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New Product Digest

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April 30, 2007, ... and solvent-based adhesives, coatings, and inks. Tank-mounted sensor uses “piston time-of-fall” method for measuring viscosities from 0.1-100,000 CPS. Sensor is said to be unaffected by level or turbulence ...

Reader's Choic

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February 28, 2007, ... technology that allows it to run with any combination of solvent-based, water-based, or solvent-free adhesives. Designed to reduce production costs on high value, multi-ply laminated substrates. Nordmeccanica—PFFC-ASAP ...

A Look Ahead: Sustainability and Other Hot Topics

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January 30, 2007, ... coating/laminating equipment but often results in higher line speeds and lower overall production costs. With water-based products, applied adhesive costs typically will be less than solvent-based and ...

the PLACE

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December 31, 2006, ... packaging. In addition to the results presented in the paper, these EB curable barrier materials were also tested with several different types of inks including solvent-based flexographic inks. Good adhesion ...

What's Ne

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November 30, 2006, ... UV-curable, p-s, hot melt adhesives replace solvent-based adhesives for wet wipe pouch seals. Allows in-line adhesive application and label production. Offers high initial tack on a wide variety of substrates ...

the PLACE

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November 30, 2006, ... and resins used in traditional solvent-based, dry-bond adhesives is the dry adhesive molecular weight. The molecular weight of 100% solids adhesives is significantly lower. Due to the lower molecular weight, ...

Pilot/Lab/Technical Facilities

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October 30, 2006, ... and solvent-based), UV curing, gas-fired dryers, IR drying, corona treatment, laminating, heat bond laminating, priming, printing, unwind/rewind trials, winding (differential, center, surface, center/surface), ...

What's Ne

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September 30, 2006, ... water-based, solvent-based, and UV ink applications, cleaners can be used through chambered recirculation systems, off press, or in ultrasonic and automated chemical wash systems. Said to be environmentally ...

Lid's a Showof

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August 31, 2006, ... surface that allows it to be printed for use as billlboard space. Said to feature an improved adhesion-promoting surface that offers excellent receptivity to water- and solvent-based inks and adhesives, ...

Pack Expo Presentation Highlights Improvements for Packaging Lamination

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July 31, 2006, ... comparing the acrylic adhesives with selected solvent-based urethane adhesives. Overall, tests comparing the two technologies reportedly demonstrated that the new water-based acrylic adhesives provided ...

New Products

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July 09, 2006, ... drying efficiency, electronics upgrades, and improved operator interface. Features an interchangeable coating head technology that allows it to run with any combination of solvent-based, water-based, or ...

New Products, Part 1

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May 30, 2006, ... allows virtually any combination of 100% solids or water- or solvent-based adhesives. Featuring a wide range of laminating/coating configurations, machine is designed mainly for retort packaging applications. ...

Ready to Serve

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April 26, 2006, ... with three additional coating lines originally manufactured by Ross-Waldron (now Ross Air Systems, a div. of Somerset Technologies), which add solvent-based adhesive capabilities to the mix. Two of the ...

Trends & Technical Solutions

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December 30, 2005, ... in Europe and the Americas, have decreased their reliance on solvent-based coatings and moved toward solventless, emulsion-based, and UV-cure technologies. On the adhesives side, water-based acrylics ...

New Products

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October 30, 2005, ... Proofer employs ceramic, laser-engraved anilox rolls so cells can duplicate the exact line screen and volume as the rolls on user’s press. Tool is designed to draw down water, UV, or solvent-based inks, ...

Pilot/Lab/Technical Facilities

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October 30, 2005, ... medical/pharmaceutical, photographic/graphic arts, sanitary/disposables, snacks, specialty structures, tag and label Services: coating (0.1–100% solids, water- and solvent-based), UV curing, gas-fired ...

Converting Industry News

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August 30, 2005, ... alternatives to solvent-based products.” The companies collaborated in 2004 on acrylic emulsions for the coatings industry. SUPPLIER NEWS Become a Markzware Affiliate SANTA ANA, CA—Markzware, ...

Converting Industry News

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July 30, 2005, ... in pressure-sensitive adhesives and caulks applications to assess and implement these solutions as high-performance and cost-effective alternatives to solvent-based products.” The two companies collaborated ...

Odor & Exempt Solvents

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May 30, 2005, ... packaging industry has moved to water-based and radiation-curable technology, a significant portion still uses solvent-based inks and coatings. Use of strong odiferous solvents such as toluene and methyl ...

A Look at Laminating Inks

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April 29, 2005, ... package construction, the ingredients used in the ink formulas must be selected carefully to eliminate any source of potential odor. Solvent-based laminating inks are more common than water-based, mainly ...