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Clean Thinking

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... a witness plate. Set out a microscope slide near your converting processes. After a day or a week, put a cover slide on it and go to a microscope. What do you find? A skilled microscopist can help identify ...

New Product Digest, Part 2

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, ... elevator brake motor, and an independent jogging system. Check with Digital Microscope Praxair Surface Technologies, Charlotte, NC; 704/921-5422; praxair.com Company distributes the ProScope digital ...

Eliminate Pesky Bubbles

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, ... But be certain that what you think are bubbles actually are bubbles. Examine the defect under a low-power microscope (about 50–200x), because craters, dirt particles, bacterial colonies, and pick-off from ...

Antimicrobials: On the Fast Track

(Magazine)

July 31, 2004, ... but can be seen under a microscope. They include bacteria, fungi, algae, protozoans, and viruses. Bacteria are the oldest form of life on Earth and have been around for billions of years. Many microorganisms ...

Products

(Magazine)

January 30, 2004, ... appropriate, clear text messages. Check can be carried out as soon as machine is turned on, without waiting until there is a fault. Microscope Boasts Consistency GRIPdigital, LaGrange, IL; 708/588-1150; ...

Cast Film Lines for Barrier Films

(The Place)

October 31, 2003, ... multi-layer structure as a “safety allowance” can increase the share of material costs in a product. Laboratory evaluations using measurement of microtome cuts with a microscope are necessary to control ...

Products

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, ... on materials of any size, at any random location on a sample. High-resolution, analytical digital microscope provides data on dot size, dot shape, dot gain, % dot, line screen, and screen angle. Also analyzes ...

Cyclic-Olefinic Copolymers as Non-Migrating, Polymeric Slip Additives in LDPE Cast Films

(Magazine)

June 30, 2003, ... blends. The samples were embedded in epoxy and microtomed to produce thin cross sections approximately 4 mm thick. The thin section samples underwent examination by an optical microscope using phase contrast ...

FTIR Spectroscopy Means Faster, More Reliable Analysis

(Materials)

May 31, 2003, ... had a problem where you suspected a surface contaminant, you definitely will appreciate the microscope accessory. It is well suited for printers and converters that must investigate and analyze very small ...

Foiling Counterfeiters

(Magazine)

July 31, 2002, ... a small microscope, pocket laser beam of light, or a portable ultraviolet (UV) light, can determine the authenticity of the security device. The final level of verification provides the most sophisticated ...

Food Packaging and Safety: 9/11 Continues to Resonate

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, ...  Microorganisms are living cells so small, most can be seen only with a microscope. Microbes, which include bacteria, fungi, and algae, are found everywhere. Microbes can contribute to foul odors, discoloration, ...

Anilox Roll Inspection: So Simple, So Important

(Magazine)

December 31, 2001, ... be possible. Even with its limitations, the 30x scope is a valuable supplement to higher-power magnifications. With basic hand-held microscopes, printers have the ability to inspect anilox rolls before ...

What's Really Going on with Your Anilox Rolls

(Magazine)

May 31, 2001, ... walls? Worn-down walls? How do you tell? Most print managers will have a pocket microscope that may be 20x or 40x or even 100x. This will give them a basic look at cell walls from 150-line up to 550-line, ...

Taking the measure of surface treatment is a learning process

(Magazine)

August 31, 1996, ... degree of surface hydrophilicity (i.e. wettability) and hydrophobicity (nonwettability). The unit offers the user the visual appearance of a microscope, but the easy-to-read scales require no adjustments ...

Green Bay gears up for specialty labels

(Magazine)

May 31, 1996, ... as polyester, polypropylene, polystyrene, and polycoated kraft provide a smooth surface for coating. Paper, on the other hand, is rough when viewed under a microscope, and when adhesive is applied to it ...

Measurement technique improves metallized PP

(Magazine)

November 30, 1995, ... components of this type of instrument, which is similar to a standard microscope. The most important difference in the optical system is in the interference microscope objective, which consists of a standard ...