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(Magazine)

November 29, 2003, ... quick and objective evaluations of reel hardness, profile hardness, and the variations of hardness in rolls, with high resolution and easy reproducibility. User-friendly electronics display the measured ...

PLACE Recognizes Best Entries from Recent Conference

(The Place)

October 31, 2003, ... and Jennifer Lee of Queen's University discussed “Binary Blends of EVA and Metallocene Catalyzed Ethylene-alpha-Olefin Copolymers and Their Film Properties.” Roswell E. King, III, of Ciba Specialty Chemicals ...

Structured for Success

(Unprinted Rolls)

October 31, 2003, ... properties desired, selection of raw materials to achieve those properties, trials of different coating methods to make the final product, customer evaluation of those trial products, and refinement of ...

TAPPI Sponsors Smart Packaging Event

(The Place)

October 31, 2003, ... Vegas, Nevada. Providing practical information to the converting and packaging industries —a Communication from the Polymers, Laminations, and Coatings Div. of TAPPI TAPPI is sponsoring the Intelligent ...

Converter Panel Attracts Interest at Conference

(The Place)

September 30, 2003, ... Lee of Queen's University spoke on “Binary Blends of EVA and Metallocene Catalyzed-alpha-Olefin Copolymers and Their Film Properties.” They examined the effect of blend composition on rheological properties, ...

New Market Study on Asia

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... and medical. It evaluates material trends in terms of base papers and films, silicones, and raw material prices, as well as detailing current market structure and preferences. Present and future opportunities ...

Performance: Making Life Better for Converter & End-User

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... properties, evaluating for clean die-cutting through 2.6 mil PP facestock — purposely selected because of the unique die-cutting challenges it presents. Layflat Improved Tests were conducted using ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, ... Services SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA, USA—The Graphic Communication Institute (GrCI) at Cal Poly is offering a full range of testing, research, product evaluation, and consulting services. Upgrades include ...

A Look at Adhesion Increase in Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives

(Tapes)

August 31, 2003, ... gives the initial value for adhesion. Tests on strips aged at room temperature and at 150 deg F or another elevated temperature for 24 hr and 1 wk give an indication of the rate of increase of bond and ...

Products

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, ... waste. Evaluate Print Quality at Every Step Quality Engineering Assoc. Inc., Burlington, MA; 781/221-0080; qea.com The Flexo IAS portable instrument for print quality evaluation uses state-of-the-art ...

Products

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, ... Machinery, Accessories, Services Test Dynamic Pressure Tekscan Inc., Boston, MA; 617/464-4500; 800/248-3669; tekscan.com The I-Scan system is a diagnostic tool that evaluates, views, and measures ...

Testing Equipment: Does Your Lab Measure Up?

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, ... integrity, eliminates operator error, and gives the tester more choices in evaluating results, including kinetic COF readings,” he says. Horizontal bed COF testers square the sled perfectly, allow the ...

Phthalo Green: How Can You Tell If It's Always the Same

(Materials)

June 30, 2003, ... is introduced at an elevated temperature and the melt cooled. Grinding the pigments in the presence of soluble salts, which can be washed out in the purification process, can produce particles of uniform ...

A Small Part of Big Performance

(Materials)

June 30, 2003, ... adhesives, hot melts achieve solid state and strength by cooling — as opposed to solvent evaporation or removal.) Morely adds hot melt development also has been affected by the need to eliminate “chemicals ...

Coex for Success

(Magazine)

June 29, 2003, ... show up more frequently in the United States and in more large-size liquid container boxes that have been prevalent in Europe for some time. I think another application that will continue to grow is the ...

SunSure: Sun Chemical InkSure Partner to Combat Counterfeit/Diversion Losses

(News | New Products)

June 12, 2003, ... customization efforts. "InkSure will be able to use a number of Sun Chemical's relevant R&D and operational capabilities for customization and development work," adds the ink mfr. Says Richard Pettifor, ...

Products

(Magazine)

May 31, 2003, ... Omnitherm Simulator lets companies that use IR, convection drying, or hot air impingement for wide web drying applications evaluate high-speed RF drying and determine suitability. This is said to eliminate ...

Defoamers or Antifoamers? How Best to Combat Foam

(Magazine)

May 31, 2003, ... for testing, or they can perform tests on aqueous products a converter sends to them. Taking advantage of such services during initial evaluation of new water-borne materials will attack a potential ...

Materials

(Materials)

May 31, 2003, ... rub resistance. Paper Has Many Qualities of Film Contract Converting LLC, Greenville, WI; 800/734-0990 Co. is a stocking distributor of Prevail paper, said to have the toughness and water resistance ...

Model Behavior

(Archive)

May 31, 2003, ... of the simulation. Models also may be used to test production conditions that may not be attainable in the pilot plant. This allows evaluating the effectiveness of new equipment before making an investment. ...