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Achieving Quality and Controlling Costs for Silicone Release Coaters

(News | New Products)

July 31, 2022, ... properties or barriers are not compromised is crucial. Rigaku EDXRF (energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence) technology provides non-destructive coating or composition analysis for web applications. It ...

Mark Turano Appointed Senior Director of Sales, Lumirror Division®, Toray Plastics (America), Inc.

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July 26, 2022, Toray Plastics (America), Inc., recently announced that Mark Turano is now the Senior Director of Sales of the Lumirror® Polyester Film Division. Toray Plastics (America), Inc., recently announced ...

Sustainable Machinery Performance and Smart Factory Solutions Brought To You By Davis-Standard at K2022

(Upcoming Conference News)

July 24, 2022, ... to save space while offering outputs of at least 20 percent versus existing groove feed models, the SHO is engineered with a new gearbox, an optimized feed section and high-performance, energy-efficient ...

Quality Control Tips for Corona Treating

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July 17, 2022, Corona treaters prepare surfaces for printing, coating & laminating by increasing a film’s surface energy to enable wetting and adhesion. By Enercon Industries Corona treaters prepare surfaces for ...

Web Guiding Equipment for Tomorrow’s Demands

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July 10, 2022, ... produce would take far to long for this article. But in short, guiding equipment assures the quality of the finished product is everything from what PFFC represents to new energy Lithium-Ion battery production. ...

The Importance of Monomaterial Polypropylene Laminates in Flexible Packaging

(Bag Pouch)

June 26, 2022, ... the infrastructure to recycle is restricted. This can result in non-optimal end of life such as landfill, incineration or waste to energy. The misconception that flexible packaging cannot be recycled ...

There’s More than One Way to Treat a Film

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June 26, 2022, ... need to control dot size, so they have to control wetting. Usually that means “surface energy” although liquids can be pinned by roughening the surface. Abrasion to enhance roughness is not common, but ...

Achieve Higher Returns Thanks to Defect Classification

(Surface Prep)

June 05, 2022, ... focus is placed on conserving the environment and using energy and resources sparingly. For production to be sustainable, defect rates and waste need to be reduced to a minimum. However, ensuring a completely ...

Achieve Higher Returns Thanks to Defect Classification

(Surface Prep)

May 29, 2022, ... focus is placed on conserving the environment and using energy and resources sparingly. For production to be sustainable, defect rates and waste need to be reduced to a minimum. However, ensuring a completely ...

Material Properties, Testing & Applications: Part 2

(Converting Expert)

May 11, 2022, ... 4:1 ratio.  Note that the coupon must be long enough to extend past the top and bottom grips to facilitate ease of inserting and alignment to the grips. Toughness and deformation energy will vary ~ linear ...

Material Properties, Testing & Applications: Part 1

(Converting Expert)

May 11, 2022, ... #/in (PLI) or N/m.  Toughness is the area under the stress-strain curve up to the failure point. Toughness (aka Total Energy Absorption) has units of inch-pound-force per cubic inch (in·lbf·in−3)  or ...

AIMCAL presents 2022 Product of the Year, Technology of the Year and Sustainability Awards

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May 05, 2022, ... phase-change mat used to insulate attics in residential, commercial and industrial buildings and reduce energy costs for heating, cooling and ventilating by up to 50 percent. The 2022 Technology of the ...

Leveraging the Supply Chain Organization in Times of Crisis

(Foil)

May 04, 2022, ... conditions by replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy sources, alu-foil is now a key component of certain state-of-the-art batteries such as those used in electric vehicles, whose market is exploding. ...

Optimizing Contact Cleaning for New Web Applications

(Surface Prep)

May 01, 2022, ... caused by cleaning to the surface energy of the film should be negligible to avoid dewetting of the coating. Food and medical packaging applications, especially after the COVID pandemic, are concerned ...

Material Properties, Testing & Applications: Part 1

(Web Handling)

April 10, 2022, ... under the stress-strain curve up to the failure point. Toughness (aka Total Energy Absorption) has units of inch-pound-force per cubic inch (in·lbf·in−3) or joules per cubic meter (J·m−3). Toughness represents ...

Corona Treatment Considerations for Your Company

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April 03, 2022, ... steps to guaranteeing adhesion in your process? Klein: Guaranteed adhesion requires precise control of the material’s surface energy. In order to control the surface energy, understanding watt density ...

Atmospheric Plasma Treatment

(Surface Prep)

March 31, 2022, ... treatment of polymers and more. Both methods are used to modify a substrate’s surface energy to improve the adhesion of inks, lacquers, adhesives, and coatings. Corona treatment is the most the most popular ...

Web Industries Announces John S. Madej as Company President

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March 29, 2022, ... president and general manager of the Energy and Industrial Systems Business Unit. He was also the division president of the Engine and Industrial Filtration Division. For more than 24 years, Madej served ...

EFI Launches Enhanced Platform for Nozomi Single-Pass Inkjet Presses

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March 14, 2022, ... corrugated production. It delivers energy-efficient productivity, with virtually no volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions and up to 35 percent lower energy consumption than flexo printing. The press ...

Corona or Plasma – Which is Best for Your Process?

(Surface Prep)

March 13, 2022, ... the end of these chains where there is an oxygen molecule that you get adhesion. The overall lack of oxygen molecules in the substrate gives it low surface energy. This means that the liquid doesn’t wet-out, ...