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Taking the measure of surface treatment is a learning process

(Magazine)

August 31, 1996, ... of the WCAT method point to a number of "advantages" over the more traditional dyne tests: It can test practically any material, can be used for time studies of corona treatment aging, can be used to quantify ...

Gauging system lights the way

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August 31, 1996, ... Lamps are die-cut from the roll-form product to exacting tolerances using precision steel rule dies. Depending on the lamps' ultimate use, they can be encapsulated to protect the phosphor from moisture. ...

Web-inspection system supports label operation

(Magazine)

July 31, 1996, ... by Water Ink Technologies. Dies are from Rotometrics. Luranc explains the importance of the company's early concentration on data processing labels and its later development of laser and thermal transfer ...

A look at the status of UV/EB curing

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June 30, 1996, ... "The Status of UV/EB Curing in North America - 1996," was offered by Kenneth Lawson, president, DSM Desotech Inc., Elgin, IL. Lawson explained that in 1991, 1993, and 1995 he chaired studies conducted ...

Coextrusion: making the equipment fit the need

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June 30, 1996, ... melt temperatures before the film exits the die. Unique Approach is Developed Extrusion Dies Inc. (EDI) recently developed the Multiflow V manifold design for the advancement of flat coating, film, ...

Flexo label printer grows by leaps and bounds

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April 30, 1996, ... and are still in operation. Water-based inks are supplied by Werneke and Environmental Inks and Coatings Corp., and dies are from Rotometrics. Vinyls, mylars, and laminates are purchased from FLEXcon, ...

Pay attention to flash points, and you won't get burne

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March 31, 1996, ... the flash point. Compliance with the rules imposed by insurers and local governing bodies often limits storage of products below a certain flash point. These stipulations may concern the location and quantity ...

New hot stamper does more for short runs

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February 29, 1996, ... the fold line, die-cuts the J hook hole (with dies from Baker Die Works), and sheets the card to a 5-in. length. Production speeds exceed 6,000 parts/hour, and, says Stearns, "We can achieve a much richer ...

Pollution and politics: how green will the new year be?

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January 31, 1996, ... to former municipal landfills, and parties who sent waste to oil and battery recycling facilities prior to 1987. The Oxley bill also repeals the preference under the current law for remedies that focus ...

Label maker modifies tried and true business form

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January 31, 1996, ... Rotometrics dies. Inks for both the facestock and liner are supplied by Werneke. Web Label currently prints the back of the labels in five different colored polka dot patterns. The 6 1/2-in. web runs ...

"Partnering" helps get press up to spee

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November 30, 1995, ... embossing machine and an Onda hot stamping press. The company has more than 1,000 dies in its die library, most of them from Rotometrics. While "partnering" is an industry buzzword today, Ed Decker practiced ...

KAPCO hits grand slam in pursuing custom markets

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November 30, 1995, ... press (Lenexa, KS), using dies from Ameri-Die (Wadsworth, OH), followed by one-color, heat-transfer printing on equipment from George Knights & Co. (Brockton, MA). Zavracky explains that in order to ...

Die-cutting developments continue unabated.

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September 30, 1995, ... is resulting in a better, less expensive product for all converters, and it's not going to stop here. What do you want your cutting dies to do? That's the key question, because today's dies have evolved ...