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A Lesson in Amines Used in Water-Based Products

(Magazine)

August 31, 2002, ... to talk about ammonia. Ammonia is that “pungent, yet fresh smell” of many household cleaners. Ammonia is a gas at room temperature and has a chemical formula of NH3. It has three hydrogen atoms and one ...

1950s

(News | New Products)

August 27, 2002, ... at Nashua Corp., increase in popularity. These special labels have resins that allow the labels to remain "nonsticky" when stored at room temperature, but when heated, become a permanent adhesive. 1953 ...

Knowing Your Limitations Can Accentuate Your Strengths

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July 31, 2002, ... The converter may learn of a tape made by a competitor that adheres to plastic bags in temperatures encountered by frozen foods. The converter does not have this type of tape in his line and would like ...

Reporter Clips

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July 31, 2002, Advanced Labelling Systems Ltd. (ALS) has opened a new label production facility at its Thame manufacturing plant, and Scapa North America announces the Duofoam VJ Series of PE foam tapes. Plus coming ...

Products

(Magazine)

July 31, 2002, ... Wonderware user-customizable process control software. Said to provide access to more than 1,000 standard links to devices such as temperature controllers, drives, and PLCs. Static Elimination Bars ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

June 30, 2002, ... and improved print contrast. Adhesive is said to provide excellent UV (ultraviolet) resistance, strong low-temperature performance, and excellent adhesion characteristics to nonpolar substrates. Traverse ...

Materials

(Magazine)

June 30, 2002, New materials from: Adchem Corp., ADM Tronics Unlimited, D & K Group, Flint Ink, Lamart Corp., MACtac Technical Products, MeadWestvaco, and Nova Chemicals. Joint Venture to Offer “Smart” Inks, Coatings ...

Products

(Magazine)

June 30, 2002, ... for precision accuracy. Efficient application eliminates adhesive “sling” and unnecessary waste, says co. Meter Measures pH and Temperature Extech Instruments, Waltham, MA; 781/890-7440; http://www.extech.com ...

In the Bag

(Magazine)

June 30, 2002, ... needed: Product weight and temperature at time of filling Type of filling system Handling and storage conditions Seal type at the bottom and top of the sack. The weight of ...

Focus on Crosslinking in Fluid Ink Systems

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, ... the resin carboxy functionality. Their performance is somewhat similar to that of polyfunctional aziridines but may require more time and/or higher drying temperatures. Excellent adhesion and product resistance ...

Products: Edited by Deborah Donberg

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, ... Features programmable temperature and time control. Both running and waiting web material is fed vertically into the slot in the top of the splice assembly, which places both webs in the proper position ...

Coating Control, Quality, & Paperboard Packaging

(Magazine)

April 30, 2002, ... coating that resulted from 8 hr or more of water evaporation. Temperature also affects coating viscosity. As the temperature increases, the coating viscosity decreases. What Viscosity Can Do Transfer ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

April 30, 2002, ... include excellent long-term aging, resistance to environmental extremes, and high performance over a range of operating temperatures. De La Rue Combines Tapes, Holographics HAMPSHIRE, U.K.—The Global ...

Coating and Laminating Special Report

(Archive)

February 28, 2002, ... and blue and white commonly are used in addition to the unpigmented film. HDPE film has a maximum recommended use temperature of about 85 deg C under tension. Higher temperatures under normal web processing ...

Overcoats Offer Protection (and You Don't Have to Button Up

(Magazine)

January 31, 2002, ... to heat sealing at high temperatures, for example. A big advance to many overcoats that are commercially available to converters today is the combination of all these traits in a single material. One ...

Will We Soon be Eating the Film Along with the Food?

(Magazine)

November 30, 2001, ... films that spontaneously decompose at a specified temperature or range of temperatures, etc. Obviously, the first film would not provide water resistance, and the second film would not offer heat resistance. ...

A Brief Chemistry Lesson On Printing Ink Pigments

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October 31, 2001, ... are based on dichlorobenzidine. These pigments are vulnerable to very high temperatures and/or chemical degradation. Although such chemical reactions are possible, normal printing and converting operations ...

Materials

(Magazine)

September 30, 2001, ...  Tesa 50453 provides 110 yd of continuous tape onto one roll, allowing fewer roll changes. Equipped with an advanced acrylic adhesive system, product is said to withstand temperatures to 392 deg F. Also ...

Making Choices for Coating with a Laminating Adhesive

(Magazine)

September 30, 2001, ... using an adhesive that is applied at an elevated temperature, one should not coat it on a substrate that is sensitive to heat, such as some polyolefin films. Some substrates in a lamination actually ...

Vacumet Makes Metallizing Dreams Come True

(Magazine)

August 31, 2001, ... sealing temperatures in excess of 400 degrees Fahrenheit. When the sealing jaws on the packaging machine fold down the mouth of the package, the heat for sealing it penetrates through the package walls ...