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Two-Sided Pouch Offers Corrosion Protection & Desiccant Action

(Bag Pouch)

April 25, 2018, ... access to the surface of the metal, without competition from moisture on the metal surface. VpCI molecules in the pouch vaporize, emit through the breathable membrane, and condense on metal surfaces within ...

Sticking With It | PSA Acrylics Primer

(Sticking With It)

February 12, 2018, ... insight. Building blocks So, let’s start with some fundamentals. All acrylic PSAs are polymer-based. A polymer can be described as a series of small molecules called monomers that are linked together. ...

Sun Chemical to Produce Molecular Inks

(Print)

October 21, 2017, ... Based on ionic molecules processed through a reduction process, the new IPS family of products reportedly will offer a viable alternative to conventional polymer thick film conductive inks and serve as ...

Protective Packaging | Add Value with Vapor Corrosion Inhibitors

(Flexpack)

September 26, 2017, ... environmentally friendly alternatives to traditional rust preventive options. How the Technology Works Figure 1. When trapped inside an enclosure, VCI molecules fill the space with a corrosion inhibiting ...

Flexible Packaging | Fighting Food Waste

(Flexpack)

September 25, 2017, ... packaging. When an oxygen absorber is introduced, the heat treatment from retort will have a less degrading impact on foods. Oxygen molecules that are activated during retort would normally begin to degrade ...

Blown Film | Which Applications Are Most Suited for 7/9/11 Layers? Part 3

(Flexpack)

August 02, 2017, ... configurations with up to 77 layers using our new Layer Sequence Repeater (LSR). This technology allows the polymer molecules to align without stress in a nanolayer film structure. This provides many advantages, ...

Uflex Pouch Has Sonically Sealed Spout

(Bag Pouch)

February 07, 2017, ... but in this case at Uflex, sound waves at a very high frequency are generated and passed between the spout surface and the laminate. These high frequency waves vibrate the molecules of both PE layer of ...

Coating Matters | The Advantage of Using Surfactants

(Coating/Laminating)

September 05, 2016, ... energy required to hold the liquid on the substrate is lost in aqueous solutions because a majority of the energy required for adsorption is utilized to simply hold the water molecules together. You ...

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

(Coating/Laminating)

April 25, 2016, ... linear and slow deformations of the molecules occur. During these interactions, the following principles control flow: • Stress relaxation test (the same curvature at various temperatures, simply shifted ...

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 ...

Schreiner MediPharm Develops Low Migration Labels

(Label/Tape)

January 06, 2015, ... containers bring an increased risk of package-to-product migration, meaning that molecules from solvents and other substances contained in inks, adhesives, and film materials could potentially migrate ...

BI-AX Corn-Based Film Achieves Price Parity

(Materials)

November 15, 2014, ... lactic acid molecules are polymerized to form PLA, or Ingeo, provided to BI-AX by NatureWorks LLC, Minnetonka, MN. BI-AX employs a proprietary process to turn the PLA into manufactured film, i.e., the ...

BioPouch Is Powered by a NANO-VpCI

(Bag Pouch)

October 19, 2014, ... agricultural by-products. NANO-VpCI's emit from the pouch and saturate the enclosure via diffusion, filling all void spaces and recessed areas with protective vapor molecules. These molecules are attracted ...

Coating Matters | Patch Coating for Precision Fluid Placement, Pt. 1

(Coating/Laminating)

September 22, 2014, ... sits in relation to the substrate can determine the output flow of the fluid “head.” As a liquid surface approaches a substrate, the liquid boundary layer has vapor molecules that begin to adsorb to the ...

Agglomerates

(Mark's Coating Matters)

April 23, 2014, ... they surround the particles and impart a charge that repels the particles. However, with higher loading levels, even this chemical adjustment can be overcome. Alternatively, physical molecules can be added ...

Coating Matters | Intermittent Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

December 16, 2013, ... substrate, the liquid boundary layer has vapor molecules that begin to adsorb to the substrate surface. This adsorption forms a bridge when the concentration is high enough. If the bridge occurs with a ...

Dispersions Revisited

(Mark's Coating Matters)

December 13, 2013, ... solid particles are typically viewed as a coil, or spring, with constant movement, entanglement, and rotation. The “size” of the particle is a combination of the molecules size in addition to the space ...

Coating Matters | Fluid Flow Phenomena

(Coating/Laminating)

May 14, 2013, ... to a substrate. One way to improve this situation is to have active ends to the substrate or fluid. This means that there is excess energy on the substrate or unfinished molecules in the fluid. To create ...

Static Beat | How Do Passive Dissipaters Neutralize Static?

(Static-Beat)

February 24, 2013, ... cause the molecules of nitrogen and oxygen in air to ionize. So, the intense electric field near sharp points generates a corona discharge that forms both positive and negative ions. In Figure 1, negative ...

Coating Matters | Understanding Rheology

(Coating/Laminating)

October 01, 2012, ... each polymer you process get to the right consistency before this shear force is applied. Heat makes the polymer molecules move around more, allowing them to be sheared more readily. Viscosity decreases ...