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What's Really On the Surface

(Magazine)

October 30, 2005, ... or not. Since many polyolefins will not accept an adhesive, coating, primer, or ink without treatment, converters must know whether that treatment is present before proceeding to use the substrate. ...

New Products

(Magazine)

October 30, 2005, ... adhesives, or coatings. Can be used on any substrate. Offers a quick-change steel doctor blade and a solvent-resistant rubber transfer roll. Three Water-Based Coatings Michelman, Cincinnati, OH; ...

Measuring Force

(Magazine)

October 30, 2005, ... exactly what we are measuring and what tests are available. A review of the ASTM testing index under Adhesive Bonding lists 40 separate procedures covering many adhesive situations and another 23 procedures ...

Pilot/Lab/Technical Facilities

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October 30, 2005, ... adherantlabs.com Markets: beverages, frozen foods, medical/pharmaceutical, sanitary/disposables Services: coating (adhesive, 100% solids, UV), laminating, all to 12 in. Substrates: film, foil, foam, ...

An Exercise in Compliance

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ...  Because of the development of new adhesives and coatings in recent years, such use and disposal may not fall under the original regulations. Nevertheless, regulations that control solvent emissions ...

People & Places

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ... Intl. Hall of Fame, Adhesives Research, Longview Fibre Co., MAN Roland, GMG, Drytac, GAA, Pamarco Global Graphics, Rayven, Smurfit-Stone, Lamart Corp., Domino Amjet, and Miltec UV. On the Move… Intelicoat ...

A Menu for Thickness Control

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, Some applications require a heavy coating weight of an adhesive, coating, or primer, but others might require a lower coating weight. The choice depends on the particular adhesive, coating, or primer in ...

Churning Out Quality

(Flexpack)

August 30, 2005, ... Admiral uses a Henkel Liofol 100% solids polyurethane adhesive that “works really well on a wide range of materials.” Installation, says Frank, “was very smooth. We were running good product within three ...

New Products

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ... Many Materials without Solvents Soma Engineering, Lanskroun, Czech Republic; +420 465 350 811; soma-eng.com The Lamiflex laminator is able to operate with solvent-free adhesives. Can process a wide range ...

The Terminology of Testing

(Magazine)

July 30, 2005, ... the converting and flexible packaging industries is that they are not fully knowledgeable about many items unless they attach numbers to them. The coating weight of an adhesive or coating is a good ...

Give Customer What He Wants

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, ... film with an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) coated on it means exactly that. The PP film must be the proper gauge and not slightly less or more. The PSA must be that specified and not a version ...

Materials

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May 30, 2005, ... Adhesives, Polymers… Water-Based Inks for Many Uses Van Son Liquid Inks, The Netherlands; +31 35 6884411; vanson.nl Aqua Base Plus inks are a series of pigmented, water-based ink systems, each formulated ...

CPP Expo 2005 Hosts Meetings

(Archive)

May 02, 2005, CPP Expo 2005 will host seven trade associations’ annual meetings and events. PRESS RELEASE PARAMUS, NJ—CPP Expo 2005 will host seven trade associations’ annual meetings and events including: TAPPI’s ...

A Look at Laminating Inks

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April 29, 2005, ... on a clear substrate, which is then laminated by adhesive or molten polymer and "sandwiched" to another material. The requirements for a laminating ink are not the same as for a surface-printed ink. Good ...

Cleaning the Right Way

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, Cleaning has two important goals. The first one is obvious: Be certain the surfaces are clean and free of any residual adhesive or coating. The second one is less obvious: Be certain the cleaning operation ...

In Defense of Control Freaks

(Magazine)

January 30, 2005, ... adhesive to laminate two films required a certain adhesive application weight, running speed, oven temperature, etc. Sometimes this was in the memory of someone in the plant, probably an operator. Or, ...

Ampac Packaging Acquires Flexicon

(Flexpack)

January 16, 2005, ... adhesive laminations, Flexi-Free™ solventless laminations, heat-seal coated rollstock, pouches, perforated tear products and 10-color, high resolution, flexographic printing. Robert Biddle will continue ...

New Product Digest, Part 2

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, ... or into a separate container. Materials Substrates, Inks, Adhesives, Polymers New Taggant Solutions Offered Microtrace, Minneapolis, MN; 760/784-9725; microtracesolutions.com Company reports ...

A Universal Film for Flex-Pack?

(Flexpack)

December 30, 2004, ... everything? Some students take longer than others to ascertain that a universal solvent is not possible, because no container could hold it. In a similar vein, new employees in the adhesive industry ...

Chemicals & Responsibility

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November 29, 2004, ... pollute the air, ground, and water with hazardous materials. Many years ago I witnessed a company in the converting and packaging industry disposing of inks, adhesives, and solvents by dumping them into ...