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An In-Depth Look at Extrusion - Part 2

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

July 05, 2018, ... flight times the screw speed time the bulk density times 60 is the output per hour. The transition section is where melting theoretically begins, and contains both solid and liquid polymer.  In the metering ...

MacDermid Announces Price Increase

(Print)

June 27, 2018, MacDermid Graphics Solutions will raise prices on its photopolymer products due to a number of cost increases it has incurred ATLANTA, GA | MacDermid Graphics Solutions has announced a price increase ...

Greif Technology Aids Barrier of IBCs

(Carton Box)

June 24, 2018, ... first company to introduce the blend of polymers to proactively reduce permeation from IBCs. Ultimately our investment means that customers benefit from a longer product shelf life; a reduction in dangerous ...

Tekni-Films to Present Paper on Pharma Films

(Flexpack)

June 15, 2018, ... structures suitable for parenteral liquid drug reservoirs. Organized by AMI, Medical Fluid Bags 2018 will examine the latest advances in the design and production of polymer bags and pouches for fluid ...

EFI Announces New Products

(News | New Products)

June 11, 2018, ... more capabilities, and better productivity up to 109 boards/hr. Reggiani pigment ink technology said to give users a faster, environmentally friendly production process with in-line polymerization that ...

Catapult Opens Its Doors

(News | New Products)

June 06, 2018, ... Crystal CDI from Esko, the Bellissima Digitally Modulated Screening (DMS) from Hamillroad Software, as well as what it says is the most advanced photopolymer plate technology from MacDermid. Two of the ...

Emsur Announces Compostable Solution

(Flexpack)

June 04, 2018, ... to replace the traditional plastics derived from petroleum. They are composed of polymers from renewable resources, partially or totally, such as corn, cellulose, plant oils, animal fats and oils, among ...

Nordson Adapts Extrusion Die Technology

(News | New Products)

May 28, 2018, ... die, it provides real advantages in important application areas,” says Scott Smith, business unit director for polymer dies. “It is a versatile die whose effectiveness has been proven in both monolayer ...

K 2019 on Track to Success

(News | New Products)

May 20, 2018, ... future” will introduce pioneering areas of application for polymer materials and examine how these materials with their diverse properties affect modern environments. At the “Science Campus,” university ...

Inks and Coatings | Catching Up With Sun Chemical’s Felipe Mellado

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

May 14, 2018, ... inks, coatings and supplies, pigments, polymers, liquid compounds, solid compounds, and application materials. Together with DIC, Sun Chemical has annual sales of more than $7.5 billion and over 20,000 ...

Coating Matters | Advances in Slot Die Technology for Hot Melt Adhesives, Part 2

(Coating Matters)

May 07, 2018, ... to not place undue forces on the polymer melt but narrow enough to distribute the flow evenly across the width of coating. The lip opening is the most powerful variable in coating because it is the only ...

Packaging Trends | Market for Liquid Pouches to Hit $10.5 Billion by 2024

(Bag Pouch)

May 06, 2018, ... for 2016. Key properties offered by the material include high insulation, durability, and flexibility, along with stain and moisture resistance. Upward polymer price trend along with environmental regulations ...

DuPont & ADM Partner on Biobased Pilot Facility

(Flexpack)

April 30, 2018, ... to customers around the globe, and we’re excited about the future of FDME.” One of the first FDME-based polymers under development by DuPont is polytrimethylene furandicarboxyate (PTF), a polyester also ...

Coating Matters | Advances in Slot Die Technology for Hot Melt Adhesives, Part 1

(Coating/Laminating)

April 24, 2018, ... is typically non-tacky molten polymers being cast onto substrates with a nipped roll and a large air gap. In extrusion coating, the coating head is directly fed from an extruder. Hot melt coating is typically ...

Contact Originators Offers Wide Plate for Corrugated

(Carton Box)

April 21, 2018, ... has designed and manufactured what it says is the first 2.8-m-wide mounted multi-piece photopolymer flexographic plate. The plate is said to be dimensionally accurate to 100 micron across the 2.8-m width ...

Show Preview | RadTech UV+EB 2018

(Print)

April 19, 2018, ... topics include the following: Inkjet Surface Decoration, UV/EB Professional, Advanced Photopolymerization, Click Chemistry in Radiation Curing, Design of Experiments for UC/EB Scientists & Engineers. For ...

DowDuPont to Invest in Expansion

(Flexpack)

April 17, 2018, ... business of DowDuPont’s Materials Science Division (to be named Dow), as well as the Transportation & Advanced Polymers (T&AP) business of its Specialty Products Division (to be named DuPont). “This ...

Show Preview | SVC TechCon 2018 Targets Thin Films

(Coating/Laminating)

April 10, 2018, ... at SVC. Attendees will learn about new achievements in processing of flexible substrates, such as polymer or textile webs and thin glass, and encompasses manufacturing techniques, products, market developments, ...

Flex Films Says BOPET Is Soft & Strong

(Flexpack)

April 08, 2018, ... along with ultra-low gloss [5-8 Gloss Units] and robustness superior to commodity matte surface films. All polymeric films tend to stick to themselves. This adhesion is termed as ‘blocking.' In the case ...

Sticking With It | Hot Melt PSA Primer

(Coating/Laminating)

March 26, 2018, ... explored the chemistry of acrylic polymers; now we move on to hot melts. As with acrylics, understanding the basic building blocks of how hot melt pressure-sensitive adhesives (HMPSA) are built will provide ...