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Materials

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November 29, 2001, ... electron microscopy and high-speed photography to determine that formulations containing microspheres and low binder levels yielded products exhibiting improved resistance to build or peel over time, strong ...

European Conference Draws Large Audience

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September 30, 2001, ... direction (MD) tension across the width that may result from variations of manufacturing, converting, or uneven yielding during web handling. Profile could therefore mean variation of any measurable property ...

BIG Fish Bows Out, Turning Tide for the Little Ones

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September 30, 2001, ... yield a better market catch for the long term. CONVERTER CONNECTION Sierra Coating Technologies LLC DePere, WI Ph: 920/983-8000 Fax: 920/983-0136 E-Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Web site: www.sierracoating.com ...

Slitting Adhesive-Coated, Low-Strength Films

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September 30, 2001, ... are coated with an adhesive and slit into customer-sized rolls. Low-strength films do not have sharply defined yield points. Thus, they are subject to permanent width loss when put under sufficient tension ...

Single-Source Ink Supplier for Package Printer

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July 31, 2001, ...  According to executive VP Laird Dowgray, the alliance has helped Packaging Products run standard and customized inks on a variety of substrates at higher line speeds. “These inks helped yield enhancements ...

Polymers/Laminations/Adhesives/Coatings/Extrusions

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July 31, 2001, ... applicator roll and the web. For example, assume the target coating weight is 100 g/m2 and 1 micron of coating thickness yields 1 g/m2. Starting with a gap of 400 microns means stretching the film to ...

Web Scratch Solution: Regulate Your Running Rolls

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June 30, 2001, ... web speed. Usually this technique will allow successful operation at normal web tension. Normal web tension for general web processing is about 10% of the web yield strength, though in special cases, ...

Over-Tensioned Webs and What to Do about Them

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May 31, 2001, ... is done deliberately to increase the amount of contact area of the web on the cooling drum surface in order to improve heat transfer through the web. However, tension above the yield point usually results ...

Materials

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May 31, 2001, ... for pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and other blister packaging applications. Films have a low specific gravity resulting in higher thermoforming yields and material cost savings on a per package basis, ...

Division Conference Offers Varied Program

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May 31, 2001, ... commercial packaging applications was prohibitive. Recent manufacturing advances have yielded PLA polymers from annually renewable sources with comparable costs to other large-scale commodity polymers. ...

The Amcor Story Continues

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March 31, 2001, ... on the standard flow wrap. The classic twist idea begins with the twistable material printed in either flexo or gravure. The Twistall system yields a hermetic seal on an individual twist-wrapped confection ...

Flexo Inspection

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March 31, 2001, ... tool and will yield disappointing results as an investment. Another important consideration is defect size. All systems have limitations on the size of the defects they identify, which is a function ...

Web Handling...Making a Slitter/Winder Upgrade Work for You

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March 31, 2001, ... of the web is a very important parameter. Normally, for good web control, web tension (T) through the slitting and winding machines should run at equal or less than 10% of the yield point of the product. ...

Converting Industry News

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February 28, 2001, ... orders and shipping. The increased speed of information trading will create a need for dynamic lead times, capacities, yields, and costs. According to Dale Hayes, VP of customer relationship management ...

Modifying Adhesives for Superior Performance

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February 28, 2001, ... low-functionality cross-linking agent such as MDI, will yield a weak matrix. By switching to a curative with higher functionality — such as a trifunctional adduct of MDI or a trifunctional adduct of ...

Cast Film Dies and Auxiliary Equipment

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February 28, 2001, ... to improve productivity. Edges of product often contribute negatively to yields, line speeds, and recycle. Controlling width and composition of these edge trims can produce a significantly positive effect. ...

A Glossary of Descriptive Terms - Fifth Installment

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January 31, 2001, ... of width reduction that takes place in the film web when that web is subjected to tension in the machine. Permanent width reduction takes place when tension exceeds the yield strength of the web material. ...

Innovative Problem-Solving: Advances in the Industry

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January 31, 2001, ...  commercially feasible because of low yields and high expense," says McMahon. "Besides, we've got a better idea." His company's product is a multilayer film called Barix. McMahon explains: "To make it, w ...

Coating Operation Starts a Tradition of Growth

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November 30, 2000, ... yields a crop, that of pressure-sensitive overlaminates, mounting adhesives, and specialty films. Venture Coating Technologies is a plant all right, but it's a 20,000-sq-ft converting plant located in Janesville. ...

Controlling Your Web from Beginning to End

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November 30, 2000, ... offsets the lower cost benefit of a frictional brake system by yielding better quality rewound rolls with less waste. The January 2001 issue of PFFC will feature Part 2, covering web guiding from the ...