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Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ... laminated cells, or “quilts,” that are designed to expand when exposed to microwave energy. On expansion, the quilts come into contact with the food products. This hot surface does double duty, driving ...

Climate Control

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ... jams presses and other equipment, leading to downtime and waste. We knew maintaining RH in the 40 percent to 50 percent range would make the problem go away.” Energy-Efficient System FLEXcon set three ...

New Products

(Magazine)

July 30, 2005, ... or special dimensions. Drive System Links Easily Siemens Energy & Automation, Norcross, GA; 770/871-3868; siemens.com The Synamics S120 universal modular drive system allows fully integrated motion ...

18 Ways to Cut Coating Costs

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, ...  #12 Energy consumption is a major cost factor, especially in the dryers. Check energy balances. Regardless if the source is gas, oil, or electric, major cost savings may be had in utilities if energy ...

A Cut Above

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, ... Connolly found the company’s services invaluable, allowing him to focus his energy on servicing customers. "We knew enough about what we wanted and how we wanted [the facility] to look, but we didn’t ...

New Product Digest, Part 2

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, New products from: Ashe Converting Equipment, Maxson Automatic Machinery, AccuWeb, Siemens Energy & Automation, Enercon Industries, Waddington Electronics, Totani America, Creo, Futec Europe, ISRA Surface ...

Materials

(Magazine)

February 27, 2005, ... High-performance tape also bonds well to low-energy substrates and offers good plasticizer migration resistance, company says. UV Screen Ink is Overprintable ANI Printing Inks, Plymouth, MN; 800/328-7838; ...

Glossary of RFID-Related Terms

(Archive)

February 27, 2005, A glossary of terms related to RFID technology. See RFID: Beyond the Mandate. A Active Tag—RFID tags with a battery or other integrated source of energy see Transponder. Amplitude—RFID signals are ...

New Products

(Magazine)

February 27, 2005, ... designed to process feeds of larger-sized portions than previous models. New capability results in increased average production rates and reduced energy consumption, company says, and in many cases, it ...

A Communication from the PLACE div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

January 30, 2005, ... curable laminating adhesives starting approximately four years ago. The low voltage equipment allowed efficient energy deposition in coating or adhesive layers while minimizing adverse effects of the EB ...

Products, Part 2

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ...  Models CP750 and CP1500 Clicker presses cut paper, corrugated, plastics, and more. Presses, described as laboratory quality, are said to be clean, totally pneumatic, and energy-efficient. PFFC-ASAP 425 ...

The Rx for RH

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... water. Since electricity is a high-cost source of heat, electric steam humidification usually has by far the highest energy costs. Maintenance costs to prevent buildup of corrosive residues on heating ...

Rise & Fall of Printed Film COF

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2004, ... will raise the COF of the printed film. In this case the corona treated film raises the COF by chemically oxidizing the surface components and increasing the surface energy of the printed film. This ...

New Products for the Converting Industry, PFFC, June 2004

(Magazine)

May 30, 2004, ... rotary screen. IR System Dries Efficiently Radiant Energy Systems, Hawthorne, NJ; 800/486-7786; radiantenergy.com The SFA IR air heater system dries coatings on micro-porous membrane films. Medium-wavelength ...

Products

(Magazine)

January 30, 2004, ... heat-generating IR energy for effective UV drying across a range of printing applications and substrates. The lamphead's four-segment reflector design directs UV light around the lamp body, said to increase ...

Products

(Magazine)

November 29, 2003, ... With a total power of 292 kW, dryer is designed to pass two webs through simultaneously at speeds of 6-600 fpm. Design is said to accelerate drying and help remove vapors, making the dryer energy-efficient. ...

Converter Panel Attracts Interest at Conference

(The Place)

September 30, 2003, ... packaging, film extrusion additives, hot melt pressure-sensitive adhesives, pilot plant facilities, knowledge management, extrusion coating pre-treatment, new developments in film, etc. High Energy ...

What's Ahead for Industrial Ink Jet

(Office Products)

July 31, 2003, ... inks and energy-curable inks. However, converters should make careful choices when selecting ink systems. They have to balance how efficiently the ink runs through a print system with how well the ink ...

Coex for Success

(Magazine)

June 29, 2003, ...  Coextrusion probably ranks very high as a noteworthy advance in the modern flexible packaging industry. With non-polluting adhesive systems and the use of high-energy-curing adhesive systems, coextrusion ...

Fit for Use

(Materials)

April 30, 2003, ... faster, then place it in a hot environment, and the additional thermal energy will permit the chains to move past each other faster. Or hit the polymer with the same force as the weight and it may shatter ...