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Water-Based Printing Inks & pH

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, In a water-based ink, many of the ink components contribute to the ink pH. For example, the common acrylic resins used in water-based inks are acidic. They are not soluble in water but are soluble when ...

Rotogravure an Evolving Process

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... is they contain VOCs. Whereas in solvent-based rotogravure inks, the binder is dissolved in the solvent completely, water-based inks are made up of alkaline-soluble and nonsoluble binder in the form ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Archive)

September 29, 2004, ... Aquafilm PORTAGE, IN, USA — Monosol LLC, manufacturer of specialty water-soluble films, announces the acquisition of Aquafilm Ltd., a producer of blown extruded water-soluble films based in Worcestershire, ...

Rise & Fall of Printed Film COF

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2004, ... inks are made up of alkali-soluble resins as well as emulsions. Ink drying and film formation can cause uneven “slip migration of lubricants.” This situation can be aggravated when the inks are overcoated ...

Foil Packs Offer Multiple Solutions

(Magazine)

March 31, 2004, ... Assn. handed out Alufoil Trophies for four Foil Packs of the Year. Winning top honors were the following: Aspirin Effect — This is a soluble instant aspirin in an individual dose “stick pack” offering ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

March 30, 2004, ... Aluminum Foil Association handed out Alufoil Trophies for four Foil Packs of the Year. Winning top honors were the following: Aspirin Effect — This is a soluble instant aspirin in an individual dose ...

Sniffing Out the Sources of Packaging Odors

(Materials)

November 29, 2003, ... and moisture. Most packaging products are printed using flexographic or rotogravure products that use a soluble recipe that minimizes odor through an appropriate selection of materials that do not possess ...

Ink Jet PigmentsThe Land of the Small

(Materials)

July 31, 2003, If you've ever had your ink jet-printed copy get wet, you saw all the inks became soluble and you had a mess on your hands. If you've ever had your ink jet-printed copy get wet, you saw all the inks became ...

Phthalo Green: How Can You Tell If It's Always the Same

(Materials)

June 30, 2003, ... is introduced at an elevated temperature and the melt cooled. Grinding the pigments in the presence of soluble salts, which can be washed out in the purification process, can produce particles of uniform ...

New Products for the Converting Industry

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... Cincinnati, OH; 513/482-3906 GAX 14-200 thermoplastic PU resin, based on a proprietary new urethane technology, is said to offer compatibility with nitrocellulose and be soluble in alcohol solvents. Reportedly ...

Do You Really Want to Color That Adhesive or Coating?

(Materials)

March 31, 2003, ... where coloring an adhesive or coating is possible might be tinting. Some converters have done this for identification purposes. A small quantity of a soluble dye at a level that does not detract from the ...

New Product Digest, Part 1, PFFC, April 2003

(Magazine)

March 30, 2003, ... to offer compatibility with nitrocellulose and be soluble in alcohol solvents. Reportedly offers excellent cohesion, flexibility, and adhesion to various polyolefin films and metallized foils. Can be used ...

Opportunities in Academia

(Magazine)

November 30, 2002, ... interaction to provide a fundamental understanding of the process of rotogravure printing with solvent-free, water-soluble inks, and micro-indentation of the texture of polymer films to quantify their ...

UV-Curable Jet Inks Are We There Yet?

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, ... done after printing and uses UV light. This eliminates cleaning or purging the head to remove insoluble material, as is the case with other ink jet technologies. Excellent lightfast and product resistance ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

March 31, 2002, ... Environmental Polymers Group plc, the Warrington, U.K.-based inventor and manufacturer of extrusion-processable water-soluble polymers, trade named depart. MonoSol manufactures film products based on water-soluble ...

Will We Soon be Eating the Film Along with the Food?

(Magazine)

November 30, 2001, ... company could perhaps result in a total, complementary system. Edible films are only one answer to the long-term demand for better packaging materials. Other approaches could be water-soluble films, ...

Polymers / Laminations / Adhesives / Coatings / Extrusions

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, ... either vapor pressure or the concentration of permeant under the measurement conditions is necessary to correlate Q to P. When a penetrant diffuses through a barrier membrane in which it is soluble, ...

A Brief Chemistry Lesson On Printing Ink Pigments

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, ... these colorants is their solubility. Pigments used in printing inks are colorants that are insoluble in water and most solvents. For instance, copper phthalocyanine blue is the primary blue colorant used ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

June 30, 2001, ...  FARMINGDALE, NY, USA —Seal-It Inc. has converted a heat shrink label for Essentia Water Inc., a wholly owned sub. of NextPath Technologies, for the launch of Aquess water-soluble fiber beverage. The single-serve ...

Polymers/Laminations/Adhesives/Coatings/Extrusions

(Magazine)

June 30, 2001, ... 150°C. Oil gels are made by mixing an SBC into a low aromatic content oil at about 130°C-175°C. When the blend cools, the polystyrene endblocks that are insoluble in the low aromatic content oil precipitate ...