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Faustel Tech Center Adds Yokogawa Sensors

(Controls)

April 08, 2014, ... Center features a 610-mpm, 600-mm-wide (2,000-fpm, 24 in.-wide) pilot line that incorporates all major coating and curing/drying capabilities. Company says the Technology Center allows converters to closely ...

FTA Forum Set to Debunk Flexo Myths

(News | New Products)

April 07, 2014, ... colors, measurement tools, taboo processes, anilox engraving, UV ink curing, ink temperatures, photopolymer plates, coating and laminations, and flexo versus competing print processes. “This session ...

Coating Matters | Under Pressure: The Damage Stress Can Do in Fluid Coating

(Coating Matters)

March 24, 2014, ... the solvent, stress free. When the curing system starts to remove the solvent, you start to look for something to hang onto so as not to float away with the evaporated solvent. This is when you attach ...

Defects in Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

March 24, 2014, ... team says it is. Once the fluid hits the substrate many things can happen – the substrate can wrinkle, air can be trapped, and curing can do more damage than good. The key is to understand where the defect ...

Z-Flute Boxes for Kitty Litter are Purr-fect

(Coating/Laminating)

March 08, 2014, ... corrosion. The ESD protection and bronze color of the inner layer is claimed difficult to duplicate while  securing authenticity. The structure enables parts suppliers to meet the 15-year storage-life ...

Top Five Things To Remember in Fluid Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

February 17, 2014, The development of coating, curing and converting for the fluid industry leads the individual process engineer in the direction of choices within boundaries. Do your operational choices allow for the future? ...

Coating Matters | I'm Done Coating...Now What

(Coating/Laminating)

February 17, 2014, To solve coating issues, you need to have a rudimentary understanding of curing technologies If you'd like to hear from Mark Miller's own lips rather than read his Coating Matters topic, "I'm Done Coating...Now ...

Slot Die DOs and DON'T

(Mark's Coating Matters)

January 30, 2014, ... systems, backing rolls, fluid delivery pumps, and curing stations to provide the end product. If only one of these items is understood and maintained, the whole system is at risk. You are only as good ...

FTA Offers Interactive Online Course

(News | New Products)

January 29, 2014, Course covers the basics of flexography, including markets, presses, inks, plates, curing, and more   BOHEMIA, NY | The Flexographic Technical Assn. (FTA) today announces the launch of a new, interactive ...

Label PRomotion | Shock Value: Yea or Nay?

(Label/Tape)

January 21, 2014, ... with a saucy PR campaign. Now, if someone really wants to get shocking, they could simply do the same thing without securing the celebrity’s legal agreement (not recommended except for those with an ...

Coating Matters | The 3 Stages of Product Development

(Coating/Laminating)

January 07, 2014, ... coating and curing a product, the key is to account for the equipment process and fluid/substrate product differences for your industry. In all cases the best place to start is with a rheological map of ...

Flint Group Announces Low-Migration Ink

(News | New Products)

January 06, 2014, Lithocure ANCORA for narrow web printing is said to offer high color strength and print quality as well as good curing properties   TRELLEBORG, SWEDEN | Flint Group reports it is expanding its range ...

Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2013

(Coating/Laminating)

December 30, 2013, ... EN 13432 and US ASTM D6400. Meeting industrial compostable standards, 90% of the material will be composted approximately 70 days after disposal. Little to no curing time is needed, which provides an optimized ...

Asia Pulp and Paper Releases Sustainability Report

(Paper)

December 08, 2013, An update on the Sustainability Roadmap: Vision 2020 shows that progress is being made on securing the future of Indonesian forests   JAKARTA, INDONESIA | Asia Pulp and Paper has released its fourth ...

Abusive Patent Litigation Bill Passes, Gets Bipartisan Support

(Yo's Yarns)

December 04, 2013, ... this morning, is being lauded for the protection it will provide merchants, retailers, and printing companies (to name only a few) in curing abusive patent litigation practices. Michael Makin, president ...

Mark Andy Honored for Innovation

(Label/Tape News)

November 10, 2013, Company takes home a FlexoTech International Print & Innovation Award in the Equipment Category for the ProLED UV LED curing solution   ST. LOUIS, MO | Mark Andy took top honors in the Equipment ...

IQDEMY To Debut Magnetic Levitation UV LED Printer

(News | New Products)

October 24, 2013, ... Vlad Mirchev, founder of IQDEMY. “Environmentally friendly UV LED curing is already employed in our Swiss series of printers and our patented magnetic levitation technology. We are so confident about our ...

Optimism, Sales Reported by CPP EXPO

(News | New Products)

October 23, 2013, ...  2709 Drying/Curing 967 Extrusions 457 Instrumentation/Guide/Controls 433 Package Printing Equipment 2082 Slitting/Rewinding 901 A number of exhibitors ...

Visualization for Improved Coating Performance

(Mark's Coating Matters)

October 17, 2013, ... the final product looks like off the winder. We can watch the fluid being coated on the web and after the curing step. What we cannot see is what is going on at the interface of the fluid and the substrate, ...

Coating Matters | Hot Melt Coating Technology, Part 1

(Coating/Laminating)

October 15, 2013, ... delivery of the adhesive to the substrate, different curing technologies may be required to lock-in the required properties of the adhesive. This may be as simple as a cooling drum or as complicated as ...