Search

3 Sigma Earns ISO Registration

(Archive)

July 22, 2007, ... standards and received a Certificate of Registration for ISO 9001:2000. The process leading up to registration started in 2006 and ended in April 2007, with a final audit by Intertek Testing Services. ...

Baggy Webs: Part III-Causes

(Magazine)

June 30, 2007, ... change in webs are stress (force over area), temperature, and moisture. In tensile testing, a web usually reacts to stress in one of two ways. It may stretch elastically, fully recovering when the stress ...

New Products

(Magazine)

June 30, 2007, ... ebeam The EZ Lab system is designed to enable in-house testing and development of low-voltage EB formulations, including curing EB inks and coatings; curing EB laminating adhesives for various combinations; ...

Driving R&D

(Magazine)

June 29, 2007, ... Automation included all documentation for electrical installation and testing, tuning, and commissioning of each drive to ensure proper behavior. To verify performance, Rockwell Automation engineers ran ...

Knowledge = Power = Success

(Magazine)

May 31, 2007, ... at a time,” says Reineke. “If our graduates want a job, they can get one.” The college offers 50 different programs plus outside training. “If it has to do with flexographic testing or training, we ...

What's Ne

(Magazine)

April 30, 2007, ... Rotary Koater is designed for testing products (mainly labels) in R&D applications and for small-scale production. Allows users to employ a wide range of coating/print/laminating technologies. PFFC-ASAP ...

Heidenhain Opens New Building

(Archive)

April 18, 2007, ... for high-accuracy encoders; long term testing for product qualification during the development process; and technical facilities. The ground floor and second floor houses the assembly area for linear encoders, ...

Spot Less

(Magazine)

March 31, 2007, ... or debris for cleaning effectiveness. Competitive Testing When comparing one cleaning system to another, it is beneficial to test several technologies and quantify their effectiveness in decreasing ...

the PLACE

(Magazine)

March 31, 2007, ... film can influence its sealing performance. Laboratory hot tack and heat seal testing models the relative packaging line sealing performance well. New And Old High Barrier Resins by Jose M. Torradas, ...

Global Industry Update at AWA's Global Release Liner Conferenc

(Archive)

March 17, 2007, ... and release testing methods - followed by a round table discussion on the issues, challenges, and processes involved in mergers and acquisitions. The conference keynote, on the subject of the state ...

What's Ne

(Magazine)

February 28, 2007, ... are recommended for tags that must withstand inclement weather. Company says films have passed rigorous 15-mo testing for extreme cold, heat, wind, sun, and rain. Said to process easily and can be scored ...

Converter Clips

(Magazine)

January 31, 2007, ...  Also new this year: CEMA will co-locate its slitting/rewinding and coating/laminating seminars onsite; and there will be certification training and testing for flexo press operators. More than 15,000 ...

Brand Protection with Micro-Dots

(Magazine)

December 31, 2006, ... is a real challenge for the brand manufacturers, which must invest in new security techniques to enable field testing and rapid and effective reaction against unfair distributors and counterfeiters.  ...

Pouch Progress

(Flexpack)

December 31, 2006, ... interested in small runs. Dr. Bill Franke, Center for Advanced Food Technology (CAFT) at Rutgers Univ., says the Rutgers facility is a venue for retort pouch testing. Located in Piscataway, it operates ...

the PLACE

(Magazine)

December 31, 2006, ... adhesives (solvent based and solventless adhesive systems) used in retort pouch construction, the testing and evaluation of adhesives for retort pouches, and the importance of interactions between the ...

Industry News

(Magazine)

December 13, 2006, ... interoperability conformance specifications. PIA/GATF provides testing services for the JDF Product Certification Program based on requirements established in CIP4’s Interoperability Conformance Specifications ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

December 13, 2006, ... Center featuring a 35,000-sq-ft building, state-of-the-art testing, product development, research, and training facilities. Included will be an Arrow pilot coater; new solvent recovery equipment; new in-house ...

CONVERTER CLIPS

(Magazine)

November 30, 2006, ... by opening a new ten-acre Development Center featuring a 35,000-sq-ft building, state-of-the-art testing, product development, research, and training facilities. Included will be an Arrow pilot coater; ...

Converting Industry News

(Archive)

November 07, 2006, ... others need a controlled transmission rate of oxygen, moisture, or both. To get it just right, Decker turns to testing equipment from PBI-Dansensor, including the Lyssy OPT 5000 oxygen tester and the ...

Wayne Machine Delivers New Extrusion Film Technology

(Archive)

November 05, 2006, ... structures for subsequent testing while using small amounts of raw material, utilizing five-layer blown film stack-type die and a five-layer feedblock and cast film die. The line consists of three one-inch ...