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Expansions and New Markets for Nonwovens

(Nonwovens)

November 28, 2021, ... technical affairs for insights on current obstacles, solutions, and other trends in nonwovens. Here is what they had to say: What steps are nonwoven material producers taking to recover and restore the ...

The Cleanflex Easy Gun: Cleaning Made Easy

(News | New Products)

April 22, 2021, ... for cumbersome high voltage cables and separate power supply unit. With the specially designed opening of the nozzle, the Cleanflex Easy Gun reportedly produces a very compact air stream with lower noise ...

Achieving Fluid Production: Controlling Static and Contamination

(News | New Products)

February 14, 2021, ... machinery can also lead to static generation through induction. The presence of static can lead to a myriad of problems – contamination being one of the most significant. Static charges attract airborne ...

Achieving Fluid Production: Controlling Static and Contamination

(News | New Products)

January 27, 2021, ... machinery can also lead to static generation through induction. The presence of static can lead to a myriad of problems – contamination being one of the most significant. Static charges attract airborne ...

World leader in defect marking

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

January 18, 2021, ... 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. ...

Avery Dennison Acquires ACPO Ltd.

(News | New Products)

January 04, 2021, ... Materials team. “Our acquisition of ACPO will further strengthen our leadership in core label materials segments,” said Mitch Butier, Avery Dennison’s chairman, president and CEO . “By adding ACPO’s ...

Static Control for Corona Treaters

(Static-Beat)

December 02, 2020, ... in the air and static on the web. After we neutralize the static, the treated surface will still have the chemical modifications that provide the improved wettability and higher adhesion. Table 1: Corona ...

Production Value Left on the Surface of the Roller

(Coatings)

November 29, 2020, ... surface of the roller. Why do we Allow This to Happen? In many cases roller spend is a lower amount in the overall maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) spend within a plant. As a result, plant ...

Filmquest Implements Clean Room Environment

(News | New Products)

September 29, 2020, ... of our new feature.” This custom-built clean room is a welcome addition to Filmquest’s growing list of value-added investments and specialty services offered. Designed specifically to control air flow, ...

Static Control for Flexographic Printing

(Flexography)

July 05, 2020, ... on the web exiting the corona treater. Entry Roller – The Entry Roller in Figure 1 ensures that the web lays flat on the CI Drum. At high web speeds, air bubbles can get under the web. These bubbles ...

Beyond the Roll: Dry Ice Blasting for Maintenance and Cleaning

(Web Handling)

June 24, 2020, ... pellets are accelerated in a jet of compressed air and strike a hard surface, the pellets crack and loosen the coating or soil on the substrate being cleaned. Thermal – The extreme low temperature (-79˚C/-110˚F) ...

Production Maintenance For Corona Users

(News | New Products)

May 13, 2020, ... for burn or scorch marks on the side plates and clean off the deposit before it becomes a hazard. Check the air gap between the electrodes and the substrate.  This will have been set at installation ...

Coating on Trial

(News | New Products)

May 05, 2020, ... resolved or controlled through experience some, such as airborne contamination or particulate contamination on the base film can be a major source of product waste, machine downtime and a finished product ...

PFFC’s Companies to Watch

(Flexpack)

April 09, 2020, ... building in Hall, which had fallen into disrepair and was in need of a different kind of ‘vision’ and a large amount of investment to restore it to a modern production facility. The new generation of ...

Static Control: Crucial to Fluid Converting Processes

(Static Elimination)

March 15, 2020, ... levels in the ambient air. Static shocks can also lead to injury for workers in the vicinity. Though an initial static shock may subside quickly, the involuntary reaction of a worker may cause them to ...

FSEA and IADD Announce Programming and Plant Tours for Upcoming Joint Conference

(News | New Products)

February 26, 2020, ... IN. The conference offers a supplier trade fair; educational programming specifically targeted to the print finishing, binding and diemaking/diecutting industries; and an awards reception where the recipients ...

The Back Page: The American Paper Converter April 1946

(News | New Products)

January 26, 2020, ... It dries in open air within four hours at room temperature, or in 20 minutes if it is placed in an oven which is set for a temperature of 150°F. and it causes neither shrinkage nor warpage. A test was ...

Corona Treating System

(Corona, Flame, Plasma)

January 02, 2020, ... high frequency power supply or generator, a linear electrode, and a grounded roller with a small air gap between the electrode and the roller.  The corona discharge propagates from the electrode to the ...

Substrates Create Challenges & Opportunities

(Converting Perspectives)

November 05, 2019, ... nonwovens. Regardless of the technicalities, nonwovens offer adept converters opportunities to deliver special, higher profit results. Consider some items: Airlaid nonwovens, with high percentages ...

Modular Extrusion Control System for Blown Film Maximizes Productivity of New and Existing Production Lines

(Coating/Laminating)

October 31, 2019, ... allows multiple line controls to be visualized and synchronized from one touchscreen. These controls include those for extruder temperature and pressure, air ring, IBC, thickness gauge, cage, and haul-off. ...