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Ritrama Reels in New Biz with Innovative Adhesive Coatings, PFFC, June 2004

(Magazine)

May 30, 2004, ... aspects of performance. She explains that since most of their customers print the labels, the lab uses various techniques to measure the surface treatments of the films to determine how well inks will ...

Unique Issues of Laminating Inks

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... that can catalyze oxidation of some resins. Corona treatment of films is a common method of increasing the surface tension of a film to improve the ink adhesion. In some cases, excessive corona treatment ...

Products

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... units; single- and multiple-trim pickups; and complete system engineering for single extrusion/converting lines or plant-wide applications. Improve Surface Adhesion Optical Associates, San Jose, CA, ...

Materials

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... Proprietary formula databases are available to match most Pantone colors using the Easy Ink Controller manual blending system or most fully automated dispensers. Available in surface print and lamination ...

Film Wettability Not So Simple

(Magazine)

March 31, 2004, ... has some degree of experience. However, the wetting of a film by a printing ink is a complicated physical/chemical process. To begin with, printing is a dynamic process that involves wetting surfaces ...

Products

(Magazine)

March 30, 2004, ... on base substrates down to 0.7 microns. Blankets Have Resistant Surface Phoenix North America, Fords, NJ, USA; 732/346-5353 Topaz Carat blankets for offset printing feature a compressible intermediate ...

UV & Jet Inks: An Exciting Combo

(Materials)

January 30, 2004, ... to substrates such as polyolefin films usually requires a surface treatment. Polyolefins that have been treated to 42 dynes/cm or higher typically will show better ink adhesion. Corona as well as flame ...

How Dirty Is Your Money?

(Magazine)

December 31, 2003, ... has always been that it lasts less than a few years in circulation. But what's more, paper money is problematic as it provides a large surface area as a breeding ground for bacteria. Microbe-infested ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

December 30, 2003, ... materials handling, screw designs, instrumentation, process control, cooling systems, additives, troubleshooting, surface treatment, test methods, and similar topics. All the TAPPI PRESS offerings listed ...

Corona Collaboration

(Tapes)

October 31, 2003, ... air is pulled through the corona discharge field. The result is a brown sludge-like substance that can build up on the internal components of the treating station, including the electrode insulator surfaces, ...

What Works Best?

(Magazine)

October 31, 2003, ... extruder, which has since been expanded with 2.5- and 3.5-in. Black Clawson extruders. It also utilizes a Beloit laminator, Beloit turret winder for converting flexible packaging, and an Egan surface winder ...

Furthering Substrate Functionality

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... plasma treatment optimizes ink and coating adhesion, even lamination adhesion, by delivering gas chemistry to the surface of materials, therefore ‘functionalizing’ the surface of webs,” explains Rory Wolf, ...

Coating Success

(Unprinted Rolls)

September 30, 2003, ... are specified correctly and quality level is maintained is essential. Often the available substrate webs cannot meet the wetting and adhesion needs of a product. Surface treatment systems — flame treatment, ...

Meeting the Need

(Materials)

September 30, 2003, ... surface to protect against dust, cleaning, and damage from many of the chemicals used in industrial environments. InteliCoat Technologies; intelicoat.com PFFC-ASAP 314 A range of metallized PET films ...

Products

(Magazine)

September 29, 2003, ... Corp., Menomonee Falls, WI; 262/255-6070; enerconind.com Flame plasma surface treating system is described as reliable at high speeds. System can process a wide range of materials and features burner ...

International Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, ... are produced using encapsulation to prevent this barrier resin from contacting the metal surfaces of the feedblock and die. The line, CXL-7210, includes nine extruders, seven for each of the seven layers ...

Products

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, ... specially formulated two-component compound is said to offer good properties in surface energy/tension, abrasion resistance, and temperature resistance. Ink transfer ability achieves density levels previously ...

LatinPack 2003 Opened Doors to New Converting Packaging Ideas

(News | New Products)

August 28, 2003, ... "Advances in Films Surface Treatment—Corona, Plasma, and Cast"; and "Rheology, Blown Film Die Design and PE Primer." Exhibitors in the tabletop part of the conference included Mocon (USA); Karlville Development ...

Active Packaging

(Flexpack)

July 31, 2003, ... in which the anti-microbial agent migrates from the film or coated film surface and those in which the agent remains within the film or coating. Due to the nature of food, films or coatings in which the ...

European Meeting Presents Large Technical Program

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, ... presented a paper entitled “Polymer Coating Of paper Using Dry Surface Treatment — Coating Structure And Performance.” Dry surface treatment combines coating and surface finishing in steps of applying ...