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- Workshop on Nipped Systems & Laminating
- (Web Handling)
- September 04, 2012, ... operations. This blog has addressed “nips” within the past six months at least twice with postings devoted to nip uniformity and nipped driven rollers. It’s a topic that warrants much discussion. Over ...
- Coating | The Movement Toward Thinner Films and Coatings
- (Coating/Laminating)
- July 30, 2012, ... consideration. However, moving to thinner films presents unique challenges. As coated layers become thinner and thinner, thickness variation is magnified and uniformity becomes more important. Sophisticated ...
- Davis-Standard Retrofit Boosts Production at Mid South Extrusion
- (Flexpack News)
- July 16, 2012, ... on an existing line by 50% while also improving gauge control uniformity. Mid South, based in Monroe, LA, retrofitted a Davis-Standard line originally installed in 1999 to support production of the company’s ...
- Anderson IR Lamp Suited for Packaging Lines
- (Coating/Laminating)
- June 25, 2012, ... for better uniformity of heat across the web width. Lamps are available in shortwave and medium wave fast-response versions allowing for the optimum wavelength needed. They can be mounted horizontally ...
- Landa Corp. Unveils Nanographic Printing Process
- (News | New Products)
- April 08, 2012, ... image qualities. Landa Nanographic Printing is characterized by ultra-sharp dots of extremely high uniformity, high gloss fidelity, and the broadest CMYK color gamut of any printing process. Nanography ...
- Coating Matters | How To Select a Fluid Coating Method
- (Adhesive Coating)
- December 14, 2011, ... determine the fluid coat weight. Roll application requires that the fluid flow between two rotating rolls that dictate the fluid coat weight and the uniformity of the coated fluid across the substrate. ...
- Slot Die Coating | The Pressure Is On
- (Adhesive Coating)
- December 01, 2011, ... coating uniformity equation is typically outside the control of the machine builder’s influence, but the influence of coating quality and caliper control is just as big. Each of these components takes ...
- Web Lines: Take the Laminator Quiz
- (Coating/Laminating)
- October 16, 2011, ... if there is contact between the rollers outside the width of your product? 3 pts. 9. Have you measured cross nip footprint length or pressure to check for nip uniformity at typical process loads? 3 pts. ...
- Surface Treating: Promoting Adhesion
- (Surface Prep)
- February 28, 2011, ... definition” discharges with ultra-high homogeneity and uniformity, leading to higher density and higher surface energy effects. Reductions in the incidence of material wrinkling and backside treatment ...
- Print More Lifelike Images
- (Flexpack)
- November 30, 2010, Tango Advantage coated cover stock is recommended for POP displays, presentation folders, product tags, and labels. Said to offer superior runnability, Tango Advantage coated cover stock is recommended ...
- Web Lines: Mission-Detect Nip Variations
- (First Glance)
- August 31, 2010, ... is to determine a repeatable, yet inexpensive methodology to assess whether any nipped process meets our goal of crossweb uniformity or has fallen to the forces of variations.” Nipped processes are under ...
- Web Lines: How To Control Roller Nips
- (Web Handling)
- July 31, 2010, ... resistance to screwing a nip shut, you may be fooling yourself that you have uniformity. The greatest argument against engagement control is that the same setting (such as three turns after contact or ...
- Slitting Nonwovens: A Slit Decision
- (Flexpack)
- May 31, 2010, ... “We are able to exceed traditional industry standards of plus or minus ten percent on both web weight and web thickness,” describes Brown. “In addition, this uniformity further allows for exceptionally ...
- Blade Coatings: Prolong Blade Life
- (Slit)
- May 31, 2010, ... building the final result and providing greater control over thickness and uniformity. The processes and equipment used allow the blades to be coated at temperatures less than 250 deg, in many applications, ...
- Trends in technology
- (Coating/Laminating)
- April 30, 2010, ... increased computational power, large data storage capability, and powerful analytical capability. On-line coating weight measurement is another critical system that can improve product uniformity and ...
- A future for photovoltaics
- (Metallizing)
- April 30, 2010, ... rate and uniformity as well as the adhesion and density of the deposited coatings. As this process becomes better understood and more widely available, there will be more roll-to-roll coating systems that ...
- Technical Report: Thin Coating Challenges
- (Coatings)
- January 31, 2010, ... the needed delivery rate and uniformity for the lower volume solutions. The solution delivery rate may be too high for the reduced volume of the thinner coatings. New pumps may be needed to meet solution ...
- QC for Nips
- (Controls)
- December 31, 2009, ... Dynamic nip impressions are inspected for uniformity and static nip impressions for uniformity and nip pressure. Image results of Pressurex are archived and used as a control to compare tools and processes. ...
- AIMCAL & PFFC Co-Host Coating Solution Prep Webinar
- (News | New Products)
- December 08, 2009, ... will be covered that estimate blend time to result in a given degree of uniformity in a mix tank. Emphasis will be placed on the most common mix situations in coating , i.e., the blending of liquids and ...
- New Roles for Converters
- (Archive)
- September 30, 2009, ... compositions using solvents, water, or hot melts. A range of wet coating thicknesses of 0.1-750 microns can be applied with coating uniformity of ±1%-±10%. Multiple layers can be prepared to optimize ...