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Coating Matters | Everything You Wanted to Know about Coating But Were Afraid to Ask

(Coating/Laminating)

June 17, 2014, ... is the dynamic rheology of the fluid being coated? What variability is inherent in the fluid and substrates involved? How is the web controlled in the coating head position (tension or speed control)? ...

Coating Matters | Stop Defects Before They Start

(Coating/Laminating)

May 26, 2014, ... component in the roll-to-roll coating process (coating head, fluid delivery system, web control, and roll consistency) provides an area of opportunity for improved coating performance or reduced capability. ...

PFFC WEBINAR: How to be Successful at Solventless Laminating—Best Practices

(Yo's Yarns)

May 11, 2014, An on-demand  Solventless Laminating webinar moderated by PFFC's Yolanda Simonsis addresses best practices. Did you know that variables such as machine design, adhesive mixing, and surface treatment ...

Coating Matters | Designing Equipment for Fluid Flow

(Coating/Laminating)

April 22, 2014, ... and a Juris Doctor from Hamline Univ. Mark is a technical consultant and CEO of Coating Tech Service LLC. He has worked in web coating technologies and chemical manufacturing operations and is a certified ...

Faustel Adds Yokogawa Gauge to Battery Electrode Coating Lines

(Coating/Laminating)

April 20, 2014, ... its WEBFREX3ES online thickness gauge to the battery electrode coating lines at the Faustel Technology Center. The gauge is used to monitor the thickness of the coatings on the electrodes that are main ...

Coating Matters | Under Pressure: The Damage Stress Can Do in Fluid Coating

(Coating Matters)

March 24, 2014, ... and a Master's degree in Polymer Science & Engineering from Lehigh Univ. and a Juris Doctor from Hamline Univ. Mark is a technical consultant and CEO of Coating Tech Service LLC. He has worked in web coating ...

Defects in Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

March 24, 2014, ... and cause thickness variations downweb, or a drive may have chatter causing ribs of coating downweb. Six common defects recognized in coating along with the common root cause solutions include- 1. ...

Carestream Tollcoating Expands Services

(Coating/Laminating)

February 23, 2014, ... substrate curl, and more. • Presented sessions at industry conferences, including the AIMCAL Web Coating and Handling Conference. “Carestream Tollcoating is committed to advancing our precision coating ...

Coating Matters | I'm Done Coating...Now What

(Coating/Laminating)

February 17, 2014, ... and web handling, if you don’t have at least a rudimentary understanding of curing technologies, you will not be able to solve many issues associated with coating. There are many ways to cure a liquid ...

Web Lines | The Case for Shorter (and Longer) Acceleration Times

(Slit)

February 04, 2014, Should you change the acceleration time on your slitter/rewinder? Web handling expert Tim Walker offers the pros and cons I recently visited a converting operation where the slitter/rewinder was set ...

Coating Matters | The 3 Stages of Product Development

(Coating/Laminating)

January 07, 2014, ... Science & Engineering from Lehigh Univ. and a Juris Doctor from Hamline Univ. Mark is a technical consultant and CEO of Coating Tech Service LLC. He has worked in web coating technologies and chemical ...

Coating Matters | Intermittent Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

December 16, 2013, ... and CEO of Coating Tech Service LLC. He has worked in web coating technologies and chemical manufacturing operations and is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt trained in both DMAIC and DFSS disciplines. ...

Coating Matters | Hot Melt Coating Technology, Part 2

(Coating/Laminating)

November 11, 2013, ... at a tangent point and imbeds the rod up to 1 mil (0.0254 mm) into the rubber roll. This roll deflection causes the web to slip past the rod. As the rod turns and the roll moves the substrate past the ...

K-Show 2013 & Upcoming Extrusion Coating Seminars

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

October 23, 2013, ... traditional LLDPE and the blue surfaces represents the properties of VistamaxxTM resin (see website for complete details). These exceptional properties allows the converter to provide a superior product ...

Visualization for Improved Coating Performance

(Mark's Coating Matters)

October 17, 2013, ... coating defect that the team was trying to eliminate was apparent on the web, but where the defect originated was not known. This leads the process and product team down different paths of experimentation ...

Coating Matters | Hot Melt Coating Technology, Part 1

(Coating/Laminating)

October 15, 2013, ... packaging, paperboard, textile, and other continuous web processes for which a solvent-free replacement can work. Continuous web coating is even more widespread in the tape, label, nonwoven, and other ...

HTI Spectra HE Uses Sound to Dry Inks, Coatings

(Drying)

October 08, 2013, Acoustic system reportedly increases web speed 50% or more ATLANTA, GA | Heat Technologies Inc. (HTI) offers the Spectra HE Ultra Drying System, an advanced convective drying technology for ink, adhesive, ...

What Mechanisms Cause a Web to Shift Laterally?

(Web Handling)

October 07, 2013, Web Handling expert Tim Walker identifies the five culprits that cause a web to move off centerline. A simple question with a not so simple answer. Let's start by narrowing down the culprits. If the ...

TAPPI Extrusion Coating Short Course

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

September 25, 2013, ... of equipment, materials and processing.  Sam, as well as Scott Weber of Lyondell-Basell, did an excellent job of bringing the extruder adapter into focus as a primary tool for controlling the extrusion ...

Coating Matters | The Wizard Behind the Curtain

(Coating/Laminating)

September 15, 2013, ... it? While curtain coating does have advantages, there are issues also including vibrations and flow rate precision control. Small disturbances in the web control can cause noticeable effects in coating ...