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- Special Exhibit at K 2007
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- April 05, 2006, K 2007 will feature a special exhibit, "Plastic wraps it up!," to demonstrate polymers' contribution to the fundamental functions of packaging: protection, information, and presentation. PRESS RELEASE ...
- What Makes an MSDS Useful?
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- March 30, 2006, The people using a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) generally are those that work with a material, health care providers and emergency care responders, and the general public as consumers. MSDS authors ...
- 2006 RFID What's New
- (Archive)
- February 28, 2006, ... an integrated circuit and two conducting pads, which are connected to a conductive antenna printed on packaging materials or in the face of an adhesive label. For more information on TI's RFID technology ...
- Can This Coater Be Saved?
- (Archive)
- January 30, 2006, ... ft. $3,931,200 Thinner coating wt 60.0 M sq. ft. $12,000,000 New business Availability loss 65.5 M sq. ft. $7,862,400 Operational *Scrap material savings=$0.10/sq. ft., ...
- The Secret Strain
- (Magazine)
- December 30, 2005, Web Handling What is strain and what’s so secret about it? Strain is the dimensional change of a material as it is tensioned, loaded, stretched, or compressed. Strain is the dimensional difference ...
- Converting Industry News
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- November 29, 2005, ... waste management strategies to deal with label matrix and used release liner. Raw material prices have been, and will continue to be, a challenge. This ongoing situation was compounded by the paper ...
- Fuel Surcharges Hit Shippers
- (Magazine)
- October 30, 2005, ... of course, had an impact on the converting industry, since oil is a basic raw material for many industry products. In addition, those increases now have prompted numerous motor carriers that transport ...
- A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI
- (Magazine)
- October 30, 2005, ... output rates and materials and return to saleable product tolerances quickly. This type of extrusion die is fit for use in today’s lean manufacturing environment. These market forces have created a ...
- Mastering RFID
- (Archive)
- September 29, 2005, ... a plastic substrate, usually PET. The RFID chip houses the data with the product- related information. These components then are placed onto either a pressure-sensitive label stock or film carrier material ...
- Hurricanes Impact Whole Nation
- (Magazine)
- September 29, 2005, ... material value left. As we move forward, however, those enormous personal losses will become evident. And the hurricane season is not over yet. November cannot come soon enough for those living on the ...
- Mastering RFID, Part 2
- (Archive)
- September 29, 2005, This second of a two-part series covers development of an ESD protection program. el converting equipment” and the “foil” reference means the “inlay carrier material.”) 2. Protect ESD Sensitive Devices. ...
- Without Boundaries
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- August 30, 2005, When custom coater/laminator Lamart Corp. was chosen by NASA to develop a material for use as the “envelope” of an unmanned space vehicle, Philip Faria, manager of process engineering, and Lee Smith, project ...
- Narrow Web New Products
- (Magazine)
- August 30, 2005, ... protective overlaminate films, print-treated and topcoated PEs, semi-rigid and flexible vinyls, transfer tapes, and economical polyolefins. Also included are specialty labeling materials for battery, security, ...
- Fighting Flaws
- (Magazine)
- August 30, 2005, ... in solvent coaters. Charge separation is built up in the coater from the separation of two dissimilar materials, i.e., substrate and rolls. This charge can attract dirt leading to contamination defects. ...
- Packaging Must Open Up to Single-Pass Inkjet
- (Magazine)
- July 30, 2005, ... printing in the form of a matrix of stationary print heads above a transport system for the material and into production and manufacturing lines in the converting and packaging markets. A number of factors ...
- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- July 30, 2005, ... change in the material by the application of an external laser source that is accompanied by a change of color in the material. The resulting image or mark cannot be tampered with at any stage in the supply ...
- Reporter Clips
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- May 30, 2005, ... amounts of material waste and press time for us." SUPPLIER INFO: Advanced Vision Technology—avt-inc.com Mark Andy—markandy.com Paper Converting Machine Co./PCMC—pcmc.com Quick Response With ...
- Flint Ink Announces Price Increases
- (Archive)
- May 21, 2005, ... response to the rising costs of raw materials, transportation, energy, and environmental compliance. Prices for all heatset ink products—including process, special, spot color, metallic, fluorescent ...
- A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI
- (Magazine)
- April 29, 2005, ... allows good die design, but its performance may be unsatisfactory due to uneven material properties at the die inlet. A three-dimensional study can examine such behavior. This study used a 3D FEM analysis ...
- Introduction to Roll Handling
- (Magazine)
- April 29, 2005, ... of material are transported and oriented prior to and after web processing. Film, paper, foil, textiles, and nonwovens are manufactured and wound on a core for further web processing or shipment to converters ...