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- What the Coating Bead Can Tell You
- (Coating Matters)
- August 21, 2011, ... the surface energy of the substrate are compatible for a happy adhesion, the lack of a substantial coating bead can lead to air entrapment. The fluid/fluid interface between the liquid being coated and ...
- Mohawk Buys Synthetic & Paper Supplier Bravo Solutions
- (News | New Products)
- August 15, 2011, ... According to Thomas D. O’Connor Jr., Mohawk’s chairman and CEO, “This acquisition is a strategic opportunity for Mohawk and its customers. We are committed to expanding our offerings to the growing ...
- Package Design: Make an Impact
- (Flexpack)
- July 31, 2011, ... Visy Pty. Ltd. | www.visy.com.au Sealed Air Gets into the Design Business. Should You? In June, Sealed Air, Duncan, SC, announced its Cryovac brand will offer design and marketing services for ...
- Nip Roll Modules Offer Precision
- (Web Handling)
- July 31, 2011, Standard and custom precision, air-loaded nip roll modules are said to allow precise side-to-side gap adjustment, independent of precise pneumatic pressure Standard and custom precision, air-loaded nip ...
- Meeting Efficiency Challenge
- (Trends/Management)
- July 31, 2011, ... of airports and airlines. Some might argue with this observation, but remember the days when we walked up to the check-in counter with a paper ticket? Now we check in from the convenience of our smart ...
- Static Beat: Why Static Is Worse at High Speeds
- (Static Elimination)
- July 31, 2011, ... move through the air to neutralize the static charge on the film. A moving ion is an electric current. A static bar can generate only a finite number of ions, so this ionizer has a maximum output current, ...
- Brand Security Innovations Technical Report: Tamper Evidence
- (Print)
- June 30, 2011, ... other markets in which aluminium foil is used as an essential component for airtight closures, such as high-value foods and drinks. The system works by generating thousands of micro-incisions directly ...
- Industry Associations
- (Uncategorized)
- June 01, 2011, ... www.fibrebox.org Flexible Packaging Assn. (FPA) Linthicum, MD; 410-694-0800; www.flexpack.org Flexographic Pre-Press Platemakers Assn. (FPPA) Bel Air, MD; 443-640-1045; www.fppa.net Flexographic ...
- Harper Exhibits at Info*Flex
- (Flexography)
- May 02, 2011, ... constant loading pressure, this unit features variable speed from 15 to 450 in./min. The proofing system options include a flexo or gravure bladed proofer, imaged transfer rolls, air and electric drive, ...
- Keeping Pace with Demand
- (Trends/Management)
- April 30, 2011, ... new equipment is instantly turned on? How do you keep pace with demand? Here's why I ask this question… If you've been a regular reader of my editorials, you'll know that I've been fairly upbeat lately ...
- Do You Want Nips with That? Part 2
- (Winding Unwinding Rewinding)
- April 30, 2011, ... with 400 lb of load combined with a 0.25 web-to-roller coefficient of friction (COF) creates 100 lb of traction. The high pressure between nipped rollers will reject and compress air entrained by the moving ...
- AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition
- (Metallizing)
- March 31, 2011, ... and communicate the smooth chocolatey nature of the rich éclair brownie product. Uflex provides the substrate, rotogravure printing, plasma metallization (for improved barrier properties), laminating, ...
- Experience Speaks: Michael R. Pfaff
- (Trends/Management)
- March 31, 2011, ... a business in a bad economy? Demonstrate that your product or service is one expense that shouldn't — or can't — be cut. How do you retain good employees? Just pay 'em fairly, treat 'em like adults, ...
- AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition
- (Coating/Laminating)
- March 17, 2011, ... nature of the interior rich éclair brownie product. Uflex provides the substrate, rotogravure printing, plasma metallization (for improved barrier properties), laminating, and slitting. A die-punched ...
- Web Lines: Limitations of Vacuum Pull Rollers
- (Web Handling)
- February 28, 2011, ... a VPR isn't smart enough to know what or what not to suck up. This means debris, dust, and anything airborne or on the web may be sucked onto or into the VPR, clogging up the system, reducing its effective ...
- Surface Treating: Promoting Adhesion
- (Surface Prep)
- February 28, 2011, ... treatment, as an “air plasma,” also is suitable for the treatment of three-dimensional objects such as injection-molded and blow-molded parts. But all that being said, what do each of these treatment processes ...
- Counting Clicks
- (Magazine)
- February 28, 2011, ... food packaging laminations as well as health care, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic applications. Henkel Corp. | www.henkelna.com Guide Web with Air The RS2-10 all-air web guide double roller ...
- People
- (Trends/Management)
- January 31, 2011, At Flint Group, Luxembourg, Antoine Fady is appointed CEO, succeeding Charles Knott, who will continue as chairman; and Mario Busshoff is promoted to At Flint Group, Luxembourg, Antoine Fady is appointed ...
- Web Lines: Don't Flip Out - It's Just a Web Fl
- (Web Handling)
- January 31, 2011, ... if you are looking at an M.C. Escher drawing. Escher was famous for his castles where you could walk on stairs mounted on the walls and ceiling - where up was up in the X, Y, and Z directions. People ...
- Web Lines: Blow Away Your Roller
- (Web Handling)
- December 31, 2010, ... Use an air turn, also known as an air turn bar or air reverser. An air turn is a cylindrical element with either a slotted, perforated, or porous surface combined with an air supply. In design, the ...