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Innovative Problem-Solving: Advances in the Industry

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January 31, 2001, ... our own personnel using purchased basic steel and sheet metal. They achieve line speeds in the range of 700 to 1,500 feet per minute." How do they do it? "With precision tension controls and some ...

Converting Industry News

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October 31, 2000, ... to be suitable for machinery, electronics, and metal goods of any shape or size. The shrouds have a loose base sheet into which the machine is placed. The main shroud then is placed over the machine, desiccant ...

Pilot Coating Line Aids Both R&D and Production

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October 31, 2000, ...  The company, a div. of Material Sciences Corp., was founded in 1977 as a converter of roll-to-roll sputter metallized coatings. Using this exacting technology, metals are broken into atomic-sized particles ...

Corona Treaters Adapt to Converting Processes

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September 30, 2000, ... does not call for treating conductive substrates such as metallized material, explains Charles Ballard, product manager at Pillar Technologies (pillartech.com), Hartland, WI. A bare roll treater is used ...

Materials

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September 30, 2000, ... than conventional metallocene catalyzed PE. Resins are produced with co.'s ENERGX catalyst technology. They feature melt indices from 0.5-2.0 dg/min and densities between 0.906 and 0.910 g/cc. Reportedly ...

Hologram in 3-D Makes Postage Stamp a Keeper

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August 31, 2000, ... a "shim" that embosses the holographic image into the roll leaf product. After embossing, Crown Roll Leaf metallized the hologram and applied adhesive. The process took four weeks. The goal was to hot ...

More New Products for the Converting Industry

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August 31, 2000, ... stick." Co. reports that field use shows adhesives perform well in industrial applications and adhere to a wide variety of substrates, including metals, treated woods, extruded vinyls, and glass. As a ...

High-Barrier Packaging: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

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January 31, 2000, ... in the high-barrier market. "The cost of production was a real driving force. The lightweight packaging itself was also a factor. With polymeric packaging replacing metal cans, glass, or rigid-type structures, ...

On-line gauging brings big benefits to coating operation

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July 31, 1996, ... custom-coat virtually any web, including films, nonwovens, paper, metal foils, vinyls, and foam. (Material suppliers are proprietary.) But, says director of marketing Ray Ciamaga, "We can't be everything ...

MSC Specialty Films reaches success down to the core

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May 31, 1996, ... includes metallizing, coating, and laminating, as well as slitting and finishing processes. The company runs polyester, polypropylene, polyimide, and metal foils for window films as well as for industrial ...

Custom coating operation is a clean winner

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February 29, 1996, ... die, and three coatings - solid, solvent, and water-based - on a wide range of films and metal foils. The first of four machines planned for the Kerkrade facility, the coater now in use can produce ...

Familiarity with change no surprise in this industry

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February 28, 1995, Last year was a surprising year for the metallizing industry in a number of ways. The shortage of polyester film contrasted with ample supplies in 1993. Last year was a surprising year for the metallizing ...