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FLEXcon Introduces BOPP Films

(Materials)

September 21, 2014, ... polypropylene (BOPP) films designed for primary and secondary labeling applications. Company says the multi-purpose 2-mil clear films have enhanced flexibility, utilizing the its new, higher-shear V-01 ...

Maxson Sheeter Is Suited for Lenticular Plastic

(News | New Products)

September 07, 2014, ... that manufacturers of lenticular plastic can now sheet the product at higher speeds than conventional drop shear equipment, while ensuring the square, accurate dimensions required by the printing industry.  ...

Slitting/Rewinding | Worldmark Material Sciences Adds "Clean" Machin

(Slit)

August 25, 2014, ... web feed Automatic knife setting Driven shear knives with knife cleaning system Post slitting double sided web cleaning (contact and contactless options) Cantilevered knife shafts for rapid knife ...

Coating Matters | Steam Remoisturizing Technology for Paper-Based Labels, Pt. 1

(Coating/Laminating)

July 21, 2014, ... within a sheet of paper or layers of laminated paper expand or contract unevenly. Uneven shrinkage or expansion causes a bending moment because of the differences in shear forces. There are a number of ...

Slot Die Coating Technology

(Mark's Coating Matters)

July 16, 2014, ... The slot die pre-meters the fluid onto the substrate. The fluid rheology is the fingerprint of the fluid. It is the comparison of viscosity verses shear rate at a specific temperature. Each fluid has its ...

The Importance of Running Centered

(Web Handling)

July 10, 2014, ... An off-center web would have unequal pulling left to right, leading to a lateral shift in the web even more off center. Pulling the web laterally will bend and shear the web like a misaligned roller. ...

Nampak South Africa Adds Titan Slitter Rewinders

(News | New Products)

June 25, 2014, ... braking system and a digital edge-guide system controls lateral movement of the unwind reel to +/- 2 in. (50 mm). Slitting systems available include shear knives, rotary razor (burst), or razor slitting ...

Interfacial Dynamics

(Mark's Coating Matters)

June 16, 2014, ... is shear and the reaction to the force explains how equipment and processes need to be configured to react. Within these distortions, all the laws you learned in school still apply. These laws of conservation ...

BASF Announces New Products

(News | New Products)

June 15, 2014, ... inkjet monomers by means of just a dissolver or other high-shear mixers without the need for milling. • Laromer PE 9105 is a new low-viscosity polyester tetra acrylate that is suitable for flexographic ...

Globe Trekking Adventures in Web Handling, Winding & Slitting

(Web Handling)

June 02, 2014, ... edge quality from razor, crush, and shear slitting. Back in the USA at CPP Expo In the fall, I'll be back home and delivering more conference material at CPP Expo in Chicago at McCormick Place during ...

Web Lines | Wrinkling?

(Web Handling)

May 18, 2014, ... you have in production and which of these tests would best predict helping to reduce your specific wrinkle causes. shear wrinkles The standard set up for shear wrinkles is an adjustable roller with ...

Streak Formation

(Mark's Coating Matters)

May 13, 2014, ... get trapped in the lip opening, air trapped in the process equipment, or damage in the metal flow surface of the slot die. These particles, when combined with hang-up areas such as variation in shear stress, ...

Processing Tips to Prevent Gauge Bands - Part 2

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

May 12, 2014, ... just as it is to keep cement moving in a cement truck.  What all polymer processors do to polymers is a combination of time, temperature and shear.  The proper combination of these three determine the ...

Agglomerates

(Mark's Coating Matters)

April 23, 2014, ... this area). In slot die coating, this may occur because of increased shear because of a narrow gap at the lip exit. Altering the shim thickness may help alleviate this issue. If the shim size is set, then ...

Coating Matters | Under Pressure: The Damage Stress Can Do in Fluid Coating

(Coating Matters)

March 24, 2014, ... form has three main effects—shear, peel, and tensile. At the edges of the solidified form, the solidified fluid is acted upon by the shear stresses associated with the substrate and the pealing stresses ...

Turkish Flexpack Converter Installs Titan

(News | New Products)

January 14, 2014, ... system provides accurate web tension control and a digital edge-guide system controls lateral movement of the unwind reel to +/- 2 in. (50 mm). Slitting systems available include shear knives, rotary razor ...

Coating Matters | The 3 Stages of Product Development

(Coating/Laminating)

January 07, 2014, ... the scale-up to understand what the effect of process and product variables are to the final product outcome. As an example, take a Newtonian fluid, a polymeric shear thinning fluid, and a shear thickening ...

Shurtape Tape Suited for Recycled Corrugated

(Corrugated)

November 20, 2013, ... adhesive formula results in higher adhesion and higher shear, and also provides for increased fiber tear when the tape is removed, offering tamper-evident security. “Shurtape is committed to continuously ...

Kampf Slitter Has Many New Features

(News | New Products)

October 20, 2013, ... finished roll stripper, automatic unloading stand, and an optimized slitting section for all common slitting systems up to a fully automatic shear cut slitting section. Automatic finished roll sealing-taping ...

REM Offers Two-Drum Surface Slitter/Rewinder

(News | New Products)

September 16, 2013, The Model 4040 slitter/rewinder has many standard features, including shear slitting, dual spreader roll system, and programmed rider roll   NEENAH, WI | REM announces the Model 4040 simplex two-drum ...