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Converting Industry News

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June 29, 2005, ... in nonwovens printing, coating, fluid application, bonding, and embossing. It is becoming an increasingly popular trend for equipment suppliers to offer such events for their customers because of their ...

A Look at Laminating Inks

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April 29, 2005, ... to the US. Rotogravure allows greater flexibility in the type of solvents and resins that can be used. UV laminating inks can be formulated and can provide excellent bonding. Their use in flexible packaging ...

Materials

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February 27, 2005, ... program. Tape is Double-Coated Lamart Corp., Clifton, NJ; 973/772-6262; lamartcorp.com Polyester double-coated tape, designated 2101-60, is designed for foam lamination and bonding to irregular surfaces. ...

Reporter Clips

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February 27, 2005, ... Corp. are said to incorporate the heat resistance of acrylic with the high-tack properties of rubber, making them ideal for applications in foam fabrication bonding in the automotive industry, as well ...

Get Out of the Scroll Business

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February 27, 2005, ... while curved. If you want to form a curved hull on a sailboat, you soak the wood in water, shape it, and then bond it in place. Converters try to avoid this by bonding the web in the flat footprint of ...

Film Opens New Markets

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February 27, 2005, ... order to meet these more demanding silicone bonding and release requirements, converters need to upgrade their silicone coating equipment significantly to add capabilities such as corona surface treatment ...

A Communication from the PLACE div. of TAPPI

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January 30, 2005, ... energy on substrates. The most obvious advantage for EB is the instant bonding characteristic. Commercial use in flexible food packaging has been slow due to the limited performance properties of the adhesives ...

Why Tension?

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January 30, 2005, ... as roller drag, inertia, and any web-roller bonding forces. These roller factors really start adding up (or subtracting) when you have a zone with ten or more rollers. There is a minimum tension needed ...

New Product Digest, Part 1

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December 30, 2004, ... are continuously stored in a data base, allowing navigation through the entire roll while inspection is running. Ultrasonic Bonding Technology Herrmann Ultrasonics, Schaumburg, IL; 847/985-7344; ...

Narrow Web Reporter

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December 30, 2004, ... mounting nameplates and for bonding relatively smooth surfaces. The 2-mil tape exhibits minimum 180-deg peel and loop tack values of 40 oz/in. and 32 oz/in., respectively. The tape, which uses a 60# polycoated ...

A Communication from the PLACE div. of TAPPI

(Flexpack)

December 30, 2004, ... aluminium foil even for a low methacrylic acid copolymer. For a closer look at the differences in de-bonding failure mechanism between hard and soft foil, high and low methacrylic acid, and changes ...

Coating & Laminating Special Report, Part 1

(Archive)

December 30, 2004, ... that produces ultra-thin capacitors for hybrid cars and a new machine that features three sputtering chambers. AET Films has introduced an upgraded polypropylene film that offers improved bonding characteristics ...

Coating & Laminating Special Report, Part 2

(Archive)

December 30, 2004, Robert Marsh continues to look at the future of coating and laminating. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 A Bright Future (cont.) Boats and Growth Steve Sedlak at ESK Ceramics ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

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November 29, 2004, ... vision software products and intellectual property as well as other related assets. Investments Initiatives Aid Bonding Systems ROCHESTER, NY—CODACO reports Johnson Polymer, Sturtevant, WI, has ...

Can This Lamination Be Saved?

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August 30, 2004, ... bond involves curing, whether chemical or added by outside energy, developing a stronger bond over time. Therefore, the most important period to deter delamination is just after initial bonding. In ...

Materials

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August 30, 2004, ... resin is suited for extrusion into film and sheet for use as a bonding adhesive between layers of glass, PC, or other dissimilar substrates. Company says the created composite is used in applications in ...

Reporter Clips

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July 30, 2004, ... assembly, bonding to EPDM rubbers, and for fabricating foam parts used in NVH applications, it is said to adhere well to low surface energy plastics, including untreated polyolefins. Adhesive reportedly ...

Materials

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June 29, 2004, ... include flatness and specially cleaned surface for excellent bonding. Available in a range of thicknesses (0.0004-0.006 in.) with widths from 0.040-13.80 in. Hybrid Adhesive Adds Speed National Adhesives, ...

Binary Blends of EVA and Metallocene Catalyzed Ethylene-a-Olefin Copolymers & Their Film Properties

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June 29, 2004, ... balance of processability during extrusion, heat sealability, and hot-tack performance due to long-chain branching and hydrogen bonding. The advent of single-site-metallocene type-catalysts has allowed ...

Products

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February 29, 2004, ...  Contech, Goddard, KS; 800/961-6449; contech-usa.com The AppliPhase HVA heat vacuum applicator reportedly provides total temperature control, assuring correct bonding of flexible backlight signage transfers, ...