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Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

September 30, 2006, ... John Schmidt, “We intend to fully support PDI's legacy of innovation and will utilize CMD engineering resources and the CMD Technology to provide customized solutions for the marketplace.” Extrusion ...

If China Were Not To Blame

(PLC Probe)

August 31, 2006, ... a high price. Suppose a competitor markets an extrusion coating resin that provides excellent bond strength and good resistance characteristics. Rather than blame the competitor because he is taking ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

May 30, 2006, ... added many new performance requirements that are best attained by using novel high performance coextrusions incorporating metallocene polyethylenes (mLLDPE) and new unique grades of LDPE and HDPE. The ...

AIMCAL Paper Deadline Extended

(Archive)

May 15, 2006, ... systems, slot die/curtain coating techniques, extrusion coating, coating thin on metallized films, toll coating. Substrates and liners technology including new technology and performance, innovations, ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

April 29, 2006, ... dies effectively. Many other factors affect PPA conditioning but are beyond the scope of this study. The effect of die geometry on the ability of PPAs to coat or condition the die during extrusion has ...

A Communication of the PLACE div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

February 27, 2006, ... in the same laboratory representing metallized base film and corresponding extrusion laminations made using those base films. Data represent a twelve month period from March 2004 to March 2005. Actual ...

What's Really On the Surface

(Magazine)

October 30, 2005, ... line, and then rewinds it immediately as it exits the oven. After storing this coated roll, the converter then runs the primer-coated polyester through an extrusion line so the extrudate contacts the primer ...

Measuring Force

(Magazine)

October 30, 2005, ... differences typically noted by converters and end-users are when a structure changes from an adhesive to an extrusion lamination. Typically, values will drop from 300–500 gm/in. to 50–250 gm/in. in going ...

Pilot/Lab/Technical Facilities

(Magazine)

October 30, 2005, ... paper, paperboard, nonwovens, tissue Coating processes:: extrusion, slot die, spray Coating techniques: spray, slot die Annual sales: below $20 million No. of lab employees: 7 Adhesives R&D laboratory ...

An Exercise in Compliance

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ... of everything that happens during a converting operation. This includes coating, laminating, extrusion, printing, etc. Although doing a material balance might seem as if it would take considerable time, ...

A Menu for Thickness Control

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ... A heat-seal coating might require 3–5 lbs/ream for best results, but a primer on foil for use to accept an extrusion coating might need 2–3 lbs/ream. The normal procedure a converter follows is to evaluate ...

New Products

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, New products from: Soma Engineering, Kiefel Extrusion, Converter Accessory Corp., IST Metz, Esko-Graphics, Diamond America Corp., Proslit, Operon Systems, Polytype America Corp., Amacoil, Nexen Group, ...

CPP Expo 2005 Hosts Meetings

(Archive)

May 02, 2005, CPP Expo 2005 will host seven trade associations’ annual meetings and events. PRESS RELEASE PARAMUS, NJ—CPP Expo 2005 will host seven trade associations’ annual meetings and events including: TAPPI’s ...

A Look at Laminating Inks

(Magazine)

April 29, 2005, ... ink. However, if the process is extrusion, the water-resistance requirements may not be important. Some laminating inks that work well in one geographical region may not work as well in hot humid climates ...

Cleaning the Right Way

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... for hot melt products, and the like. This requires specialized attention as well, so personnel are not burned during the operation. Excessive heating of extrusion products or hot melt materials possibly ...

Hot Melt Adhesive Use

(Magazine)

February 27, 2005, ... adhesives. To use the adhesives, one must melt them. The melting process makes them less viscous and allows application by coating equipment, extrusion, guns, etc. All the possible application methods ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Magazine)

January 30, 2005, ... design, equipment building, and consulting services for retrofitting existing blown film lines. New equipment includes Macchi Extrusion Technologies, blown and cast film lines; Doteco, gravimetric blending ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, ... Industry News, Events & Activities Spring Will Bring Blown Film Line A new seven-layer Varex blown film extrusion line from Windmoeller & Hoelscher with Optifil P-2 auto gauge control is scheduled ...

New Product Digest, Part 2

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, ... film extrusion. The stand-alone unit will put back into a granule form up to 90 lbs/hr of HDPE, LDPE, LLDPE, or mLLPE and blends of trim feed and transfer the finished pellet back into a hopper for refeed ...

A Universal Film for Flex-Pack?

(Flexpack)

December 30, 2004, ... for the existence of a wide variety of combinations of plastic materials achieved through the lamination or coextrusion process. Composites made by laminating or coextruding also do not provide a universal ...