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Coating and Laminating Special Report

(Archive)

February 28, 2002, ... tensions can cause excessive elongation, as can excessive tension at lower temperatures. Also, HDPE film does not have the level of thickness uniformity required for precise coating applications. Thicker ...

How Do You Measure Ink Film Thickness? Count the Ways

(Magazine)

January 31, 2002, ... variations and require more ink per area to assure it has the required reflective densities and surface uniformity. Ink penetration of the paper makes accurate ink thickness measurements difficult.  ...

MD Wrinkle Formation Causes and Cures

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, ... Usually this action makes them more severe. There are usually no MD wrinkles or evidence of MD wrinkles found in the first wraps near the core unless there is a problem with core diameter uniformity. ...

Amcor Selects Davis-Standard ProPak Die Technology; ProPak to Be Highlighted at Co.'s K 2001 Boot

(News | New Products)

October 23, 2001, ... for a barrier, a high VA content EVA for tack, a sealing layer, or a peelable layer. The quality and uniformity of that layer is critical to our customers and is the driving force behind our demanding ...

Products

(Magazine)

May 31, 2001, New products from: Adwest Technologies, Air Preheater Co., Anguil, Anver Corp., Apex, Ashe Converting Equipment, Ausquip, C.A. Litzler Co., Cloeren, Converter Accessory Corp., Daetwyler, Dec-E-Tech, DFE, ...

A Primer on How to Put Substrates Together

(Unprinted Rolls)

February 28, 2001, ... nonuniformity, and specific adhesion — are the factors that control the bonding of the three materials in the resulting sandwich composite. Film Laminating—A Different Breed The process of film laminating ...

Cast Film Dies and Auxiliary Equipment

(Magazine)

February 28, 2001, ... manual adjustment to achieve gauge uniformity of about ±3% to ±5%. For an even flatter film, automatic lip adjustment systems are possible. Profile Control While the interaction between gauging systems ...

Atmospheric Plasma: The New Functional Treatment for Films

(Magazine)

January 31, 2001, ... surfaces. Corona discharges can produce locally concentrated discharges known as streamers. These streamers cause some nonuniformity in the treatment of the film surfaces, and the concentrated energy of ...

Bringing Together the Many Benefits of Film and Paper

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, ...  The filled resins used in the production of PaperFeel are highly viscous. So, to achieve the temperature uniformity and dispersive mixing required for the finished product, the Battenfeld machine employs ...

Barrier Layer Protects CDs from Skips and Scratches

(Magazine)

July 31, 2000, ... film, but Brabender explains that treatment levels on pretreated film are not stable. "We treat in-line for uniformity in the lamination process. There are two different coatings used, one for each side. ...

Electrically Heated Rollers Are Top Technology Choice

(Magazine)

March 31, 2000, ... uniformity across the roller face within +/-1 deg C, an impressive feat, according to the judges. Designed to replace complex hot oil, water, and steam-heated rollers, the Thermalon line reportedly can ...

Curtain Coating Technology Can Mean Big Benefits

(Magazine)

February 29, 2000, ... in fluid containers, etc., are eliminated. In addition to the superb film thickness uniformity in MD, the TD uniformity also is excellent. In most cases of single-layer coatings and in all cases of ...

What you should know about filled adhesives and coatings

(Magazine)

October 31, 1996, ... therefore settle to the bottom of a container. It is very important that the user mix the particles back into the product uniformly before application. Without such uniformity, there will be a considerable ...

Taking the measure of surface treatment is a learning process

(Magazine)

August 31, 1996, ... uniformity of corona treatment, can detect overtreatment, can measure backside treatment, can accurately measure embossed films, does not use toxic materials, and can use a variety of test liquids.  ...

Gauging system lights the way

(Magazine)

August 31, 1996, ... uniformity of the coating are absolutely critical: Too much or too little can result in poor or no luminescence, or the quality of the light can vary from one area of the lamp surface to another. In addition, ...

Congress is considering FDA reform bills

(Magazine)

May 31, 1996, ... as such if they transfer genes from the ten most commonly allergenic foods. H.R. 3200 seeks to provide national uniformity in food, drug, and cosmetic regulation by barring states from establishing ...

Paper characteristics: starting the job right

(Magazine)

April 30, 1996, ... a substrate are paper strength, base sheet uniformity, moisture content, smoothness, gloss, ink receptivity, brilliance, whiteness, and coating type. The importance that each of those characteristics plays ...

Improved paper chemistry provides multiple benefits

(Magazine)

December 31, 1995, ... of "painting" dots on the surface of your sheet. If the dots spread out or sink into the sheet, the lack of micro-uniformity of the sheet will become evident to the naked eye. Sometimes what initially appears ...

Consortium proves quality growth of flexo printing

(Magazine)

April 30, 1995, ... and 85-line halftones. Specifically, the trials determined: [] Printing plate: All print-quality attributes pointed to the capped plate. Capped plates gave better uniformity of solids and higher ...