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- Property Control
- (Coating/Laminating)
- January 31, 2008, ... can cure these defects. In addition, if the viscosity is not monitored, normal variation can lead to these defects and yield loss. Surface Tension Surface tension is a property of liquids in which the ...
- Credit Crunch
- (Trends/Management)
- December 31, 2007, ... was evident particularly in some of the larger private equity transactions. The net result was a significant contraction in highly leveraged financings. Figure 3 demonstrates the rapid fall-off in high-yield ...
- Color Measurement Tools Come to USA
- (Flexpack)
- November 08, 2007, ... color. Features include: Automatic CMYK functionality, requiring just one measurement to yield all four CMYK values and obtain densities for each color. G7 functionality support, enabling a unique ...
- A Paradise of Print
- (Tapes)
- October 31, 2007, ... on a unique vellum substrate and the matte varnish yields exactly the look the customer desired, Dow says, and earns the company one of two first-place awards. RotoMetrics is the die supplier. ...
- WHAT'S NE
- (Magazine)
- August 31, 2007, ... and cosmetics packaging and displays. Film is created using company’s “second surface” manufacturing process, which yields a customizable, print-ready surface called ideal for silk screening and inkjet ...
- Baggy Webs: Part 4 Minimizing
- (Archive)
- July 31, 2007, ... low speed to avoid entrained air softening the roll tightness. Ensure the product will be easy to yield or flow visco-elastically by promoting high moisture in papers and elevated temperatures in films. ...
- Baggy Webs: Part III-Causes
- (Magazine)
- June 30, 2007, ... is removed. If a web is elongated past its yield point, it will deform permanently. Variations in web temperature and moisture are double-edged swords. Changing a web’s temperature or moisture will ...
- Converter Clips
- (Magazine)
- May 31, 2007, ... to 660 lbs/hr and is powered by an extruder motor of 120 hp. Apollo's previous system was powered by a 500-hp motor that reportedly used a great deal of electricity yet yielded slower throughputs. Supplier ...
- Measure What Matters
- (Magazine)
- April 30, 2007, ... performance measures were given: Quality, Yield, Throughput, Up-Time, and Unit Cost. Metrics can be assigned to any or all outputs. Base line performance is established followed by setting targets and ...
- Light Show
- (Magazine)
- April 30, 2007, ... uncoated and adhesive-coated strips to confirm that critical dimensions are being maintained.” Yield Has Improved “The adhesive is clear, but there are shades of white operators can see with the LOL-5,” ...
- Baggy Webs: Part I Nightmares
- (Archive)
- March 31, 2007, ... winding shaft suppliers). Registration errors Registration to pre-printed web may be impossible when yielding within the wound roll produces baggy web and out-of-spec pattern dimensions. Corona treatment ...
- What's Ne
- (Magazine)
- March 31, 2007, ... matte surface, combined with high ink saturation, is said to provide a rich density that yields photorealistic images. High-caliper and sealed base sheet eliminates cockle and promotes easy handling during ...
- Reader's Choic
- (Magazine)
- February 28, 2007, ... Chill Rolls Have Mirror Finish An optical mirror finish on chill rolls reportedly yields ultra-smooth and clear finishes for plastic film and sheet extrusions. Manufacturer says optical mirror finishes ...
- Product Protection
- (Technical Reports)
- February 28, 2007, ... of mechanical, barrier, and esthetic properties. However, it is expensive because of its two-step manufacturing process and its higher density, which results in lower yield. In applications requiring either ...
- What's Ne
- (Magazine)
- February 28, 2007, ... System measures both residual headspace oxygen and absolute package leak rate. Produces an absolute leak number based on the application of Poiseuille’s law, which yields a total “hole” diameter leak size ...
- EDI Receives Patent for Flat Die
- (Archive)
- February 10, 2007, Extrusion Dies Industries has been granted a patent for a flat die design that is said to reduce downtime for lip adjustment required with each product run, enhance gauge profiles, and yield a uniform ...
- February First Glance: Part 2
- (First Glance)
- January 31, 2007, ... by putting the product in a stand-up, quad-seal PET pouch with press-to-close zipper resealability. The pouch is said to yield operational benefits including outstanding machinability and superior COF ...
- Lessons in Laminating
- (Magazine)
- January 31, 2007, ... laser-imaged medical film, however, this was a source of a large yield loss and limited throughput as we scaled up from an interim manufacturing site to one producing film at three times the width and ...
- Muehlbauer Sells First Complete Smart Label Factory to China
- (Archive)
- December 04, 2006, ... areas of Smart Cards and ePassports. This strategy already yields results. Within a short time, four customers ordered the new production equipment. Semtech RFID Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sino-Tech ...
- Challengers Press On
- (Tapes)
- October 31, 2006, ... competition yields winners in a multitude of categories employing nearly as many processes. Announced October 10 at the TLMI annual meeting held this year at the JW Marriott Grande Lakes in Orlando, FL, ...