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AIMCAL and SPE to Present Fall Conference

(News | New Products)

April 13, 2015, The two organizations join together for the second year to offer a Web Coating and Handling Conference   FORT MILL, SC | The Assn. of International Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators (AIMCAL) and ...

Show Preview | FTA’s 2015 Info*Flex and Forum in Perfect Harmony

(Print)

April 08, 2015, ... including ORIS Flex Pack // Web for flexible packaging, and the new ORIS Clear Adhesive, Shrink Film, and Transfer Film medias. ORIS CxF communicates color data to every link in the supply chain. Color-Logic ...

NPE 2015 Wrap-up

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

March 31, 2015, ... machinery interview I had at the NPE show. See www.ptiextruders.com for more information. Simco-Ion had a small booth at NPE.  I wrote about their trio of web cleaning equipment last month.  Contact ...

Corona Treating | Why All Films Do Not Treat the Same

(Surface Prep)

March 29, 2015, ... associated with this process. Variables Under Your Control Assuming you have your corona treater properly set up with a consistent air gap across the web, the primary variable under your control is ...

Should Unwind Tension Be Lower Than Winding Tension?

(Web Handling)

March 26, 2015, Once you've determined that you have a roll telescoping problem, here's how to solve it. Back on December 4, 2014, I posted a list of questions to consider when first looking to resolve a roll telescoping ...

AIMCAL Awards | Golf Balls & Ceramic Balls Are Game Winners

(Coating/Laminating)

March 18, 2015, ... PE combines eye-catching graphics with barrier properties. According to Celplast, half of the aluminum oxide-coated PET is metallized. The stripe-metallized film is then laminated to the printed web. The ...

Flint Partners to Offer UV LED Seminar

(News | New Products)

March 15, 2015, Phoseon Technology, Flint Group Narrow Web, and Mark Andy offer three free seminars on UV LED curing for narrow web label printers   PLYMOUTH, MN | Phoseon Technology, Flint Group Narrow Web, and ...

Reducing Surface Contamination

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

March 05, 2015, ... both on the film, and within the film.  We used HEPA filters on all resin conveying lines, and various web cleaning techniques to clean the surface of the film. Probably the worst of all the products ...

Flexible Packaging | Coveris, Cryovac Big Winners at FPA Awards

(Flexpack)

March 03, 2015, ... web digital print technology. The series of three unique graphics were printed in line with zero print waste between each unique package. The PET/PE laminated stand up pouch with a zipper closure was laser ...

Flint Moves UV Ink Manufacturing to Sweden

(News | New Products)

February 28, 2015, ... has been producing UV inks for flexible packaging and narrow web applications for many years, so the move to consolidate all UV ink production in one facility makes sense, both technologically and logistically. ...

The Benefits of Ozone in Extrusion Laminating

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

February 26, 2015, ... possibilities. Ozone pre-treatment of the molten polymer web in extrusion laminating appeared as early as the mid 1990s, and is documented in the book I wrote/edited for TAPPI, in a chapter written by ...

Porous Substrates

(Coating/Laminating)

February 25, 2015, ... choice. Tensioned web coating, where the substrate is tensioned over the coating head, would allow for the most penetration without a backing roll to collect extraneous liquid. Direct coating may be a ...

E-Books

(Uncategorized)

February 21, 2015, ... develop smarter, more responsible, and more efficient strategies with anticipating consumer needs. Common Web Handling Problems Fundamental Web Handling principles apply across all roller-transported ...

ICE USA 2015 - Orlando, Florida Summary

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

February 14, 2015, ... Vacuumatic makes a roll flagging system that works either manually, or with your web inspection system.  This didn't used to be something notable in the old days when you could actually could get close ...

Radiant Energy to Display Pilot Line

(News | New Products)

February 07, 2015, ... for a number of processes including coating, drying, curing, laminating, annealing of plastic films, and printing on various substrates. Webs run on this line include paper, films, foils, nonwovens, fabrics, ...

Goin' to Orlando for ICE USA!

(Yo's Yarns)

February 05, 2015, ... our technical experts and consultants Mark Miller of Coating Tech Service LLC (fluid coating), Dr. Kelly Robinson of Electrostatic Answers (static control), Tim Walker of TJWalker+Assoc. (web handling), ...

Sharpen your skills at ICE USA 2015

(Static-Beat)

January 28, 2015, ... web tension, winding, static electricity. The Slitting & Rewinding track presents 11 seminars, each either 30 or 45 minutes on unwinding, tension control, web guiding, spreading, slitting, winding and ...

TRESU Offers Flexo Solution for Sanitary Products

(News | New Products)

January 23, 2015, ... single-pass operation.” Built to accommodate different web-fed materials, the unit comprises up to four water-based colors, a hot air dryer and, at the embossing point, a register guidance camera. Company ...

Arjowiggins Offers Interactive Paper Product

(Materials)

January 13, 2015, ... real thing and not a cheap copy. Cost-effective paper-based printed circuitry can be used to reveal instructions or ingredients in an unlimited range of languages, take customers to a dedicated website, ...

Show Preview | ICE USA 2015 Returns to Orlando with Added Features

(Trends/Management)

January 05, 2015, ... and German Laverde (doing business in Latin America) will join Dr. Edward Cohen (web coating), Vincent DiTrolio (flexo printing), Dr. Dave Roisum (web handling), Dave Rumson (slitting/rewinding), and PFFC’s ...