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Static Beat: Beat Winter Static

(Static-Beat)

November 22, 2011, ... and measure their resistivity. If the resistivity is too high, replace them with static dissipative rollers. Static is worse when the film slips and slides over low-wrap rollers. Check the bearing drag ...

Release Liner Market: Growth Projected, but Threats Remain

(Label/Tape)

November 10, 2011, ... however, to about 4%,” says Reardon, “with only China and India showing high CAGR [compound annual growth rate] prospects (9.24% and 11.53% respectively) in the medium term. Competition to pressure-sensitive ...

Web Handling: Top 7 Causes of Wrinkles

(Web Handling)

October 09, 2011, ... can cause a wide variety of web problems, including drift, flutter, and wrinkling. Straightening out the slightest misalignment is critical to achieving a higher quality process. Though alignment services ...

Plotting Shear Wrinkles

(Web Lines)

August 21, 2011, ... when there is insufficient web-roller traction to bend the web or hold the web in the buckles form on the roller. For moderate to high tension, tension stiffening makes the web less wrinkle-sensitive due ...

Digital Printing Narrow Web & Label: One or Many

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

July 31, 2011, Just because digital presses are promoted as being able to produce as little as one label doesn't mean they can't produce tens of thousands of high quality Just because digital presses are promoted as being ...

Education Training: School's in Sessio

(Trends/Management)

July 31, 2011, ... that seeded Gordon Graydon high school (and others) in the mid-1990s with matching funds, and Belanger gets inks and materials donated by supportive suppliers. But big-ticket items like presses are different. ...

Adhesive for LSE

(Adhesives)

July 31, 2011, ... optical clarity and color stability, while enabling water resistance and high adhesion after prolonged exposure to water or high humidity. Momentive Specialty Chemicals | 864-253-8254 | ww2.momentive.com ...

Experience Speaks: Jim Streicher

(Bag Pouch)

July 31, 2011, ... in a bad economy? In our case, it is niche markets, specialty packages, high quality, and customer service. What do you know now that you wish you had known when you started out in business? At first, ...

FlexSol Packaging Grows with W&H Blown Film Line

(Flexpack News)

July 28, 2011, The Nashville, TN, facility of FlexSol Packaging, a wholly-owned div. of Lyndhurst, NJ-based Sigma Plastics Group, will accommodate growth with the installation of a high-output, five-layer VAREX line ...

Juiced Up

(First Glance)

July 13, 2011, The CoolJuice Beverage Co., Dunedin, FL, founded in 2006 to help tackle childhood obesity, has launched a line of all-natural, 100% juice blends that contain no high-frutose corn syrup; no preservatives, ...

Hot Melt Adhesive Grabs & Holds

(Adhesives)

June 30, 2011, Advantra Encore hot melt adhesive is designed for exceptional bonding on a broad range of challenging substrates, including coated stocks and high-recycled-content Advantra Encore hot melt adhesive is ...

SVC Holds Ambitious Technical Conference

(Metallizing)

May 31, 2011, ... in the area of sputtering over the last decades, explaining why pulsed dual magnetron sputtering results in better films. Predicting 2010 will begin the “decade of higher efficiency,” areas for future ...

Coating Matters: Open Up the Coating Process Window

(Coating/Laminating)

April 30, 2011, ... slot die can be varied physically at high and low line speeds to determine if the final coated product is acceptable. In the example presented in Figure 1, a good coating (one that is acceptable to the ...

SVC Holds Ambitious Technical Conference

(Coating/Laminating News)

April 20, 2011, ... the “decade of higher efficiency,” areas for future exploration include High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering (HIPIMS) for thin films for applications such as photovoltaics. In a technical session ...

Counting Clicks

(Magazine)

February 28, 2011, ... current industry standard products, company reports. Developed for high-performance laminations exposed to pasteurization, boiling water, and sterilization, system also can be used for general-purpose ...

Press Has Many Features

(Digital)

February 28, 2011, The HP Indigo 5500 press offers ElectroInk liquid ink technology; printing to seven colors; special and spot color capabilities; and high definition dot The HP Indigo 5500 press offers ElectroInk liquid ...

Web Cleaning: To Contact or Not?

(Web Cleaning)

January 31, 2011, ... without investing in complete new lines or equipment has resulted in an increasing interest in technologies that reduce waste and downtime. High on the list are web cleaning and static control systems, ...

Avoid Marking Sensitive Materials

(Sheeting)

December 31, 2010, High-speed delivery system on precision sheeters avoids marking sensitive materials when shingling sheets. Design manages sheet flow by controlling the High-speed delivery system on precision sheeters ...

TLMI Awards: Challenges Met

(Label/Tape)

October 31, 2010, ... gaming promotion with a sports event-related theme. Entered in the Coupon category, the ticket is printed UV flexo and thermal inkjet. This coupon needed to withstand the demands of ultra-high-speed label ...

In-Mold Breaks the Mold

(Label/Tape)

October 31, 2010, ... complements the design to yield a high-end look not previously available in the industry. Use of IMD eliminated certain assembly requirements while reducing the total part cost when compared to the previous ...