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Digital Products for the Converting Industry

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October 31, 2000, ... real-time color decisions almost anywhere. Ideal for use in package printing, ink formulation, prepress facilities, or testing lab. Press Prints on Many Substrates Xeikon America Inc., Wood Dale, IL; ...

Conference Features New Networking Opportunity

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October 31, 2000, ... all aspects of hot melt technology. This includes raw materials for hot melt formulations, processing equipment for manufacture and use of hot melt products, uses for hot melt adhesives and coatings, and ...

UV Protection of Hot Melt Adhesives for Packaging Applications

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October 31, 2000, ... use in hot melt adhesive formulations. They inhibit the detrimental effects of oxidation on the hydrocarbon components from high temperatures during compounding and processing. During its lifetime, a hot ...

Directory of Pilot Lines/Labs A-L

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October 31, 2000, ... identification, deformulation, failure analysis, contaminant identification, and manufacturing problems. Converting Machinery Technologies S. Industrial Rd., Fairfield, NJ 07005 Ph: 973/808-8890 ...

Estimating the Drying Rate of Flexo Ink in the Laboratory

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September 30, 2000, ... established for a given ink formulation, you can compare other ink formulations to it. Even though this method uses a hot air dryer, its correlation to drying on a commercial dryer is rarely attempted, ...

Materials

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September 30, 2000, ... layer can be formulated with any of mfr.'s films, reportedly resulting in improved resistance to certain chemicals, such as acidic formulations and strong oxidizers, while offering excellent machinability, ...

What's New in Narrow We

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September 30, 2000, ... inks reportedly offer excellent flood capabilities; low-gassing formulation; super metallic sheen; good rub; smooth transfer; increased shelf life; faster press speed; and ease of use. All pigments comply ...

What's New in Narrow We

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August 31, 2000, ... reusable adhesive with enhanced tack. Unique balance of adhesion and removability results from individual spheres of adhesive rather than a continuous layer of polymer. Proprietary formulation handles ...

What Is the Role of Additives in Water-Based Inks?

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August 31, 2000, ... and additives. Colorants, resins, and solvents constitute about 95% of a typical ink formulation. Additives make up the balance of the ink formula. Let's take a closer look at these additives and their ...

Decorative Films Served by Multilayer Structure

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May 31, 2000, ... different formulations. PTC helped with selecting the right grade of K-Resin that would blend well and eliminate gels. I can't say enough good things about the people there. I wouldn't have a product today ...

Electrically Heated Rollers Are Top Technology Choice

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March 31, 2000, ... rubber, and high-release formulations. The Thermalon RI200 roller is well suited for high-pressure laminating, adhesive or web melting, web preheating (upstream of another process such as laminating), ...

Temperature control helps ink customers optimize performance.

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November 30, 1996, ... Zborovsky has become the company's mentor on web offset heat-set lithography by studying the way inks set. In addition to his normal duties helping customers understand the formulation of his company's inks ...

The role of barrier materials in packaging low-fat goods.

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October 31, 1996, ... of flavors in reduced-fat formulations in order to come as close as possible to a desirable concentration of volatile aromas. Otherwise the flavor sensation can appear unbalanced or too strong. This situation ...

New possibilities for beer packaging in PEN and LCP

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August 31, 1996, ... made of LCPs and conventional polymers. Researchers are also trying to reduce the thickness of the LCP layers to reduce the cost of the final bottle. Possible future formulations might include the use ...

A look at the status of UV/EB curing

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June 30, 1996, ... UV/EB-curable market. Water-Reducible Products Water-reducible, UV/EB-curable formulations have been developed for a number of markets. Water dilution of a compatible resin system provides lower ...

UV/EB technology moves ahead with the times

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June 30, 1996, ... inks, adhesives, or coatings, their UV counterparts do not dry but are hardened through a curing process that occurs when exposed to light in the UV band. Photoinitiators within the formulation absorb ...

Something new under the sun

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June 30, 1996, ... come to an end. To date, the main limitation has been the formulation itself: Photochromatic inks had no staying power. After as few as five exposures to sunlight, the colors began to fade, and, after ...

PET supplies increasing as markets expand

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May 31, 1996, ... drink market. Film labels that perform on the newly developed contoured PET bottles remain a major challenge to the supplier. Required are shrink film formulations that intimately clasp the walls of ...

A rather narrow-minded view of wide web printing.

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May 31, 1996, ... relying more and more on packaging for a variety of marketing tactics. Packaging form and design are changed for seasonal opportunities, line extensions, new formulations, added convenience, or freshness ...

Pollution prevention makes good sense

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November 30, 1995, ... regarding the reformulation of products or the substitution of raw materials in the manufacturing process will likely be viewed with considerable skepticism. Many government-initiated pollution technology ...