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New Products, Part 1

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ... with a taped overlap splice unit or with tapeless (heat-seal) lap or butt splice units. Model is designed in web widths to 160 in., makes splices at zero speed, and uses an accumulator that stores enough ...

A Menu for Thickness Control

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August 30, 2005, ... A heat-seal coating might require 3–5 lbs/ream for best results, but a primer on foil for use to accept an extrusion coating might need 2–3 lbs/ream. The normal procedure a converter follows is to evaluate ...

The Terminology of Testing

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July 30, 2005, ... example to consider. If we apply a heat-seal coating to a polyester film, we are depositing a specific amount of the material onto the film. The coating weight might be high or low, but what do those terms ...

Materials

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June 29, 2005, ... for f/f/s, is said to have superior rigidity that allows for excellent package integrity and increased productivity. Films are heat-sealable to many substrates and also are radio frequency-sealable.  ...

Mouse Roars BUY ME!

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... paper/PE/foil/adhesive/PET/heat-seal coating construction without compromising machine performance or peelability. The new lidstock is surface-printed on 35# C1S paper/PE/48-ga metallized PET/hot melt ...

Communication from the PLACE div. of TAPPI

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March 30, 2005, Providing practical information to the converting and packaging industries. Providing practical information to the converting and packaging industries… EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Seal Integrity In Medical Device ...

Extrusion Dies

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October 30, 2004, ... resin for extrusion coating, these applications call for barrier, tie-layer, heat-seal, or other specialty polymers in the $1.50-$2.00 range. The high cost of these materials makes it doubly important ...

New Clear Barrier Film Resin Technology Replaces Coated Films

(Archive)

September 29, 2004, Creating packaging that allows consumers to see clearly the food they are purchasing — and also promises the food is fresh — presents converters and end-users with a unique manufacturing challenge.  ...

Less (Thinner) Film, More Uses

(Magazine)

May 31, 2004, ... the chamber.” Bartholomay's customers want thin films to be more functional. “It could be adding barrier, or allowing heat-sealability, or allowing it to be used as a resealable lidding stock. We have ...

Pactiv Extends Zipper Closures to Pre-Packaged Sliced Meat and Animal Cracker Packages

(News | New Products)

March 16, 2004, ... track are heat-sealed to bags, reports Ticona. Says Pactiv's global technology manager Gary Rehwinkel, "[The cyclic olefin copolymer's} dimensional stability improves our efficiency by reducing rejects ...

Dow Unveils Versify* Plastomers and Elastomers; New Technology to Generate Unique Performance for Flex-Pack Converters

(News | New Products)

February 26, 2004, Dow says its new Versify product range can provide low heat-seal initiation and a broad sealing window for producers of consumer durables. "This results in flexible, transparent, and heat-sealable parts," ...

Products and Materials

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December 30, 2003, ...  Toray Plastics (America), North Kingstown, RI; 401/294-4511; torayfilms.com LumiLid heat-seal lidding products are said to provide a strong but peelable seal with superior adhesion to a wide variety ...

Meeting the Need

(Materials)

September 30, 2003, ... with shorter dwell times than many competitive, heat-sealable paperboards, which is said to result in faster line speeds and less product and ink degradation. Product line reportedly helps lower total ...

Materials

(Materials)

June 29, 2003, ... ranging from packaging for medical devices to decorative and shrink-wrap films. It is available in commercial quantities. Heat-Seal Coating Line Suited for Many Uses H.B. Fuller, St. Paul, MN; 651/236-5900; ...

Materials

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September 30, 2002, ... paperboard designed for fold-over, heat-seal blister card applications. Seals to all blister materials typically used in the industry, including PVC, PVDC, PETG, and Aclar. Said to provide superior printability, ...

Materials

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January 30, 2002, ... a higher density range than previous Dynex products, resulting in a unique mix of exceptional impact resistance, tear strength, and heat-sealing properties, co. reports. Resins are said to be ideal for ...

World Label Shipments to Grow thru 2005, Reports Freedonia

(News | New Products)

December 09, 2001, ... wet glues as the leading label type in the late 1990s, will account for 54% of the global market by 2005. Newer label types, like sleeve, in-mold, and heat-seal filmic wraparounds, also will capture a ...

Many New Players Join India's Flex-Pack Boo

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September 30, 2001, ... Toothpaste (a PET/holographic MET PET board lamination); special soap wrapper (paper sandwiched between heat-sealable plastic layers for high-speed machines); easy-tear, paper-like PET/polyethylene ...

Converting Industry News

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April 29, 2001, ... be heat-sealed without the use of glue; and the line also provides the flexibility to package sheets in non-traditional quantities in poly or paper wrap. Supplier Information Bielomatik, West Hartford, ...

Converting Industry News

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November 29, 2000, ... coating manufacturers to find a heat-sealable product that could be used on the metallized surface. Frizell then worked with Northern to find the best coat weight. Reports Eileen Duag, See's director ...