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Sticking With It | Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives 101

(Coating/Laminating)

March 04, 2016, ... a surface at a 180- or 90-deg angle. Cohesion is best described as the internal strength of the adhesive. This is reported as shear strength or the ability of the adhesive to hold in place when weight ...

Coating Matters | Clean Coating and Fluid Preparation

(Coating/Laminating)

February 15, 2016, ... will help maintain clean surfaces. Commonly, operators prefer to shear particles off surfaces instead of utilizing mechanical force. To properly shear particles off with a fluid, the fluid should have ...

Coating | Solution Delivery for High-Precision Coating, Pt. 1

(Coating/Laminating)

February 08, 2016, ... to avoid scale-up pitfalls. Rheology is the viscosity change of a solution with shear or flow. Consider two solutions that both have high viscosity at low shear; one has a flat Newtonian shear response ...

Screw Design for Film Extrusion

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

January 11, 2016, ... the balance between shear heating and barrel heating, the screw design directly influences the temperature of the melt being delivered to the die. Gauge uniformity: Consistent, uniform melt thermal properties ...

Coating Matters | Optical Films Require Multiple Layers

(Coating/Laminating)

September 30, 2015, ... coatings require an even coating of a sub-micron layer of metal particles. This suspension of metal in a fluid is prone to agglomeration and shear sensitivity. So you can understand the need to design ...

Maxson Sheeter Suited for High-Pressure Laminates

(News | New Products)

September 26, 2015, ... manufacturers can increase the productivity and reduce the waste of their sheet lines by replacing conventional drop shear equipment with the dual-knife rotary technology of the SDFK sheeter.  High-pressure ...

Shurtape Offers Tape for Manufacturing Lines

(News | New Products)

September 11, 2015, ...  • Strong Hold: The aggressive, rubber-based adhesive sticks quickly to both smooth and porous papers, including 100% recycled paper. It also adds shear strength, allowing it to hold safely during processing ...

Coating Matters | Energy Storage Devices

(Coating/Laminating)

August 10, 2015, ... should be taken to monitor the fluid viscosity throughout a production run. Another consideration is the coating of the suspension. In high shear or narrow gap applications, the energy storage active ...

Coating Matters | Film Split Defects

(Coating/Laminating)

June 28, 2015, ... not operating at the same speed? The fluid will follow the faster roll. However, if the fluid is shear thinning, this effect is less pronounced. So ultimately, how does this affect coating equipment ...

Coating Matters | The Effects of Viscoelastic Behavior, Pt. 1

(Coating/Laminating)

May 25, 2015, When coating a fluid, consideration of the rubbery behavior needs to be given with the shear rate versus viscosity data If you'd like to hear from Mark Miller's own lips rather than read his column, ...

Spring 2015 Travels: Nordmeccanica (Long Island), Malaysia (Part 3)

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

May 04, 2015, ... For example, melt fracture and orange peel is common in blown film products in many countries in Asia.  This of course is a simple issue of shear stress either at coextruded layer interfaces or at the ...

AIMCAL Awards | Golf Balls & Ceramic Balls Are Game Winners

(Coating/Laminating)

March 18, 2015, ... Award for the Tidland 360 Degree Blade Guard. Compatible with any tangent shear slitting operations in which Tidland Performance Series Knifeholders or Tidland e-Knifeholders are used, the guard works ...

TS Converting Reports Slitter Sales

(News | New Products)

March 09, 2015, ... reels. A 1,600-mm-wide (63 in.) CS600 was supplied to Eurobands’, a tape converter in Belgium and is equipped with a dual-axis, automatic knife positioning system for the shear knives. Company says this ...

The Benefits of Ozone in Extrusion Laminating

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

February 26, 2015, ... process, the valve adapter is used to increase melt temperature and oxidation of the molten polymer, thereby providing improved adhesion to the substrate.  It does so by increasing the amount of shear ...

Maxson Sheeter Guarantees High Speeds

(News | New Products)

February 02, 2015, Company says twin-knife rotary technology offers accurate dimensions and higher speeds than drop shear equipment   WESTERLY, RI | Maxson Automatic Machinery Company reports its twin-knife rotary ...

UV/EB | North American Market for Energy Curing Technologies

(Technical Reports)

January 26, 2015, ... curve. Operators have to re-learn ink balance, roller shear, blanket lift, etc. Printers that have adopted energy-curing technologies often had to switch supplies manufacturers as they learned which inks/plates/rollers ...

Coating Matters | Pump Technology

(Coating/Laminating)

January 12, 2015, ... shear sensitive materials perform poorly with a gear pump, and some solvents may swell the rotor or stator in a progressive cavity pump, and solid particles in suspension may damage internal parts of a ...

Essentra Offers New Foam Core Tape

(Label/Tape)

October 22, 2014, Duraco High Bond Tape is for applications where strong adhesive bond or high shear strength is desired FOREST PARK, IL | Essentra Specialty Tapes (formerly Duraco Inc. and Duraco Express) introduces ...

Shurtape Offers Double-Side Tape for Mounting Applications

(Label/Tape)

October 20, 2014, ... resistance in high-humidity environments. DP 380 is suitable for applications where high shear and adhesion are necessary, including low surface energy substrates. It also can be used where permanent ...

Coating Matters | Patch Coating for Precision Fluid Placement, Pt. 2

(Coating/Laminating)

October 20, 2014, ... aluminum and copper substrates for coating understanding. These raw materials are typical for lithium-ion battery applications. Rheological data shows shear thinning behavior for both fluids across the ...