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The Future of Package Printing

(Magazine)

December 31, 2001, ... plate processing; and the use of ultraviolet inks. Sheet-fed offset printing, used mainly for folding cartons and labels, faces its most significant threat from flexo presses in the folding carton and ...

Battling the Biothreats

(Magazine)

November 30, 2001, ... ultraviolet and electron beam technology—it’s certainly not the only entity using technology to help protect us. Colorcon’s release of No-Tox AM provides evidence of the converting industry’s attention ...

Battling the Biothreats

(News | New Products)

November 27, 2001, ... ultraviolet and electron beam technology—it’s certainly not the only entity using technology to help protect us. Colorcon’s release of No-Tox AM provides evidence of the converting industry’s attention ...

Harmonic System Gets Tension Under Control

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, ... unit was installed on a six-color, 7-in., ultraviolet Flexomaster 3 press from Allied Gear. This is the press that launched the roll side of the business in 1992. (The company operated as a sheet-fed, ...

Image This! Among the Acronyms, Flexo Finds Its Fit

(Magazine)

October 30, 2001, ... for all requirements.” Direct Digital UV At Drupa 2000, direct digital photopolymer imaging with ultraviolet extended the range of imaging processes in flexo platemaking, says White. In this process, ...

Materials

(Magazine)

September 30, 2001, ... multiwall corrugated containers. High-Performance Ink System Saves Money Akzo Nobel, Langhorne, PA; 215/750-9191; 800/989-4657; aninks.com Uvopoly PX ultraviolet letterpress ink system is designed ...

Web Guides Bring Positive Results to Negative Sleeves

(Magazine)

September 30, 2001, ... on nine printing presses. As Branch puts it, “You can't buy a press to do what we do.” So Crown buys the basic one-, two-, or three-color, 16-in. presses, adds AAA ultraviolet curing units, and then applies ...

Prime Labels Are More Than a Family Affair

(Magazine)

August 31, 2001, ... six- and seven-color presses, which were being utilized poorly largely to print government labels of two colors or less, with fully computerized Rotopress flexographic/ultraviolet combination presses. ...

The Parts and Performance of WEB CONVECTION DRYERS

(Magazine)

August 31, 2001, ... it can affect the outcome of this crucial step in your production process. There are many methods for drying or curing the coatings on converted web products. Ultraviolet lamps can cure certain types ...

New Product Digest

(Magazine)

August 31, 2001, Take a Peek at the New Product Digest... Featuring the Industry's Latest and Greatest TRANSDUCER OPTION OFFERS CONVENIENCE Dover Flexo Electronics, Rochester, NH; 603/332-6150 Co. offers special ...

Electron Beam Curing in Flexible Packaging

(Magazine)

August 31, 2001, ... run of UV (ultraviolet light) curing inks and coatings in 1969. The use of electron beam (EB) products for similar application took another ten years for commercialization due to economic considerations. ...

Delivering Digital: CTP Carries Flexo Printing to Competitive Quality

(Magazine)

August 31, 2001, ... transfer,” he explains. Both Accuosti and Larkin say plates compatible with ultraviolet inks are getting better, too; both companies offer UV-compatible products. Also, Lowden reports, thermal printing ...

Single-Source Ink Supplier for Package Printer

(Magazine)

July 31, 2001, ... fade-resistance for a line of Valentine's Day greeting card overwraps printed on clear PE. Packaging Products assigned the task of formulating more fade-, heat-, and ultraviolet-resistant inks for the ...

Polymers/Laminations/Adhesives/Coatings/Extrusions

(Magazine)

July 31, 2001, ... coating nip is an ultraviolet (UV) curing station followed by a cooling roll or laminator. At this point, the face stock combines to the adhesive coated liner and proceeds to the winder. Note that the ...

Shared Focus Makes for One Successful Company

(Magazine)

June 30, 2001, ... presses; five 7-in. drum presses; and four 16-in. in-line units. Most of the presses are equipped with ultraviolet curing stations (equipment is from various suppliers), and one press has an in-line Delphax ...

SUBSTRATES REPORT: From Resins to Finished Product - Conformability, Durability, Affordability

(Magazine)

June 30, 2001, ... of polyester's drawbacks is its inability to withstand ultraviolet light, making it impractical for applications that require long-term outdoor durability. In an effort to achieve enhanced durability, polyester ...

PLGA Meeting Honors Gravure and Its Printers

(Magazine)

April 30, 2001, ... Corp. Product: Suavitel Baby 1L Details: Six colors plus ultraviolet varnish; 26-mil, white, biaxially oriented PP from Fasson (S-975A); Chesnut 150 press. Judges called the ink laydown consistent ...

UV and EB: Making the Trek into Energy Curing

(Materials)

April 30, 2001, Electron beam accelerator, electrodeless microwave ultraviolet bulbs… Neither of these exotic-sounding expressions figured in a conversation between Captain Kirk and Scottie or Jean Luc Picard and Jordy ...

Sheet Fed Lithography: Hammer Lithographic

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, ... have its own proprietary inks and coatings we have developed with vendors for both ultraviolet and conventional runs, we also have uniquely configured all our Mitsubishi presses to help control our defined ...

Products at CMM

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, ... Webex, W&H, and WT/Incotek. Measure UV in Hard-to-Reach AreasEIT Inc., Sterling, VA; 703/478-0700; eitinc.com Palm Probe allows the user to take measurements in difficult-to-reach areas of UV (ultraviolet) ...