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Aqueous adhesive systems: giving credit where it is due.

(Magazine)

July 31, 1996, ... the adhesive provides the heat, chemical, and water resistance needed for boil-in-bag and retortable applications. It is a polyurethane dispersion cured with an isocyanate. Aqueous systems for flexible ...

In-mold labels: film is today's hot development

(Magazine)

June 30, 1996, ... led to this novel way to label and decorate containers for detergent and other cleaning and laundry products, liquid and solid foods, health and beauty aids, and miscellaneous articles such as motor oil. ...

Coextrusion: making the equipment fit the need

(Magazine)

June 30, 1996, ... flow splitters (foil spacers) that eliminate stagnation and flow bushings that reduce back pressure and die shear. Free ports on the Filmaster coextrusion dies are constructed at a flow angle that minimizes ...

PET supplies increasing as markets expand

(Magazine)

May 31, 1996, ... boil-in-bag pouches constructed from "Mylar/polyethylene" Coated with a thin layer of reflective aluminum (MET/PET), Mylar film reached outer space as the inflatable Echo I satellite. Between 1959 and ...

Paper characteristics: starting the job right

(Magazine)

April 30, 1996, ... rate of the paper is fast enough to pull the thin oils from the film before the leveling is completed, the ink film retains the patterncausing a roughness within the ink film that scatters the fight and ...

AIMCAL Selects Seven for Annual Honors

(Magazine)

March 31, 1996, ... Downes, Michigan State Univ. Peter Rigney, publisher of Paper, Film & Foil CONVERTER, served as competition moderator. The Package of the Year, Nabsico's Ritz Snack Mix stand-up pouch, was touted by ...

Water-based adhesives meet just-in-time demands.

(Magazine)

March 31, 1996, ... packaging) to medium performance (meat and cheese packaging) to high end (boil-in-bag packaging) to the many industrial and miscellaneous applications. Typical two-part, solvent-based adhesive systems ...

Innovation is a winner in FPA competition

(Magazine)

March 31, 1996, ... Armour Big Ones Meat Sticks package, said to bring new light and extra convenience to packaged, smoked meat snacks. Ultra-high-barrier, nonfoil film maximizes product protection and allows the consumer ...

The 1996 Metallizing Roundup: Experts Ponder and Predict

(Magazine)

February 29, 1996, ... challenge, and competition, but opportunities abound in the years ahead. To assess the current - and future - state of the metallizing industry, Paper, Film & Foil CONVERTER went to the people who make ...

For adhesives or coatings, ask the right questions

(Magazine)

February 29, 1996, ... to answer these questions. Working together in this fashion will ensure a partnership that yields success. The key is simply to ask the right questions! Editor's Note: Paper, Film & Foil CONVERTER is ...

New measurement technology improves web control.

(Magazine)

January 31, 1996, ... by mechanical force. Basically, the transducer consists of two perpendicular electromagnetic coils of wire embedded in a block of steel. A high-frequency AC current is run through one of the coils to ...

Conserving weight, space earns praise for flexible

(Magazine)

March 31, 1995, ... flexible package. * Rollprint Packaging Products Inc., Addison, IL, ClearFoil Pouch for protection of cesium iodide block. Winners were honored during the FPAs Annual Meeting on March 1-3 in Naples, ...