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- Roll-Sleeve Film: Helping Shape Brand Identity
- (Label/Tape)
- May 10, 2011, ... in the development of these adhesive and coating services. Traditionally, hot-melts have been the widely accepted option for roll-on shrink-on and roll-fed seams, but have not been commercially available ...
- Argraf Group Installs 10-Color Omet Press
- (Label/Tape)
- May 05, 2011, Argraf Group, one of the leading Spanish and European label converting groups for the food and beverage market, with a particular interest in the wine sector, recently installed a 10-colour OMET X-Flex ...
- Printing Proofs-Color Control: Spot On!
- (Print)
- April 30, 2011, ... requirements. Four 40-in. sheetfed offset presses include three six-color presses and a specially built 13-unit Komori, configured with nine print units, two flexo anilox coating stations in front and ...
- Web Cleaning: To Contact or Not?
- (Web Cleaning)
- January 31, 2011, ... aside, if the production line is used for substrates with a sensitive coating or that are prone to marking, then a noncontact system will be the best option. This is also the situation with companies operating ...
- Static Beat: Conductive Antistatic Layers
- (Static Elimination)
- December 31, 2010, ... charge. Antistatic layers or coatings come in two flavors: conductive layers and charge control layers. Each type of antistatic layer has advantages and drawbacks as summarized in Table I. Of course, ...
- Short Path to Versatility
- (Flexography)
- November 30, 2010, ... it makes it easier to be successful. The new 340 can only help that.” The press, which was installed in November 2009, allows virtually any combination of inks, adhesives, coatings, and substrates, ...
- Pilot Coaters: Small Volume, Big Advances
- (Coating/Laminating)
- September 30, 2010, Until recently, development of laboratory and pilot coater technology has been relatively stagnant. The many improvements increased coating speeds, improved Until recently, development of laboratory ...
- Michelman Increases Reactor Capacity at Cincinnati Plant
- (Coating)
- August 31, 2010, ... surface modifiers, additives and polymers Michelman offers for applications, including interior and exterior wood coatings, industrial coatings, fibers and composites, construction coatings, digitial ...
- Web Lines: How To Control Roller Nips
- (Web Handling)
- July 31, 2010, ... are one of the following: You are looking for the least expensive design to push two rollers together. You want to control thickness, such as metering a coating or calendaring rubber or similar webs. ...
- Static Beat: Corona Treaters & Ionizers Compared
- (Static Elimination)
- May 31, 2010, To prevent static problems such as coating defects, dust attraction, and sparks, static neutralizers may be installed along the film conveyance path. To prevent static problems such as coating defects, ...
- Trends in technology
- (Coating/Laminating)
- April 30, 2010, ... methods Development of fundamental process engineering science concepts, which have been used to improve the design of equipment coating applicators and the behavior of materials during handling and ...
- Do It Yourself
- (Adhesives)
- November 30, 2009, In these challenging economic times, reducing costs can be as important as increasing sales. Well, almost. And while adhesives and coatings may account In these challenging economic times, reducing costs ...
- New Roles for Converters
- (Archive)
- September 30, 2009, ... in one facility. The ability to use and manufacture flexible substrates permits non-planar product structures. The current coating application and printing processes — gravure, inkjet, slot dies, reverse ...
- WHAT'S NEW PRODUCT
- (New Products)
- September 30, 2009, ... said to provide an excellent overall view of register marks, coating and printing defects, or small mechanical or electrical components. At 140x magnification, the finest halftone dot details are clearly ...
- Dissipating Static
- (Static-Beat)
- September 30, 2009, ... have some positive charge, and the other will have negative charge. Using the triboelectric series as a guide, we know the film will have negative charge after contact with aluminum oxide in the hard coating. ...
- Pulsed LED Lights Suited for Stroboscopic Inspection
- (News Eclips)
- September 16, 2009, ... P. Simonis explains LEDs “are not for every printing or labeling application. Their softer light makes them best suited for inspecting labels and packaging with highly reflective coatings, foils or metalized ...
- WHAT'S NEW PRODUCT
- (New Products)
- August 31, 2009, ... Brilliance with Coating MiraFoil coatings are described as a recyclable, UV-curable alternative to foil board laminating and hot foil stamping that equals foil in brilliance. Can be applied to precise ...
- Labelexpo Europe Preview of Exhibits
- (News | New Products)
- August 19, 2009, ... short-run gravure printing, coating & laminating and flexo printing for the global labelstock industry, including the ATLAS Universal LS slitter, with individual shaftless rewind arms and the OCS-2 duplex ...
- WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS: July 200
- (New Products)
- June 30, 2009, ... and coatings effectively. Product is biodegradable, solvent-free, and contains no VOCs. A buffering solution is added for safety and performance, enabling it to outperform caustic cleaners yet remain safe ...
- WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS: June 200
- (New Products)
- May 31, 2009, ... or visit www.freeproductinfo.net/pff Create Transparent Coatings The chamber doctor blade type AGS 2500 “System BASF” is able to coat solvent and solventless coating medias and works with two separate ...