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Readers Choice: Top 11 New Products of 2012

(Coatings)

January 01, 2013, ... of extremely high uniformity, high gloss fidelity, and the broadest CMYK color gamut of any printing process. The Landa Nanographic Printing process reportedly creates images of remarkable abrasion ...

Static Beat | Static Bar Spacing

(Static-Beat)

December 06, 2012, ... paint brush. A static brush with a full nap will have good neutralization uniformity even when it is mounted so that it touches the web. Similarly, ionizing cords have ionizing points that are very close ...

FLEXcon Release Liner Features PCW

(Label/Tape)

October 04, 2012, ... 50# kraft release liner, with the same tensile strength, uniformity, smoothness, caliper consistency, density, opacity, layflat characteristics, and release levels. No production changes are required; ...

Teknor Apex PVC Film Suited for Medical Uses

(Flexpack)

September 05, 2012, ... company fuses flexible vinyl compound and passes it through a series of synchronized nip rolls. “The advantages of calendering include thickness uniformity, consistent physical properties, thermal stability, ...

Workshop on Nipped Systems & Laminating

(Web Handling)

September 04, 2012, ... operations. This blog has addressed “nips” within the past six months at least twice with postings devoted to nip uniformity and nipped driven rollers. It’s a topic that warrants much discussion. Over ...

Coating | The Movement Toward Thinner Films and Coatings

(Coating/Laminating)

July 30, 2012, ... consideration. However, moving to thinner films presents unique challenges. As coated layers become thinner and thinner, thickness variation is magnified and uniformity becomes more important. Sophisticated ...

Davis-Standard Retrofit Boosts Production at Mid South Extrusion

(Flexpack News)

July 16, 2012, ... on an existing line by 50% while also improving gauge control uniformity. Mid South, based in Monroe, LA, retrofitted a Davis-Standard line originally installed in 1999 to support production of the company’s ...

Anderson IR Lamp Suited for Packaging Lines

(Coating/Laminating)

June 25, 2012, ... for better uniformity of heat across the web width. Lamps are available in shortwave and medium wave fast-response versions allowing for the optimum wavelength needed. They can be mounted horizontally ...

Landa Corp. Unveils Nanographic Printing Process

(News | New Products)

April 08, 2012, ... image qualities. Landa Nanographic Printing is characterized by ultra-sharp dots of extremely high uniformity, high gloss fidelity, and the broadest CMYK color gamut of any printing process. Nanography ...

Coating Matters | How To Select a Fluid Coating Method

(Adhesive Coating)

December 14, 2011, ... determine the fluid coat weight. Roll application requires that the fluid flow between two rotating rolls that dictate the fluid coat weight and the uniformity of the coated fluid across the substrate. ...

Slot Die Coating | The Pressure Is On

(Adhesive Coating)

December 01, 2011, ... coating uniformity equation is typically outside the control of the machine builder’s influence, but the influence of coating quality and caliper control is just as big. Each of these components takes ...

Web Lines: Take the Laminator Quiz

(Coating/Laminating)

October 16, 2011, ... if there is contact between the rollers outside the width of your product? 3 pts. 9. Have you measured cross nip footprint length or pressure to check for nip uniformity at typical process loads? 3 pts. ...

Surface Treating: Promoting Adhesion

(Surface Prep)

February 28, 2011, ... definition” discharges with ultra-high homogeneity and uniformity, leading to higher density and higher surface energy effects. Reductions in the incidence of material wrinkling and backside treatment ...

Print More Lifelike Images

(Flexpack)

November 30, 2010, Tango Advantage coated cover stock is recommended for POP displays, presentation folders, product tags, and labels. Said to offer superior runnability, Tango Advantage coated cover stock is recommended ...

Web Lines: Mission-Detect Nip Variations

(First Glance)

August 31, 2010, ... is to determine a repeatable, yet inexpensive methodology to assess whether any nipped process meets our goal of crossweb uniformity or has fallen to the forces of variations.” Nipped processes are under ...

Web Lines: How To Control Roller Nips

(Web Handling)

July 31, 2010, ... resistance to screwing a nip shut, you may be fooling yourself that you have uniformity. The greatest argument against engagement control is that the same setting (such as three turns after contact or ...

Slitting Nonwovens: A Slit Decision

(Flexpack)

May 31, 2010, ...  “We are able to exceed traditional industry standards of plus or minus ten percent on both web weight and web thickness,” describes Brown. “In addition, this uniformity further allows for exceptionally ...

Blade Coatings: Prolong Blade Life

(Slit)

May 31, 2010, ... building the final result and providing greater control over thickness and uniformity. The processes and equipment used allow the blades to be coated at temperatures less than 250 deg, in many applications, ...

Trends in technology

(Coating/Laminating)

April 30, 2010, ... increased computational power, large data storage capability, and powerful analytical capability. On-line coating weight measurement is another critical system that can improve product uniformity and ...

A future for photovoltaics

(Metallizing)

April 30, 2010, ... rate and uniformity as well as the adhesion and density of the deposited coatings. As this process becomes better understood and more widely available, there will be more roll-to-roll coating systems that ...