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Pollution Control Innovation for Silicone-Based Coatings

(Magazine)

July 31, 2000, ... exchanger media. In addition, the coating also will reduce process flow and increase pressure drop and horsepower requirements. These conditions will remain until the system is cleaned out or replaced. ...

Snack Food Packaging: 100 Years and Counting

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June 30, 2000, ... lower seal-initiation temperatures. Environmental regulations begin affecting converting/packaging production; industry responds with more environmentally friendly production techniques/methods, ...

Latest Gravure Technology Launches Converter into Fray

(Magazine)

April 30, 2000, ... technology and hollow, reusable cylinders--is the only one of its kind in the US, just one of seven installed in the world. And, according to Gary Bell, Kapak president and CEO, "It's probably the single ...

Electrically Heated Rollers Are Top Technology Choice

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March 31, 2000, ... compete on a cost/performance basis with induction-heated and other electrically heated rollers. The Thermalon RC100 incorporates ceramic materials thermally applied a fraction of an inch below the ...

Temperature control helps ink customers optimize performance.

(Magazine)

November 30, 1996, ... to cool the paper after each dryer to near 70 deg F. The dryer must keep the paper below 400 deg For risk paper decomposition. However, Zborovsky believes the entire printing process is most profitable ...

Getting the most value from your extrusion coater.

(Magazine)

November 30, 1996, ... (SS), and graphical function block (FB). The integrated database run-time feature of Microcell allows the operator to make real-time changes to temperature or drive setpoints or to download and run a customized ...

Aqueous adhesive systems: giving credit where it is due.

(Magazine)

July 31, 1996, ... packaging laminations have existed for about 20 years. The first products were acrylic copolymers with a pressure-sensitive nature. Their performance allowed use only for low-demand applications such as ...

A look at the status of UV/EB curing

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June 30, 1996, ... UV/EB-curable market. Water-Reducible Products Water-reducible, UV/EB-curable formulations have been developed for a number of markets. Water dilution of a compatible resin system provides lower ...

Coextrusion: making the equipment fit the need

(Magazine)

June 30, 1996, ... senior product manager/blown film systems for Battenfeld Gloucester Engineering, is that priorities among converters of coextruded films vary. Some emphasize line speed; some consider film clarity a priority. ...

Regulation, competition drive the adhesives industry

(Magazine)

January 31, 1996, ... one of the reasons for this slow adoption is that water-based adhesives remain difficult to use. The debate between solvent- and water-based adhesives boils down to a question of reliability and batch-to-batch ...

KAPCO hits grand slam in pursuing custom markets

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November 30, 1995, ... well as its attraction to unusual and unique pressure-sensitive converting applications, that allowed the project to reach fruition. KAPCO's recently expanded converting capabilities include a Pace (Cleveland, ...

Ceramic heater rollers an exciting new alternative.

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July 31, 1995, ... for an easier-to-use, lower-maintenance system. The new heater roller combines a thermally conductive ceramic coating material and state-of-the-art electronics to generate and control resistive heat on ...

Interest in waste-disposal technologies at all time high

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May 31, 1995, ... have the highest demand at about $1.1 billion, followed by gaseous control equipment at nearly half a billion dollars and pollution monitoring at more than a quarter billion dollars. Bob McIlvaine, ...

Printer responds to tougher environmental standards

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April 30, 1995, ... because of its stability in the lower atmosphere. Unlike the emissions from volatile-organic-compound-based solvents, 1, 1, 1, TCA emissions seemingly didn't form ground-level ozone--smog. Over the last ...

Film offers food packagers green marketing opportunity

(Magazine)

April 30, 1995, ... bottles made the most economic and environmental sense. It's derived through a lower cost mechanical process rather than chemically. Melinex ECO 813G will, however, carry a modest price premium as it's more ...

Company develops line of cost-saving packaging

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March 31, 1995, ...  growing demands for high-performance compression diaper bags. These bags, which are tightly sealed around the diapers, allow for a reduction in product size. This translates into savings in the areas o ...

German company develops recovery concept for plastics

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December 31, 1994, ... are concentrated on industrial-scale processes for the recovery of raw materials and for the manufacturing of secondary products. Gasification is one of the process lines we're following. In it, mixed plastic ...