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K 2013 Will Show How Plastics Move the World

(Flexpack)

December 03, 2011, ... Fair – No. 1 for Plastics and Rubber Worldwide, comes to the Fairgrounds in Düsseldorf, Germany, October 16 - 23, 2013. Among the attractions will be a show within a show entitled “Plastics Move the World,” ...

Static Beat: Beat Winter Static

(Static-Beat)

November 22, 2011, ... rollers) are a special case because dust, debris, and contaminants are intended to accumulate on the roller surface. Maintain these rollers according to the manufacturer’s recommendations. Rubber and ...

Polymer-Based Primer Coatings for Plastic Films Are Laser Printable

(Coating/Laminating News)

November 22, 2011, Akron Rubber Development Laboratory's (ARDL) PolyData water-based computer-imprintable top coating or printing primer allows film labels to accept standard printing. AKRON, OH | Akron Rubber Development ...

Web Lines: Take the Laminator Quiz

(Coating/Laminating)

October 16, 2011, ... to nip load force? or (b) If your nip is controlled by open or overlap gapping, do you have a procedure to measure the gap and set it repeatedly? 10 pts. 6. If you have a rubber roller in your nip system, ...

Plotting Shear Wrinkles

(Web Lines)

August 21, 2011, ... the first span at least half a web width long, but all spans lengths can prove interesting. 3) A good coefficient of traction on the first of the three rollers, which you can get with a rubber covering ...

NDC Diversifies into Metals Business

(Controls News)

August 11, 2011, ... a leading manufacturer of web gauging equipment for the plastics, rubber, nonwoven, and extrusion-coated businesses, acquires the Alleur, Belgium-based IRM Group, manufacturers of high-technology measuring ...

Idlers Do Away With Trapped Air

(Web Handling)

July 31, 2011, ... and the micro groove. Grooves are available on all company rollers, including aluminum, steel, stainless steel, and rubber covered idlers, and are offered in a variety of sizes and finishes. Webex ...

Best Papers Named At IWEB Conference

(Web Handling)

July 31, 2011, ...  Kevin Cole, Optimation Technology, for “Measurement and Modeling of 2-D and 3-D Web Feed Rates in Rubber-Covered Nip Roller Applications” WHRC | www.webhandling.okstate.edu Emral Ltd. | www.emral.co.uk ...

Web Lines: Is Wound Roll Pressure Greater Than Tire Pressure?

(Tension)

June 30, 2011, ... When you stretch a rubber band around something, it creates tension proportional to how much the band is elongated beyond its untensioned length (a.k.a. strain). The pressure under a rubber band on a cylinder ...

MPI Release Projects 20% Sales Increase

(Label/Tape)

June 07, 2011, ...  exceptionally high quality performance.  The company supplies release liners for pressure-sensitive labels, the graphic arts field, plastics and rubber processors, converters, composites and structural ...

Do You Want Nips with That? Part 2

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

April 30, 2011, ... stop there? If you have a rubber-covered roller and a higher wrap angle, for example COF of 0.6 and a wrap of 200 deg, the non-slipping tension ratio is more than 8:1. The Achilles' heel of the unnipped ...

Mounting Tapes Improve Print

(Flexography)

April 30, 2011, R/bak PSA2 cushion mounting tapes feature rubber-based adhesives said to offer the highest adhesion and shear properties compared to acrylic or silicone R/bak PSA2 cushion mounting tapes feature rubber-based ...

Rogers To Feature R/Bak Cushion Mounting Tapes at Info*Flex

(Flexography)

April 27, 2011, ... rubber-based adhesives are claimed to offer the highest adhesion and shear properties in comparison to acrylic or silicone. They are best suited for printing applications that are susceptible to UV and ...

AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2011, ... urethane roller covering (also see PFFC's December 2010 issue, p30) that performs as a recyclable replacement for traditional rubber rollers found on converting and packaging machines. The elastomeric covering, ...

AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Coating/Laminating)

March 17, 2011, ... Award goes to Menges Roller Co. for its Tiger-Max (9) thermoplastic urethane roller covering (also see PFFC, December 2010, p30) that performs as a recyclable replacement for traditional rubber rollers ...

Technical Report: A Rheology Lesson

(Coating/Laminating)

January 31, 2011, ... is called shear thinning. Most polymers are like peanut butter; they become more rubbery the more they move. Polymers also shear thin with heat. As the temperature goes up, viscosity goes down (and vice ...

Green Converting: Recycled Roll Coverings

(Web Handling)

November 30, 2010, ... take hold?; what's taking “them” so long? We need to keep our eyes open and innovate. In the converting industry, some rolls that are being processed take as much as 2,000 lb of rubber. A series of 200 ...

Litzler Now CSIA Associate Member

(Drives/Motors)

November 30, 2010, CLEVELAND, OH | C.A. Litzler Co. Inc. has been accepted as an associate member to the Control System Integrators Assn. (CSIA). Litzler offers a line of CLEVELAND, OH | C.A. Litzler Co. Inc. has been accepted ...

Coatings Suited For Inkjet Labels

(Coating)

October 31, 2010, ... material for the Jetrion: 54# Semigloss/Rubber-Based/40# (R1338); and two Jetrion-compatible substrates: 2.3-mil white BOPP and 57# Semigloss/Perm/40#. Masterpiece Graphix | 636-349-6401 | www.mgxdigital.com ...

Web Lines: Q&A on Roller Deflection

(Web Handling)

October 31, 2010, ... that are sensitive to gap or engagement variations. A well-designed nipped roller system will have larger-diameter rollers, rubber-covered rollers, or both to compensate for the pressure variations that ...