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FPA Celebrates Excellence in Flexible Packaging

(Magazine)

February 28, 2001, ... metallized film to prevent it from drying out, while the graphic elements of the package required a bright, white, opaque film for best results. The combination of films, in conjunction with the high quality ...

Modifying Adhesives for Superior Performance

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February 28, 2001, ... was used in a production application to bond vinyl to foam. The line speed was relatively slow, and the adhesive was exposed to ambient air after exiting the drying ovens. Modulus development, solvent ...

Andreas Ahlbrandt Prize

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February 28, 2001, ... and president of Ahlbrandt Systems, GmbH. “During his long career,” Markgraf noted, “he made significant contributions to paper and film converting processes through inventions in bag production, drying ...

Odd Shape? Odd Substrate? You Might Try Pad Printing

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January 31, 2001, ... steps involved in pad printing are as follows: Step 1: Flooding the engraved plate with the ink: Pad inks are typically much slower drying than gravure inks, since the overall pad printing process is ...

Products

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January 31, 2001, ... technology (NIR) reportedly allows for the drying of inks on substrates without the barrier—a sealed outside layer of ink—formed by IR or warm air drying. According to co., this allows for the moisture ...

A Glossary of Descriptive Terms, Fourth Installment

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December 31, 2000, ... rate side to side. Lateral shifting also may be due to uneven drying and/or shrinkage forces acting on the web surface. Web steering is essential to maintain web tracking on the machine centerline when ...

Printer Helps Customers Manage Printing Needs

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December 31, 2000, ... produce a greater variety of products." The presses can be equipped with special add-on components that include units for coatings, pattern perforation, and UV drying, as well as traditional finishing ...

Controlling Your Web from Beginning to End, Part II

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December 31, 2000, ... as the first guide roll after a drying oven or any other zone in the thread path where the web may tend to tract away from the machine centerline. Web wander may be due to either induced internal or applied ...

Materials

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November 30, 2000, ... Unlimited Inc., Northvale, NJ; 201/767-6040; admtronics.com Wassar-Stat 730 aqueous overcoat's quick-drying feature reportedly enhances production speed with convection air oven dryers. The high-gloss, ...

What's New in Narrow We

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November 30, 2000, ... base, fast-drying marking inks. Two Adhesives Are Suited for Paper Industry Adhesives Research Inc., Glen Rock, PA; 717/235-7979; adhesivesresearch.com ARclad 7672 and 7824 p-s adhesives are designed ...

Coating Operation Starts a Tradition of Growth

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November 30, 2000, ... designing and assembling the coater/laminator was very much a joint effort of Venture and Dri-Tec, says Hammann. "Dri-Tec makes a great oven, so we decided to use their oven for the coater's drying facilities. ...

Some Causes of Blocking in Heat Seal CoatingsPart II

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October 31, 2000, ... when using heat seal coatings. The problem primarily addressed concerned processing conditions involving coating weight, drying conditions, and pressure of the coated roll as it was wound. This month' ...

The Formation of ''Microfoam'' in Water-Based Flexo Ink

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October 31, 2000, ... to be cleared. Problems encountered by these early users of water-based inks included slow drying rates, poor ink printability, low gloss, variable adhesion, pH instability, and, of course, foaming. ...

Coating Tech Center Is a Dream Come True

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October 31, 2000, ... variables in a single coating run. Forbes notes, "Our two-zone, 24-ft drying chamber operates on a combination hot air impingement/hot air flotation system. The impingement nozzles are located every ...

Directory of Pilot Lines/Labs M-Z

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October 31, 2000, ... rod Annual sales: Between $20 million and $35 million Technology Center features two technology platforms. The pilot line is designed to allow for the coating, drying, and laminating of a wide variety ...

Converting Industry News

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September 30, 2000, ... high quality coating capabilities. Webs up to 740 mm wide may be wound up to 500-mm dia on 3- or 6-in. cores. Drying ovens are capable of temperatures to150 deg C. For more information contact Yasui Seiki ...

A Glossary of Descriptive TermsSecond Installment

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September 30, 2000, ... easily when an incentive presents itself. Thus, significant static charge can occur on a dielectric material, especially one that is running over rolls in a coating and drying process. Driven rolls ...

Common Causes of Blocking in Heat Seal CoatingsPart I

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September 30, 2000, ... cause poor or zero adhesion. Excessive coating deposition easily can lead to blocking in the roll. Too much coating simply provides an opportunity for the material to squeeze out from the roll. Drying ...

A Q&A on Remanufactured Equipment: Is It for You?

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September 30, 2000, ... tolerances you need for today's demands. Q: What about the drying considerations of adding two more stations to an existing press? A: Existing drying systems usually can be modified to deliver the needed ...

What's New in Narrow We

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August 31, 2000, ... compact UV drying system is reported to eliminate significant heat buildup while maintaining the highest UV intensity. Co. adds that system features the most intense UV lamp system (3,420 mw/cm2) and has ...