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Web Lines | Winding Process Fundamentals, Pt. 3

(Web Handling)

May 08, 2013, ... First, stack modulus is not a constant, increasing under higher pressures. Second, stack modulus is often much lower than tensile modulus (except in highly compressible soft film stacks). Wound-on tension, ...

The Future of Fluid Coating Technology

(Coating/Laminating)

April 30, 2013, ... of coated products. Overall, the future of fluid coating technology is evolving towards a world of faster, thinner, and higher quality coatings that reduce energy use and yield better financial returns. ...

MACtac Expands Certifications to Chemical Drum Labels

(Label/Tape News)

April 29, 2013, ... polyester with a durable and aggressive permanent acrylic adhesive and a 3.2 SCK liner. With MP690 adhesive, a high-performance, high-tack, durable permanent acrylic emulsion said to offer excellent adhesion ...

Digital Impact Adds Durst UV Inkjet Printer for POP Displays

(Carton Box News)

April 15, 2013, ... a wide color gamut—particularly accurate brand colors. The Rho 1000, he said, enables Digital Impact to offer its customers the most innovative imaging solutions via a highly efficient, cost-effective ...

AZCO Announces Vacuum Indexing System

(Carton Box News)

April 05, 2013, ... controlled by a servo motor, and company says a SUR-CUT modular knife assembly cuts the material to a high accuracy of +/-0.01 in. The unit can be a slave to a process by creating a loop from the end ...

Offset Printing | UBS Sees Cold Foil Applications Grow

(Carton Box)

April 01, 2013, High quality packaging shop services cosmetic, health supplement, and movie industry with KBA Rapida 105 41-in. press When UBS Printing Group installed a KBA Rapida 105 41-in. eight-color press with ...

Spinnaker Coating Expands Crack ’n Peel Line

(Film)

March 28, 2013, ... under the Crack 'n Peel Multi-Print brand. The product line, engineered for digital printing, will now feature the most popular white facestocks coated with Spinnaker's patented high-tack, no-ooze permanent ...

Heraeus Clevios PEDOT:PSS Technology Integrated into Printed Organic Solar Cells

(Coating/Laminating News)

March 19, 2013, ... Oxide. Clevios PEDOT:PSS is a highly conductive polymer dispersion that allows the deposition of transparent, thin conductive films with sheet resistances of less than 100 Ohm/sq. DTU was able to show ...

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

(Metallizing)

March 09, 2013, ... the snack food aisle, evidencing high gloss, vivid graphics, and barrier properties that eliminate the need for inner bags or hot melt sealing. The consumer will appreciate a pattern-coated silicone release ...

What impact can temperature change have on a roll?

(Web Handling)

February 27, 2013, ... Small stack and narrow rolls will heat up quicker than large stack and wide rolls. Rolls that are highly conductive and have good contact between layers will heat up quicker than rolls of web with high ...

Web Lines | Winding Process Fundamentals, Pt. 2

(Technical Reports)

February 18, 2013, ... of a roll. Therefore, center wound and unwound rolls need more pressure in near core layers. To achieve this near core tightness, many winding processes use higher values for winding tension and nip load ...

Show Preview | ICE USA 2013

(Trends/Management)

February 04, 2013, ... (Polymers, Laminations, Coatings and Extrusions) and its Nanotechnology Div., the association will offer a three-session event. The first session highlights Innovations in Preparing Polymer-Based Nanomaterials ...

Eliminating Tin-Canning Rings on Your Wound Rolls

(Web Handling)

January 24, 2013, ... in a less than full roll width band. He theorizes that tin-canning forms between two high gauge bands. The unsupported thinner web between hardbands will more easily compress to lower radial position, ...

Henkel Laminating Adhesives Help Package Resist Acid

(Adhesives)

January 15, 2013, ... Liofol LA 3963-21 helps to improve the sustainability of the packaging materials as this system allows a high solids content of up to 50% in the working mixture, so less solvent needs to be used. Other ...

The Role of Energy in Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

January 09, 2013, ... The fluid and substrate both have an inherent amount of energy exhibited at the surface where they come in contact. If the energy within the fluid is high, relative to the substrate, the fluid will attract ...

Roll Handling | Recycled Fiber Cradles Stand Up to Rigors of International Shipping

(Web Handling)

December 10, 2012, ... tiers of rolls, are often stacked three high for shipping and warehousing. “We have to be careful that the bottom rolls do not get imprinted by the cradles from the weight of the rolls above,” Timmermans ...

Innovative Handling Has Many Robotic Solutions

(News | New Products)

December 09, 2012, Robotic roll handling products include noncontact stripping system   SYLVANIA, OH | Innovative Handling offers a variety of robotic roll handling solutions, including high-speed FANUC robots. Many ...

Coating Matters | The ROI of IP

(Coating/Laminating)

November 06, 2012, ... Mark holds a Law degree from Hamline University, a Master's degree in Polymer Science and Engineering from Lehigh University, and a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin ...

PFFC’s Kelly Robinson Named Matteucci Winner for ‘Patent’ Paper

(Coating/Laminating)

October 24, 2012, Dr. Kelly Robinson’s presentation on the decision to patent or not to patent at the AIMCAL Fall Technical Conference earns the coveted Matteucci Award for best paper-Coating & Laminating. MYRTLE BEACH, ...

Coating Matters | Understanding Rheology

(Coating/Laminating)

October 01, 2012, ... as temperature increases. Another way to lower viscosity is to mix a lower viscosity material into a higher viscosity material. The shear force will now have a low viscosity plane to push on, lowering ...