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Web Tension 101

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, ... Proper web tension usually is between 10% and 25% of the tensile strength of your web. You can measure the tension at which you currently run your process. There are several methods for doing this. ...

Technical Facility

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... tests, as well as chemical analysis. All kinds of properties such as tensile strength, haze, gloss, friction, and shrinking values can be tested immediately after the film is produced on the company's patented ...

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.  ...

Can This Lamination Be Saved?

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... shape will impose tensile and compressive stresses on the outer and inner surfaces, respectively. These stresses are proportional to the product thickness divided by the roller radius. Many web processes ...

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

(Magazine)

June 29, 2004, ... of blend compositions on rhealogical, heat seal, optical, and tensile properties. Email the author(s) at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Application: Blends of ethylene-vinyl-acetate copolymers with metallocene ...

Materials

(Magazine)

January 30, 2004, ... 200 deg F). Can be die-cut, bound, folded, laminated, embossed, foil stamped, and stitched. Film Has High Tensile Strength Contract Converting, Greenville, WI; 800/734-0990; contractconverting.com ...

Products

(Magazine)

January 30, 2004, ... of physical properties, including hardness, COF, fracture force, compression, tensile strength, viscoelasticity, and more. User can perform tests under “real-life” conditions with a large variety of probes ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

November 29, 2003, ... IR analysis and tensile, viscosity, heat seal, bond strength, and other types of testing. Batson to Rep Burris Slitters GREENVILLE, SC, USA—Louis P. Batson Co. reports a contract with Burris Machine ...

Converter Panel Attracts Interest at Conference

(The Place)

September 30, 2003, ... heat seal, and optical and tensile properties. Depending on their composition, the blends can offer a good balance of properties and processing. The ever-popular speaker and expert on web handling, ...

Adhesion of Coatings to Aluminum Foil

(The Place)

August 31, 2003, ... In principle, precipitations become finer and more homogeneous in strip casting. Some special foils or foil alloys exhibiting extraordinarily high tensile strength or elongation are manufactured using ...

Testing Equipment: Does Your Lab Measure Up?

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, ... International, Network, Mentor, OH (chemsultants.com). “A probe material analyzer is capable of sensing both compressive and tensile forces while probing into a variety of materials,” he says. “Through ...

Pactiv Launches Revamped Tuff-Kraft Mailer Line

(Office Products)

July 27, 2003, ... tensile strength and tear, puncture, and moisture resistance. They are recyclable and made from 50 percent post-consumer content." The co. adds the natural mailers are available in both two- and three-dimensional ...

Fit for Use

(Materials)

April 30, 2003, ... forms and properties generally is found for other natural and synthetic polymers as well. Polymer Behavior In general, a polymer will display a range of tensile properties that can be characterized ...

PSTC 2002-03 Tape Products Directory Available

(Tapes)

January 02, 2003, ... PSTC test-methods procedures; the test methods for tensile strength, adhesion, thickness, and elongation also are included in the back of the directory, which includes an indexing system that classifies ...

1974 - 1976

(News | New Products)

September 19, 2002, ... etc. In film applications, polybutylene claims to outperform LDPE in tensile strength, impact, and tear strength...." Olin introduces "reinforced" Cellophane. Core of the Matter columnist Dom Perino ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

July 31, 2002, ... a material that had excellent impact and tensile strength and good processability. Eastman Hifor Xtreme is not only easy to process, it also has the clarity and tensile and impact strength we need for ...

In the Bag

(Magazine)

June 30, 2002, ... product specifications will be determined by the film's mechanical properties, physical properties, behavior expected once the sack is stored, and dimensional requirements. The tensile properties of ...

Control of Adhesion and Removal of Heat Sealable Tops on Polymer Containers

(Magazine)

December 31, 2001, ... improve by exchanging inner and outer layers. Mechanical properties of layers of lidding film contribute to peel strength. During a peel test, the sealant experiences a predominantly tensile deformation ...

Division Conference Offers Varied Program

(Magazine)

May 31, 2001, ... LLDPE with the stiffness and tensile characteristics of HDPE. Leonard Cribbs of the same organization will address film structures that exhibit high stiffness with clarity in a mono-layer film. In “Measurement ...

Web Handling...Making a Slitter/Winder Upgrade Work for You

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, ... machine when you know the ultimate tensile strength of each product, thickness range, and width range. Most machines will be expected to work on a 2x or more web width range. The total tension range should ...