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- Directory of Pilot Lines/Labs A-L
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- October 31, 2000, ... that offers center, surface, or surface with center assist winding. Coextrusion lab offers speeds from 5-600 fpm for cast film, extrusion coating, or extrusion lamination with 1,200 lb/hr (max) thruput. ...
- A Glossary of Descriptive TermsSecond Installment
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- September 30, 2000, ... to another roll surface. Two examples where such bending occurs are tension isolation nip rolls and lay-on (contact or rider) rolls. This term sometimes is used when describing the total amount of bending ...
- What's New in Narrow We
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- September 30, 2000, ... and used for both surface and reverse printing. UV Ink Batching System Is Fast GSE Dispensing Inc., Doylestown, PA; 215/489-9898 The Desktop UV Dispensing System fully automatic ink batching system ...
- Bringing Together the Many Benefits of Film and Paper
- (Magazine)
- September 30, 2000, ... for uniform film thickness and smoothness, with the aim of matching the standards of surface finish and gauge historically achieved in paper manufacture through processes such as calendering. "We are ...
- A Q&A on Remanufactured Equipment: Is It for You?
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- September 30, 2000, ... on a stable surface, you get the registration you need, and that translates into high quality printing. While putting stations downline adds more colors, you typically don't get the quality or register ...
- What Is the Role of Additives in Water-Based Inks?
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- August 31, 2000, ... formula to optimize ink lubricity. Surfactants Additives in the form of surfactants are used frequently to improve ink printability. Such surfactants lower the ink surface tension and provide ...
- A Glossary of Terms to Help Avoid Failure to Communicate
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- August 31, 2000, ... of all rolls in the machine parallel to one reference roll. Asperity: The roughness of the film surface, usually expressed in microns (one micron is one millionth of a meter) or micro inches (one micro ...
- More New Products for the Converting Industry
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- August 31, 2000, ... dry film, adhesives appear clear and colorless. Analyze Anilox Rolls with Kit Harper Corp. of America, Charlotte, NC; 704/588-3371; 800/438-3111; harperimage.com Lab-In-A-Box anilox surface analysis ...
- Materials and Products for the Converting Industry
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- August 31, 2000, ... precision roller guides with what is said to be a higher contact surface compared to that of conventional ball guides, reportedly guaranteeing a backlash-free transmission of torque in both directions ...
- Anilox Rolls Are Key When Printing Corrugated Board
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- July 31, 2000, ... ceramic coating of Ultracell anilox rolls is homogeneous and compact with a non-wetting tendency and a low porosity. This results in a high surface tension and, thus, an improved release coefficient. Th ...
- Converted Solutions Slitter/Rewinder Boosts Productivity on Laminating Line
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- March 31, 2000, ... single-shaft, center surface machine with a maximum web width of 3,400 mm. Multiple full-width slitting is achieved with dovetail-mounted, crush-cutting knives cutting against a hardened anvil, crush-cut ...
- Curtain Coating Technology Can Mean Big Benefits
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- February 29, 2000, ... the rear curtain surface where the fluid first strikes the web. The position of the dynamic wetting line is subject to process optimization. The curtain must be guided along its edges in order to prevent ...
- Narrow web adapts to multiple applications
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- November 30, 1998, ... materials such as shrink sleeves, adhesives and ultraviolet inks in the proper temperature range for trouble-free converting. With the proliferation of exotic substrates and water-based inks, surface ...
- Oxide-coated films are still finding their market niche
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- November 30, 1996, ... vapor deposition can produce good barriers if process conditions are selected to offset material defects and water removal from the substrate. Plasma deposition is limited by material defects and surface ...
- Popcorn packaging leads converter down new paths.
- (Magazine)
- October 31, 1996, ... leg up," says Jackson. "It has allowed us to develop surface-printed paper/metallized OPP laminations that can be adapted to meet specific packaging requirements." Among these laminations is a new liner ...
- Laminator adds metallizing to the mix
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- August 31, 1996, ... smooth surface, then we lacquer it using a high-gloss lacquer. Therefore, before the substrate rolls are sent to the metallizer, they are given two coats of lacquer in one pass on the two-headed lacquering ...
- Green Bay gears up for specialty labels
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- May 31, 1996, ... as polyester, polypropylene, polystyrene, and polycoated kraft provide a smooth surface for coating. Paper, on the other hand, is rough when viewed under a microscope, and when adhesive is applied to it ...
- Paper characteristics: starting the job right
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- April 30, 1996, ... requirements, you might look at what the strength of the paper is going to be, the opacity of the paper, moisture resistance, the surface day coating, and other factors." Paper Strength The strength ...
- Core selection - the difference between success and failure.
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- January 31, 1996, ... he recommends a core based on precise specifications, taking into account core surface, straightness, moisture content, strength, dimensional consistency, and packaging. Sonoco reports that its total systems ...
- Don't forget your unwind
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- January 31, 1996, ... Wilkes notes that, in general, there are five different types of unwinds: shafted, shaftless, center driven, surface driven, and turret. A typical shafted unwind has three main advantages, says Wilkes: ...