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A Look at Laminating Inks

(Magazine)

April 29, 2005, ... Abrasion requires the use of PE waxes, fluorocarbons, silicones, or other lubricants to control resistance to packaging physical abuse. Water resistance typically requires careful selection of resins that ...

Materials

(Magazine)

February 27, 2005, ... cards. PC Films Show Off Graphics Coburn Graphic Films, Lakewood, NJ; 732/367-5511; polycarbonatefilms.com Claritex PC films for digital, flexo, or screen printing use conventional solvent-based or ...

Narrow Web New Products

(Magazine)

February 27, 2005, ...  The Trulyte doctor blade chamber features carbon fiber technology. Said to be precise, corrosion-resistant, very light, and easy to handle. It is interchangeable with existing company chambers and is ...

E-Clips Top 10

(Magazine)

January 30, 2005, ... in custom-designed, precision single and multilayer thin film coatings on various substrates such as PET, polycarbonate and others with clear and matte finishes available in gauges of 1–7.5 mil and widths ...

A Communication from the PLACE div. of TAPPI

(Flexpack)

December 30, 2004, ... Corona-treated hard foil and non-treated soft foil lead to almost the same adhesion with 9% EAA and carry the same amount of residual hydrocarbon on the metal foil. Beyond a threshold intensity, corona-treatment ...

Conductive Polymers Examined

(Magazine)

November 30, 2004, ... new technologies such as carbon nanotubes (fibrils) and inherently conductive polymers. For more information contact Freedonia at 440/684-9600 or visit freedoniagroup.com. US Conductive Polymer ...

Finding Our Footing

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, ... rod coating. He had a foundry in Rochester and made coating machines for waxing and carbon paper. Carbon paper was tissue paper with a hot coating of wax and ink that previously was smoothed out with brushes. ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, ... electromagnetic and radio frequency interference. Also contributing to the growth will be new technologies such as carbon nanotubes (fibrils) and inherently conductive polymers. For more information ...

New Product Digest, Part 1

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, New products from: Rotatek, HCI Converting Equipment Co., Maguire Products, Sterling Toggle, Battenfeld Gloucester Engineering, NexGen Enviro Systems, Pinnacle Converting Equipment, Davis-Standard, Agfa, ...

Coating Rods

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... was done in a blacksmith shop, rods were made of carbon steel bars wound with piano wire. The wire sometimes was wrapped unevenly on the core rod and would break during use. Early rods were inconsistent ...

Lasers Beam

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, Digital converting is on the verge of widespread adoption in flexible packaging applications due to compact carbon dioxide lasers. Digital converting is on the verge of widespread adoption in flexible ...

Products, Part 1

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ... on longer runs. Includes company's ProFire Excel imaging system. Portable Headspace Analyzer Mocon, Minneapolis, MN, USA; 763/493-6370; mocon.com The Pac Check Model 325 hand-held oxygen and carbon ...

Heidelberg to Show New Dymatrix Die-Cutter at Graph/Converting Expo

(Archive)

September 28, 2004, ... The gripper assemblies are made of lightweight carbon fiber for vibration-free sheet transport and precise die cutting. The resulting smaller mass also minimizes wear in the machine Horizontal sheet transport: ...

New Inks Have a High IQ

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... being developed that can be used to provide a visual inspection as to the package contents and the package freshness. This can include information about temperature, level of oxygen, ammonia, and/or carbon ...

On the Move

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... successful startup of its new production facility in Winschoten, The Netherlands. Polymer Valley Chemicals, Akron, OH, breaks ground on an expansion that will double the carbon black processing capacity ...

Products

(Magazine)

July 30, 2004, ... Kurz, Maxson Automatic, TAKK Industries, and Webex. Machinery, Accessories, Services Rolls Bear High Loads Webex, Neenah, WI; 920/729-6666; webexinc.com FeatherLight carbon fiber composite idlers ...

Removing Packaging Odors

(Flexpack)

May 30, 2004, ... objectionable odors, including (1) the use of anti-oxidants in packaging substrates to reduce the level of aldehydes and other odoriferous oxidation by-products; (2) molecular sieves; (3) activated carbon ...

Ritrama Reels in New Biz with Innovative Adhesive Coatings, PFFC, June 2004

(Magazine)

May 30, 2004, ... The company stocks a wide range of films in its two US facilities, which total 200,000 sq ft, including vinyl, polypropylene, polyester, polyethylene, acetate, Tedlar, polycarbonate, acrylic, cast vinyl, ...

Products

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... new field test results for Endurium industrial razor blades. Reportedly, results show blades outlast carbon steel blades nearly 13:1, while maintaining superior quality cuts. Results may vary based on ...

Bio Break Down

(Flexpack)

March 30, 2004, ... on temperature, humidity, microorganisms, and others. The basic materials are carbon dioxide and water. Thus, a biodegradable material is suitable for compost if, under commercial compost conditions, it ...