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Coating Matters | The 3 Stages of Product Development

(Coating/Laminating)

January 07, 2014, ... of Product Development," click on his podcast below: three-stages-of-product-development Process development is taking a product concept through three stages of development: lab scale pilot scale ...

IHMA Praises New UK Banknotes with Holograms

(News | New Products)

January 06, 2014, ... notes. “Holography is an effective weapon in the battle to thwart banknote counterfeiters and fraudsters,” says Ian Lancaster, IHMA’s general secretary, “and it has evolved to become an important feature ...

Coating Matters | Intermittent Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

December 16, 2013, ... Coating," click on his podcast below: intermittent-coating The world has gone patch coating crazy! Batteries, pharmaceuticals, even adhesives. The interest in reducing waste and providing functional ...

Cortec Produces Multimetal Corrosion Protection Paper

(Paper)

November 12, 2013, ... insert strips for recessed areas in large packages, and as sheet liners or separators between products. Typical applications are: metal producing, metal forging and die casting, metalworking, finished ...

Herma Material Suited for Wine Labels

(Label/Tape News)

November 05, 2013, Addition to the HERMAexquisite line is a cast-coated, high-gloss paper said to provide good print quality and wet opacity   FILDERSTADT, GERMANY | Herma announces an addition to the HERMAexquisite ...

Nordson Introduces Polymer Processing Systems Group

(Flexpack News)

October 28, 2013, ...  • Nordson XALOY, New Castle, PA, manufactures components and melt delivery systems for injection molding and extrusion machinery, including barrels, high performance screws, pre-assembled plasticating ...

PCI Reports BOPP Demand Is Returning to the West

(Flexpack News)

October 09, 2013, ... packers, and the maturity of the market. Growth in European markets at 1%/annum, and offsetting declines in West European BOPP film demand, has come from the greater use of cast polypropylene (CPP) film ...

On Print | Impact of 3-D Printing on the Converting Industry

(On Print)

September 26, 2013, ... oven is sufficient for the process. For UV-cured, there are many monomer families, to which a useful range of standard thermoforming and casting polymers have been matched. With multihead printers, several ...

Multilayer Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

September 23, 2013, ... click on his podcast below: multilayer-coating What do you do when you want to have more than one functional layer on a given substrate? Oh yeah, and you want to lay each layer down at the same time… ...

Macro Engineering & Technology Redesigns Extruder

(Flexpack News)

September 21, 2013, ... extruders into all multilayer, blown film, cast film, and biaxially-oriented shrink film lines. The compact extruders are said to be particularly well suited for bi-oriented film lines for sausage casing ...

NDC Products Aid Ion Battery Web Gauging Applications

(Coating/Laminating News)

September 07, 2013, ... entire process, beginning with the wet cast film and after the first biax stretch. The FG710S can be configured to measure the coextrusion components of multilayer film products. Company’s Gap Exclusion ...

LAB/PILOT/TECHNICAL FACILITIES DIRECTORY

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August 31, 2013, ... films and sheets in a simple and economical manner. Laboratory extrusion is equipped with  a twin screw unit for the production of necessary cast films followed by examination. Chemical and film laboratory ...

LAB/PILOT/TECHNICAL FACILITIES DIRECTORY

(Uncategorized)

August 31, 2013, ... films and sheets in a simple and economical manner. Laboratory extrusion is equipped with  a twin screw unit for the production of necessary cast films followed by examination. Chemical and film laboratory ...

Coating Matters | TWOSD

(Coating/Laminating)

August 19, 2013, ... on his podcast below: coating-matters-twosd What?!? Don’t you love acronyms? I personally get along with TLAs (three-letter acronyms), but FLAs? It is a bit much. TWOSD, or Tensioned Web Over Slot ...

Macro Redesigns CenterPack Coex Die

(Film Mfg.)

August 12, 2013, ... 4:1) while reducing residence and purging time by 40%–50%. With these upgrades, the new CenterPack die is now capable of processing both blown and cast film grade resins without any interlayer clarity ...

Market Trends | Profile of North American Label Industry

(Label/Tape)

August 12, 2013, ... in high-value, specialist areas like security and durables labeling), although the “new” technologies—sleeving and in-mold—are forecast to grow faster in the medium term. Glue-applied labels: the industry’s ...

Diamond Packaging Wins Four FSEA Awards

(Carton Box News)

July 22, 2013, ... Alternating metallic gold and green colors on the decorative flower-top closure complete the presentation. The second Bronze Leaf award was for the “Best Use of Film Casting (Cast & Cure)” category for ...

Saudi Arabia Welcomes Big Packaging Show

(News | New Products)

July 09, 2013, ... bags, sacks, and more. Visitors will see anti-static equipment, coaters, laminators, digital solutions, print inspection, ink viscosity/pH controls, flexo presses, inline cast and cure equipment, foiling ...

Labels | Market Update on IML & Sleeve Technologies

(Label/Tape)

June 03, 2013, ... the Asia Pacific region growing fastest; and in the medium term, the market is forecast in the medium term at 2.2%. Lively panel discussion looks to the future AWA’s President/CEO Corey M. Reardon ...

Coating Matters | Fluid Flow Phenomena

(Coating/Laminating)

May 14, 2013, ... Flow Phenomena," click on his podcast below: fluid-flow-phenomena When a fluid hits a substrate, pushing through the barrier of air, the fluid tends to flow predictably. This phenomenon is a function ...