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Unwind and Rewind Guides: Design and Installation Considerations

(White Paper)

March 21, 2023, ... along with the roll of the web. The coefficient of friction depends on the type of bearing used and the relative alignment of the sliding/rolling surfaces. It is typical to assume 0.25 as the coefficient ...

Coating Futures in Medical and Wound Management

(Coating/Laminating)

March 19, 2023, ... Tom Kerchiss continues the legacy of his father, who founded the company in 1962. RK surface coating equipment and supplies are exported worldwide to printing ink manufacturers, printers, converters and ...

Understanding Dyne Decay

(Surface Prep)

March 12, 2023, ... and converting filmic substrates, knowing and understanding the importance of dyne levels is an everyday occurrence — or it should be. But market research indicates that while surface treatment is universally ...

The Role of Corona in Flexible Packaging Lamination Requires an Understanding of Filmic Substrates

(Surface Prep)

January 29, 2023, ... of the film surface, due to low surface tension, set off or other impurities on the surface. If there is a cohesive failure in the adhesive, look for an incorrect mixing ratio of the adhesive and residual ...

Solutions for Guaranteed Adhesion

(Surface Prep)

January 23, 2023, SOFTAL Corona & Plasma manufactures advanced surface treatment systems for foil, film, web, paper, foam and more. SOFTAL Corona & Plasma manufactures advanced surface treatment systems for foil, film, ...

The Versatility of UV Curing

(News | New Products)

December 15, 2022, ... sheeting, slitting, rewinding and shipping. This keeps work-in-progress goods out of inventory. Finally, UV cured surfaces do not scratch, mar or become damaged when passed through downstream manufacturing ...

The Value of Atmospheric Plasma

(Surface Prep)

November 20, 2022, ... Embedded Electronics, Foam and Panels from SOFTAL Corona & Plasma Surface treatment technology has been widely used for decades to modify substrates’ surface energy for improved adhesion of inks, lacquers, ...

Happy Birthday, Verner Eisby!

(News | New Products)

November 07, 2022, ... smudging on contact.  He asked Verner for help, and after testing the ink and material in his small home workshop, he found that it all related to incompatible surface energy between the liquid and the ...

Phoseon Introduces UV LED Curing Systems for Fiber and Wire Coatings

(Coating/Laminating)

September 26, 2022, ... and FRU are enclosed in an IP52 enclosure, protecting the system from liquid spills. LED technology drastically reduces energy consumption and significantly reduces work-piece surface temperature. For ...

Bonding Solutions for the Film and Converting Industries

(Coating/Laminating)

August 07, 2022, SOFTAL Corona & Plasma produces a full range of powerful, dependable treatment surface systems designed to raise the surface energy and adhesion properties of numerous substrates. SOFTAL Corona & Plasma ...

Sustainable Machinery Performance and Smart Factory Solutions Brought To You By Davis-Standard at K2022

(Upcoming Conference News)

July 24, 2022, ... The corrosion-resistant chrome nitride surface enables a sharper die exit edge to minimize polymer build-up and increase running time. Extrusion Laminator – A laboratory-style linear three-roll laminator ...

Quality Control Tips for Corona Treating

(News | New Products)

July 17, 2022, Corona treaters prepare surfaces for printing, coating & laminating by increasing a film’s surface energy to enable wetting and adhesion. By Enercon Industries Corona treaters prepare surfaces for ...

Web Guiding Equipment for Tomorrow’s Demands

(News | New Products)

July 10, 2022, Web guiding systems seem like such a minor part of the manufacturing process. By Robert Buongiorno, President, BST North America Web guiding systems seem like such a minor part of the manufacturing ...

There’s More than One Way to Treat a Film

(News | New Products)

June 26, 2022, To most people, surface treatment means corona treatment. Corona treatment is the most popular surface treatment for good reasons, but it isn’t the only choice. By Ted Lightfoot, casting, coating, ...

Achieve Higher Returns Thanks to Defect Classification

(Surface Prep)

June 05, 2022, At the point of sale, the packaging is the best way to persuade end consumers to purchase a specific brand. By Luciano Menk, ISRA VISION, Sales Director Surface & Print Inspection At the point of ...

Achieve Higher Returns Thanks to Defect Classification

(Surface Prep)

May 29, 2022, At the point of sale, the packaging is the best way to persuade end consumers to purchase a specific brand. By Luciano Menk, ISRA VISION, Sales Director Surface & Print Inspection At the point of ...

Optimizing Contact Cleaning for New Web Applications

(Surface Prep)

May 01, 2022, ... stringent and increasingly scientific analysis is required to optimize contact cleaning systems for different applications. In order to remove a particle of contamination from a surface, a force greater ...

Corona Treatment Considerations for Your Company

(News | New Products)

April 03, 2022, ... steps to guaranteeing adhesion in your process? Klein: Guaranteed adhesion requires precise control of the material’s surface energy. In order to control the surface energy, understanding watt density ...

Atmospheric Plasma Treatment

(Surface Prep)

March 31, 2022, ... Adhesion on Thermally Sensitive Materials, Thick Materials, Embedded Electronics, Foam, Panels and More. Atmospheric plasma and corona technology have   been widely used for many decades for the surface ...

Corona or Plasma – Which is Best for Your Process?

(Surface Prep)

March 13, 2022, To determine which surface treatment is best for your process, we first need to understand the basics of surface treatment – what it is, how it works and why it’s important? By Kevin McKell, VP Sales ...