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AIMCAL Fall Technical Conference Packs 'Em I

(Yo's Yarns)

October 27, 2014, ... to Web Coating & Laminating, Vacuum Web Coating, and Web Handling. Filling out the assortment of sessions prior to the meeting's official opening were six optional short courses earlier on October 19, including ...

Coating Matters | Patch Coating for Precision Fluid Placement, Pt. 2

(Coating/Laminating)

October 20, 2014, ... for reduced head/tail development, reduced edge bead, and improved parallel edge effects. Surface modification and vacuum were not considered for this work. Developing a deeper understanding of raw material ...

Coating Matters | Patch Coating for Precision Fluid Placement, Pt. 1

(Coating/Laminating)

September 22, 2014, ... movement, valve start and stop, web control, and possibly vacuum for fluid pinning. The response time of the valve and the time required for physical movement are the controlling factors of the patch length. ...

Hazen's Envirofoil Package Finalist for Eco Awar

(Carton Box)

June 23, 2014, Titleist golf ball packaging nominated for Luxe Pack in Green Award HOLYOKE, MA | Hazen Paper Co. was recently named a finalist for the Luxe Pack in Green Award for environmentally friendly Titleist ...

Z-Flute Boxes for Kitty Litter are Purr-fect

(Coating/Laminating)

March 08, 2014, The Assn. of Intl. Metallizers, Coaters & Laminators (AIMCAL) awards winners of its Vacuum Metallized or Coated Products, Sustainability & Technology Competitions. Graphic Packaging Intl. (GPI), Atlanta, ...

Maxson Reports Dust Removal Design for Sheeters

(News | New Products)

December 08, 2013, Vacuum system applies suction at point of slitting, which is said to ensure cleanly slit sheets   WESTERLY, RI | Maxson Automatic Machinery Co. offers a vacuum system for its sheeters that remove ...

AIMCAL Honors Technical Presentations

(Coating/Laminating News)

November 18, 2013, ... by Jeffrey Shallenberger, Evans Analytical Group • “Why Is It So Hard to Have a Clean Web?” by Dr. Steven Abbott, TCNF, and Dr. Charles Bishop, C.A. Bishop Consulting. In the Vacuum Web Coating category, ...

Bobst Open House Demonstrates New Process

(Metallizing)

November 16, 2013, The Dark Night Process for defect elimination starred, along with General K5000 vacuum metallizer and the General Registron Hawkeye   HEYWOOD, ENGLAND | Bobst reports more than 60 visitors from around ...

LAB/PILOT/TECHNICAL FACILITIES DIRECTORY

(Uncategorized)

August 31, 2013, ... range of thicknesses: 0.25–12 mil; dryer type: floater; 5 zones; UV curing; solvents: water, flammable CT | doctor blade, gravure, slot die, two-sided, vacuum metallizing LA | 7 laminators; 94 in. max. ...

LAB/PILOT/TECHNICAL FACILITIES DIRECTORY

(Uncategorized)

August 31, 2013, ... solvents: organic; QC: barrier testing, optical density measurement, corrosion, emissivity COATING TECHNIQUES | Vacuum Metallizing, Flexographic SUBSTRATES | 36–10,000 ga film, nonwoven NOTES | Metallized ...

Coating Matters | Fluid Flow Phenomena

(Coating/Laminating)

May 14, 2013, ... an active substrate, energy can be added to the web through corona, plasma, flame, vacuum, or chemical treatment. Too much excess energy, however, and the fluid may not know when to stop and not bead-up ...

Bringing Theory into Focus

(Coating/Laminating)

April 04, 2013, ... reduction of air barriers at the application point of a coating head with vacuum systems can encourage adhesion and wettability; and compression and decompression chambers in coating heads can reduce or ...

Microwaveable Package Brings Home the Bacon with Top Product of Year Award

(Metallizing)

March 09, 2013, ...  Solutia, an Eastman Chemical Co. subsidiary (Fieldale, VA), scored twin home runs with its EnerLogic VEP35 Low-E Window Film, taking home the Technical Award in the Other Category in the Vacuum Metallized ...

On Print | Conductive Inks & Coatings

(Coatings)

February 21, 2013, ... between them. The amount of silver used is small, so cost can be competitive with ITO. And they can be applied to substrates that are not suitable for vacuum processing. Some mobile phone manufacturers ...

Show Preview | ICE USA 2013

(Trends/Management)

February 04, 2013, ... with upgraded speeds of 300 and 400 CPM are available in 800 mm and 1000 mm widths with options of 16 in. and 24 in vacuum arm lengths. Side seal machines offer upgraded speeds of 325 cycles/min and ...

Softfilm Purchases Third Davis-Standard Line

(Film Mfg.)

December 10, 2012, ... roll removal. Flat film processing is offered with a vacuum box or air knife, and melt embossed film processing is available with wet or dry embossing methods. In-line slitting as well as a range of film ...

On Print | Digital Print at Labelexpo

(Label/Tape)

October 24, 2012, ... reactive ink technology. First, a thin reactive layer, provided as a coated film, is cold-laminated onto a standard flexo plate. This is then placed on a vacuum platen in an inkjet printer with a modified ...

Coating Matters | Discrete Coating Techniques & Equipment

(Coating/Laminating)

May 28, 2012, ... "Coating Matters | Vacuum Discrete Coating Techniques & Equipment," click on his podcast below: discrete-coating-tech-voice In the world of coating technology, most of the time and energy is spent on ...

AIMCAL: Tidland Gives Blades a ‘Sharper Image’

(Film Mfg.)

March 10, 2012, ... is 25 deg; however, the grind angle can be set as small as 5 deg or as large as 50 deg. Optical Density/Coating Defect Detection The Registron Hawkeye Inspection System from Bobst Group's General Vacuum ...

Smokin' Hot Cigarette Cartons Are Top Product of the Year

(Coating/Laminating)

March 08, 2012, The Assn. of Intl. Metallizers, Coaters & Laminators presents nine awards for its Vacuum Metallized or Coated Product Competition plus one coveted Sustainability Award. The Assn. of Intl. Metallizers, ...