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Aniline printing - 100 Years Later

(Flexpack)

November 29, 2004, ... The high tack of lithographic inks proved impractical for printing thin flexible substrates. The key advantage of flexo and gravure inks is they have very low tack and dry quickly, making them well suited ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, ... technology; machine maintenance; and new products and testing. One lunchtime tutorial tackled the soon-to-be-published AIMCAL Defects Lexicon; a second tutorial addressed growing your business in a ...

New Product Digest, Part 1

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, ... or shear blade. Slitting is provided by score, razor, or shear cutting. Options are available for perforating, rewinding, and stacking. PFFC-ASAP 409 Wind Large Rolls Davis-Standard, Pawcatuck, ...

Dow Opens First Commercial Plant for Versify Plastomers and Elastomers

(Archive)

November 18, 2004, ... improve optics, sealing, and hot tack performance, elasticity, flexibility, and softness for flexible and rigid packaging producers, manufacturers of thermoplastic eleastomers and olefins, and converters ...

Vehicle Retention is a Drying Not a Driving Issue

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... coating, or ink. Water or solvent that remains trapped acts as a softening or plasticizing agent. Adhesives or coatings that should cure to a non-tacky state usually will be very soft as a result of ...

WHAT'S NE

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... there are no gaskets to replace. Roller Covering Cleans Webs Jemmco, Mequon, WI; 262/512-9559; jemmco.com Jemm-Tac is a proprietary elastomeric sleeve featuring a tacky surface capable of picking ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... Materials Film Suited for Cut-and-Stack Applied Extrusion Technologies/AET, New Castle, DE; 302/326-5500; aetfilms.com CSL 231-125 OPP label film for container decoration is called an alternative ...

The Gold Standard

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... Paper, Rotoflex, RotoMetrics, and Craig. The converter also earns a first place in the Promotional category for its Stacker Push/Pull label. Innovator Award: Tracing Know-How Designed for fingerprinting ...

Keeping it Clean

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... jokingly says about web cleaning, “A few years ago the most common cure was to install a two-by-four across the web with a tack cloth wrapped around it, and hope that the problem went away.” Today' ...

PFFC Worldwide Special Report on Release Liners, part 2

(Archive)

October 30, 2004, ... accuracy and precision being measured. Each test lot would be certified individually. Certifications include width, thickness, peel adhesion, loop tack, release, and shear measurements. Gauge repeatability ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ... LLC, Gidue, Klöckner Pentaplast, MACtac, Research Inc., and Tharo Systems. Machinery, Accessories, Services, Materials Adhesive Offers Quick Tack MACtac, Stow, OH; 330/688-1111; mactac.com PressGold ...

Materials

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ...  Adhesive designated 2013 is said to combine the tack and adhesion properties expected from a silicone PSA with the high-temperature performance many PSA applications require. Gives tape and label manufacturers ...

New Clear Barrier Film Resin Technology Replaces Coated Films

(Archive)

September 29, 2004, Creating packaging that allows consumers to see clearly the food they are purchasing — and also promises the food is fresh — presents converters and end-users with a unique manufacturing challenge.  ...

Products, Part 2

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ... has been redesigned to provide greater accuracy in operation and more versatility in fold styles. Servo controls now are used for cut length, cut-off knife, stack separating, and elevators that lower stack. ...

A Problem Solver's Solutio

(Flexpack)

August 30, 2004, ...  Though Flexicon tackles a variety of what can be wince-inducing high-performance structures used to package sterile and/or chemically aggressive products, the converter does it with a relatively modest ...

Printing: Italian Style

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... can deliver large orders in less than two weeks. BOVO has two Uteco central impression (CI) presses, one Comexi CI, one Uteco stack press, and eight bag machines. In business for 50 years, the company ...

A Touch Above

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... to the material,” says Collins. Raflatac also operates a packing line that Collins proclaims “is as automated as automated can be.” It automatically delivers pallets, wraps the rolls, stacks them on ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... to paper low in moisture content. Newer window gum technology can provide both high tack and adhesion in combination with slower drying speed that will not shock the paper. Protect paper and envelopes ...

Shear Slitting Can Provide Advantages

(Archive)

July 30, 2004, ... of knives and spacers, stacked on the shaft, provide a complete support for the web, thereby reducing to a minimum the possibility of wrinkling, bagging, or sagging. In tangential or kiss slitting, ...

Products

(Magazine)

July 30, 2004, ... 401/596-0162; maxsonautomatic.com Specialty sheeter designed for photographic papers is equipped with a shaftless rollstand. Line includes a precision cutter, delivery section, stacking station, and off-loading ...