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Coating Success

(Unprinted Rolls)

September 30, 2003, ... applicator and the dryer. All coating applicators have an optimum set of coating conditions — line speed, viscosity, percent solids, etc. — for defect-free film that results in a solvent load to be removed ...

Adhesion of Coatings to Aluminum Foil

(The Place)

August 31, 2003, ... that was very thick (15 nm) at the edges with a thinner (5 nm) oxide in the middle — both perfectly wettable. Ethylene acrylic acid (EAA) films with 6% acrylic acid were melt coated onto this foil in a ...

The Long & the Short of Web Bending

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, ... film (10,000 kpsi vs. 500 kpsi); therefore, bending aluminum will require 20x more force. The bending of a long span or beam is proportional to the inverse of length cubed; so, doubling a length will reduce ...

Products

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, ... image analysis technology. Co. says quantitative, objective decisions can be made in every step of the flexo process — from proof to film to plate to print — all using a single instrument, anytime, anywhere, ...

Green Stands for Go

(Flexpack)

July 31, 2003, ... as corn. PLA resin is extruded into film by Tresphan in Germany. This new corn-based film was introduced to Turconi and rapidly replaced both OPP and cello windows. The film, according to Turconi, has ...

A New Enhanced Polyethylene for Extrusion Coating and Laminating

(The Place)

July 31, 2003, ... constructions. The unique attributes of polyethylene (PE) materials made using metallocene catalysts are well known and have been commercially available to film converters since 1991. Many well-established ...

Winding Better Rolls

(Archive)

May 31, 2003, ... requirements. Second, many paper winders use a simple “rip and tuck” roll transfer. If there is a core start wrinkle, the soft paper layers quickly mask them. You could never do a “rip and tuck” with films ...

Can't Touch This (Web): Part

(Magazine)

May 31, 2003, ... are uncoated or to-be-trimmed. Undercut and sprocket rollers exert force on the web's edges, so they require a relatively stiff web to avoid buckling in the unsupported center. Movie film projectors ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

May 31, 2003, ... report, thin films are much more sensitive to surface contamination, and particles as small as 5 microns can cause major problems on a 50-micron coating. The Teknek equipment reportedly has the ability ...

AIMCAL Winners Pulsate with Panache

(Corrugated)

March 31, 2003, ... Year Award (named in honor of the former Paper Film & Foil Converter publisher) goes to a glamorous heart-shaped, set-up perfume box that pulsates with panache. Another six entries garnered technical and ...

Movin' on Up into New Markets

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... film tapes, transfer adhesives, and tapes of metal and reinforced foils. Customers include the likes of Ford Motor Co., Volvo, Boeing, Toyota, Toshiba, General Motors, Owens Corning Fiberglass, Johns Manville, ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... Film and Foil Web Handling Guide. Publisher CRC Press reports the book was “written to assist anyone who works with webs directly or indirectly.” Topics include roller alignment; web tensioning; slitters; ...

Filtration Transformation

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... become experienced at many different aspects of coating thin to thick films.” He says this has enabled the company to learn what works well and, of course, what doesn't. “While there are many obstacles ...

Atmospheric Plasma

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... thicker substrates — While substrates thicker than 0.125 in. usually do not respond well to the corona process, they can be treated by atmospheric plasma. Films, foams, and nonwovens, as well as fibers, ...

Colorful Adhesives and Coatings? Probably Not a Good Idea

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... on the backside of aluminum foil or a metallized film also will not cause any problem. In similar fashion, a heat-seal adhesive formulated from an EVA resin tackified with various materials applied to ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

November 30, 2002, News from: Bielomatik, Clariant, Colter & Peterson, CP Films, Dunwoody College, Evtec, Exopack, Harper Corp., Jennerjahn, PCMC, SF&A, and WGMT. Covering the Full Spectrum of Industry News, Events ...

Differential Rewinding: Part One

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, ... like most film and foil products, cannot compress radially, so caliper directly creates roll diameter. Roll squeeze-ability (a.k.a. radial or stack modulus) is dependent on thickness direction modulus, ...

Controlling Coater Gap Uniformity

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, ... include: adhesive coatings onto labels chemical coatings onto films and tapes photographic coatings onto films manufacture of plastic tapes. In a typical application, the coater ...

Made You Look

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, ... screens made with DuPont CDI direct-to-plate technology. The clarity of the clear film around the beetles provides a strippable matrix without compromising the detail in the insect legs. Suppliers include ...

What's Ahead for Bagmakers

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, ... materials. This means a very high percentage of new packaging solutions will use plastic films and film-compound materials. The European population development pyramid signals another big influence ...