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EPA and printers join forces to evaluate inks.

(Magazine)

October 31, 1996, ... materials, such as volatile organic compounds? If so, what risk does it pose to press operators and the public outside the facility? Are the ink chemicals regulated? If so, meeting regulatory requirements ...

Label converter controls quality from the inside out

(Magazine)

August 31, 1996, ...  requirements." A participant in the 33/50 plan sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency, Walle was able to drastically reduce its levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) ahead of schedule ...

Taking the "magic" and the mystery out of treatin

(Magazine)

August 31, 1996, ... without an understanding of either chemistry or mechanics. Some substrates used in flexible packaging contain slip additives or other compounds that migrate to the surface with time. Such materials will ...

Partnering launches future growth in laminations

(Magazine)

August 31, 1996, ... "After all, we were just looking to gain a foothold." In the past, the Randolph facility had been accustomed to handling materials such as carbon black coatings, rubber compounds and fabric that, when ...

A look at the status of UV/EB curing

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June 30, 1996, ... properties not otherwise achievable with conventional materials. Much has been said about the "green advantages" of UV/EB curing. While it's true that the curing emits little volatile organic compounds ...

Congress is considering FDA reform bills

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May 31, 1996, ... Act's "zero risk" standard for cancer-causing compounds with a negligible risk standard. That clause prohibits approval of any food additive that is found to cause cancer in man or animals, regardless of ...

Independent Packaging: the "restart" of something grea

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March 31, 1996, ... customer specifications. Because the inks are solvent-based, a Demtrol Systems oxidizer is used to destroy all volatile organic compounds emitted by the presses. Another W&H press started up in early March ...

Regulation, competition drive the adhesives industry

(Magazine)

January 31, 1996, ... adhesives business is the Environmental Protection Agency's push to eliminate volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Due to these restrictions, the raw materials used as the basis for today's adhesives are very ...

KAPCO hits grand slam in pursuing custom markets

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November 30, 1995, ... Research Laboratory at the Univ. of Akron. The cooperating chemists recommended to Carter and Hildenbrand several suitable tacky compounds with which prototypes were made. Carter then tested the tube during ...

Cylinders and rolls - a quiet revolution

(Magazine)

July 31, 1995, ... for American Roller, Bannockburn, IL. He reports that nylon has replaced copper plating on rollers, and rubber rollers are constantly evolving, with new robber compounds being developed to improve on-press ...

Clean air rules are changing & you can have a say

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May 31, 1995, ... guidelines on methods for determining the capture efficiency of volatile organic compounds, which will have a major impact on production processes. * EPA's Common Sense Initiative (CSI) is potentially ...

Converter combines profit with environmental concern

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May 31, 1995, ... to conform to the latest available Air Technology specifications. To achieve this, the company would either have to capture and incinerate or recycle volatile organic compounds, or use ultraviolet curable ...

Interest in waste-disposal technologies at all time high

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May 31, 1995, ... which mandate significant reductions of particulate emissions, volatile-organic compounds, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides. In 1992, total spending in the air pollution control market in the US was ...

Printer responds to tougher environmental standards

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April 30, 1995, ... thermal incineration tend to produce high levels of NOx, which reacts with volatile-organic compounds to form udesirable smog. Of the options considered, volatile-organic-compound solvents in tandem ...

Reassessing market brings growth to this converter

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December 31, 1994, ... has no solvent, so it doesn't contain any volatile-organic compounds and, thus, doesn't pollute the air. According to Neal, ultraviolet ink has no volatile-organic compounds because it's a 100%-solid system. ...