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MOCON’s System Tests Pharma Packaging

(Inspection/Defect Detection)

March 04, 2012, ... shelf life. However, modified atmosphere can be compromised by poor packaging seals, material breakdown, weak barrier properties, pinholes, etc. This is why using a precise and sensitive package performance ...

Surface Energy Matchmaking

(Coating/Laminating)

July 31, 2011, ... substrate, the fluid flows to the limits of the coating head and provides a solid layer of fluid over the substrate. Sometimes, however, the fluid resists this reformation and coating defects occur. Pinholes, ...

AIMCAL-PFFC-EMA Host FREE Webinar on Vacuum Deposit Barrier Coatings

(News | New Products)

April 13, 2010, ... why the coatings contain defects and reveal alternatives to reduce the defects. As the biggest problem usually involves pinholes that primarily relate to the quality of the incoming polymer film, the basis ...

Spartanics Tag Teams with EFI's Jetrion at Open Hous

(News | New Products)

July 05, 2009, ... or melted adhesives to facilitate label removal. Changeover from a roll-fed design to continuous sheet literally takes mere minutes. Pinholes are eliminated and rounded corners are replaced with sharp ...

Web Exclusive: Matching Laser Cutters to Labels

(Archive)

April 01, 2009, ... can find laser cutters in the market that leave burnthrough marks and pinholes at the start and stop points of cutting! These are signs that the laser cutter manufacturer is using generic laser control ...

Meeting the Sustainability Challenge Without Compromising Barrier Performance

(Archive)

January 28, 2009, ... possible, as long as the quality of the metal layer is significantly improved.  In addition to OD, the density, level of pinholes, and adhesion to the substrate all play critical roles in determining ...

Metal Is in the Mix

(Metallizing)

February 29, 2008, ... 18 colors for the room side. An optical density of 4.0 and an absence of pinholes, bands, and other surface imperfections combine winningly with an insulating 3.59 R-value. Converter Flexo Solutions, ...

New Products, Part 1

(Magazine)

October 31, 2007, ... without burnthroughs, pinholes, or other defects. Handles kiss cuts, through cuts, engraving, serial numbering, scoring, scroll slitting, and perforating. Spartanics | 847-394-5700 | spartanics.com ...

WHAT'S NE

(Magazine)

August 31, 2007, ... versatile handling of a wide range of substrates without burn-throughs, pinholes, or other defects. System has the capacity for single-pass finishing and is configured to work in-line with digital printers. ...

Product Protection

(Technical Reports)

February 28, 2007, ... are common with manufacturing, cartoning, shelf stocking, and consumer handling in the retail environment, they can develop pinholes and become permeable. They also can develop permanent creases and wrinkles, ...

The Laser's Edg

(Magazine)

July 31, 2006, ... facilitates much higher quality cutting without the troublesome burn-throughs and telltale pinholes at sharp corners that plagued earlier generations of laser-cutting technology. Essentially, what the ...

Without Boundaries

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ... been modified in-house). Next, the company had to apply the coating in a way that would ensure the coat weight could be controlled accurately and would be free of pinholes. Transporting the coated web ...

Fighting Flaws

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ... and use easy-to-understand training procedures. Static electricity buildup in the coater can generate a variety of defects, i.e., dirt, pinholes, tracking, and “photo effects,” and it can cause fires ...

Using a Chemical Primer for High Bonds & Low Oxygen Transmission

(Magazine)

April 30, 2004, ... Producing an optically clear film with an effective barrier to oxygen requires delivery of a smooth, continuous coating to a treated film web. Pinholes are unacceptable since they act as a window to oxygen ...

Futec to Show Latest Advances in Automated Web Inspection at Drupa

(News | New Products)

February 22, 2004, ... from Futec inspection. The MaxEye detects spots, voids, wrinkles, pinholes, die lines, scratches, and a host of other optically detectable defects. Futec also says an agreement with Windmöller & ...

Meeting the Need

(Materials)

September 30, 2003, ... in all heat sealable foil high-barrier laminations and to inhibit moisture ingress from pinholes or foil fractures often seen in the filling and final conversion process. Reportedly offers reduced packaging ...

Products

(Magazine)

September 29, 2003, ... plasma treaters are said to offer uniform treatment; high-dyne, long-lasting treatment; no backside treatment in polymer film applications; and no pinholes when treating porous materials. Treating is available ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

December 31, 2002, ... and deaerator mounted on a skid. Tester Helps Cut Coating Problems Capella Technology Inc., Pompton Plains, NJ; 973/248-1422 Stretch tester eliminates coated appearance problems such as pinholes, ...

Polymers/Laminations/Adhesives/Coatings/Extrusions

(Magazine)

July 31, 2001, ... addition, coating weight changes and stripe coating are easier with roll coating. For coating weights above 15 g/m2 and for applications that can sustain occasional small pinholes or structuring in the ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

November 29, 2000, ... the actual coating being applied. The equipment is said to be so sensitive that adhesive pinholes or imperfections can be detected accurately down to a size that is difficult to see with the naked eye. ...