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Will it Process?

(Extrusion Coating)

December 11, 2018, ... is followed the surfactant must be one that does not compromise wetting and adhesion properties. Multi-layered films as already mentioned are produced by co-extrusion, blown film or cast extrusion with ...

Coating Matters | Advances in Slot Die Technology for Hot Melt Adhesives, Part 1

(Coating/Laminating)

April 24, 2018, What differentiates extrusion, hot melt, and liquid coatings?   If you'd like to hear from Mark Miller's own lips rather than read his column, titled "Coating Matters | Advances in Slot Die Technology ...

Poly Ploys | Why Wine 'Cries

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

March 26, 2018, ... adhesive laminating, extrusion coating and laminating, printing, and other related processes. Surface tension is the force exerted by a fluid, of the force required to wet out a solid material. Different ...

Industry Predictions | TESTing Your Imagination

(Trends/Management)

December 27, 2017, Forward-thinking industry leaders submit their predictions for the gamut of converting topics, including counterfeiting, fluid & extrusion coating, recyclability, marketing, static control, adhesives, ...

Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2017

(Flexpack)

November 29, 2017, ... integrate a sealant layer through extrusion coating. The barrier coating may be metallized and extrusion coated. The films are designed for use as an outer layer in a two-ply lamination or as the middle ...

Toray Films Touted as Foil Replacements

(Flexpack)

October 23, 2017, ... extrusion laminations/coatings when compared with regular corona-treated films. Those characteristics eliminate the dissatisfying delaminated “pouch in a pouch” effect that can occur when a consumer opens ...

Blown Film | Which Applications Are Most Suited for 7/9/11 Layers? Part 3

(Flexpack)

August 02, 2017, ... 100 patents, further indicates that "Nanolayer coextrusions of nylon 6 and EVOH can be made with higher-than-standard blow-up ratios on a blown film line, which yield high-strength, crystal-clear film, ...

SAM Chooses Vetaphone for Surface Treatment

(News | New Products)

July 04, 2017, ... extrusion, coating, and laminating technology, has been working with Vetaphone for surface treatment solutions across a variety of substrates from PET to BOPP, Alu foil, and metallized film.  Joon Shin, ...

Blown Film | Which Applications Are Most Suited for 7/9/11 Layers? Part 2

(Flexpack)

June 05, 2017, ... lamination step. Figure 2 shows a typical five-layer coextrusion blown film line. Some might argue that the modulus of oriented polypropylene (PP)and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) films are greater ...

Blown Film | Which Applications Are Most Suited for 7/9/11 Layers? Part 1

(Flexpack)

May 03, 2017, ... equipment development, computer technology, process development, polymer chemistry, economic forces, market needs, and education all came together over time to yield what we now know today as modern coextrusion. ...

Show Preview | ICE USA 2017 Exhibits with InPrint USA in Orlando

(Trade Shows)

March 27, 2017, ... line to include ceramic replacement electrodes and the first of its kind, the JemmTron CRS100 Conductive Silicone Corona Treater Roller Sleeve. As a leading supplier to the extrusion and web converting ...

Sun Chemical Plans Eco-Friendly Display for INFO*FLEX

(News | New Products)

March 22, 2017, ... reportedly offer maximum color strength, low solvent retention, excellent adhesive and extrusion bonds, clean printing, and film versatility, and they are suitable for use with conventional and high-performance ...

Common Barrier Packaging Polymers—Their Functions & Applications

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

June 05, 2016, ... Vinyl Acetate (EVA) Moisture barrier Adhesion layer (tie layer) for coextrusion of polar (e,g., PA, PET-G) and non-polar (e.g., PE) or BOPP films Modified atmosphere packaging applied as coating ...

AIMCAL and SPE Continue Partnership

(Coating/Laminating)

May 23, 2016, ... participation for both organizations over the past two years,” says Donna S. Davis of ExxonMobil, who serves as general operating chair for SPE FlexPackCon 2016. “Bringing coextrusion and sealing fundamentals ...

Show Preview | Focus on Industrial Printing at drupa 2016

(Print)

April 28, 2016, ... 100% silicone at rates up to 2400 fpm (732 mpm).  Company's dsX line of extrusion coating, cast film, and blown film equipment is said to offer processors advantages in price, performance, and delivery. ...

Coating Matters | The Effects of Viscoelastic Behavior, Pt. 2

(Coating/Laminating)

April 25, 2016, ... engineer or operator has to understand the fundamentals of fluid dynamics and polymer extrusion. Both phenomena play a role in the complex world of hot melt adhesive coating. When viscoelasticity controls ...

Sung An Machinery Opens Coating Center in Korea

(Coating/Laminating)

March 24, 2015, ... Solution Coating Technical Center (SAMLab 3) at its headquarters in South Korea at the end of this year. It will be in addition to SAM's other technical centers, Extrusion and Printed Electronics. The line ...

Show Preview | ICE USA 2015 Returns to Orlando with Added Features

(Trends/Management)

January 05, 2015, ... steel for ease of cleanup and includes a mist removal system. In extrusion coating, Davis-Standard recently introduced the dsX flex-pack to support cost-sensitive flexible packaging applications. This ...

Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2014

(Flexpack)

December 29, 2014, ... to crazing on one side. The other side is corona treated for excellent bond strength in cold-seal adhesive applications and in extrusion and adhesive three-ply laminations. It is available in 60-ga (15-um) ...

PACK EXPO 2014

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

November 05, 2014, ... resin and compounding companies were there, ink suppliers, packaging material suppliers, glue suppliers, and converters.  The only group missing at the show were the extrusion equipment suppliers. I ...