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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 ...

SPR Packaging Reclaims Press Wash Solvent

(Flexography)

January 31, 2011, ... features an electronically controlled distillation process conducted under vacuum to increase efficiency. The result is clean, distilled, original solvent ready to use. PPC Technologies & Solutions ...

Coating Matters: Don't Blame Chatter on Coating Hea

(Coating/Laminating)

January 31, 2011, ... a piece of stabilizing equipment. One option is a vacuum chamber at the site where the fluid interacts with the substrate. A vacuum box can stabilize the substrate/fluid interface and reduce variation. ...

Show Preview - Forecast for Orlando: ICE

(Trends/Management)

January 31, 2011, ... Pressure-to-Vacuum (ATV) Modules for Web Processing: Vincent Cannella, Energy Conversion Devices Improved Web Handling Through Precise Tension Control & Splicing Accuracy (or The Perfect Butt): Joseph ...

Web Cleaning: To Contact or Not?

(Web Cleaning)

January 31, 2011, ... to handle any substrate in the future. The majority of systems invariably rely on some form of vacuum, although this on its own is unlikely to be sufficient. Whatever the technology employed, to operate ...

New Static Control Cleaning Systems at Pack Expo

(Static Elimination)

October 03, 2010, ... which breaks any static bond holding contamination to the inner surface. The released contamination is caught immediately by the vacuum airflow and extracted to the in-line filter unit. The HEPA filtration ...

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 ...

Bobst Group to Present Latest Technologies at K 2010

(Flexpack News)

September 27, 2010, ... from October 27 to November 3, on Stand 3–D52 in Hall 3. This will include both primary and secondary slitting and rewinding from Atlas & Titan (UK) solutions in vacuum web coating & metallizing from ...

Coating Line Added for Customer Use

(Coating/Laminating)

July 31, 2010, ... curtain, vacuum slot, off-roll, and multilayer) for the Coatema line, which can coat solvent- and water-based materials and 100% solids. Premier Dies Corp. | www.premierdies.com Circle 314 or visit ...

Laminating Corona Treating: Bond Boosting

(Corona, Flame, Plasma)

July 31, 2010, ... flexible packaging to food, beverage, food container, and industrial companies. In addition to lidding films, Golden Eagle produces fresh-cut produce bags and film, vacuum pouches, shrink bags, bakery ...

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 ...

Member directory

(Magazine)

April 30, 2010, ... of Oxford Univ. of the West of Scotland UPM Raflatac Inc. Vacumet Corp. Vacuum Depositing Inc. Vacuum Technology & Coating Magazine Vast Films Ltd. VON ARDENNE Anlagentechnik GmbH ...

Past presidents

(Magazine)

April 30, 2010, ... 2000-02 David Fletcher Bekaert Specialty Films LLC 2002-04 Frank Sereno PROMA Technologies 2004-06 Paolo Raugei Galileo Vacuum Systems Inc. 2006-08 Bill Yoder Lamart Corp. 2008-10  ...

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 ...

Cut Thin Nonwovens

(New Products)

March 31, 2010, Nonwoven cutter, which operates at speeds to 300 cuts/min, uses air at the cutter and the vacuum transfer roll to allow handling lightweight and flimsy Nonwoven cutter, which operates at speeds to 300 ...

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 ...