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Blanket Product Lines Will Cost More at Sun Chemical

(News | New Products)

December 04, 2011, ... on most blanket lines, effective January 1, 2012, due to continued increases in the costs of key raw materials such as textiles and rubber compounds. The blanket product lines affected by the price increase ...

Some Thoughts on Purging

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

November 09, 2011, ... of carbon, color concentrates, or any other additive used in the process. Various “purge compounds”, such as DuPont’s 6611, are commercially offered that purportedly abrade and scour polymer flow surfaces, ...

Holographic Technology: Pattern Pressing

(Print)

June 30, 2011, ... film, which is then detached and rewound. Cast & Cure is also environmentally friendly, since using UV inks and coatings ensures there are no undesirable and harmful volative organic compounds (VOCs) ...

Roll-Sleeve Film: Helping Shape Brand Identity

(Label/Tape)

May 10, 2011, ... shrink, or infrared tunnels. What’s more, solvents used for this welding process are non-flammable with low VOC (volatile organic compounds) emissions. Flexcraft Industries Inc., Newark, NJ, is a leader ...

Service Makes the Sale

(Flexography)

March 31, 2011, ... from Sullair to save power, and we have an Anguil RTO to eliminate our VOCs [volatile organic compounds]. “The combination of our new press coupled with our existing equipment makes Bison one of the ...

Surface Treating: Promoting Adhesion

(Surface Prep)

February 28, 2011, ... plasma discharge treatments of two dimensional web-based materials are rooted in observations that ion bombardment physically and chemically removes oxides and reducible compounds from surfaces, with many ...

Bowed Roll Is Adjustable

(Web Handling)

February 28, 2011, ... separating slit webs or eliminating slack edges, soft spots, and wrinkles. Rolls are offered in diameters of 1½ to 7½ in. with choice of cover compounds for a variety of applications including abrasive, ...

Green Converting: Recycled Roll Coverings

(Web Handling)

November 30, 2010, ... state, they would, because it could be used again to make new tires or other products. But rubber chemistry won't allow for that. What's New in Roll Coverings? Most of the approximately 20 rubber compounds ...

Green Converting: Leading the Pack

(Flexography)

August 31, 2010, ... l00 percent of the volatile organic compounds produced when printing versus other types of inks and coatings,” Hammer says. “And compared to aqueous inks, UV and EB inks use 50 percent less energy for ...

Optimize Web Handling

(Web Handling)

June 30, 2010, The apex of the Ajusta-Bow roll can be adjusted while in use to optimize web handling and performance. Said to improve web control by distributing lateral The apex of the Ajusta-Bow roll can be adjusted ...

Techniques to Prevent/Minimize Die Lines

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

April 28, 2010, ... polymer in the extruder to overheat and bake for 20-30 minutes. This in and of itself is devastating. When this happens, it is imperative to immediately purge the extruders with the proper purge compounds ...

Aerosol Procedure Combines Treating, Coating

(News Eclips)

July 07, 2009, ... is immediate, as the process does not require blending of compounds eliminating migration between film layers. The Calvasol process is versatile and supports a wide range of film thicknesses to increase ...

Rx for ER

(Flexpack Main)

April 30, 2009, ... nor do they tend to scalp compounds out of products.” With regulatory agencies continuing to press against the use of solvent-based materials (and those containing isocyanates) in pharmaceutical applications, ...

DuPont Completes Hurricane Ike Recovery at Texas Plant

(News | New Products)

March 03, 2009, DuPont’s (www.dupont.com) Sabine River Works plant marked the completion of the Hurricane Ike restart project. The site’s ethylene unit began operation the week of February 16 and was the site’s final ...

Bloomer Plastics Converts Custom Films

(Substrates)

February 28, 2009, ... acetate, acid copolymers, ionomers, ethylene vinyl alcohol, metallocenes, and other custom compounds. Markets served by Bloomer Plastics include packaging, graphic arts, protective films, automotive, metal ...

Eco Inks

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

December 31, 2008, ... ways, including their energy usage and the amount of VOCs [volatile organic compounds] they are releasing into the atmosphere, and inks do play a role.” Mike Buystedt, general manager-Midwest for Flint ...

A Host of Options for Brand Security

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

December 31, 2008, ... damage to consumer health that only compounds harm to a brand. Based on the potential for damage, converters may choose from a variety of covert and overt security technologies to mitigate the risk.  ...

Cartons Lighten Up

(Carton Box)

November 30, 2008, ... only chemicals that have low or no volatile organic compounds and reclaims all of them. It also uses plastic rather than wood pallets, and recycles the wood pallets it does use: a local outbound school ...

Web Coating: Process Characterization

(Coating/Laminating)

October 31, 2008, ... method. The figure to the right shows the major subsystems that need to be characterized. Raw Materials Raw material measurements are needed to ensure all compounds have the desired purity and they ...

Evonik Goldschmidt to Increase Prices for Organics and Silicones

(News | New Products)

October 01, 2008, ... and specialty silicone additives will increase up to $0.50/lb depending on the product. Organic products, including quaternary compounds, surfactants, amine derivatives and specialty organic additives, ...