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UV and EB: Making the Trek into Energy Curing

(Materials)

April 30, 2001, ... “UV has been used for a number of years, for example, in silicone-release coatings on film substrates and even on some paper. Of course, there are a lot of people that haven't gotten into it yet, but there ...

Extrusion Coating Technology For The Imaging Industry

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, ... Some materials are pigmented. This poses another challenger to the extrusion coating converter. Many products involve using a silicone release liner that is challenging for high-speed converters to handle. ...

Products

(Magazine)

February 28, 2001, ... & Coatings Co., Newark, NJ; 973/344-1483 A one-part adhesive and silicone system allows printers to manufacture label stocks in-house. The CraigCure™ 1045XA silicone release coating, coupled with CraigCure ...

Odd Shape? Odd Substrate? You Might Try Pad Printing

(Magazine)

January 31, 2001, ... made out of silicone. The pad lifts away from the substrate and assumes its original shape. Step 5: Drying of the ink: Since the ink often is composed of slow solvents, solvent removal requires heat. ...

Materials

(Magazine)

January 31, 2001, New materials from: Adhesives Research, Avery Dennison (Fasson), Craig Adhesives & Coatings, Emtech, FLEXcon, GE Silicones, National Starch & Chemical, Northwest Coatings Corp., and Spartan Adhesives ...

Innovative Problem-Solving: Advances in the Industry

(Magazine)

January 31, 2001, ... speeds, so it is a good static generator. Historically, static electricity arcs leap from the web to the machine...snap, snap, snap. And every time you hear a snap, you know the static destroyed the silicone ...

Formulators Look Beyond the Peel, Tack, and Shear Profile

(Magazine)

January 31, 2001, ... extremes, converters might consider a silicone PSA. There have been some advancements made in liner technology that have opened up the silicone PSA market, according to Kathleen R. Hartley, application ...

Products

(Magazine)

December 31, 2000, ... downtime for blade replacement or regrinding. Silicone, Oil Viscosity Standards Are Certified Brookfield Engineering Laboratories, Middleboro, MA; 508/946-6200; brookfieldengineering.com Silicone ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

October 31, 2000, New from: American Bank Note Holographics, Braden Sutphin Ink, Bunting Magnetics, Corotec, Diagraph, Emtech Emulsion, GE Silicones, Griffin-Rutgers, IIMAK, Ko-Pack, National Starch, Propheteer, Rogers ...

Corona Treaters Adapt to Converting Processes

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September 30, 2000, ...  David Markgraf, senior VP, sales and marketing, Enercon Industries Corp. (enerconind.com), Menomonee Falls, WI, explains that several different types of dielectrics are available, including silicone ...

Materials

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September 30, 2000, ... reportedly forming a firm seal around food trays. Silicone Coating Has High-Release Properties Menges Roller Co., Wauconda, IL; 847/487-8877 Summit high-release silicone roller covering is said to ...

Presses and People Make a Powerful Combination

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, ... that makes all the difference. We ask questions. `What's your Delta variance? What's your ratio of silicone in the ink?' We do a really good job of ink management, and that's all part of getting the job done ...

Polyester Film Supplier Helps Converter Grow

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, ... of polyester film from Filmquest every two weeks. That film represents the company's fastest growing product segment, and its second largest raw material volume behind paper products. The company buys silicone ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... variable information printing on corrugated boxes, plastics, glass, and more. Silicone Base Paper Is White and Smooth Cham-Tenero Paper Mills Inc., Fabrikstrasse, Switzerland; +41 417853333 Hi-Fi ...

Study Assesses the Future of Release Liners in Europe

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... and documented the cumulative effect in our annual study of the release liner market. I believe that, today, Europe provides an attractive base for global expansion in silicone release liners. It is ...

What Is the Role of Additives in Water-Based Inks?

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... are PE and PP waxes, silicones, fatty acid amides, and fluorocarbon waxes such as tetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). These lubricants differ greatly in their effectiveness, rate of migration, and temperature ...

More New Products for the Converting Industry

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... without the use of silicones. Polymer is suitable for coating linerboard in mold release applications, says co., and also can be applied to polycoated board as a seal inhibitor. Can be applied by conventional ...

Release Papers: New Trends Are Driving the Market

(Magazine)

May 31, 2000, ... liners provide a base that is a good silicone coating substrate and does not curl after lamination to paper or film facestocks. They also remain dimensionally stable when used as a carrier sheet for graphite ...

Oxide-coated films are still finding their market niche

(Magazine)

November 30, 1996, With all the hype in recent years about transparent barrier films, one would think that applications could be found almost anywhere in the supermarket. With all the hype in recent years about transparent ...

A look at the status of UV/EB curing

(Magazine)

June 30, 1996, ... have been responsible for the adoption of photo-curable materials. In the early stages of development, optical fibers were coated with two-component, heat-curable silicones with line speeds of about 2 ...