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Trends in technology

(Coating/Laminating)

April 30, 2010, ... the approach to product formulation and manufacturing to consider energy costs. The energy cost of cents per square foot will be a critical evaluation parameter as well as performance properties, yield, ...

Blown Film: Measuring Melt Temps

(Controls)

February 28, 2010, ... film. The individual component performance goals should meet the following criteria: Extruder pressure variation | This should be less than 1%; more than 1% variation in pressure yields 2.5% in MD ...

Craig S. Sheppard

(Experience Speaks)

February 28, 2010, ... yields and lower costs. More traditional markets remain strong, competitive environments change, mergers and acquisitions have impact, new technologies emerge — all representing new opportunities for those ...

Technical Report: Thin Coating Challenges

(Coatings)

January 31, 2010, ... measurement will give increased yields, reproducibility, and lower costs. Next Page: Drying Issues Drying Issues The basic challenge in the drying process is to dry the wet coating without introducing ...

QC for Nips

(Controls)

December 31, 2009, ... quickly and accurately detected and corrected — improving yield, decreasing scrap, and increasing productivity. By examining pressure variations in the nip, corrections in alignment and crown profiles ...

What Is the Right Tension?

(Web Lines)

November 30, 2009, ... they will snap back to their original dimensions when tension is removed. Find the yield or break points in terms of stress and strain from tensile-elongation testing. Find the yield point (or break ...

Material Has Recycled Content

(New Products)

November 30, 2009, ... solution produced with recycled PETG materials. Said to perform with excellent trimming and impact properties and to deliver a material yield advantage over PVC with no additional tooling or equipment ...

Smoothie Has Soft, Velvet Touch

(News Eclips)

November 10, 2009, ... Said to deliver more film per pound due to its lower density and higher yield for more attractive sustainability features. Printable with up to ten colors in rotogravure or flexographic, and is also suited ...

UV Ink Improves Quality, Mileage, Press Performance

(News Eclips)

November 10, 2009, ... at higher press speeds. Permits vignette printing from a clean 1% dot up to 100% solid print with high color strength matching Pantone. Yields minimal dot gain and excellent printability, says the company, ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCT

(New Products)

September 30, 2009, ...  Circle 412 or visit www.freeproductinfo.net/pff Active Packaging Suited For Wet or Dry New addition to the Freshness Plus line of active packaging materials reportedly yields superior oxygen protection ...

Teknek Reveals Major Expansion

(News Clips Archive)

September 30, 2009, ...  Stephen Mitchell, managing director, says, “The US market has been very important for Teknek during the 20 years it has been supplying yield improvement technology. The US facility will mirror our two ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS: Narrow Web & Labe

(Narrow Web)

September 30, 2009, ... in yield, printability, and blend capability. In addition to using less material, its up to 80% TD shrinkage characteristic at 100 deg C allows usage in a wide array of shrink label applications. Company ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCT

(New Products)

August 31, 2009, ...  Measure in Many Places Coaxial cylinder RS portable rheometer can operate in the lab, the production floor, or in the field. Capable of viscosity, yield stress, and creep measurements, unit features ...

Teknek Reveals Major North American Expension

(News | New Products)

August 26, 2009, Teknek, a leader in yield improvement technology, plans to open a new US facility in Charlotte, NC, in September to house sales and service as well as a North American fulfillment center and consumable ...

Winding Doesn't Add U

(Archive)

July 31, 2009, ... the yield point). If you double the air pressure on a nipped roller, you will double the air cylinder's contribution to the nip load (don't forget gravity and tension). In winding, few things are linear. ...

Flexo Forum Fervor

(Flexography)

June 30, 2009, ... Excellence Intl., Creative Labels, and Lauterbach Group An additional 145 Excellence in Flexography Awards yielded nine Best of Shows, including: Exopack for Wide Web (A); Label Technology for Mid ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS: July 200

(New Products)

June 30, 2009, ... 33 fast calculations of different plastics extrusion and flexible packaging equations on Windows and Macintosh platforms. Calculations include weight, yield, price per area, production rate, roll diameter, ...

PSA Is Eco-Friendly

(News Eclips)

June 07, 2009, ... dioxins or endocrine disrupters into the atmosphere. Series is designed for industrial and automotive applications. Said to deliver high performance for low surface energy films, high yield ratio, good ...

How To Measure Total Asset Utilization

(Process Management)

May 31, 2009, ... capable of running at 2,000 fpm but is limited by roll handling to 1,500 fpm. Efficiency is 1,500/2,000 = 75%. Yield The simplest and most straightforward of the four components, representing the ...

Contamination Combat

(Web Cleaning)

May 31, 2009, ... of lower yields, lost production time, and wasted materials, it's obvious the problems of contamination control and static elimination must be seriously addressed. Contact Cleaning So what solutions ...