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Evolving Ink Jet Technology

(Magazine)

January 30, 2005, T he concept of forming droplets of liquid in a stream was studied by Lord Kelvin and Lord Rayleigh and other technologists as early as the late 1800s. However, it was not until 1951 that it was patented ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

January 30, 2005, ... to expose the press-to-close or slider zipper closure system. Nonwoven Material Absorbs Liquids When Adhesives Research, Glen Rock, PA, teamed up with UPI, Northville, MI, the result was Absorbex, ...

Supplier News

(Magazine)

October 31, 2004, ... and sealants North America. Complementing the Comexi solventless laminator are two Enercon 5-kW corona treaters for the primary and secondary webs and Liquid Control blending and dispensing equipment. ...

Converting Industry News

(Archive)

October 30, 2004, ... America. Complementing the Comexi solventless laminator are two Enercon 5-kW corona treaters for the primary and secondary webs and Liquid Control blending and dispensing equipment. Co-located at the ...

PFFC Worldwide Special Report on Release Liners, part 2

(Archive)

October 30, 2004, ... than 80% utilize silicone release coatings catalyzed by platinum. It can convert a coating from a pourable liquid to a hard rubber film in little more than a second, and release liners made with platinum-cured ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Archive)

September 29, 2004, ... have resulted in significant cost savings." Supplier Information GEW; gewuv.com Polytype America Corp.; polytype.com Ship Liquid Containers Safely By combining two materials into one, New Pig ...

The 411 on RFID, Part 2

(Archive)

August 30, 2004, ... of depositing liquid on a surface. Most of those techniques have required manufacturing environments at high temperatures or high pressures, but Xerox has developed a way to print transistors at room temperature, ...

Products

(Magazine)

July 30, 2004, ... roller that produces an electric field between the roller and the grounded gravure cylinder. Ink acquires a small charge that produces a “wave” in the liquid. Substrate comes in contact with the ink, which ...

Products

(Magazine)

March 30, 2004, ... to 52 x 80 in. and utilizes the patented liquid-cooled mercury plasma capillary light source. Company says the system offers an inexpensive alternative to CTP for the wide web industry and enhances the ...

Materials

(Magazine)

February 28, 2004, ... Blends enable Topas COC-based film to be used as a barrier material for sterile products such as single-dose liquid medications and other drugs, solutions, and veterinary pills. White UV Ink Is Easy ...

Schober to Showcase In-Line and Off-Line Converting Systems at Drupa

(News | New Products)

February 23, 2004, ... of liquid packaging. Cutting and creasing is combined in one set of cylinders using the RSC Method, which means two functions in one set of cylinders. Single-drive technology will be introduced ...

UV & Jet Inks: An Exciting Combo

(Materials)

January 30, 2004, ... extension of the evolution of these two technologies. UV inks require high-energy UV light to change the ink from a liquid to a solid print. One key advantage of UV inks is they keep the jet ink nozzles ...

Mixing It Up

(Archive)

November 30, 2003, ... control — the mixed output can be monitored continuously for concentration, temperature, bubble content, etc. Feedback loops can be used to adjust inputs to obtain precise control. Liquid hold-up is ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

October 31, 2003, ... Ltd. says Elite Cameron is back in business following a voluntary liquidation in April. Two of the previous directors, Tim Self and Peter Daly, bought the business assets and intellectual property from ...

Security Inks Raise Our Level of Protection

(Magazine)

October 30, 2003, ... are counterfeit. Common examples are inks that change color as you change the angle of view or become visible under a different light source. These include photochromic and liquid crystal-based inks. Fluorescent ...

Spotlight on the North American Market

(Disposables)

September 30, 2003, ...  In the North American release liner market as a whole, industry consolidation, acquisitions, and liquidations indicate that fewer coaters will account for a larger share of the release liner business ...

What Can Conductive Organic Polymers Do?

(Materials)

August 31, 2003, ... “lined up” in a given orientation by orienting the monomers through the use of liquid crystals or similar “template materials.” Polymerization of the monomers produces polymers that are highly ordered ...

Materials

(Materials)

July 31, 2003, ... Product has a lower pH, making it suitable for most liquids, and can be used as supplied as a direct stir-in additive. UV Flexo Inks Give High Color Environmental Inks and Coatings, Morganton, NC; ...

Products

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, New from: Advanced Pressure, Advanced Production, Applied Vision, BASF, Brookfield, CMM Group, Dalemark, DFE, Dynisco Polymer, Esko-Graphics, Faustel, HHP, i2S Line Scan, Jemmco, Kurz, Liquid Control, ...

Size Doesn't Always Matte

(Magazine)

June 30, 2003, ... computerized gravimetric dispensing systems are designed for use with all liquid printing inks. Said to offer fast and accurate splash-free dispensing and on-shade color every time with perfect batch-to-batch ...