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Lightfastness in Package Printing

(Process Management)

August 31, 2008, ... for Evaluating the Relative Lightfastness and Weatherability of Printed Matter covers the following conditions. Two involve exposure to natural daylight and five involve accelerated procedures in the laboratory. ...

People

(News Clips Archive)

August 31, 2008, ... northwest Indiana; and Shurtz Enterprises, Moraga, CA, owned by Tom Shurtz, is responsible for California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. The Flexible Packaging Assn., Linthicum, ...

Earth-Friendly Print

(Print)

August 31, 2008, ... For example, the PSG recommends evaluating the following factors: Materials and Supplies Analysis Part of the A to Z review PSG members carry out for customers looks at incoming supplies and tracks ...

Printing Partnerships

(Special Reports)

June 30, 2008, ... Such expert professional input in terms of an all-embracing evaluation of the product and its possible security issues is an essential preliminary to examining the available solutions, choosing the right ...

Idler Roller Bearings: Living the Good Long Life?

(Web Lines)

June 30, 2008, ... they are achievable if you consider a few real-world factors. Tend to these five factors and you too may see bearings lasting a decade or more. Size What is the right size idler bearing? The easy answer ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

(Narrow Web)

June 30, 2008, ...  PFFC-ASAP 311 Enhance Print With Coating Extreva CS3, developed with Utopia Digital Technologies, provides a surface designed to enhance the printing of polymer and plastic media on HP Indigo presses. ...

Dyne Levels Part 1

(Process Management)

May 31, 2008, ... addition, the different rates of water and alcohol evaporation are a fundamental problem. On low coverage decks, the ink is replenished slowly, and this leads to print defects due to dropping alcohol levels. ...

What's New Product

(New Products)

May 31, 2008, ... and no need for inerting. Said to retain adhesive properties even at elevated temperatures or when exposed to solvents. National Adhesives | 800-797-4992 | www.nationaladh.com PFFC-ASAP 422 Inks ...

The Flexo Process: Be Careful

(Flexography)

April 30, 2008, ... of stronger inks require the use of slower evaporating solvents to avoid drying in the anilox and on the plate after impression. Roto and litho print from a plane surface, whereas in flexo printing ...

Drying Part 3: Paste Inks

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

March 31, 2008, ... drying on the fountain system, press rollers, and blankets while drying quickly on the substrate, ensuring a wet-on-wet trap. Oil-based inks use a combination of three processes to dry: evaporation of ...

Trail Blazing

(Green Converting)

March 31, 2008, ... tool that allows suppliers to evaluate themselves relative to other suppliers, based on specific metrics of its packaging. Key points include CO2 per ton of production, transportation, recycled material ...

Mondi Debuts Biodegradable Packaging Solutions at Interpack

(News | New Products)

March 30, 2008, ... the Biopolymer hall 7a, booth 7aD08. Mondi is one of the pioneering companies that attach strategic relevance to bioplastics and are therefore taking a lead role in the development of sustainable packaging. ...

How To Choose the Best Adhesive System

(Archive)

March 25, 2008, ... to provide a better understanding of engineering decisions when evaluating adhesive systems for specific product needs. Engineering Relying on stereotypes, such as “acrylics always have lower tack ...

ALCAT Italy opens its doors for an open house

(News | New Products)

March 23, 2008, ... to 04/04/08) Nr. 1 Co-extrusion Coating Laminating machine mod. ALCAT / EXC-C2-LAM-600/150 Products to be extruded: PE, PP, PEMDL, EAA, EMA, EVA, Ionomers, HDPE, Linear PE Extrusion structure ...

Interflex Acquires UK Converter and Expands

(Archive)

March 20, 2008, ... will house its converting activities, including slitting, lamination, coating, pouchmaking, and bagmaking, as well as additional printing capacity. InterFlex also continues to actively evaluate acquisition ...

AIMCAL Elects New Board

(News | New Products)

March 19, 2008, ... Company, Saline, Michigan. He currently serves ESK as North American sales manager responsible for sales, marketing and technical support activities for evaporation boats used in the metallizing process. ...

Thermal Processing Technology

(Archive)

March 02, 2008, Koch offers four technology options for curing, baking, drying, preheating, degassing, dehydrating, aging, sterilizing, annealing, and more. EVANSVILLE, IN | Koch offers four technology options for curing, ...

Drying Part 2: Computer Simulation

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

February 29, 2008, ... ink to limit solvent emissions. The questions posed concerned what changes were needed in a water-based formulation to maintain existing line speeds. The simulator tracked evaporation of volatiles as the ...

Process Management: Drying Part 1: Liquid Inks

(Magazine)

January 31, 2008, In the next three columns, we will cover the basic mechanisms of ink drying. This month we look at inks drying primarily by evaporation and absorption In the next three columns, we will cover the basic ...

Melamine Revisited

(Coating/Laminating)

January 31, 2008, ... higher cycle times are achievable. The low coating temperature also makes it possible to coat temperature-sensitive polymers such as polyethylene, and unlike aluminum (Al) metallization, there is no ...