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Improve Coating Process Control

(Thickness Gauging)

February 28, 2011, ... underlying problems with a particular layer within the film stack and generate real-time coating thickness and film weight data in a non-contact, non-destructive manner on a variety of substrates.  ...

EFI Jetrion Organizational Change

(Digital)

February 28, 2011, EFI Jetrion's Dr. Kenneth D. Stack announces his departure as senior VP/general manager to devote more time to his family YPSILANTI, MI | EFI Jetrion’s Dr. Kenneth D. Stack announces his departure as senior ...

Process Flexo Plates Quickly

(Prepress)

January 31, 2011, ... for post exposure and light finishing (UV-A/UV-C), and a stacker with eight drawers. There are two brush settings for plates: 3mm. The company reports the processing line offers a total capacity of 120 ...

Adhesive Offers High Performance

(Adhesives)

January 31, 2011, ... to high humidity; and remains tacky at low temperatures.Reportedly, it maintains its properties as it ages and works well in a broad range of applications. Said to offer a sustainable approach to p-s adhesive ...

Web Cleaning: To Contact or Not?

(Web Cleaning)

January 31, 2011, ...  Tacky (Elastomer) Rollers | These systems use a sticky roller, driven by contact with the moving web, to pull off debris and fibers. The roller is in contact with a second roller that employs more adhesive, ...

Teknoweb, Elsner Engineering Announce Cooperative Partnership

(Flexpack News)

January 09, 2011, ... industry. As part of their agreement, Teknoweb is going to offer the Elsner-built machines for converting rolled canister wipes, while Elsner will sell Teknoweb’s equipment to fold and stack wet wipes. ...

Avoid Marking Sensitive Materials

(Sheeting)

December 31, 2010, ... resulting action prevents stress marks from the stop roller and delivery belts while ensuring sheet packets are conveyed to the stacker troublefree. Uniform contact across the sheeter is said to eliminate ...

Elastomer Enhances BOPP Seal

(Flexpack)

December 31, 2010, ... reduces the SIT by as much as 15 deg C while improving hot tack. Blending it with a standard terpolymer PP or with a random copolymer PP reportedly delivers a lower cost option with improved seal hermeticity. ...

PSAs Free of APEs

(Adhesives)

November 30, 2010, ... of peel, tack, and shear. Also can design an APE-free version of any existing PSA to meet specific needs. Franklin Adhesives & Polymers | 800-877-4583 | www.franklinadhesivesandpolymers.com Circle ...

DuPont Aims to Seal Customer Loyalty

(Flexpack)

November 30, 2010, ... on DuPont's Surlyn sealant and offered 12 tips on how to choose a sealant to reduce leakers. He recommends selecting a sealant that: Seals over a wide temperature range Has good hot tack Seals at ...

Overlaminate Films Offered

(Flexpack)

October 31, 2010, ... are produced from a clear polyester film featuring a water emulsion acrylic adhesive system. Both are engineered for medium- and low-tack removable options in a variety of applications. acpo ltd. ...

TLMI Awards: Challenges Met

(Label/Tape)

October 31, 2010, ... Batavia, OH, drives home a first place prize for the Mobil 1 Delvac gravure-printed bottle label, entered in the Non-Pressure-Sensitive-All Processes/Cut & Stack (Color Process-Prime) category. The label ...

In-Mold Breaks the Mold

(Label/Tape)

October 31, 2010, ... ergonomically friendly, fitting perfectly in the hand, and feature 360 degrees of billboard-like, wrap-around panels to increase the product's shelf awareness. Submitted by StackTeck & Gateway Plastics, ...

Eliminate Label Backing Material

(Narrow Web)

October 31, 2010, ... to eliminate label backing materials often discarded as waste, with associated cost and environmental implications. Said to offer high tack, good adhesion, and fast curing with low viscosity and solvent-free ...

Process Troubleshooting

(Coating/Laminating)

October 31, 2010, ... in a slot die), the equipment variables to be monitored include attack angle (positioning), temperature control, roll total indicated runout (TIR), and chatter. The material characteristics at this point ...

Static Beat: Prevent Winter Static

(Static Elimination)

September 30, 2010, ... can restore good static performance. “Tacky” (cleaning) rollers are a special case because dust, debris, and contaminants are intended to accumulate on the roller surface. Maintain these rollers according ...

Coating/Laminating: Signed, Sealed, Delivered

(Coating/Laminating)

September 30, 2010, ... stack to prevent the foil from wrinkling.” Seamless Integration Faustel was open to working with another dryer manufacturer that Selig wanted to use. Selig felt the less a thin foil touches an idler, ...

Flexographic Printing: Super Setup

(Inspection/Defect Detection)

September 30, 2010, ... houses four flexographic central impression presses, a stack press, two laminators, and four slitters. The company runs polypropylene (PP), biaxially oriented PP, polyethylene, and a little paper from ...

Pollution Control: 10 Tips To Cut CO2

(Coating/Laminating)

August 31, 2010, ... conditions do not allow it — secondary heat recovery may be the best option for conserving the heat input to an oxidizer system. Heat exchangers can be added to the exhaust stack of an existing oxidizer ...

Green Converting: Leading the Pack

(Flexography)

August 31, 2010, ...  The company's extensive product line includes a variety of label structures — cut and stack, in-mold, shrink sleeve, roll-on/shrink-on, roll-fed, and pressure-sensitive — as well as other printing specialties ...