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- PTI Calculator for PET Blends Is Offered as Free App
- (Controls)
- November 08, 2011, ... launched a new free app that calculates the intrinsic viscosity (IV) of PET resin blends via a two-step process. The PET Blend Calculator is available on iPhone/iPad and Android platforms. The company ...
- Static causes 6 kinds of waste
- (Kelly on Static)
- October 27, 2011, ... that are not creating customer value are waste. Here are seven forms of waste: 1. Transportation is moving product without transformation. This is factory lay-out and material flow issue where static ...
- Plotting Shear Wrinkles
- (Web Lines)
- August 21, 2011, ... you are ready to wrinkle. Start with a known web, speed, and tension, and the rollers aligned. Now misalign the #2 roller, bending the web between rollers 1 and 2 until a wrinkle forms. The shear wrinkle ...
- Prism Group Holdings Acquired by EFI
- (News | New Products)
- August 02, 2011, ... “EFI Prism”), but will no longer offer it to new customers, offering instead, four ERP/MIS platforms: EFI Monarch, EFI Pace, EFI PrintSmith, and EFI Radius. In addition, EFI intends plans to support ...
- Static Beat: Why Static Is Worse at High Speeds
- (Static Elimination)
- July 31, 2011, ... as in Equation 1. For example, a film carrying a high static charge density of 10 µC/m2 at 10 m/s (~2,000 fpm) has an electric current of 100 µA/m. Our clean, well-maintained static bar performs well ...
- FlexSol Packaging Grows with W&H Blown Film Line
- (Flexpack News)
- July 28, 2011, The Nashville, TN, facility of FlexSol Packaging, a wholly-owned div. of Lyndhurst, NJ-based Sigma Plastics Group, will accommodate growth with the installation of a high-output, five-layer VAREX line ...
- Military Decoration
- (Inks/Coatings/Primers)
- July 13, 2011, ... cans was created by noted artist Dick Kramer. As the cans are chilled to 50 deg F, the color of the uniforms transition from desert camouflage to artic blue. The collaboration with Monster Energy launches ...
- Brand Security Innovations Technical Report: Tamper Evidence
- (Print)
- June 30, 2011, ... in response to the efforts of fraudsters. The three major solution platforms employed today are as follows: Devices for visual authentication of a product (with the naked eye or with a scanner of some ...
- Holographic Technology: Pattern Pressing
- (Print)
- June 30, 2011, ... boundaries in other areas of packaging, specifically in expanding the range of anti-counterfeiting and brand protection applications, says Wood. The technology's ability to incorporate other data forms ...
- Drives Motors: From Zero to 800
- (Label/Tape)
- June 30, 2011, ... With this system, the operator loads a roll onto the unwind, and SplicePro performs the entire splicing sequence automatically. Once the operator enters the desired tail length into the system, Mondi says ...
- Menasha Packaging Installs Flexo/Folder/Gluer
- (Folding/Gluing)
- June 27, 2011, ... give us the ability to produce packaging more efficiently and with better quality at all volume levels," said Theis. "It truly is state-of-the-art and outperforms anything we've had before in terms of speed ...
- Industry Associations
- (Uncategorized)
- June 01, 2011, ... www.astm.org AVS Science & Technology of Materials, Interfaces, and Processing New York, NY; 212-248-0200; www.avs.org BFMA The Assn. for Forms and Business Process Professionals Lincoln, NE; 888-637-3078; ...
- Static Beat: Surface Resistivity Testing
- (Static Elimination)
- May 31, 2011, ... (IMEAS) of 10 pA, RMEAS is 1E+14 ohms. Using a Sensing Electrode with a diameter (DELEC) of 50 mm with a ring electrode that forms a Gap (G) of 3 mm, the surface resistivity of our sample would be 5.6E+15 ...
- Technical Report: Up & Running
- (Slit)
- May 31, 2011, ... operator-assisted core positioning, auto core positioning works in conjunction with auto knife placement. It precisely positions cores while the operator performs packaging or other finished roll discharge ...
- Roll-Sleeve Film: Helping Shape Brand Identity
- (Label/Tape)
- May 10, 2011, ... to the latter, PETG roll sleeve performs on par, delivering a high level of shape design flexibility for symmetrical containers at a lower total label cost—particularly if the brand owner is able to utilize ...
- AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition
- (Metallizing)
- March 31, 2011, ... 7% and reduces waste 12%. Toray Plastic (America), North Kingstown, RI, supplies the PET film; Rol-Vac LP, Dayville, CT, performs metallization. Mouthwatering Graphics The Packaging Div. of Uflex ...
- People
- (Trends/Management)
- March 31, 2011, Maxcess, Oklahoma City, OK, forms an executive leadership team: Dan Crofford, VP-North America; Francesco Cristante, managing director-Europe; and Robert Maxcess, Oklahoma City, OK, forms an executive ...
- IMDA Now Accepting Awards Competition Entries
- (Label/Tape)
- March 30, 2011, ... in issues of Package Design and Paper, Film & Foil Converter (PFFC) magazines. Complete entry details, rules, and entry forms are available at the IMDA website or by contacting: Ron Shultz, executive ...
- AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition
- (Coating/Laminating)
- March 17, 2011, ... (America) Inc., North Kingstown, RI, supplies the PET film; Rol-Vac LP, Dayville, CT, performs metallization. Mouthwatering Graphics The Packaging Div. of Uflex Ltd., Noida, India, deserves a Marketing ...
- People
- (Trends/Management)
- February 28, 2011, ... Patrick serves as territory sales manager for the East, and his brother Shaun Patrick represents the West. Roland DGA Corp., Irvine, CA, forms a strategic accounts team headed by Tony Miller as sales ...
