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(News | New Products)

September 19, 2002, ... machinery." Adhesive manufacturers move toward more ecologically and energy-friendly materials. "Trends in the adhesive market are toward the aqueous-based or 100 percent solid types, rather than solvent-based ...

Focus on Crosslinking in Fluid Ink Systems

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, ... constructed carefully to assure stability. Although used for many years in solvent-based systems, some titanates have found use in water-based acrylic systems. Photoinitiators: Photo-induced UV-curable ...

FFTA Campaigns for Flexo

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, ... unit. Eckart America, Painesville, OH, introduced Ultrastar FX-1803 and FX-1805, solvent-based metallic inks for flexible packaging and pressure-sensitive labels. The inks are said to deliver optical ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

April 30, 2002, ...  CAMBRIDGE, U.K.—Xaar plc, an ink jet development co., and Hilord Chemical Corp., Hauppaug, NY, a solvent-based electrostatic/piezo ink jet inks OEM, have announced an ink partnership agreement. Under ...

Products

(Magazine)

March 31, 2002, ... Printability Sun Chemical, Northlake, IL; 708/562-0550; sunchemicalink.com UltraPET solvent-based laminating ink reportedly offers excellent printability and high bond strength for use on treated PET ...

Valmet Tech Center to Open for Converters Worldwide

(News | New Products)

January 13, 2002, ... of adhesive coatings (solvent-based maximum 4 gsm dry at 35% and solventless lamination at normal or high temperatures at maximum 3.5 gsm). Cold seal coating will be possible in-register on preprinted ...

Dealing with Ink Adhesion on High-Slip Films

(Magazine)

December 31, 2001, ... inks without in-line corona treatment. Conventional solvent-based inks have better substrate wetting characteristics than water-based inks, because some of the solvents can “dissolve” the boundary layer ...

Perhaps It's Time to Redefine Packaging Odor Spec

(Magazine)

November 30, 2001, ... to alleviate problems with the use of qualitative techniques. The key to this idea was the fact that ink, coating, and adhesive formulations were sufficiently similar. That is, they were all solvent-based ...

Crosslinking Agents Can Improve Physical Properties

(Magazine)

September 30, 2001, ... can hydrolyze with water, reducing their reactivity. This chemistry provides high adhesion to glass surfaces. Use of siloxane crosslinkers in solvent-based systems must be formulated carefully to prevent ...

Many New Players Join India's Flex-Pack Boo

(Magazine)

September 30, 2001, ... Eco Junior solventless duplex laminator and a Nordmeccanica solvent-based triplex laminator. Expansion plans are underway, and new purchases include two more Cerutti presses; a Fong Kee extrusion laminator/coater; ...

The Parts and Performance of WEB CONVECTION DRYERS

(Magazine)

August 31, 2001, ... impurities that are unacceptable in some applications. One must also take great care because of the risk of fire or explosion, especially when solvent-based coatings are being processed. Gas-fired heat ...

Assessing the Potential for Ink Transfer and Migration

(Magazine)

June 30, 2001, ...  Many years ago, when the use of lead-based pigments was commonplace, plastic wraps printed with solvent-based flexographic inks could leave a visible amount of ink (via the alcohol-saturated cotton ...

PLGA Meeting Honors Gravure and Its Printers

(Magazine)

April 30, 2001, ... to PE on W&H laminator; solvent-based inks from Siegwerk; solvent-free adhesives from Rohm & Haas. This product also took the “Best of Show” award, with judges calling it “exemplary of the process.”  ...

Water-Based Ink Adhesion and Web Temperature

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, Unlike solvent-based inks where binders are dissolved in the ink solvents, water-based inks comprise several binders, none of which are soluble in water. Unlike solvent-based inks where binders are ...

Wide vs Narrow Web FlexoIt's More Than Just the Widt

(Magazine)

February 28, 2001, ... inks. Unrestricted use of solvent-based inks and coatings in wide web flexo was challenged by the EPA rules on solvent emissions. The flexographic industry responded with compliance strategies that ...

Products

(Magazine)

February 28, 2001, ... for tape manufacturing are 100% solid. Said to offer a high-performance alternative to solvent-based systems, free-flowing, nonblocking pellets are available in a convenient form for vacuum feeding.  ...

Odd Shape? Odd Substrate? You Might Try Pad Printing

(Magazine)

January 31, 2001, ... solvent-based inks and is limited to relatively small image areas. The pad printing process can print multiple colors, but most of the vertical machines are one-color printers. Pad inks are typically ...

Think the Ink You're Using Is A No-Brainer? Think Again

(Materials)

December 31, 2000, ... from your inks, converters also should be aware that there is one particular ink type—water-based, solvent-based, ultraviolet—that will best suit each application. Today's increased use of "clear" applications ...

Products

(Magazine)

October 31, 2000, ... peristaltic pump is available for use in converting industry applications using solvent-based inks. Dual-roller technology with longer compression cycles reportedly reduces friction and tube fatigue, resulting ...

Nitrocellulose, Solvents, Recycling, and Safety

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, Without proper precautions, the combination of nitrocellulose-containing inks, solvent-based press cleaners, and on-site recycling can be a deadly one. In the converting industry, it is normally desirable ...