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What's New in Narrow We

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December 30, 2000, ... complete color change will take less than 5 min/station. With the proper cleaning solution, system can be used with water-based, solvent-based, or UV ink systems. Label Slitting Station Has Quick-Loading ...

Coating Operation Starts a Tradition of Growth

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November 30, 2000, ... and operating with either solvent- or water-based coatings. "In the end," notes Hammann, "Dri-Tec manufactured almost the entire coater, with the exception of the coating head and the rewinder." The coating ...

Pilot Coating Line Aids Both R&D and Production

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October 31, 2000, ... from 0.5-20 mils thick to 72 in. wide. The coater/laminators can apply solvent and water-based adhesive coatings, acrylic hard and scratch-proof coatings, and UV coatings at speeds to 200 fpm. Coating ...

Directory of Pilot Lines/Labs A-L

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October 31, 2000, ... water-based) laminating, priming Substrates: Film (0.5-15 mil), foil (0.5-6 mil), foam (1/32-1/4 in.), paper (30#-100#), paperboard (4-10 mil), nonwoven (4-10 mil), fabric Coating processes: Roll coating, ...

What's New in Narrow We

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September 30, 2000, ... substrates; and high-speed printing. Available for UV letterpress, UV screen, UV offset, UV flexo, and water-based flexo technologies. Offered in one- and two-component forms. Suitable for a wide range ...

Solving the Problem of Press Part Replacements

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September 30, 2000, ... from PSI/Preferred Systems Inc. and Faustel. Solvent- and water-based adhesives are supplied by Rohm & Haas and Pierce & Stevens. Murray Brothers produces the replacement plate cylinders, gears, and ...

More New Products for the Converting Industry

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August 31, 2000, ... cleaning product for flexo UV inks, UV overspray varnishes, and UV coatings. Mfr. says Yellow Magic cleans more easily and quickly than old cleaning products, cutting clean-up time in half. The water-based ...

Snack Food Packaging: 100 Years and Counting

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June 30, 2000, ... such as water-based technology and 100% solids technology. 1980s Snack foods packaged in canister-type packaging, i.e., chips, peanuts 1984-1985 Cold-seal patterned adhesive introduced; ...

FPA Winners Prove Again How to Do More with Less

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February 29, 2000, The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, DC, presented its 1999 Top Packaging Awards to seven companies for flexible packages that broke The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, ...

Narrow web adapts to multiple applications

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November 30, 1998, ... materials such as shrink sleeves, adhesives and ultraviolet inks in the proper temperature range for trouble-free converting. With the proliferation of exotic substrates and water-based inks, surface ...

Popcorn packaging leads converter down new paths.

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October 31, 1996, ... equipment. The presses laminate, print up to five colors, apply coatings in register, and slit - all in one pass. Both flexography and gravure printing are available. Water-based inks are from Color Converting ...

Laminator adds metallizing to the mix

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August 31, 1996, ... to customer-specified humidity levels, it is hermetically sealed in shrinkwrap before shipment or storage. Alubec uses water-based lacquers and adhesives. "It's more than ecology; we have to give the ...

Taking the measure of surface treatment is a learning process

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August 31, 1996, ... of laminated films - particularly with the growing popularity of water-based inks, coatings, and adhesives. The surface energy of a solid polymer cannot be measured directly because solids typically ...

Green Bay gears up for specialty labels

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May 31, 1996, ... for curing. The second coating station applies a water-based, pressure-sensitive adhesive, using the reverse gravure method. Both coating stations use a fountainless/enclosed applicator featuring an internal ...

Innovation is a winner in FPA competition

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March 31, 1996, ...  The single-layer package reduces package weight by 18% and volume by 25% over the previous package. The structure can be printed with water-based inks, and the single-layer package reduces package waste ...