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(Magazine)

October 31, 2007, ... valve switches the fill/dispense function of each cylinder set. Polyethylene Co-extruded Blown Film: Layer Arrangements For Optimum Optics And Stiffness by Lou Mele and Wen Lin, NOVA Chemicals APPLICATION: ...

Eclipse Film Technologies Installs a W&H MDO Unit

(Archive)

October 13, 2007, ... operational. Eclipse will use this new capacity to produce films for the food and medical industries that offer offer cost savings benefits, as well as improved stiffness, strength, optics, and barrier ...

Baggy Webs: Part 4 Minimizing

(Archive)

July 31, 2007, ... much, but some film bagginess can be greatly reduced with a heat, stretch, cool process. Why is this dangerous? You may change the characteristics of your film, such as heat stability or stiffness. I ...

the PLACE

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July 31, 2007, ... concentrate can be added to films to improve dart impact strength. This can occur without significantly affecting tear and sealing properties or the stiffness of the film. The addition of calcium carbonate ...

the PLACE

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May 31, 2007, ... important attributes for flexible packaging. These include tear strength, impact resistance, processing ease, optical properties, barrier, stiffness, and seal characteristics. Many market segments of the ...

the PLACE

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March 31, 2007, ... and the impact of all the variables on film stiffness, film strength, and COF. Sixteen three-layer films were produced on a coextrusion blown film line under constant process conditions with the extruder ...

Reader's Choic

(Magazine)

February 28, 2007, ... Doctor Blades Outlast Steel TruPoint UltraFlex doctor blades are engineered from a thin-weave fiberglass composite material said to provide the same level of stiffness as a steel doctor blade while increasing ...

Product Protection

(Technical Reports)

February 28, 2007, ... increased puncture resistance, and better stiffness. With its outstanding oxygen-barrier properties and its suitability for gas flushing, it is an excellent alternative to PVDC-coated OPP. A comparison ...

Lessons in Laminating

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January 31, 2007, ... engineers, Leroy Vargas, worked closely with Perma-Flex Engineering to develop a roll with greater core stiffness, a reduction in RMS (root-square-mean) surface roughness, and a composition that provided ...

What's Ne

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November 30, 2006, ... Helps increase film stiffness and strength as well, company says, and increases gas and vapor barrier properties. Reportedly, optical properties including transparency and gloss are improved. Line is suited ...

the PLACE

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November 30, 2006, ... increases stiffness by 14% in the machine direction and 30% in the transverse direction. This increased stiffness could translate into savings through down gauging or easier down stream converting.  ...

Web Tension: A Pop Quiz

(Web Lines)

September 30, 2006, ... will double each time you double the width, thickness, or modulus. There is a diminishing need to increase tension proportionally as the product has natural stiffness, so a tenfold thickness increase likely ...

What's Ne

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August 31, 2006, ... and stiffness and is ultra-white, super smooth, durable, resistant to chemicals and stains, 100% waterproof, and recyclable. PFFC-ASAP 478 Nanoparticles for Inkjet Printing Xaar, Cambridge, UK; +44 ...

LABELEXPO new product digest

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August 31, 2006, ... of roll widths. Visit booth 829. PFFC-ASAP 450 Strong, Stable Films Green Bay Packaging, Green Bay, WI; 920/337-1798; www.gbp.com FlexiClear and FlexiWhite p-s BOPP label films provide stiffness ...

M-Real Introduces Flex-Pack Paper for Rotogravure

(Flexpack)

August 15, 2006, ... chocolate and confectionery, pet foods, cigarettes, and pharmaceutical and healthcare products. Simcastor Flex ES provides extra stiffness need for packaging, such as that used for yogurt banderols. See ...

What Makes Winding Difficult?

(Archive)

July 31, 2006, ... two extremes of winding as “spongy” and “fully compressed” rolls, where the difference between the two was the roll modulus ratio. This ratio is found by comparing the stiffness or modulus of a material ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

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May 30, 2006, ... new LDPE and HDPE can increase film stiffness as indicated by secant modulus. Adding the mLLDPE increases film strength. Both the machine direction and transverse direction secant modulus values can increase ...

Whatever Floats Your Web

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May 30, 2006, ... to the web, it will create pressure that opposes the web if it tries to move perpendicular to the air flow. Air foil nozzles use the Coanda effect. Lastly, you can induce crossweb stiffness with air. ...

Ready to Roll

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April 29, 2006, ... NatureWorks polylactide, a corn-based polymer. Suitable applications include cosmetics, personal care, liquor, and consumer products. Cartons are very durable, offer exceptional stiffness, and crease beautifully ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

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March 30, 2006, ... applications involves the use of dispersed clays in rubber-modified thermoplastics to produce reinforced automotive exterior and interior parts where an optimum balance of stiffness and toughness is essential. ...