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EVAL Co. of America Opens New R&D Facility

(Archive)

May 23, 2004, ... development support for Kuraray customers, including customers of EVALCA as well as SEPTON Co. of America (SEPCA), which produces Septon thermoplastic elastomers. Says VP of EVALCA R&D and acting KRTC ...

AIMCAL Awards, Page 2, PFFC, March 2004

(News | New Products)

February 29, 2004, ... and backed with a 3-mil matte polyester release liner. A clear elastomer overlaminate follows to create a decorative, nonslip surface. The multilayer structure comes in various colors and holographic patterns ...

The Family Breadwinner

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2004, ... metallization. The laminate is coated with a permanent/removable adhesive and backed with a 3-mil matte polyester release liner. A clear elastomer overlaminate follows to create a decorative, nonslip surface. ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

November 29, 2003, ... metallic, and chemical materials used to initiate and control the polymerization process for various plastics, elastomers, and specialty materials, such as plastomers. According to the study, the polymerization ...

Meeting the Need

(Materials)

September 30, 2003, ... printability to prevent scuffing and rub off. Toray Plastics (America); toraytpa.com PFFC-ASAP 315 Kraton A polymers are said to be unique, high performance elastomers with extraordinary versatility ...

Materials

(Materials)

June 29, 2003, ... in all popular gauges and can be produced in sizes to 47 × 80 in. Elastomers Can Be Tailored to Your Needs Kraton Polymers, Houston, TX; 800/4kraton; kraton.com New family of polymers is said to offer ...

Products

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, ... the speed of flexible-lip adjustment. Elastomers Can Be Tailored to Your Needs Kraton Polymers, Houston, TX; 800/4kraton; kraton.com New family of polymers is said to offer an alternative to PVC. ...

International Flava

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, ... just a few of the warm greetings you are likely to hear among attendees and exhibitors at NPE 2003, called the world's largest plastics and elastomers show, which will be held June 23-27 at McCormick Place ...

Products

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... rolls designed to reduce or eliminate web wrinkling. A variety of rubber elastomers are available with physical properties said to endure strong solvents, excessive heat, and web hardness, mfr. says. Grooving ...

In Flexible Packaging, Barriers Are No Obstacles to Success

(Flexpack)

October 31, 2002, ... in the specification process, adds Jeff Wooster, value chain manager for flexible packaging in the North American Polyolefins and Elastomers business group of Dow Plastics, Midland, MI. “If a wet product ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

August 31, 2002, ... LA, USA—ExxonMobil Chemical Co. and Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding recently kicked off construction of a production expansion for metallocene ethylene elastomer products in Baton Rouge. The facilities ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, ... and converting services since 1958. ExxonMobil to Become Owner of AES HOUSTON, TX, USA—ExxonMobil Chemical plans to become the owner of Advanced Elastomer Systems (AES) by acquiring Solutia Inc.'s 50% ...

MD Wrinkle Formation Causes and Cures

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, ... film wraps essentially are locked in position relative to the roll core at these points. The lay-on roll elastomer covering is deformed more at these contact locations than it is in the balance of the ...

More Causes, More Cures For Web Scratches

(Magazine)

July 31, 2001, ... the driven roll should be made with a metal surface and the idler roll should be made with an elastomer surface. And, in order to achieve a uniform nipping pressure across the entire web width, the elastomer-covered ...

Polymers/Laminations/Adhesives/Coatings/Extrusions

(Magazine)

June 30, 2001, ... block copolymer. Styrenic block copolymers (SBC) are thermoplastic, elastomeric, materials that typically have a polystyrene endblock on both ends of a rubber midblock. The endblocks phase separate ...

A Proposal for Spreading Base Web During Melt Extrusion

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, ... would start before melt touchdown and continue around the cooling drum for however many degrees it takes for the melt to fully solidify. The spreading rolls would have to be covered with an elastomer that ...

Hot Melt Committee Holds Annual Symposium

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March 31, 2001, ... Elastomer With Amorphous Polyolefins In Hot Melt Sealants.” Robert S. Forsyth, retired, will address “Packaging And Hot Melt Packaging Adhesives: 50 Years Of Change And Progress.” The final paper of the ...

Web Handling...Making a Slitter/Winder Upgrade Work for You

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, ... bow) leads to abrasion of the bowed roll elastomeric covering and the unnecessary generation of debris. Also, running a bowed roll in this fashion will degrade the roll’s surface friction with the web ...

A Glossary of Descriptive Terms - Fifth Installment

(Magazine)

January 31, 2001, ... desired web speed. One roll should be covered with an elastomer, and the other should have a metal surface. The elastomer-covered roll must be crowned in order to produce a uniform nip footprint across ...

A Glossary of Descriptive TermsSecond Installment

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, ... original length when the tension is removed. Permanent web deformation takes place when the elastic limit has been reached or exceeded. Elastomer : A material that behaves like rubber but is made ...