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Conflicting Flow in Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

March 15, 2015, ... causing potential coating defects and air entrapment. Coating thickness in self-metered systems is defined by the fluid flow and the web speed. However, if the localized pressure is stronger at one position ...

Packaging Films Target Longer Shipping, Storage Cycles

(Flexpack)

February 25, 2015, ... be Pregis’ toughest HC material offering the highest air retention properties and designed to protect heavy items. The HC Performance film is a lighter-duty option designed for packaging lighter weight ...

Porous Substrates

(Coating/Laminating)

February 25, 2015, ... fluid is displacing air at the fluid substrate interface. This is further complicated by the fact that air can travel through the substrate. This phenomena needs to be heavily weighted in the setup and ...

Pregis Marks Ten years in Business

(Flexpack)

February 24, 2015, ... inflatable and foam-in-place solutions. These include an intelligent interface for IntelliPack foam-in-place equipment (FIP) and AirSpeed Axis, HLX, and HC Performance films. During the past decade, ...

ATP Offers Low Emission Adhesive Tapes and Films

(Label/Tape)

February 18, 2015, ... line with clean-air manufacturing allowing ATP to offer adhesive tapes with exceptionally high quality optical appearance. Managing Director Daniel Heini explained, "The new production facility will create ...

Show Preview | NPE2015 Boasts Its Largest Event Ever

(Trends/Management)

February 16, 2015, ... third party analysis tools.   Goldenrod (Booth 7264) will show its line of multiple bladder air shafts, differential winding shafts, light weight shafts, carbon fiber shafts, reel spools, chucks, ...

ICE USA 2015 - Orlando, Florida Summary

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

February 14, 2015, Small, but full of content... that's how I'd describe the International Converting Exhibition (ICE) in Orlando, Florida last week. By that I mean, the show wasn't what I would call big, and not what ...

UV/EB | North American Market for Energy Curing Technologies

(Technical Reports)

January 26, 2015, ... and specialty print providers. Brand owners and more than 25 manufacturers also were interviewed. According to Steve Metcalf, president & CEO of Air Motion Systems|AMS UV, who served as co-chair of the ...

TRESU Offers Flexo Solution for Sanitary Products

(News | New Products)

January 23, 2015, ... single-pass operation.” Built to accommodate different web-fed materials, the unit comprises up to four water-based colors, a hot air dryer and, at the embossing point, a register guidance camera. Company ...

Coating Matters | Pump Technology

(Coating/Laminating)

January 12, 2015, ... Air. Air is consistently the main cause associated with coating defects. Removing air from the system is paramount, and making sure that air is not introduced prior to coating is critical. The key is consistently ...

Landaal Packaging Adds New Gluer/Detection & Trim Systems

(Carton Box)

January 06, 2015, ... for production stops. “Untrimmed tabs triggered the alarm more than anything else,” said Timm. “We were using an air powered trim removal system, but when we acquired the new gluer systems we upgraded ...

Show Preview | ICE USA 2015 Returns to Orlando with Added Features

(Trends/Management)

January 05, 2015, ... E. Blaige, chairman and CEO of Blaige & Co., will present “Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way: Global Consolidation in Flexible Packaging,” on Thursday. His keynote will focus on the impact of global consolidation ...

Do Your Homework to Solve Telescoping Roll Problems

(Web Handling)

December 03, 2014, ... the mechanism of telescoping. Most telescoping falls into one of four categories: 1) cinching-induced, 2) roll handling damage, 3) air lubrication, 4) creep (usually adhesive). Answering these questions ...

PRIMIR Issues Study of UV/EB Curing Technologies

(News | New Products)

November 21, 2014, ... communications firms. "In 2012 about 15% of all printing equipment and supplies expenditures were spent on energy-curing ink technology,” says Steve Metcalf, president and CEO of Air Motion Systems|AMS ...

Release Liner | Annual AWA Seminar Paints Picture of Today’s Market

(Label/Tape)

November 16, 2014, ...  Corey Reardon, president and CEO of AWA Alexander Watson Assoc., opened proceedings by asking delegates to complete and return questionnaires for a “real-time” survey of the label release liner market’s ...

Green Bay Packaging Named Environmental Leader

(News | New Products)

November 08, 2014, ... practices. In making the award, TLMI Environmental Chair Calvin Frost said Green Bay Packaging “created a Green Team over ten years ago that has demonstrated measured change that they call a ‘Decade ...

Static Beat | Solvent Coater Static Control for Insulating Webs

(Static-Beat)

November 05, 2014, ... In this case, either surface could be charged depending on where the upstream failure occurs. In Figure 2, I’ve shown SB1 facing the uncoated side so that it faces downward (to minimize airborne contamination) ...

Coating Matters | Patch Coating for Precision Fluid Placement, Pt. 2

(Coating/Laminating)

October 20, 2014, ... conditions for the fluid prior to engaging the slot die. The critical concern is making sure the flow rate is smooth at the exit and air is not trapped in the system. In the “head” of the coating, if there ...

Karlville Equipment Covers Wide Range

(News | New Products)

September 30, 2014, ... seamer operates at 300 mpm and forms sleeves via an adjustable forming section. The machine is available in 300-mm and 400-mm lay-flat models. Machine features fast changeover rewind and unwind air shafts ...

Coating Matters | Patch Coating for Precision Fluid Placement, Pt. 1

(Coating/Laminating)

September 22, 2014, ... control of fluid dynamics, and physical position of the coating equipment to the substrate. Wetting: The ability of the fluid to displace air at the fluid/solid interface in coating is critical to reducing ...