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Packaging Awards | AidPod Takes Top Spot as DuPont Celebrates Innovation

(Flexpack)

May 12, 2013, ... collagen or cellulose, it is much cleaner and fewer harsh chemicals are needed to produce the sausage. The oxygen barrier and relatively high moisture barrier prolong shelf life, preserve flavor, and significantly ...

On Print | Conductive Inks & Coatings

(Coatings)

February 21, 2013, ... ITO has been the premier transparent conductive coating with a number of reliable suppliers. But it is a mature product and improvements are coming relatively slowly. The primary drawbacks of using ITO ...

Static Beat: Beat Winter Static

(Static-Beat)

November 22, 2011, Now is the time for maintenance and process adjustments to prevent winter static. Static becomes worse when the humidity is low. Cold air holds less moisture than warm air. So, the relative humidity ...

Two MOCON Products Bundled for Easier Barrier Testing

(Controls News)

November 17, 2011, ... relative humidity method, with "set and go" fast and automatic controls. In addition, the systems feature an automatic flow setting and are designed to protect against over/under pressure and sensor damage. ...

AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Coating/Laminating)

March 17, 2011, ... back. Transfer metallizing is said to help the relatively lightweight insert lay flat because it permits moisture loss and gain on both sides of the sheet. Transfer metallizing achieves source reduction ...

Surface Treating: Promoting Adhesion

(Surface Prep)

February 28, 2011, ... (PE) and polypropylene (PP), are chemically inert and nonporous with relatively low surface tensions. This makes them non-receptive to adhesion with interfaces such as printing inks, coatings, and adhesives. ...

Coatings Offer High Barriers

(Coating)

January 31, 2011, Nanolok WR water-based barrier coatings offer high-oxygen barrier over the widest relative humidity and provide similar moisture barrier to that of PVDC-coated Nanolok WR water-based barrier coatings offer ...

Mocon Installs Permeation Units at High-Altitude Tibetan Lab

(Controls News)

January 10, 2011, ... PERMATRAN-W Model  MG 3/33 Plus water vapor transmission rate unit offers automatic relative humidity (RH) capability via “cutting edge” engineering. The new software interface is claimed “easy-to-use” ...

Static Beat: Conductive Antistatic Layers

(Static Elimination)

December 31, 2010, ...  Cost Higher Lower Table II Materials for Conductive Layers Resistivity Range Candidate Materials Relative Cost 10+11 to 10+12 Ω/° Additives to polymers before casting or extrusion; ...

Static Beat: Prevent Winter Static

(Static Elimination)

September 30, 2010, Static becomes worse in the winter when heating systems operate. Cold air holds less moisture than warm air. So, the relative humidity of heated air is Static becomes worse in the winter when heating systems ...

Dissipating Static

(Static-Beat)

September 30, 2009, Static becomes worse in the winter when the humidity decreases. What measurements are important to track static? Relative humidity (RH) is at the top Static becomes worse in the winter when the humidity ...

How To Prevent Winter Static

(Static Elimination)

August 31, 2009, ... add items that are important to your operations. If your HVAC system has a humidifier, service it according to the manufacturer's instructions. Keeping the relative humidity sufficiently high is the ...

Plasma Power

(Archive)

April 30, 2009, ... corona, flame, and atmospheric plasma surface treatments compared relative to their effects on the surface properties of extrusion coating and, furthermore, on digital print quality. Figure 2 is an excerpt ...

Reader Reaction: Top Ten Products for Converters

(New Products)

February 28, 2009, ... developed for labels and seals that require enhanced product security. Offers a relatively high tensile strength compared to its tear strength. Film is certified compostable and conforms to Sustainable ...

Web Coating: Process Characterization

(Coating/Laminating)

October 31, 2008, ... all coating methods: Vibration levels of the coating station and coating rolls; Cleanliness of all coating applicator hardware and transfer lines; Temperature and relative humidity (RH) of coating ...

Lightfastness in Package Printing

(Process Management)

August 31, 2008, ... for Evaluating the Relative Lightfastness and Weatherability of Printed Matter covers the following conditions. Two involve exposure to natural daylight and five involve accelerated procedures in the laboratory. ...

Idler Roller Bearings: Living the Good Long Life?

(Web Lines)

June 30, 2008, ... to end up on a drive shaft of a high-speed motor with a heavy load. Some bearings, however, end up with a relatively cushy job in the relatively light-duty life as the bearing in an idler roller on a coating ...

What's New Product

(New Products)

May 31, 2008, ... and coatings from the left, right, and/or top. Can be outfitted with up to eight 5000-EC UV curing flood lamps. Relatively small conveyor size (51 × 30 × 21.5 in.) minimizes the footprint required for ...

Mocon Introduces WVTR Permeation System

(Archive)

October 25, 2007, ... per day and less than 65 mil thick. It also can test coated paperboard. PERMATRAN-W Model 1/50 has been engineered to generate relative humidity (RH) and doesn't require additional computer software built ...

the PLACE

(Magazine)

July 31, 2007, ... sample was again patted dry with a paper towel and dried with a hair dryer. The delta E was measured relative to the background (stained with eosin but no primer) using a colorimeter. The experimental ...