ...  In Figure 1, PP film runs over a hard-coated aluminum idler roller. The film already has some negative charge because it has touched some rollers. When different materials touch and separate, one will ...

Imager Is Versatile, Cost Effective

(News Eclips)

September 02, 2009, CDI Spark 1712 is designed as a cost-effective flexo plate and film for narrow web tag and label printers from Esko Artwork GENT, BELGUM | CDI Spark 1712 is designed as a cost-effective flexo plate and ...

Time for Unwinding Upgrade?

(Archive)

August 31, 2009, ... inertial torque increase with the square of diameter. Example | How big does a roll of polyester film need to get for a driven unwind to make sense? On the tensioning side, let's assume a lower-end tension ...