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Trends | The Future of Package Printing

(Print)

July 17, 2013, ...  IML is a one-step package decorating method that integrates labeling directly into the forming process by essentially forming the container around the label and fusing the label to the resin. Regardless ...

Q-Med and Schreiner MediPharm Secure Medical-Cosmetic Products

(Label/Tape News)

July 01, 2013, ... code on the phone’s keypad or touchscreen. In a matter of seconds, the authenticity of the product and number of queries are checked, and the caller immediately receives an automated message informing ...

Labels | Market Update on IML & Sleeve Technologies

(Label/Tape)

June 03, 2013, ... with an update. Three technologies are currently employed—injection molding, extrusion blow molding, and—newly emerging—thermoforming. Globally, he showed, most activity is in injection molding, with ...

Microwaveable Package Brings Home the Bacon with Top Product of Year Award

(Metallizing)

March 09, 2013, ... over the 0.33 level of the next best performing low-e film. In addition, anti-reflective layers reduce the amount of rainbow, or oil slick, appearance traditionally associated with low-e window films when ...

TLMI Announces Winners of Eugene Singer Award

(Label/Tape News)

March 09, 2013, ... their work and strive to make us a top-performing company. To win this award, particularly considering the quality of the other TLMI participants, is really a testament to their efforts and hard work. ...

Eliminating Tin-Canning Rings on Your Wound Rolls

(Web Handling)

January 24, 2013, ... is forming). Theory would suggest a small diameter nip roller would reduce air with lower loads and less WOT and width contraction. However, a small diameter nip roller may need an extremely stiff design ...

Static Beat | Static Bar Spacing

(Static-Beat)

December 06, 2012, How far away can a static dissipater be mounted and still neutralize a web? Static charge can cause a number of problems in web forming, coating, laminating, and converting operations, including shocking ...

MACtac Adds to INDIE Line

(Label/Tape)

October 24, 2012, ... WS4050 and WS6000 presses. The test measures for runnability, or web handling and registration, ink adhesion, and blanket compatibility. The three-star rating is reserved for the best performing substrates. ...

On Print | Digital Print at Labelexpo

(Label/Tape)

October 24, 2012, ... Epson print engine. The ink containing the second react is printed, and it develops the intense black where it meets the first reactant, forming the mask. The plate is then exposed by UV light and washed ...

Vacumet Paper Improves Roll Quality with Goldenrod Chucks

(News | New Products)

August 02, 2012, ... is a company that is very much a ‘let’s improve’ environment,” said Lynch. “We are always focused on improving quality and reducing maintenance issues. When our traditional chucks weren’t performing as ...

Coating | The Movement Toward Thinner Films and Coatings

(Coating/Laminating)

July 30, 2012, As consumer and industrial products continue to feature smaller, thinner, and higher performing attributes, there has been a resulting shift in the coatings industry for these products. As consumer ...

Mamata Demonstrates Pouchmaker for Unsupported Films at Open House

(Bag Pouch)

July 02, 2012, ... pouch system has an option of up to four independent tension control areas including unwinding and forming; unwind nip, dancer, and insertion area of zippers and gussets; sealing in line with web; and ...

Ampac Pouches Are FPA Winners

(Bag Pouch)

May 21, 2012, ... top web and a semi-rigid forming web—the pouch is used with one hand by squeezing the opposite edges toward each other as the Easysnap sachet folds and “snaps” open, providing a simple but engineered ...

GN Thermoformer Saves Waste

(Green)

April 17, 2012, The cut-in-place GN760 plug-assist thermoformer from GN Thermforming Equipment is said to save energy and reduce web scrap   CHESTER, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA | GN Thermoforming Equipment offers the cut-in-place ...

Contract Converting Services Directory

(Uncategorized)

February 12, 2012, ... + Schroeder USA; Cary, IL; Sales Manager; 847-639-8443; www.us-hs.com | Company Buyers Guide Listing | The market leader in window patching equipment and tray forming machines. •  ...

Power Up with the New PFFC!

(Yo's Yarns)

October 18, 2011, ... of my forming the new corporation YTC Media Inc. Now that the press release featured on PFFC's homepage (click here for the full story) officially welcomes back our visitors–and with whom I wanted to share ...

Plotting Shear Wrinkles

(Web Lines)

August 21, 2011, ... should form on roller #2, forming initially on the loose side of the bending span then walking to the tight side. At this point, you should have a continuous diagonal crease generator. If you run paper ...

Surface Treating: Promoting Adhesion

(Surface Prep)

February 28, 2011, ...  Thermoforming Thermoforming, Spunbonding, Metal Coil Cleaning The views and opinions expressed in Technical Reports are those of the author(s), not those of the editors of PFFC. Please ...

Counting Clicks

(Magazine)

February 28, 2011, ... Cores from Deforming Leaf air shafts reportedly provide the ideal support for thin wall cores of 1½ in. or larger to keep cores from deforming during winding. Trapper leaf shaft models are available ...

Technical Report: A Rheology Lesson

(Coating/Laminating)

January 31, 2011, ... and forming in the equipment available to you is converting the polymer into a new shape where it is happy to stay. If not processed correctly, the polymer will want to move back to its original shape, ...