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Release Papers: New Trends Are Driving the Market

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May 31, 2000, ... to do this retrofit. Adding On to Subtract Costs Trend 4: An increasing number of label printers are installing ultraviolet silicone curing units, and even adhesive and laminating equipment, on ...

Seventy-Five Years and Counting for Bancroft Bag

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February 29, 2000, ... a UV curing station, and like Bancroft's other presses, is capable of in-line slitting. Dennis Pace says the decision to buy the Stellaflex also came out of customer demand. "We're in an unusual position ...

Cartonmarker Adds Flexo to Give Customers a Choice

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February 29, 2000, ... the die-cutting equipment. The UV-curing system is supplied by Fusion Aetek. Gluers are manufactured by Vega and International Paper Box Machine. Colbert relies on four mills-Inland Eastex, International ...

Specialty Products Are Custom Made in the U.K.

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January 31, 2000, ... coating with in-line UV (ultraviolet) curing. Draper explains, "We purchased a new Bematec slot-die coating head and engaged T.H. Dixon to build a machine-to our specification-around the head. The Dixon ...

Bringing a New Dimension to 3-D Imaged Packaging

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December 31, 1999, ... for special inks and curing modes so the final image will set properly on the substrate and keep the heat-sensitive lenticular plastic from warping. Says Jacobsen, "Print register and alignment to the lenticules ...

Partnering launches future growth in laminations

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August 31, 1996, ... curing reaction begins. A 10-kw Compak 2000 Series Enercon treater power supply is positioned before the coating head. Substrate constructions used in the lamination process for the wire and cable industry ...

Gauging system lights the way

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August 31, 1996, ... is subsequently attached. Then, the coated substrates pass into a drying oven for curing. Finally, the two coated substrates are laminated together to produce the finished BKL roll-form EL material. ...

Aqueous adhesive systems: giving credit where it is due.

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July 31, 1996, ... snack food packaging. With the advent of epoxy and amine curing systems with advanced acrylic copolymers, performance improved enough to extend the use of the aqueous systems to more demanding applications ...

UV/EB technology moves ahead with the times

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June 30, 1996, Converters have been fueling the growth of the ultraviolet-curing industry at a rate of 20% per year for the past ten years. George Pasternack, manager Converters have been fueling the growth of the ultraviolet-curing ...

A rather narrow-minded view of wide web printing.

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May 31, 1996, ... in as little as an hour. It features a compact, integrated design and can be run by one press operator for conventional printing as well as optional ultraviolet curing. He notes that PCMC's engineers designed ...

Green Bay gears up for specialty labels

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May 31, 1996, ... to film, film to polycoated paper or film to paper labels. To eliminate heat-induced distortion of film liners, the machine uses ultraviolet curing for the silicone release coating. The first coating ...

Water-based adhesives meet just-in-time demands.

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March 31, 1996, ... that will not only meet converters' requirements for faster turnaround times but also meet tightening environmental regulations. One such development has been the introduction of fast-curing, water-based, ...

Trim system in India to be first to handle sugarcane paper.

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March 31, 1996, ... low styrene emissions, not only in the static or curing stage but also during lamination. They also maintain the physical properties of existing high-standard products, especially with regard to product ...

Innovation is a winner in FPA competition

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March 31, 1996, ... heat-seals the ends, and cuts the joined packets into individual strips. Polyester prevents bleed-through of the epoxy resin or the curing agent that was used in this product. A shelf life of one year ...

For adhesives or coatings, ask the right questions

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February 29, 1996, ... recommendations from the manufacturer for amount of dilution, deposition weight, drying temperature, curing conditions, and similar considerations. The supplier will have run the product in developmental ...

Custom coating operation is a clean winner

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February 29, 1996, ... to convert a single product. An ultraviolet curing unit is located after a thickness gauge to ensure proper drying, and a portable IR drying unit is available for applications that are sensitive to air ...

Two-component adhesive system eliminates mixups

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June 30, 1995, Minneapolis-based CSD/WestPac Division solves unpredictable moisture-curing problems by switching to a two-component laminating adhesive that allows total Minneapolis-based CSD/WestPac Division solves ...

Company develops line of cost-saving packaging

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March 31, 1995, ... 7896 was crosslinked with Boscodur 21 curing agent which upgrades the basic adhesive properties. Bostik was able to formulate its 7896 polymer to maintain its high-bond strength even under the stress ...

Coating system provides lustrous results.

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February 28, 1995, ... unit, a second coating tower and an extended delivery. A combination of infrared dryers, hot-air knives and ultraviolet-curing systems are placed throughout the system to accommodate the needs of coating ...

Calibration fixture measures UV light source

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February 28, 1995, The SS5107 calibration fixture directly measures ultraviolet-light source performance on light-wand-equipped curing systems. The liquid light guide for The SS5107 calibration fixture directly measures ...