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drupa Preview | Exhibitors Launch New Products

(Carton Box)

March 08, 2012, ... HP. With this new high-powered tool head, the Kongsberg XN offers up to three times more milling productivity. Thanks to the power-saving variable vacuum hold-down technology, it consumes less energy. ...

Contract Coating and Laminating Services Directory

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February 14, 2012, Contract Coating & Laminating Services Directory Click Here To List Your Company   Company Contact Information   Web Type Coating Type Drying/Curing Other ...

Contract Coating and Laminating Services Directory Test

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February 14, 2012, Contract Coating & Laminating Services Directory Click Here To List Your Company   Company Contact Information   Web Type Coating Type Drying/Curing Other ...

Contract Converting Services Directory

(Uncategorized)

February 12, 2012, ... Guide Listing |  Superior coated & laminated film services including vacuum metalizing, flexographic printing, corona treatment & embossing. • • • • • • • Glenroy, ...

Coating Matters: How To Avoid Bubble Defects

(Coating Matters)

October 10, 2011, ... allow, you can heat up the fluid and pull a vacuum. These process conditions will help reduce bubble formation prior to the fluid traveling to the coating head. Ultrasonic measures also have been utilized ...

What the Coating Bead Can Tell You

(Coating Matters)

August 21, 2011, ... most common piece of equipment utilized to improve coating bead behavior is a vacuum box. This box seals against the slot die and the precision backing roll. A displacement of air and pressure differentiation ...

Surface Energy Matchmaking

(Coating/Laminating)

July 31, 2011, ... of the fluid, allowing it to wet out over the substrate. Promote adhesion at the coating interface | Sometimes the surface energy is only part of the reason for poor adhesion, and a vacuum at the coating ...

UFLEX Expands in Egypt & Poland

(Coating/Laminating)

July 31, 2011, ... enhanced vacuum metallizing line. The film line will be capable of turning out approximately 80 million lb of film annually. The total investment in the first phase will be US$90 million, and the plant ...

Roll Finishing-Cut & Sand

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

April 30, 2011, ... the excess paper using a vacuum. The IRB 6620 is a flexible and agile six-axis robot with a large working envelope. It features a compact design, has a reach of 2.2 m, and can handle payloads up to ...

AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2011, ...  *The Vacuum Metallized or Coated Product of the Year Award honors the late Peter Rigney, former publisher of PFFC, who died in 1997 and was a long-time champion of AIMCAL and the competition.  ...

AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Coating/Laminating)

March 17, 2011, Winning entries are recognized for excellence in AIMCAL's annual Vacuum Metallized or Coated Product, Sustainability, and Technology of the Year Competitions During the Assn. of Intl. Metallizers, Coaters ...

Coating & Laminating Special Report 2011

(Special Reports)

March 06, 2011, ... Update: Coating & Laminating Special Report: Still Growing Feb 1, 2011 12:00 PM, By Dr. William Llewellyn, AWA Alexander Watson Assoc. In the world of packaging, vacuum-coated products offer converters ...

Surface Treating: Promoting Adhesion

(Surface Prep)

February 28, 2011, ... over this period because of their technical significance in eliminating the need for batch-processing vacuum chambers to ensure the maintenance of a negative pressure, while in practice delivering very ...

Market Update: Coating & Laminating Special Report: Still Growing

(Flexpack)

January 31, 2011, In the world of packaging, vacuum-coated products offer converters and brand owners three key properties: barrier, aesthetics, and sustainability. Barrier In the world of packaging, vacuum-coated products ...

Pilot Coaters: Small Volume, Big Advances

(Coating/Laminating)

September 30, 2010, Until recently, development of laboratory and pilot coater technology has been relatively stagnant. The many improvements increased coating speeds, improved Until recently, development of laboratory ...

Barrier Films: SiOx Barrier Benefits

(Coatings)

September 30, 2010, ... coating, Ceramis, comprises a thin inorganic layer of silicon oxide that has been evaporated in a vacuum environment to substrates like polyethylene terephthalate (PET), oriented polyamide (OPA) and biaxially ...

M&A Conference Looks at Packaging Consolidation

(News | New Products)

June 15, 2010, ... converting sectors—extrusion and vacuum coating and lamination—specifically for North America, where flexible packaging shows the greatest potential for growth. Ongoing consolidation across the supply ...

A time to celebrate

(Special Reports)

April 30, 2010, ... the industry. Each blog features an expert in that area. www.WebCoatingBlog.com — Dr. Ed Cohen www.VacuumCoatingBlog.com — Dr. Charles Bishop www.WebHandlingBlog.com — Dr. David Roisum www.SpecialtyWebCoatingBlog.com ...

A future for photovoltaics

(Metallizing)

April 30, 2010, Some areas of vacuum web coating have progressed in the past decade, others have lagged behind. A hot topic 20 years ago was transparent barrier coatings. Some areas of vacuum web coating have progressed ...

Web Lines: Your Guide to Web Guiding | Part 1

(Web Guiding)

February 28, 2010, ... and exits of most oven, curing, dip tank, or vacuum processes require the web to pass through a slot designed to minimize the leakage of gas, heat, or radiation. Slots may be either generous (±1 in. or ...