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- Coating Matters: 4 Steps to Resolving Coating Defects
- (Coating/Laminating)
- February 28, 2011, 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 Every coating process engineer and equipment operator ...
- Green Converting: Is IML Sustainable?
- (Label/Tape)
- February 28, 2011, ... image from a release liner or carrier web to the container surface, a little like an iron-on decal used to decorate a T-shirt. Only the layers of ink and overprint coatings are transferred to the container ...
- Print on Water
- (Print)
- February 28, 2011, ... “Due to interfacial tension on the border of water division [surface tension of water is about 72 dyn/cm, and surface tension of nano ink is 28-29 dyn/cm], ink in the form of thin liquid film stays on ...
- Adhesive Offers High Performance
- (Adhesives)
- January 31, 2011, ... emulsion for the coating and laminating industries. Company says adhesive provides high adhesion to low-energy surfaces while maintaining high cohesive strength; has excellent cohesion along with resistance ...
- Show Preview - Forecast for Orlando: ICE
- (Trends/Management)
- January 31, 2011, ... for Achieving Remarkable Surface Adhesion: Rory Wolf, Enercon Industries Corp. A Video Guide to Web Wrinkling & Spreading: Tim Walker, TJWalker and Assoc. Inc. Razor Slitting: Benefits & Limitations: ...
- Laminating Adhesive Suited for Many Uses
- (Adhesives)
- January 31, 2011, ... in excess of 1,000 fpm. Designed for confectionery, energy bars, ice cream, and other snack food applications, adhesive is said to adhere well to many substrates, including barrier films and surface-treated ...
- Print on Paper, Film, Foil-now WATER?!
- (Print News)
- December 07, 2010, ... NEO UV-LED Evolution, claimed a technology that: “100% prints on ANYTHING”—including water. The company’s equipment reportedly images on “impossible surfaces,” such as furniture, glass windows, iPhones, ...
- RotoMetrics Opens New Converting Technology Center
- (Die-Cutting News)
- December 01, 2010, ... to achieve higher run speeds compared to other conventional systems because of a unique, oil encapsulated hybrid mandrel which allows for even heat distribution across the cylinder surface. Electrical ...
- Materials Substrates: Building Blocks
- (Flexpack)
- November 30, 2010, ... Fasson Curvy film labels that work together in a machine application process to label complex, curved surfaces. Combines a wraparound look with the shelf appeal of p-s graphics. Creates 30% more space ...
- Looking South
- (Label/Tape)
- October 31, 2010, ... markets present specialist challenges. Generally, the key requirements for liners in these segments can be a fiber-free surface, the ability to be sterilized (ETOX/gamma radiation), Food & Drug Administration ...
- Process Troubleshooting
- (Coating/Laminating)
- October 31, 2010, ... include web cleaners, steering, tension, static control, and temperature control. The material characteristics to be measured include surface energy and substrate manufacturing data. The issues (typically ...
- New Static Control Cleaning Systems at Pack Expo
- (Static Elimination)
- October 03, 2010, ... which breaks any static bond holding contamination to the inner surface. The released contamination is caught immediately by the vacuum airflow and extracted to the in-line filter unit. The HEPA filtration ...
- Packaging Paper: Better Days Ahead?
- (Flexpack)
- September 30, 2010, ... At a minimum, the paper must be converted into a packaging format such as a bag, pouch, wrap, tube, label, or container of some type and may require little, if any, further surface treatment to meet ...
- Static Beat: Prevent Winter Static
- (Static Elimination)
- September 30, 2010, ... each neutralizer to the film surface. Manufacturers typically recommend that static bars should be located 2-4 in. from the film surface. Tinsel and ionizing string should be located 0.5-2 in. from the ...
- Bag Making: Strength in Numbers
- (Flexpack)
- September 30, 2010, ... Nowak says. “We're pretty excited about [the growth] of film, foil, and flexible packaging,” he adds. “Pouching in particular is a very interesting market. I think we're just scratching the surface as ...
- ISCST Symposium Continues Tradition of Connecting Academia with Industry
- (Coating/Laminating)
- September 19, 2010, ... Patterning and discrete object coating • Drying and solidification • Flow and drying of particulate coatings • Wetting • Coatings surfaces and structure ...
- Laminating Corona Treating: Bond Boosting
- (Corona, Flame, Plasma)
- July 31, 2010, ... High Definition Corona Treaters Polymer films used in the laminating process generally are chemically inert with non-porous surfaces and low surface tensions. Each film type has an inherent surface ...
- Web Lines: Are You Getting the Shaft?
- (Winding Unwinding Rewinding)
- June 30, 2010, ... used to accumulate the web from an upstream process but without a continuous full-width shaft inserted through the core. There are two common designs for shaftless rewinds or winders: two drum surface ...
- Static Beat: Choosing Passive or Active Ionizers
- (Static Elimination)
- June 30, 2010, Static charges can be an annoyance that requires some attention, and sometimes static can be a serious threat to your operation. To solve a static problem, Static charges can be an annoyance that requires ...
- Static Beat: Corona Treaters & Ionizers Compared
- (Static Elimination)
- May 31, 2010, ... properties of the film? Corona discharge treatment (CDT) is a surface treatment technology that uses an electrical discharge to oxidize the surface of polymer film. This chemical change increases the ...