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Using a Chemical Primer for High Bonds & Low Oxygen Transmission

(Magazine)

April 30, 2004, ... relative humidity, air velocity, air volume, etc., influence drying. A thin, dry coating will result in better adhesion and oxygen barrier performance than a thick, wet coating. EXPERIMENTAL WORK The ...

Optimum Release

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... growing popularity of film liners and substrates. End-users are attracted to film's optical clarity, flexibility, and fiber-free nature. Converters like film's relative strength advantages. As costs go down, ...

Bio Break Down

(Flexpack)

March 30, 2004, ... product typically is polyester mixed with starch. Starch is highly marketable as it is considered bio-based (even if used in minimal amounts) and is relatively inexpensive. A majority of biodegradable/compostable ...

Novel Method for Testing the Grease Resistance of Plastic-Based Dry Pet Food Packaging

(The Place)

March 30, 2004, ... tests six specimens where the final score given to a material is the worst individual result. The test conditions described above are the result of an in-depth optimization on temperature, relative humidity, ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

February 28, 2004, ... been listed as yet by the FDA for the relatively recent strong emergence of UV and EB ink, adhesive, and coating formulations.” Explains RadTech board member Ron Golden, “Without FDA clearance, when ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... and transportation by displaying the highest level of relative humidity (rh) a product has experienced. This latest generation includes an enhanced indicating range from 30%-90% rh. This is important, ...

Producing Coextruded High Barrier Heat-Shrinkable Packaging Films

(The Place)

September 30, 2003, ... resistance. Limitations are a requirement for an adhesive layer to bond with polyolefins and relatively moderate moisture barrier. In biaxially oriented applications, PA6 is typically blended with PA6/66 ...

Interpack 2002: A Look at the Packaging Industry's Adaptabilit

(News | New Products)

March 12, 2002, ... and now is ready for mass production, as visitors to the forthcoming Interpack will see. Admittedly, the term 'mass' is relative. Digital printing creates the option of applying differentiated information ...

Agfa News: On the Road Again, The Proof Is in the Service

(News | New Products)

August 15, 2001, ... says the co., the humidity control systems help maintain a relative humidity of 45%, while eliminating the risk of condensation buildup. This, notes Agfa, exceeds the environmental requirements of Agfa ...

Sheet-Fed Label Converter to Keep Winning Ways

(Magazine)

April 30, 2001, ... Champion. Most of its ink is from Monarch. Expansion Is in Order Even as a relatively new owner, Hamilton naturally has “a lot of ideas” on how Brandau can increase market share without dramatic changes ...

Sheet Fed Lithography: Hammer Lithographic

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, ... in sheet form “is a totally different set of variables.” But he says that converting sheets from 40-56 in. wide on Hammer's relatively new line-up of Mitsubishi presses, with each sheet containing literally ...

Water-Based Ink Adhesion and Web Temperature

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, ... high acid number due to the large number of carboxylic acid sites and a relatively low molecular weight. Ammonium hydroxide, amines, and inorganic alkaline materials neutralize these acidic components ...

How One Converter Mastered Sheet-Fed Films

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, ... subsidiary, New Frontier Packaging, can convert BOPP in roll form, doing so in sheet form “is a totally different set of variables.” But he says that converting sheets from 40-56 in. wide on Hammer's relatively ...

Products

(Magazine)

February 28, 2001, ...  Control Humidity with High Precision Electro-Tech Systems Inc., Glenside, PA; 215/887-2196 The Model 514 automatic humidity controller is said to control relative humidity precisely over the entire ...

Modifying Adhesives for Superior Performance

(Magazine)

February 28, 2001, ... was used in a production application to bond vinyl to foam. The line speed was relatively slow, and the adhesive was exposed to ambient air after exiting the drying ovens. Modulus development, solvent ...

Conference Features New Networking Opportunity

(Magazine)

October 31, 2000, ... and Various Humidities," Tomoyuki Yamamoto and Yuko Nishihara clarified a relationship for oxygen transmission rate, moisture content, relative humidity, temperature, and ethylene content. Using the relationship, ...

Latest Gravure Technology Launches Converter into Fray

(Magazine)

April 30, 2000, ...  by Megtec Systems. Luftman adds that the clean room furnishes the plant with ideal production conditions, even in Minnesota's cold winters. "It's 70 degrees Fahrenheit and has 55 percent relative humidit ...

Selecting the Right Tensioning System for the Application

(Magazine)

April 30, 2000, ... to attract each other. The particles rubbing against each other cause friction, which resists the relative rotation between the cylinder and rotor. The higher the current flow, the greater the braking ...

Laminator adds metallizing to the mix

(Magazine)

August 31, 1996, ...  Goldman says when his customers take a skid of his metallized substrate and wheel it up to one of their machines, they expect it to perform in a predictable way. "Some printers run at 53 percent relative ...

Taking the measure of surface treatment is a learning process

(Magazine)

August 31, 1996, ... since both refer to the same force at which molecules at the surface of the substrate ultimately cling to one another. The phenomenon of surface energy is based on the relative energies of the solid ...