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Advantages and Benefits of Conductive Rubber Coverings in Critical Roll Positions

(News | New Products)

February 07, 2021, When a web contacts a roller surface, electrons can transfer from one material to the other.  By Bruce Hyllberg, Research Specialist, American Roller      Source of Static Generation: When a web ...

Achieving Fluid Production: Controlling Static and Contamination

(News | New Products)

January 27, 2021, ... dust and dirt to the web’s surface, potentially hindering the material’s final presentation but also greatly impacting on the hygiene of the finished product, which is almost guaranteed to be discarded ...

INX introduces GelFlex-EB inks for Flexible Packaging

(News | New Products)

January 19, 2021, ... printing. The surface print ink system has print quality similar to gravure and provides a cross-linked, durable ink film that eliminates the need for a lamination layer, reducing costs and total package ...

Vetaphone Opens Test Lab to Refine Productivity and Develop New Products

(News | New Products)

June 28, 2020, ... which is under close market scrutiny to ensure that their new products meet or exceed the current international standards. “With our unrivalled experience in surface treatment technology, we have become ...

The Back Page: Taking it back 54 years

(News | New Products)

April 23, 2020, ... to be formulated. Ink companies are hard at the task, but the problem of adhesion to these low energy surfaces still haunts them. Formulations that print cleanly in gravure are not adaptable to flexography ...

AIMCAL Announces Winners During Virtual Award Ceremony

(News | New Products)

April 16, 2020, ... easy access and reclosability to minimize food waste. High opacity white inks and surface matte coating and lamination processes work together to mask the haziness and inconsistencies inherent with PCR ...

Competitive Advantages in Cold Seal Application with ISRA Technology

(News | New Products)

March 31, 2020, ... high demands on inspection. The cold seal is applied to a metalized substrate on the reverse of the printed film. Metalized surfaces are particularly challenging to inspect due to their strong reflective ...

Static Control: Crucial to Fluid Converting Processes

(Static Elimination)

March 15, 2020, ... remain competitive, the possibility of static charges being generated is further increased – fast running machinery generates static on the web surface and, by generating heat, can also increase static ...

State of the Industry Report

(Nonwovens)

March 01, 2020, ... and controlled.  Finally, there are a growing number of processes to add functionality to the nonwoven through surface treatments or mechanical adjustments.  The tailoring of a nonwoven material to meet ...

4 Steps to Resolving Coating Defects

(News | New Products)

February 02, 2020, Every coating process engineer and equipment operator wants to know where to start when a coating problem surfaces with their product, so let’s start with the surface of the problem. By Mark Miller, ...

Hey Buddy Can You Spare a Dyne?

(News | New Products)

January 19, 2020, ... with inks and coatings. Corona treaters are designed to ionize air in a gap between an electrode and ground roll. Films passing through this air gap are exposed to the corona which increases surface energy ...

Leading the Way Towards Sustainability AND Clean Rolls

(News | New Products)

January 05, 2020, ... of early generation lasers, and saw them damage roll surfaces over and over again.  One of the roll manufacturing companies I visited said they were starting to receive in more client rolls for resurfacing ...

Corona Treating System

(Corona, Flame, Plasma)

January 02, 2020, Plastic films are non-porous and typically have low surface tension.  Plastic films are non-porous and typically have low surface tension.  Inks, coatings, and adhesives do not readily wet out or adhere.  ...

New Wash-Off Adhesive Optimises PET Recycling

(News | New Products)

December 29, 2019, ... from the PET surface later. This new adhesive is to be made available initially with a wet-strength and alkali-proof paper and a PP film: For the label materials HERMAcoat greaseproof (grade 228) and HERMA ...

AIMCAL Activities

(AIMCAL)

November 11, 2019, ... Investigations into line speed limitations, die swell (liquid spread), and the effect of gravity, pressure, viscosity and surface energy help reduce waste and defects associated with the transition from ...

Davis-Standard’s Aftermarket Services Deliver Convenience and Improved Performance at K2019

(News | New Products)

August 29, 2019, ... in diameter. For feedscrew rebuilds, the screw is engineered back to its original performance characteristics and surface treatments. At K2019, Davis-Standard will be introducing a new spiral feedscrew ...

Flint Group’s New Thermal nyloflex® XAH Digital Plate Increasing Productivity

(News | New Products)

August 18, 2019, The nyloflex® XAH Digital, a hard round top dot plate with a smooth surface, is the latest addition to Flint Group’s line of nyloflex thermal printing plates. The nyloflex® XAH Digital, a hard round ...

Roll Diameter Requirements in Converting Processes

(Web Handling)

June 30, 2019, ...  Diameter value does not require spindle or web motion. Disadvantages: •    The roll or wheel must contact the roll, an issue for materials that cannot have surface contact; •    The Lay-on Roll mechanics ...

LED UV & Electron Beam Curing Combine to Offer The Perfect Solution

(Case Studies)

June 05, 2019, ... on the front surface of their product as they do now: everything had to be reverse printed as all inks are cured together at the end of the machine by the electron beam system. This meant that the press ...

Maneuvering Material

(Web Handling)

June 04, 2019, ... 1800’s.  Starting with wear surfaces, the company innovated the first mandrel based core cutter.  Designed for the rigorous environment of the paper mill industry, the Appleton Core Cutter was reportedly ...