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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.  ...

Discoloration Resistant Polyolefin Films

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ... optimal performance based on the nature of the polymer, the extrusion temperatures, and the shear rates experienced during various types of extrusion processes. These traditional phenol based systems have ...

Analysis of Film Extrusion Problems with Flow Simulation

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ... applications developed to understand process problems such as melt temperature, degradation or “gels”, surging, “un-melts,” and purge times. Figure 1 is an image of a film sample with what were initially ...

The 411 on RFID, Part 2

(Archive)

August 30, 2004, ... of depositing liquid on a surface. Most of those techniques have required manufacturing environments at high temperatures or high pressures, but Xerox has developed a way to print transistors at room temperature, ...

The Buzz on Remote Diagnostics

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... remotely oven temperature, nip temperature, line speed, etc., to try to determine the reasons for a specific problem. The third possibility is very similar to the second, except the person at location ...

New Inks Have a High IQ

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... being developed that can be used to provide a visual inspection as to the package contents and the package freshness. This can include information about temperature, level of oxygen, ammonia, and/or carbon ...

The Rx for RH

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... is 45%-55%, at a temperature of 68-72 deg F. It is hard to maintain this level of humidity in heated winter air, and in most plants, adding moisture to the air is necessary to reduce production and quality ...

Avoiding Surface Contamination

(Magazine)

July 31, 2004, ... simply with the passage of time or the exposure of the substrate to elevated temperatures. Unfortunately, a clearly visible physical clue may not exist that indicates the presence of the surface contamination. ...

Bayer Bio Products Announces Latest Efforts to Combat Product Tampering and Counterfeiting

(Archive)

July 26, 2004, ... seal specialized for use in transportation; it's located on the temperature-controlled Envirotainer shipping solution to help ensure verification once a shipment arrives at a Bayer BP affiliate or third-party ...

Battenfeld Gloucester Says MDO Provides Enhancements to PE; OEM Spotlights K Show Offerings

(Archive)

July 05, 2004, ... to maintain precise control of MDO film processing from preheating through drawing, annealing, and cooling. Since the unit is comprised of a series of rolls that operate at different speeds and temperatures, ...

Materials

(Magazine)

June 29, 2004, ... water-based primer bonds PE to aluminum foil either by lamination or extrusion. Company says primer uses only light application weights and bonds readily at standard extrusion temperatures. Said to achieve ...

Weight Control

(Magazine)

June 29, 2004, ... that controls the coating weight. In these processes, the viscosity can change due to evaporation of solvent, change in percent solids, reaction of ingredients, temperature, or the incorporation of bubbles. ...

Binary Blends of EVA and Metallocene Catalyzed Ethylene-a-Olefin Copolymers & Their Film Properties

(Magazine)

June 29, 2004, ... available 43-mm. co-rotating, twin-screw extruder with a length to diameter ratio of 40:1 equipped with a pelletizer. The extruder ran at 150 rpm with an output rate of 18 kg/h. The extrusion temperatures ...

CYRO Presents Heat-Aging Effects on Medical Packaging Materials at ANTEC in Chicago

(Archive)

June 01, 2004, ... competitive copolyesters. Comparative studies show how each material reacts to sterilization and elevated temperatures and what effect they have on material, says Cyro's release about Dimov's presentation. ...

A Recipe for Flexo Printing Success

(Flexpack)

May 30, 2004, ... and rewind areas. Each job uses different substrates, and it is important to know what tension will allow the web to float through the press without distorting its dimensions. Temperature—In a wide web, ...

New Materials for the Converting Industry, PFFC, June 2004

(Magazine)

May 30, 2004, ... Suited for Retort Use Sicpa North America, Brooklyn Pk., MN; 763/525-7600; sicpa.com Sicpafilm P solvent-based flexo ink system is said to stand up to retort and autoclave packaging lines at temperatures ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Archive)

May 30, 2004, ... be exceptionally rugged in order to endure extreme temperature variations and be storable in a densely packed configuration.” If Phase I is completed successfully, Lamart will move to Phase II, which ...

How to Influence Gloss and Friction Coatings or Cast Films by the Chill Roll Surface Design

(The Place)

May 30, 2004, ... of a chill roll. Besides this texture, other important factors are production speed, temperature, line pressure, support material, and coating material. All these parameters must correlate with each other. ...

Using a Chemical Primer for High Bonds & Low Oxygen Transmission

(Magazine)

April 30, 2004, ... coating requires thorough drying. Residual moisture will compromise the adhesion to the substrate and oxygen barrier performance. Variables including line speed, oven temperature, web temperature, oven ...

Unique Issues of Laminating Inks

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... heat-sealable coating on the film, or by molten PE applied to one film and then pressed to another. In the case of adhesives, the inks are exposed to the drying temperatures of the adhesive, the temperature ...