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Coating Matters | The Advantage of Using Surfactants

(Coating/Laminating)

September 05, 2016, Surface active agents provide a tie layer between the liquid and the substrate, but trial and error will be required. Surface active agents provide a tie layer between the liquid and the substrate, ...

Sticking With It | Selecting the Right Adhesive for Your Self-Adhesive Graphic

(Coating/Laminating)

July 11, 2016, ... a liquid coating, i.e., either a water-based or solvent-based acrylic. Understanding the coating capability of existing machinery—including operating speed capability, process requirements such as viscosity, ...

On Print | drupa 2016 Lived Up to Expectations

(On Print)

June 20, 2016, ... or blue toner. Kodak Nexpress drew a lot of people; Miyakoshi was again present in force; and Xeikon introduced its Trillium liquid toner press. In time, this will be available for packaging. And the likes ...

Sticking With It | Selecting the Right Adhesive for the Job

(Coating/Laminating)

May 05, 2016, ... selected will be largely influenced by the type of coater available to do the coating; considering a hot melt when only liquid coating capability exists is not beneficial. Understanding the coating capability ...

Show Preview | Focus on Industrial Printing at drupa 2016

(Print)

April 28, 2016, ... its next-generation digital papers for both dry and liquid toner printing that harness the power of computer-generated design. The new digital versions of favorites like Conqueror, Curious Collection and ...

Coating Matters | The Effects of Viscoelastic Behavior, Pt. 2

(Coating/Laminating)

April 25, 2016, ...  Kistler, SF, Schweizer, PM, Liquid Film Coating: Scientific Principles and Their Technological Implications. Chapman & Hall, New York (1997). Gutoff, EB, Cohen, ED, Kheboian, GI, Coating and Drying ...

ExxonMobil Launches Performance Polymer

(Flexpack)

April 24, 2016, Exceed XP for liquid and food packaging is said to produce high-integrity film and allow converters to tailor formulations HOUSTON TX | ExxonMobil is expanding its slate of polyethylene products with ...

Neenah Expands Digital Papers Portfolio

(Flexpack)

April 15, 2016, ... for both liquid and dry toner digital print applications, reportedly making it a true cross-platform digital sheet. Neenah Digital now provides printers and designers with the widest range of high-performing ...

Coating | Solution Delivery for High-Precision Coating, Pt. 2

(Coating/Laminating)

March 21, 2016, ... solutions must be purged from the system. Typically a solution delivery system is best designed so the fluid flows uphill, since air will rise above liquid, making it easier to purge the bubbles out ...

Zanders Relaunches Silver Digital Paper

(News | New Products)

February 27, 2016, ... is HP Indigo certificated for HP Indigo liquid toner machines, as well as being approved for dry-toner presses from Konica Minolta, Xeikon, and Xerox. The Silver digital range is made in Germany to the ...

Coating Matters | Clean Coating and Fluid Preparation

(Coating/Laminating)

February 15, 2016, ... law:     VB = bubble rise velocity d = bubble diameter g = acceleration of gravity ρl = liquid density ρg = gas density μ = liquid viscosity   Where the time required for a bubble ...

Squeezy Straw Is New Technique for Producing Standup Pouches

(Bag Pouch)

January 26, 2016, Barton Group announces development designed for liquid and semi-liquid products NEW YORK. NY | The Barton Group of New York announces development of a new low-cost, standup pouch technology, designed ...

Plastic Technologies Issues Study on Coffee Capsules

(Flexpack)

January 25, 2016, ... wide number of beverage and other liquid-based applications, the company wanted to research the base materials being used, the structures they were assembled into, the resulting barrier (oxygen, water ...

Performance Packaging of Nevada Offers Sterilization Method

(Flexpack)

November 23, 2015, ... packaging and its contents. The patented process features a ‘liquid-to-gas’ sterilization process that has been code-named “Pixie Dust” by the company. Reported advantages of the Pixie Dust process include ...

Coating Matters | Optical Films Require Multiple Layers

(Coating/Laminating)

September 30, 2015, ... pre-metered control into a multi-manifold slot die. The liquids are layered outside the slot exit because one wants to reduce the effect of pressure on the miscibility of the fluids. Surface energy of ...

Cortec Adds to Biodegradable Line

(Materials)

August 23, 2015, EcoSol water-soluble film is said to provide resistance to both dry powders and liquids and to resist many types of oils ST. PAUL, MN | Cortec announces EcoSol, a water-soluble, biodegradable, polyvinyl ...

Sun Chemical Launches Lamination Adhesives in Latin America

(Coating/Laminating)

August 11, 2015, ... to strongly acidic foods and liquids, suitability for use with both flexographic and rotogravure print processes, and high bond strengths even after package sterilization or boiling Company says converters ...

The Effects of Surface Treatment at the Interface

(Coating/Laminating)

July 20, 2015, ... the connection between the liquid coating and the solid substrate that is required to make a viable coated product, surfactants can sometimes provide ancillary benefits like improved solubility for the ...

Looking Behind the Curtain of Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

May 29, 2015, ... to allow the fluid to drop down onto the substrate. This rain shower of liquid can have some advantages, but the advantages can only be realized with higher speeds. Why is that? The fundamental equation ...

Coating Matters | The Effects of Viscoelastic Behavior, Pt. 1

(Coating/Laminating)

May 25, 2015, ... to be given with the shear rate versus viscosity data Coating rubber bands is not easy. So when you look at coating liquids that have molecules already formed, or the fluid has a rubbery nature, care ...