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Innovative Problem-Solving: Advances in the Industry

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January 31, 2001, ... access these reports from a secure location on ABBA Rubber's at abbarubber.com. "Temperature control is critical to the success of this operation," says Huff. "We've seen a ten-degree variation cause a ...

Extrusion Coating Line Audit Can Bring Big Benefits

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January 31, 2001, ... extrusion coating or film, the main controllable variables are pressure, temperature, and tension (P.T.T.). As the various sections of the line or lines are audited, the areas that can affect P.T.T. must ...

Atmospheric Plasma: The New Functional Treatment for Films

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January 31, 2001, ... APT apparatus does not require any vacuum systems, produces a high density plasma, and provides treatment of various substrates at low temperatures while operating open to the atmosphere. This newly developed ...

A Glossary of Descriptive Terms, Fourth Installment

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December 31, 2000, ... of tension changes in the moving web. These changes can result from speed changes in the machine, or they can be due to ambient temperature changes that cause the web tension members to grow at a non-uniform ...

Materials

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December 31, 2000, ... Quickly 3M, South St. Paul, MN; 651/733-0691; 3m.com Bulk hot melt adhesives offer characteristics that include fast setting, delayed tack, low application temperatures, and high heat resistance. Line ...

What's New in Narrow We

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December 30, 2000, ... withstands temperature exposure to 270 deg F; and has a backcoating that reduces static and prolongs printhead life. System Verifies All Common Bar Codes Web Techniques, Fenton, MO, USA; 636/343-0806; ...

Products

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November 30, 2000, ... customers with solid value-for-money. Standard features include automatic sheet length and squaring. Also said to offer the highest single-web knife load available, as well as wider web widths. Temperature ...

Polyester Film Sourcing: Tips to Improve the Bottom Line

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November 30, 2000, ... direction (MD) and transverse direction (TD); surface treatment and coating type; operating temperature; coating system; and dryer capacity. The same can be said for polyester film that is to be printed, ...

The Case Against Oxidation as a Primary Factor for Bonding Acid Copolymers to Foil

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November 30, 2000, Application: Acid copolymers will generally adhere more strongly to foil than low density polyethylene even when processing the acid copolymer at lower temperatures. This reduces the potential for taste, ...

Pouchmaking Equipment Adapts as Materials Advance

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November 30, 2000, ...  Terry Rego, sales manager at GN Packaging Equipment, Mississauga, Ont., Canada, explains: "Thinner film has a smaller temperature sealing window, so the equipment has to be more accurate with sealing ...

Converting Industry News

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November 29, 2000, ... of research, testing, and planning. The system has been specifically configured for production of EVOH film structures, coupled with high-temperature engineering polymers such as nylon and polyester." ...

Digital Products for the Converting Industry

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October 31, 2000, ... contact while virtually eliminating breakage and clogging of junction, says mfr. Covers the 0-14 pH range with ñ0.01 pH readability and accuracy, and manual temperature is settable from 0-60 deg C.  ...

Conference Features New Networking Opportunity

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October 31, 2000, ... compostable. With the advent of biodegradable moisture-proof coatings, they will provide a fully compostable moisture proof membrane. In their paper on "Barrier Properties of EVOH at Low Temperatures ...

Converting Industry News

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September 30, 2000, ... high quality coating capabilities. Webs up to 740 mm wide may be wound up to 500-mm dia on 3- or 6-in. cores. Drying ovens are capable of temperatures to150 deg C. For more information contact Yasui Seiki ...

Estimating the Drying Rate of Flexo Ink in the Laboratory

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September 30, 2000, ... commercial press. The drying speed is determined at a specified oven temperature at the point where the ink will not set off. This is the "tack-free drying point." Once the tack-free drying point is ...

Customer Satisfaction Begins and Ends with Quality

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September 30, 2000, ... caliper. Starch gel temperature and viscosity are checked and adjusted if needed. "Having these at the correct level allows us to set parameters and machine controls to ensure that the corrugated board ...

Nitrocellulose, Solvents, Recycling, and Safety

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September 30, 2000, ... at elevated temperatures above 320 deg F (160 deg C), and under certain conditions it may react and decompose exothermically, resulting in toxic fumes including oxides of nitrogen and carbon monoxide. ...

Bringing Together the Many Benefits of Film and Paper

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September 30, 2000, ...  The filled resins used in the production of PaperFeel are highly viscous. So, to achieve the temperature uniformity and dispersive mixing required for the finished product, the Battenfeld machine employs ...

What's New in Narrow We

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August 31, 2000, ... Machinery, Materials, Accessories, Services Acetate Films Resist High Temperatures Hutchison Miller Sales Co. Inc., Doylestown, PA; 215/345-1824; fax: 215/348-4604 Clairfoil acetate films offer temperature ...

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

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August 31, 2000, ... are PE and PP waxes, silicones, fatty acid amides, and fluorocarbon waxes such as tetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). These lubricants differ greatly in their effectiveness, rate of migration, and temperature ...