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Ink Quality Control Is Complex, But It's Worth the Troubl

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December 31, 2002, ... that does is Lehigh University, with its Summer Ink Basics Course on ink formulation and testing. It runs for a week and includes intensive lecture and hands-on training. For details, contact course sponsor ...

Increasing Your Flexo Press Speed a Notch or Two

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November 30, 2002, ... little to do with the press itself but more with the ink formulations and substrate surface treatment limitations. Ink feed: Today's high-performance presses utilize enclosed doctor blade ink feed systems ...

What's New in Narrow We

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November 30, 2002, ... and cleanings. New Inks Bring Many Benefits Water Ink Technologies, Lincoln, NC; 704/735-8282; waterinktech.com PureFlex ink formulations offer low viscosity and high strength, co. says, adding product ...

Energy-Curable Inks

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November 30, 2002, ... suited for the flexographic printing process. The major difference between UV and EB is that an EB system will not have a photoinitiator in the formulation. Instead, high-energy accelerated electrons ...

Release Liners: A Worldwide Special ReportReducing Silicone Mist

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October 31, 2002, ... a long way toward reducing the line speed at which mist generation will begin. The selection of a silicone system primarily is dictated by the desired release force and then tailored by formulation to ...

Release Liners: A Worldwide Special ReportEB/UV Curing Drying

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October 31, 2002, ... be doped to shift the output wavelengths when necessary. In comparison to EB, UV equipment design seems better suited for shorter runs and many formulation/substrate changes. Speeds in excess of 400 ...

UV-Curable Jet Inks Are We There Yet?

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October 31, 2002, ... based on water-based formulations UV jet inks based on “hot melt” application UV jet inks based on low-viscosity versions of conventional UV formulations. Water-based UV jet ink technology ...

What Is the Role of Tack in Printing Inks?

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September 30, 2002, ... range of several hundred poises. Tacks of liquid inks usually are quite low and normally are not important to these printing processes. Tack is a complex property of an ink formulation that depends ...

Halloween Is Coming: PSA Ghosts Can Be Pretty Scary

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September 30, 2002, ... The supplier should be able to suggest a different adhesive or offer to reformulate the offending adhesive to eliminate the oily material. Note that reformulation may require the addition of something ...

Market Growth Is Forecast for UV and EB

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September 30, 2002, ... justification for the process; data on “applied” costs, rather than just material costs of per gallon or pound (for formulations); and accurate information about how the health and safety characteristics ...

1977 - 1979

(News | New Products)

September 19, 2002, ... in rest areas, and in campgrounds and forests." Environment Effects Flexo "Changes in Flexo Inks Linked to Environmental Pressures" reports: "The Clean Air Act is about to alter dramatically the formulation ...

Materials

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August 31, 2002, ... papers. FDA-compliant products are available, as are viscosity variations to fit a variety of coating methods. Co. says custom formulations feature low odor; good embossing and die-cutting performance; ...

1970 - 1973

(News | New Products)

August 26, 2002, ... low-dextrin emulsion adhesive. ...The newly conceived adhesive contrasts with conventional back seam gums that are low-resin, high-dextrin formulations. It is different -- so different it represents a ...

Materials

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July 31, 2002, ... Foaming Agents in Seven Formulations Clariant Masterbatches Div., Charlotte, NC; 401/438-4080; clariant.masterbatches.com Co. is expanding its family of Hydrocerol chemical foaming agents (CFAs) with ...

Redefining Plasticizers in Inks and Coatings

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July 30, 2002, ... to provide the best plasticizer for a particular ink or coating formulation. Due to incompatibility with some binders, not all plasticizer additives can be used in a given formula. Besides low-molecular ...

Seminar Addresses UV/EB Curable Technology

(News | New Products)

July 21, 2002, ... on press. The seminar was co-sponsored by Akzo Nobel Resins, New Brunswick, NJ, a supplier of acrylate functional raw materials for ink and coating formulations; Prime UV, Carol Stream, IL, a supplier ...

Packaging That Really Works

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June 30, 2002, ... in the coating formulation, which acts as a delivery system for the silver ions. These coatings can be applied to a wide variety of flex-pack materials by standard coating methods. Inks also are being ...

Focus on Crosslinking in Fluid Ink Systems

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May 31, 2002, ... in water-based systems. The pH of the formulations is often 9 or higher; otherwise the systems can become unstable. Polyfunctional aziridines: These types of crosslinkers are based on a strained, three-membered ...

Materials

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, ... formulations enable converters to eliminate spray powders from the package printing process and achieve “powder-free” runs. Drying time is quickened with complementary aqueous coatings, co. says, adding ...

Need New Equipment or Accessories? NPD Is the Place to Look

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April 30, 2002, ... of coated and uncoated stocks. Large- coverage areas and fine-line details found in applications such as carton and liquor labels are easy to handle with this foil, co. reports. Formulation is capable ...