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Safety in Converting: Part III

Published: June 30, 2004
The previous two columns in this series on safety discussed two of the three important safety issues in a converting operation: heat hazards and pinching

Weight Control

Published: June 30, 2004
The quality and performance of a coated product depend on obtaining the desired coating weight and maintaining its uniformity in all the rolls of manufactured product.

Safety in Converting: Part II

Published: June 01, 2004
Last month this column began a series of three articles on safety in the converting industry. It noted that safety concerns in the converting industry

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

Published: May 31, 2004
Providing practical information to the converting and packaging industries —a Communication from the Polymers, Laminations, and Coatings Div. of TAPPI.

Ritrama Reels in New Biz with Innovative Adhesive Coatings, PFFC, June 2004

Published: May 31, 2004

How to Influence Gloss and Friction Coatings or Cast Films by the Chill Roll Surface Design

Published: May 31, 2004
The chill roll surface layer and design have important technical influences on extrusion coating and cast film processes.

UV Retrofit Adds Markets

Published: May 01, 2004
Green Printing and Packaging Co., a Lexington, NC, sub. of Chesapeake Corp., serves markets such as pharmaceutical/healthcare and technology that require

Coater to Provide Solutions

Published: May 01, 2004
JLICH, GERMANY Schleipen & Erkens (S+E) reports the recent startup of a new coating machine that will enable it to provide highly specialized solutions

Using a Chemical Primer for High Bonds & Low Oxygen Transmission

Published: May 01, 2004
Application: A new aqueous primer can produce strong adhesion and low oxygen transmission rates in plastic packaging laminates. The coating has use in-line as an extrusion primer or applied to a film and rewound for subsequent extrusion, lamination, or printing work.

Optimum Release

Published: April 30, 2004
Successful use of film liners calls for selecting the right release coating.

The Mettle of Metallizers

Published: April 01, 2004
Published back in 1997, The Wiley Encyclopedia of Packaging Technology, 2nd ed., stated: The field of vacuum metallizing serving the packaging industry

Less Coating, More Control

Published: February 29, 2004
Coatings are getting thinner, and while there are a number of reasons for this more value added, reduced use of energy, water, and solvent, etc. the result

What Is Cationic UV Technology?

Published: February 29, 2004
Cationic UV (ultraviolet)-curable inks and coatings have been offered commercially for more than 30 years, but to many printers and converters, it still is a “new technology.”

TAPPI Offers New Product

Published: February 01, 2004
Beginning in March 2004, TAPPI will offer a new product for companies and individuals who use the TAPPI Test Methods and Technical Information Papers (TIPS).

Learning the Lingo

Published: February 01, 2004
The lack of a standard naming convention for web coating defects complicates communications between people working to eliminate the problem. AIMCAL's Coating Defects Lexicon aims to end the confusion.

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