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The Formation of ''Microfoam'' in Water-Based Flexo Ink

(Magazine)

October 31, 2000, If you bubble air into water, the foam bubbles produced rupture rapidly, and the water surface layer becomes flat. However, if you add a small amount If you bubble air into water, the foam bubbles produced ...

International Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

October 31, 2000, ... European operations of Tetra Pak, Triflex, and DuPont to Charlotte for a three-day seminar. The seminar included a tour of Harper's Advance Surface Technologies Center and updates on anilox manufacturing ...

Products

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October 31, 2000, ... to assess the comparative transfer between surfaces, it has been designed to conform to BS 3110: 1959. Operating procedures begin by cutting specimens to the required size templates and then clamping the ...

Digital Products for the Converting Industry

(Magazine)

October 31, 2000, ...  Kernco Instruments Co. Inc., El Paso, TX; 915/852-3375; kerncoinstr.com Model K8514 digital stick pH meter is battery-operated and features LCD readout with flat-surface probe. Co. says special probe ...

Conference Features New Networking Opportunity

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October 31, 2000, ... used in beer and beverage packaging. Surface tension and chemical analysis identified the cause of the ink adhesion failure. In the same session, Dante F. Ferrari of AT Plastics Inc. spoke on "Extrusion ...

Directory of Pilot Lines/Labs A-L

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October 31, 2000, ... that offers center, surface, or surface with center assist winding. Coextrusion lab offers speeds from 5-600 fpm for cast film, extrusion coating, or extrusion lamination with 1,200 lb/hr (max) thruput. ...

A Glossary of Descriptive TermsSecond Installment

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September 30, 2000, ... to another roll surface. Two examples where such bending occurs are tension isolation nip rolls and lay-on (contact or rider) rolls. This term sometimes is used when describing the total amount of bending ...

What's New in Narrow We

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September 30, 2000, ... and used for both surface and reverse printing. UV Ink Batching System Is Fast GSE Dispensing Inc., Doylestown, PA; 215/489-9898 The Desktop UV Dispensing System fully automatic ink batching system ...

Bringing Together the Many Benefits of Film and Paper

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, ... for uniform film thickness and smoothness, with the aim of matching the standards of surface finish and gauge historically achieved in paper manufacture through processes such as calendering. "We are ...

A Q&A on Remanufactured Equipment: Is It for You?

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, ... on a stable surface, you get the registration you need, and that translates into high quality printing. While putting stations downline adds more colors, you typically don't get the quality or register ...

What Is the Role of Additives in Water-Based Inks?

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August 31, 2000, ... formula to optimize ink lubricity. Surfactants Additives in the form of surfactants are used frequently to improve ink printability. Such surfactants lower the ink surface tension and provide ...

A Glossary of Terms to Help Avoid Failure to Communicate

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August 31, 2000, ... of all rolls in the machine parallel to one reference roll. Asperity: The roughness of the film surface, usually expressed in microns (one micron is one millionth of a meter) or micro inches (one micro ...

More New Products for the Converting Industry

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... dry film, adhesives appear clear and colorless. Analyze Anilox Rolls with Kit Harper Corp. of America, Charlotte, NC; 704/588-3371; 800/438-3111; harperimage.com Lab-In-A-Box anilox surface analysis ...

Materials and Products for the Converting Industry

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... precision roller guides with what is said to be a higher contact surface compared to that of conventional ball guides, reportedly guaranteeing a backlash-free transmission of torque in both directions ...

Anilox Rolls Are Key When Printing Corrugated Board

(Print)

July 31, 2000, ...  ceramic coating of Ultracell anilox rolls is homogeneous and compact with a non-wetting tendency and a low porosity. This results in a high surface tension and, thus, an improved release coefficient. Th ...

Converted Solutions Slitter/Rewinder Boosts Productivity on Laminating Line

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March 31, 2000, ... single-shaft, center surface machine with a maximum web width of 3,400 mm. Multiple full-width slitting is achieved with dovetail-mounted, crush-cutting knives cutting against a hardened anvil, crush-cut ...

Curtain Coating Technology Can Mean Big Benefits

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February 29, 2000, ... the rear curtain surface where the fluid first strikes the web. The position of the dynamic wetting line is subject to process optimization. The curtain must be guided along its edges in order to prevent ...

Narrow web adapts to multiple applications

(Magazine)

November 30, 1998, ... materials such as shrink sleeves, adhesives and ultraviolet inks in the proper temperature range for trouble-free converting. With the proliferation of exotic substrates and water-based inks, surface ...

Oxide-coated films are still finding their market niche

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November 30, 1996, ... vapor deposition can produce good barriers if process conditions are selected to offset material defects and water removal from the substrate. Plasma deposition is limited by material defects and surface ...

Popcorn packaging leads converter down new paths.

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October 31, 1996, ... leg up," says Jackson. "It has allowed us to develop surface-printed paper/metallized OPP laminations that can be adapted to meet specific packaging requirements." Among these laminations is a new liner ...