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Suppress Static Sparks to Protect Sensitive Coatings

(Static-Beat)

October 08, 2023, ... 5-roll coater. Mounting SD1coat facing the uncoated web surface will help decrease the amount of contaminating mist near the static bar. Install an air-assisted static bar with clean, filtered air exiting ...

The IHMA: Driving 30 Years of Hologram Growth

(News | New Products)

October 08, 2023, ... Manufacturers Association (IHMA) has evolved into a global voice on authentication and security devices. Now, five former chairs — and one general secretary — reflect on 30 years of holography growth while ...

Pregis Showcases its Sustainability Leadership at Pack Expo 2023

(News | New Products)

September 06, 2023, ... of protective packaging, demonstrates its commitment to sustainability by joining the 2023 Pack Expo Sustainability Central Exhibit to feature its AirSpeed® Hybrid Cushioning (HC) Renew™ PCR product, a ...

2023 ARC Annual Business Summit “A Resounding Success”

(News | New Products)

June 28, 2023, ... working on integrating flexible glass into R2R systems, as well as fabricating and characterizing electronic devices made with R2R techniques. He chairs ARC’s Vacuum Web Coating Committee and is an active ...

How to Keep Defects In House

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

June 04, 2023, Although producing zero defects on a print or converting process is a great goal for which to strive, in the real world it is usually an unattainable one. By Alfonse Novelli, President and Founder, ...

Battery Show 2023: Meech Demonstrates Importance of Static Control, Surface Cleaning in Battery Manufacturing

(Surface Prep)

May 22, 2023, ... cleaners on market, RoClean-C combines dynamic air flow and rotating brush technology. The battery web passes through an ionisation cloud on entrance and exit, while the brushes rotates in the opposite ...

The Feat of the Foam

(Equipment/Machines - Printing)

May 07, 2023, ... check your delivery pumps. If using a centrifugal pump, having a top fed pump sucking up air may be the source of your problem. Bottom feeding your centrifugal pump and maintaining coating levels, with ...

A New Slitter

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

April 23, 2023, ... slitting with lower and upper rotary knives or with “razor blades” cutting against grooved segment, or in air. For more difficult, thinner substrates, it is possible to wrap around a female knife, slitting ...

Winding: Part 5

(Web Handling)

April 16, 2023, ... on larger cores. Reduce web temperature entering the winder. Increase topography on a film to introduce air into the roll. Ask for different chemistry. Try different lay on nip roll covers and nip load. ...

Winding Part 5: Solutions for Common Wound Roll Defects

(Converting Expert)

April 03, 2023, ... Reduce web temperature entering the winder. Increase topography on a film to introduce air into the roll. Ask for different chemistry. Try different lay on nip roll covers and nip load. Consider winding ...

Winding: Part 4

(Web Handling)

March 05, 2023, ... bearings that should be replaced. Clean debris away from coreshaft bearing journals. Clean up any debris around the winder. Make note of any obvious leaks or metal shavings. Write work orders for repairs. ...

Update on Mercury Regulation for UV Curing Lamps

(News | New Products)

March 05, 2023, ... or indirectly emitted to air or released to water by human activity. While complete mercury elimination is not possible today, restrictions and enforcement are expected to become stricter over time. The ...

The Role of Corona in Flexible Packaging Lamination Requires an Understanding of Filmic Substrates

(Surface Prep)

January 29, 2023, ... which needs 9000 Watts of power. Potential Problems If the film is being used as a sealing medium, be careful not to Corona treat the reverse side. This happens when small air pockets form caused by ...

World Leader in Defect Marking

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

January 23, 2023, ... attempted to dispense a label off the liner directly onto the moving web. Some tried to accelerate the label to match the web speed before applying. And others used air jets to blow a flag onto the web. ...

Winding: Part 3 - Tension, Nip and Torque

(Web Handling)

January 22, 2023, ... air loaded dancer, and draw (velocity) control. Although not common, some winders run to a defined strain to control web registration. Older paper machine reels often use motors running in torque mode. ...

Winding Part 3: Tension, Nip and Torque

(Converting Expert)

January 16, 2023, ... an air loaded dancer and draw (velocity) control. Although not common, some winders run to a defined strain to control web registration. Older paper machine reels often used motors running in torque mode. ...

The Versatility of UV Curing

(News | New Products)

December 15, 2022, ... forced air and/or circulated liquid. Mercury vapor lamps have a short warm-up and cool-down period that occurs each time they are switched on or off. An image of several mercury arc lamps and a lamphead ...

Toray’s Commitment to Innovation Helps Forge the Future of Flexible Packaging

(Upcoming Conference News)

October 10, 2022, ... hermeticity (air tightness), and the seal strength to withstand the air pressure changes that occur when products are transported in changing altitudes, which can cause a package to burst. They’re also ...

There’s More than One Way to Treat a Film

(News | New Products)

June 26, 2022, ... roller and an electrode driven at a high frequency and voltage. This produces a glow discharge over the film. In air, this discharge produces reactive oxygen species (including ozone — that you have ...

New EU Report Highlights Need to Step Up Anti-counterfeiting Investment

(News | New Products)

April 12, 2022, ... directly on the EUIPO and Europol report, IHMA chair Dr. Paul Dunn said the war on counterfeiting is a hard one to win and efforts should never slacken. Dr. Dunn also points to EUIPO’s Anti-Counterfeiting ...