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Menges Roller Expands Design & Engineering Capacity

(News | New Products)

September 30, 2013, ... engineers now can see and predict the exact temperature a roller will achieve and how that temperature will affect the web—all before the roller is built. Heat transfer rollers are a flagship product ...

FTA Honors Excellence in Flexography

(News | New Products)

April 28, 2013, ... said to be winning conversions from in-mold labels, shrink sleeves, heat transfer labels, and p-s labels. Berry’s patent-pending modified approach reportedly produces excellent photographic quality graphics—on ...

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

(Metallizing)

March 09, 2013, ... Goldfish crackers from Pepperidge Farm, Norwalk, CT. Winning accolades once again is Graphic Packaging, Consumer Products Div., Lawrenceburg, TN, for metallizing and converting. The heat sealable, reclosable ...

Coating Matters | Understanding Rheology

(Coating/Laminating)

October 01, 2012, ... screw as polymer moves through the barrel. Like mayo, most polymers are shear-thinning materials. The faster they move, the softer (less viscous) they become. The heat in your equipment system helps ...

Dow Europe Adds New Polymers

(Coating/Laminating)

September 03, 2012, ... improved heat stress, achieving between 5 deg C (41 deg F) to 10 deg C (50 deg F) more temperature resistance. This helps ensure the contents of a package stay sealed through the stages of logistics, particularly ...

Technical Report: A Rheology Lesson

(Coating/Laminating)

January 31, 2011, ... is called shear thinning. Most polymers are like peanut butter; they become more rubbery the more they move. Polymers also shear thin with heat. As the temperature goes up, viscosity goes down (and vice ...

Barrier Films: SiOx Barrier Benefits

(Coatings)

September 30, 2010, ... oriented polypropylene (BOPP). The solid silicon oxide is heated by an electron beam and sublimates, then the vapor condensates, forming a very thin barrier layer on the film that is conveyed on a cooling ...

Roller Refurbishing: Replace or Refinish?

(Web Handling)

March 31, 2010, Due to the long service life of most heat transfer rolls, converters often wait for problems to arise before servicing their equipment. Unfortunately, Due to the long service life of most heat transfer ...

Breaking Boundaries

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2010, ... shelf life, and features a handy heat-and-eat experience. Heat-free handles make it comfortable 3 to grip the package after 60 sec in the microwave, and laser scoring along the centerline converts the ...

Apply Hot Melt Reliably

(Carton Box)

January 31, 2010, PURBlue 4 adhesive melters are moisture-cure reactive hot melt application systems. Melters heat only a small amount of adhesive as needed, reducing thermal PURBlue 4 adhesive melters are moisture-cure ...

What Is the Right Tension?

(Web Lines)

November 30, 2009, ... and humidity with well-cut samples. Beware of process factors that can change your product's yield or break point dramatically. Yield stress drops when heating thermoplastic webs, when super-heating ...

AIMCAL-PFFC Web Drying 101 Webinar

(News | New Products)

November 03, 2009, ... heat during drying, covers the various types of dryers including impingement dryers, flotation dryers and several newer types, discusses constant rate and falling rate drying, compares solvent with aqueous ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCT

(New Products)

September 30, 2009, ...  Circle 424 or visit www.freeproductinfo.net/pff Heat Transfer Line Expands The M2 metal fiber replacement emitter expands on company's line of heat transfer products. Utilizes high-temperature alloy ...

Double-Duty Packages

(Substrates)

June 30, 2009, Innovation and sustainability are the key features of package designs winning recognition from DuPont in its annual Packaging Awards competition. Independent judges were tasked to separate the wheat from ...

What's New Product

(New Products)

May 31, 2008, ... are said to include low heat generation, instant on/off, no bulbs (including no mercury bulbs) or other consumables, no ozone emissions, and low energy costs. Summit UV | 260-224-1820 | www.summituv.com ...

Peak Performance

(Corona, Flame, Plasma)

February 29, 2008, ... of the resin itself, including high heat resistance, excellent wear, low moisture absorption, broad chemical resistance, environmental friendliness, high strength and toughness, electrical stability with ...

New Converting Products, Part 3

(Magazine)

November 30, 2007, ... 9 kW of heating capacity. Maximum operating temperature of 250 deg F keeps machinery working at peak performance, company says. Mokon | 716-876-9951 | www.mokon.com PFFC-ASAP 432 Ink Additive Has ...

Making the Cut

(Archive)

November 30, 2007, Not all die-cutting firms are created equal. Problem-solver Cowlitz Container comes through in a crisis. The distress phone calls received at Cowlitz Container & Die Cutting often come late in the ...

New Products, Part 2

(Archive)

November 06, 2007, ... to 72 in. wide or in slit widths of 1/2-72 in. Rayven | 800-878-3776 | rayven.com | PFFC-ASAP 424 Controls Temps Precisely EHR 2K3 electrically heated rolls reportedly offer precise temperature ...

the PLACE

(Magazine)

September 30, 2007, ... improvements for end-products including better mechanical and heat sealing properties and improved environmental stress crack resistance. The actual use of these polyethylenes has been small. One main ...