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Sunshield Deployed on NASA's James Webb Space Telescop

(Coating/Laminating)

November 09, 2017, Sunshield made of DuPont Kapton polyimide film with metallic coating At Northrop Grumman highbay facilities in Redondo Beach, CA, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s five sunshield layers are fully ...

New Era Coating/Laminating Line At Work

(Coating/Laminating)

October 14, 2017, ... manager John Looser says, “This new machine will have much greater throughput than existing equipment. It is capable of running at higher speeds and wider web widths and takes advantage of the improved ...

Hayden Offers In-House Coating Services

(Web Handling)

September 13, 2017, ... provide the following: Standard roll coatings for paper, converting, and other web-handling applications Traction systems, release systems, and friction control Coating systems for use on heated ...

Worthen Adds Vetaphone Corona Treater On Coating Line

(Surface Prep)

August 02, 2017, ... offers converting, film extrusion, web coating, private labelling, and toll manufacturing. All are carried out with a close eye on sustainability, and the company’s environmental management system has ...

Coating Matters | Balancing Slot Die Design

(Coating/Laminating)

July 18, 2017, ... and work our way back to the equation. Let’s assume you are coating an emulsion adhesive and there is a pesky streak on the coated web. Where did it come from? There are many potential factors, including ...

Web Lines | Action Plan for CD Buckles, Part 3

(Web Handling)

July 04, 2017, ... hot roll winding cooling, and post-polymer processing density increases.   Mechanism 5: Partial Width CD Buckles Description—Lanes of CD buckling will form in the wound roll where the web or coating ...

Coating Matters | Dispersions in Liquid Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

June 05, 2017, ... 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 technologies and ...

Smithers Pira Reports on Functional & Barrier Coatings

(Coating/Laminating)

May 28, 2017, ... and integrated with secondary research drawn from third-party databases and historical data—including official statistics, trade associations, trade directories, market reports, journals, websites, and ...

Sun Chemical Coatings Offer Barrier Advantages

(Coating/Laminating)

May 21, 2017, ... changes to current equipment. Through its partnership with acpo, a manufacturer of self-wound, pressure-sensitive coated films to the narrow web printing/converting market, Sun can also deliver SunBar ...

Coating Matters | The Critical Variable—Slot Die Lip Gap

(Coating Matters)

May 16, 2017, ... the cross web caliper control typically improves. You have to be careful with shear sensitive fluids however, and manage the flow control with the rheological properties. So what does this mean to ...

Coating Matters | Smart Glass Coating Technology

(Coating/Laminating)

January 25, 2017, ... fluid is provided by the Weber number calculation: We = ρQV/σ   ρ = density Q = volumetric flow rate V = impingement velocity σ = surface tension If the Weber number is greater than 2, ...

A Gift for PFFC's Website User

(Yo's Yarns)

December 17, 2016, PFFC gifts website visitors at PFFC-online.com with two greatly enhanced directories for contract coating & laminating as well as slitting. During this time of giving, the Paper, Film & Foil Converter ...

Coating Matters | Computational Methods Beyond Fluid Flow Analysis

(Coating/Laminating)

December 06, 2016, ... 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 Six ...

Coating Matters | Pre-Metered Fluid Flow Analysis with Computational Methods

(Coating/Laminating)

November 27, 2016, ... 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 Six Sigma Black ...

Web Lines | Unwind Splice Reliability

(Web Handling)

October 24, 2016, ... space between bump roller and new roll, and 2) determine the initial RPMs to speed match the new roll to the web speed. NOTE: Errors in diameter measurement can create errors in both of these critical ...

Coating Matters | Vacuum Systems Offer More Capability

(Coating/Laminating)

October 18, 2016, ... components. This can provide a stable coating with less concern for substrate variability and potential web tear outs. Now, if there is a minimum vacuum, you would think there is a maximum. There is, ...

Coating Matters | The Advantage of Using Surfactants

(Coating/Laminating)

September 05, 2016, ... into place as a web coated product. If the surface energy of the substrate and the surface tension of the fluid is not a good match, this air removal won’t happen and air-based coating defects occur. This ...

Web Lines | Action Plan for Baggy Webs

(Web Handling)

August 16, 2016, ... and high levels of bagginess. Baggy webs are a major source of waste or customer complaints in many paper, film, and foil processes. Baggy webs will not lay flat or they sag at the web’s edges or in ...

Coating Matters | Making the Most of Your Pilot Line Coating Experience

(Coating/Laminating)

July 04, 2016, ... widely based upon the experience level of your team. You may choose to have a coating consultant on hand, a process engineer, a chemist, a web handling expert, a manufacturing engineer, or other subject ...

Coating Matters | Fluid Delivery System Design for Coating Control

(Coating/Laminating)

May 23, 2016, ... 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 Six Sigma Black Belt trained ...