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Globe Trekking Adventures in Web Handling, Winding & Slitting

(Web Handling)

June 02, 2014, ... for transporting and winding films, foils, papers, nonwovens, textiles, or any thin, continuous material. Thin polymer films used in flexible electronics and packaging prove especially challenging for ...

Ceresana Issues Study on Bags & Sacks in Europe

(Bag Pouch)

June 01, 2014, ... individual countries already banned certain carrier bags or are trying to reduce consumption of various products by introducing high taxes and fees (e.g. Italy or France). Usually, thin one-way carrier ...

Coating Matters | Stop Defects Before They Start

(Coating/Laminating)

May 26, 2014, ... coat weight truly should be a weight of the coated sample as a standard test method. However, if an on-line gauge can capture the coat weight within the specification required by the customer, then destructive ...

T.H.E.M. Reports Availability of High-Speed Cartoner for Zipbox Package

(Carton Box)

May 15, 2014, ... commercial production well within reach.” With the new Hartness system, formed cartons with the flexible header incorporating the zipper are transferred into "pockets." In this operation, the inverted ...

Processing Tips to Prevent Gauge Bands - Part 3

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

May 12, 2014, ... the void between the drool stick and the bottom of the die with molten polymer.  It should look something like shown below.   Once this is done, turn the extruder off. Next time, polymer stabilizers ...

Processing Tips to Prevent Gauge Bands - Part 2

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

May 12, 2014, ... first two, there is nothing that can be done about them.  Nature is not controllable, and web breaks or other situations that demand an E-Stop, are unpredictable, so they just have to be dealt with.  If ...

Processing Tips to Prevent Gauge Bands - Part 1

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

May 08, 2014, ... bane of the extrusion coating converter, and to a lesser extent, cast and blown film producers.  Nothing has changed in this regard. I would say more than 90% of the extrusion coating lines I see (if ...

Release Liner | Global Suppliers Must Meet Local Needs

(Label/Tape)

May 07, 2014, ... keynote speaker Michael Apperson, CEO of global release liner manufacturer Loparex, summarized the status: "Global isn’t global any more." Around the world, things are changing. The old "global" definition ...

FTA Hands Out Awards for Excellence

(News | New Products)

April 27, 2014, ... of pressure-sensitive labels and full bottle shrink labels on PET recyclability,” says Maria Kula, communications manager within the North American Materials Group. “CleanFlake can help brands and consumer ...

Coating Matters | Designing Equipment for Fluid Flow

(Coating/Laminating)

April 22, 2014, ... coating, a slot die is the control valve that turns fluid flow through a pipe into a precise, flat, and even coating on a continuous substrate. How does a chunk of metal do this? I like to think of a slot ...

SAM NA Open House

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

April 08, 2014, ... has an in-depth knowledge of coating, drying, laminating and web handling.  The dryer system for example was designed and made by Sung An Machinery.  One thing I really like about the line is that while ...

Do You Need a Roller That Is Chillin' and Groovy?

(Web Handling)

March 30, 2014, ... nipping? Sure. Groove the roller. That’s what I’d recommend for any idler roller. Is there any reason to hesitate in grooving a nipped roller? I'm mostly a web handling guy, but I know something about heat ...

Webex Will Introduce Seamless Vacuum Roll

(News | New Products)

March 25, 2014, ... for thin film, coated substrates, and optical surfaces at ChinaPlas 2014, April 23–26 in Shanghai. The new vacuum roll design incorporates a smooth, ultra-fine, seamless, nickel screen said to provide ...

Garlock Printing Expands, Adds W&H Press

(News | New Products)

March 25, 2014, ... presses within the year. This is in addition to rewinding, laminating, and pouch equipment being installed in early spring. Management says, “With the Reno operations, Garlock will become one of the ...

Coating Matters | Under Pressure: The Damage Stress Can Do in Fluid Coating

(Coating Matters)

March 24, 2014, ... the solvent, stress free. When the curing system starts to remove the solvent, you start to look for something to hang onto so as not to float away with the evaporated solvent. This is when you attach ...

ITW Muller Pallet Wrapper Now in New Size

(News | New Products)

March 23, 2014, ... a warehouse and is easy to install, often up and running within minutes of installation. Performs 400 loads/charge, comes pre-set with 99 wrap cycles, and can be programmed with an unlimited number of ...

Z-Flute Boxes for Kitty Litter are Purr-fect

(Coating/Laminating)

March 08, 2014, ... BOPP/10-micron LDPE/12-micron metalized BOPET/20-micron LDPE. The 23% source reduction achieved with the lighter, thinner film means lower transportation costs for inbound packaging materials and outbound ...

Web Lines | War on Bagginess

(Web Handling)

February 26, 2014, ... statistics, emphasizing thick bands over thin bands, will be a better bagginess predictor. Bagginess will be greatest in a roll’s outer wraps. If compressible cores are used, the high pressure thick ...

Cartotecnica Veneta Adds QuadTech Color Quality

(News | New Products)

February 18, 2014, ... board to aluminum foil and thin PP and PE films—requires different ink sets, discrete color targets, and precisely imaged gravure cylinders. Before the installation of the automated system, achieving the ...

Coating Matters | I'm Done Coating...Now What

(Coating/Laminating)

February 17, 2014, ... down thick, which is the exact opposite of what makes curing easier. Curing works better (and faster) with less solvent (i.e., higher viscosity) and when the fluid is laid down as a thin layer. This ...