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(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... a photopolymer plate — a process that took three days. Now a typical coating blanket can be produced in 45 minutes. We use the Gerber for both aqueous and ultraviolet coatings and regard it as a very affordable ...

Materials

(Magazine)

November 30, 2002, ... Inks, Adhesives, Polymers... Overcoat Resists Heat, Offers Good Protection ADM Tronics Unlimited Inc., Northvale, NJ; 201/767-6040; admtronics.com Santel Toridex NZ-2 is an aqueous resin and coating ...

Materials

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, ... used for strong cold seal adhesion. Co. says metal adhesion values exceed 400 g/in., and cold seal bonding is excellent with both natural and synthetic cohesives. Aqueous Primers Promote PP Adhesion ...

1974 - 1976

(News | New Products)

September 19, 2002, ... machinery." Adhesive manufacturers move toward more ecologically and energy-friendly materials. "Trends in the adhesive market are toward the aqueous-based or 100 percent solid types, rather than solvent-based ...

Products

(Magazine)

August 31, 2002, ... makes raised image spot or pattern coating plates at one-tenth the cost of photopolymer plates. Co. says aqueous and UV coatings are applied with equal ease, and process is suited for both short and long ...

Knowing Your Limitations Can Accentuate Your Strengths

(Magazine)

July 31, 2002, ... he cannot find a suitable adhesive after testing many candidates. Why is he not successful? The converter uses a roll coater to apply aqueous PSA products to fabricate his tapes. The only adhesive that ...

Medical Packaging and Its Special Needs

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, ... These can range from polyacrylates to PUs with many other adhesive possibilities falling between them. They can be single- or multi-component. They can be aqueous systems, solvent systems, high energy ...

Materials

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, ... formulations enable converters to eliminate spray powders from the package printing process and achieve “powder-free” runs. Drying time is quickened with complementary aqueous coatings, co. says, adding ...

Sweet Smell of Success

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, ... incense from coming out of the bottom. An accordion insert of 0.012 solid bleached sulfate, which holds the individual incense sticks, was aqueous coated to permit the product to slide out easily. The ...

Thriving on Gravure & Location

(Magazine)

April 30, 2002, ... with an aqueous solution (patent pending). While the process for producing Pokemon Chupa Chips normally utilizes eight gravure cylinders, Mipa has reduced this to one set of cylinders, yielding both ...

Migration and Compliance Testing Issues

(Magazine)

March 31, 2002, ... or an aid in the manufacturing of a food contact item, like an emulsifier. Other key elements of the study design include the types of food likely to be contacted (dry or aqueous) and maximum and minimum ...

Materials

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, ...  Discovery Chemical, Marietta, GA; 800/973-9881 DF-345 is an emulsified antifoam/defoamer with non-ionic emulsifiers formulated for use in aqueous systems. The blend is comprised of ingredients that comply ...

Overcoats Offer Protection (and You Don't Have to Button Up

(Magazine)

January 31, 2002, ... overcoating systems supplied in aqueous form. Eventually, overcoats cured by UV or EB radiation also became available. Today, companies exist whose sole business is selling aqueous or high-energy-curing ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Archive)

December 30, 2001, ... systems while offering a broad range of technologies.” The alternate techniques will include aqueous materials, systems in solvent, two-component curing products, etc. A special innovation for the meeting ...

Polymers / Laminations / Adhesives / Coatings / Extrusions

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, ... of aluminum foil in packages, future of paper in flexible packaging, influence of imported packaging materials, and the use of solvent vs. aqueous inks. Next Conference The next conference for the ...

Orange Peel in a Coating Is Not Very Tasty

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, ... due to orange peel. As with fish eyes, orange peel due to improper substrate surface characteristics may be more common with aqueous systems than with solvent systems. Adding a surfactant to an aqueous ...

TLMI Awards: Hardworking Labels & Tags Reap Their Reward

(Magazine)

September 30, 2001, ... its W. Weinstock wine bottle neck label. Using UV waterless offset lithography, the label was printed four-color process at 4,046 dpi plus gold foil stamping. It was die-cut and aqueous coated in-line. ...

Sierra Story Is a Saga of Changing Times

(Magazine)

September 30, 2001, ... applications as well as aqueous and hot melt barrier coatings for food-packaging applications, such as ice cream wraps and dry ingredients.” The company, says Shade, now employs 21, and he adds, “We recently ...

Making Choices for Coating with a Laminating Adhesive

(Magazine)

September 30, 2001, ... The first consideration in selecting the substrate to coat concerns the adhesive being used. Laminating adhesives come in a variety of types that can have different forms. They can be aqueous systems; ...

Electron Beam Curing in Flexible Packaging

(Magazine)

August 31, 2001, ... both UV and EB curing is usually safer than existing solvent and even aqueous chemistry. Table 3 shows some typical health and safety data for solvents and UV/EB materials. The UV and EB materials offer ...