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Mouse Roars BUY ME!

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... outer sheets, and a 900-gsm sheet at 48-pt caliper." A plastic cover and attached handle allow repeated opening and closing as well as portability. With 360 deg of billboard space for graphics, this package ...

Advances in Coating

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... of substrates and coating weights to be measured. These include beta transmission, contact and noncontact caliper, gamma backscatter near infrared, X-ray transmission, and X-ray fluorescence. Coating ...

A King of Shrink Contender

(Flexpack)

March 30, 2005, ... attractive for film webs, says Seuss, as it allows Color Craft to compensate for caliper variations or gauge bands due to print buildup or laminations in the product since each web is being wound at its ...

PFFC Worldwide Special Report on Release Liners, part 1

(Archive)

October 30, 2004, ... that's been in progress for the last 20 years, with liners showing an 8%-10% reduction in caliper. Today, the end-user (whether of label stocks or industrial tapes) is more aware of the components that ...

Optimum Release

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... film is gaining further ground. Reduced caliper means there are more feet per lineal roll in addition to lower costs. Many factors must be considered in selecting a liner and the right release coating ...

Materials

(Magazine)

March 30, 2004, ... for flexo printing. Caliper of 4 mils makes product ideal for folding coupons, company adds. Splicing Tape Can Take the Heat Scapa North America, Windsor, CT; 860/688-8000; scapatapesna.com A heavy-duty, ...

Northwest Converter Trojan Litho Installs Korber PaperLink's SHM 1450 Sheete

(Archive)

March 08, 2004, ... consists of about 80% SPS with a caliper range of 10 point to 30 point - “which the SHM 1450 exceeds on both ends of the scale - and 18% recycled stock," he explains. According to Körber, the remaining ...

Coating and Laminating: At the Heart of the Packaging Industry

(Magazine)

January 31, 2004, ... labels per roll, and print-friendly topcoatings on paper stocks enable lower grades and calipers to be used. Adhesive formulations now favor emulsions and hot melts, with the new UV hot melts approaching ...

Materials

(Magazine)

January 30, 2004, ... Roll Express program in both 7.5- and 10-mil thicknesses, it's available in almost any caliper from 2-12 mil in white or natural color. Synthetic Paper for IML Use Yupo Corp. America, Chesapeake, VA; ...

Converter Panel Attracts Interest at Conference

(The Place)

September 30, 2003, ... challenges for running a lighter basis weight or thinner caliper that are at least as difficult for web handling as for web manufacturing. “These challenges may not be as familiar as more commonly known ...

Performance: Making Life Better for Converter & End-User

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... that would do so, without sacrificing die-cutting qualities. First, the properties were identified that a converter and end-user would most appreciate in a release liner: Optimal caliper for the ...

Winning with Covers

(Folding Cartons)

August 06, 2003, ... converters is, "Just how do you work with heavyweights?" Heavyweight papers—also called "covers"—are defined as 120lb. and heavier on a 20 x 26–500 basis. Always consider the caliper, or thickness, in ...

Retrofitting Older Sheeters

(Archive)

June 30, 2003, ... the need to adjust for squareness. Maintenance — Older single rotary, fixed-bed knives require a great deal of blade maintenance, especially when running high calipers (greater than 0.028 in.) or ...

Avery Dennison Adds SynCarta BOPP to Fasson Rapid-Roll Line

(News | New Products)

June 04, 2003, ... (BOPP) films are highly engineered synthetic media available in C1S matte and ultra-high-gloss finishes. Four calipers are inventoried—7 & 10 mil gloss/gloss and 7 & 10 mil C1S matte/gloss—and all are ...

Winding Better Rolls

(Archive)

May 31, 2003, ... throughout the index cycle. Q: Where do roll diameter variations come from? A: The cross-web caliper variations and slit edge quality create roll diameter variations. Winding conditions and material ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, ... brightness and caliper which will affect the printing process; to work closely with their ink suppliers in managing, blending, and maintaining consistency in a far greater diversity of ink colors (FDA ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, ... applications. C1S boards are available in 8- and 9.3-pt calipers. The boards feature a triple-coated top side and surface-sized reverse side. This coating and sizing combination is said to provide a smooth ...

Materials

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... Available in 5-, 7.5-, and 10-mil calipers. Vinyl Shrink Film Safe for Pharma Uses Klöckner Pentaplast of America Inc., Gordonsville, VA; 540/832-3600; kpfilms.com Pentapharm M576/41 vinyl shrink ...

Cinching Belt Tightening Gone Bad: Part One

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... the roll's traction; therefore, there is no traction left over to oppose any internal lateral forces from crossweb nonuniformities such as caliper variations or skew. Crepe wrinkles: Inertial cinching ...

Differential Rewinding: Part One

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, ... to simply pull out the bagginess, are more likely to need differential winding for baggy webs. Differential winding also is needed when caliper variations create significant diameter variations. Surprisingly, ...