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- Eastman Offers Solution for Isoprene Shortage
- (Archive)
- May 20, 2006, ... It concludes that proper blending of SIBS and SBS, combined with Eastman's Piccotac 7590-N hydrocarbon resin, allows adhesive formulators a cost-effective, viable alternative. Produced with more readily ...
- Cut With Glass
- (Magazine)
- February 27, 2006, ... of oxygen added to the film surface), it is possible to lower the power required to oxidize a specific number of surface sites if the capacitance of the roll is increased. This is thought to be the ...
- Modern & Massive
- (Magazine)
- November 29, 2005, ... the machine of five or seven years ago. So it’s really an increase in productivity, and that means my variable cost per square foot or square meter is lower.” Christiansen also credits the printing ...
- New Products, Part 2
- (Magazine)
- September 29, 2005, ... an unsupported simplex center drive system said to allow for a wide range of winding conditions. Slitting arrangement gives excellent narrow slits and roll separation at high speeds, company says. Machine ...
- A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI
- (Magazine)
- July 30, 2005, ... is also necessary. Of great importance, the calcium carbonate must have a very low retained amount on a 20-micron screen and no retains on a 45-micron screen due to the thin gauge of the extruded curtain ...
- A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI
- (Flexpack)
- June 29, 2005, Lidding applications for peelable seal roll applied coatings, the effect of chlorine dioxide sachets and modified atmosphere packaging on quality of fresh chicken breasts, evaluation of low voltage electron ...
- COF in Printed Packaging
- (Magazine)
- June 29, 2005, ... have a perfect lubricated surface with no friction between surfaces, the static COF would equal the kinetic COF. As a rule of thumb, inks have the following effect on the printed substrate COF: ...
- Globally Speaking
- (Flexpack)
- June 29, 2005, ... product companies throughout the US and Canada. Global Packaging, which employees 116 people and runs 24/7 in two 12-hr shifts, converts and prints on polyethylene, linear low-density PE, PET, polypropylene, ...
- New Products, Part 2
- (Magazine)
- May 30, 2005, ... colors with four-color images or photos by using a special ICC profile that harmonizes the higher densities required when printing ECP, leaving photos in their natural state. Cure with Lower ...
- A Look at Laminating Inks
- (Magazine)
- April 29, 2005, ... of solvent inks is better. Water-based inks benefit from in-line corona treatment with improvement in press speed. This is due to the better and faster flowout providing a more even and faster drying ink ...
- Materials
- (Magazine)
- February 27, 2005, ... Low-Static Resin Resists Smears Sony Chemicals Corp. of America, Mount Pleasant, PA; 888/569-7222; sonychemicals.com TRX-76 specialty low-static resin formulation is designed for applications using ...
- Narrow Web New Products
- (Magazine)
- February 27, 2005, ... PLA corn-based film is said to offer excellent shrink properties and good toughness for shrink sleeve labels. Lower-temperature shrink initiation means shrink performance is more predictable, fast label ...
- E-Clips Top 10
- (Magazine)
- January 30, 2005, ... Compact 26x20-in. die-cutting press is suited for applications using low-density, nonmetallic materials, including plastic, foam, and paper. Available for manual or automatic operation, unit is said to ...
- A Communication from the PLACE div. of TAPPI
- (Flexpack)
- December 30, 2004, ... Coating Performance Of LDPE by Per-Ake Clevenhag and Claes Oveby, Tetra Pak Carton Ambient AB Application: A new rheological test method allows prediction of processing performance of LDPE for extrusion ...
- Finding Our Footing
- (Magazine)
- November 29, 2004, ... However, the following reader put the matter in perspective: I believe a lot of equipment is now being made in China and other countries in the East. For machine manufacturing, how many are still made ...
- Converting Industry News, Part 2
- (Magazine)
- November 29, 2004, ... resin. Production capacity following the expansion, scheduled for completion in March 2006 at a cost of US$150 million, will be 104 million lbs/yr. Industry Studies Survey Studies Printing Ratios ...
- New Product Digest, Part 1
- (Magazine)
- November 29, 2004, ... allows user to add various processing units. In addition to basic functions of unwinding, inspection, and rewinding, unit can print and die-cut adhesive labels. Ink jet printing head can be adapted into ...
- Coating Rods
- (Magazine)
- October 30, 2004, ... produced heavyweight coatings at a single pass. Rods coated with Teflon, hard nickel, and titanium nitride prolonged rod life and eliminated quality problems. Heated rods allowed hot melt adhesives to ...
- Lasers Beam
- (Magazine)
- September 29, 2004, ... (PE) and polypropylene (PP) for applications such as flexible food packaging. One reason for this increasing acceptance is the advent of small sealed lasers, which offer higher reliability and a low ...
- Products, Part 1
- (Magazine)
- September 29, 2004, ... Reduces Wrinkles Battenfeld Gloucester, Gloucester, MA, USA; 978/281-1800; bge.battenfeld.com Blown film lines now feature trimless edge slitter station with a lower blade that faces upward toward the ...