Curing

What's New in Narrow We

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September 30, 2001, New products from: Imass Inc., IST America Corp., and UV Process Supply. UV Monitor Tracks Curing Lamps During Production UV Process Supply Inc., Chicago, IL; 773/248-0099; 800/621-1296 The LM-9000 ...

Web Guides Bring Positive Results to Negative Sleeves

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September 30, 2001, ... on nine printing presses. As Branch puts it, “You can't buy a press to do what we do.” So Crown buys the basic one-, two-, or three-color, 16-in. presses, adds AAA ultraviolet curing units, and then applies ...

Reporter Clips

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August 31, 2001, ... roll loading and unloading, and patented differential rewind shaft system. Primarc UV Technology, Slough, England, will highlight UV curing lamps, including label lamps said to be suitable for the majority ...

Three Shows Make Autumn a Season of Innovation

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August 31, 2001, ...  RadTech Europe The radiation curing industry will gather at the Congress Center in Basle, Switzerland, October 8-10 for RadTech Europe 2001, the official event of RadTech Europe Assn. This year's theme ...

The Parts and Performance of WEB CONVECTION DRYERS

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August 31, 2001, ... it can affect the outcome of this crucial step in your production process. There are many methods for drying or curing the coatings on converted web products. Ultraviolet lamps can cure certain types ...

What's New in Narrow We

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August 31, 2001, ... to deliver the necessary densities, according to mfr. Cold UV Curing System Minimizes Heat GEW Ltd., Surrey, England; +44 (0)1737 824500 The VCP (Variable Curing Platform) UV curing system has been ...

Hot Melt Symposium Offers Varied Program

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August 31, 2001, ... Hung, National Starch and Chemical Co.; “Moisture Curing Silicone Hot Melt PSA Technology,” by Loren Lower and Loretta A. Jones, Dow Corning Corp.; and “PUR Reactive Hot Melt Adhesive Equipment,” by Edward ...

Polymers/Laminations/Adhesives/Coatings/Extrusions

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July 31, 2001, ... coating nip is an ultraviolet (UV) curing station followed by a cooling roll or laminator. At this point, the face stock combines to the adhesive coated liner and proceeds to the winder. Note that the ...

Converting Industry News

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June 30, 2001, ... curing methods, and testing/analysis. Co-chairs included John Lind, Adhesives Research; John Tynan, Inter-tape Polymer Group; Krishan Sehfal, Union Carbide; Michael Drewery, BASF; and John Johnston, ...

Products

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June 30, 2001, ... press runs single pass full process color and additional spot color printing on a single side, continuous feed, roll-to-roll configuration. Handles light fast UV curing inks and substrates such as coated ...

Reporter Clips

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June 30, 2001, ... Group” BETHESDA, MD, USA—RadTech Intl. North America has formed a “Plastics Focus Group” to develop industry programs devoted to the technical and market promotion of UV and EB curing of plastic products, ...

Shared Focus Makes for One Successful Company

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June 30, 2001, ... presses; five 7-in. drum presses; and four 16-in. in-line units. Most of the presses are equipped with ultraviolet curing stations (equipment is from various suppliers), and one press has an in-line Delphax ...

What's New in Narrow We

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June 30, 2001, ... nonstop unwinds and rewinds, hot and cold foil-stamping, rotary screen printing, laminating units, and Omet's automatic registration system. Modular UV Curing System Is Adaptable >IST Metz, U.K.; +44 ...

Polymers/Laminations/Adhesives/Coatings/Extrusions

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June 30, 2001, ... functionality is useful for crosslinking reactions. For ambient temperature curing reactions, isocyanates in a two-component system can cure SEBS/MA polymers. This paper discusses the use of a metal chelate, ...

What Is Converting? It Helps to Ask That Simple Question

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May 31, 2001, ... solvent in the coating. If the coating requires curing, excess heat may be needed to start or complete the curing reaction. Physical characteristics also are important in the processing step, and tension ...

Reporter Clips

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May 31, 2001, ... a 16-in., seven-color MSP with UV curing. On the production floor, Comco built a viewing theater next to a 22-in., nine-color MSP fitted with a Martin Automatic butt splicer, Momentum high-speed gas unit, ...

On the Move...

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May 31, 2001, ... was named managing director of the UV curing business at Nordson Corp., Westlake, OH. Water Ink Technologies, Lincolnton, NC, has opened a production, sales, and service facility in Fairfield, CA, and ...

Division Conference Offers Varied Program

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May 31, 2001, ... polymer resins covalently bonded with stable solid-state additives. The session on “UV/EB Materials For Flexible Packaging” will have a paper on “EB Curing In Flexible Packaging” by Anthony J. Bean ...

Products

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April 30, 2001, ... is latest addition to co.'s wide range of UV curing lamps, says mfr. Most commonly used in industries such as fiber optic coating, electronics, compact disc manufacture, plastic container decoration, and ...

Products at CMM

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March 31, 2001, ... curing systems. It measures a wide dynamic range and includes auto scaling and adjustment for the user. The device also can read one of four different bandwidths: UVA (320-390 nm); UVB (280-320 nm); UVC ...

Fido's Food Goes GLOSS

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March 31, 2001, With the help of a Prime UV ultraviolet curing system, Canadian-based Bonar Packaging has given glamour to the plain pet food packaging bags of the past. Pet cuisine is like everything else these days: ...

New Printing Equipment: Who? How? What? When?

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March 31, 2001, ... models for three types of press accessories: drying/curing systems; surface treating systems; and web inspection systems. However, when it comes to tension controls and web guiding systems, the converter ...

Web Handling...Making a Slitter/Winder Upgrade Work for You

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March 31, 2001, Buyer beware! Before investing in new slitting/rewinding equipment, carefully consider the web handling issues that are involved. Buyer beware! Before investing in new slitting/rewinding equipment, carefully ...

International Converting Industry News

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February 28, 2001, ... American base enables us to focus more closely on the effort we put into supporting old and new customers there. We are securing the materials and manufacturing base in the area to respond to our customers' ...

In This Industry, Green Doesn't Always Mean G

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February 28, 2001, ... or coating may not change properties, but the total construction may be dynamic. Consider an example for each case. A curing adhesive often consists of two components mixed together before application. ...

Products

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February 28, 2001, ...  Drying Units Cut Downtime IST America, Fort Wayne, IN; 219/478-9300 New technology is said to minimize downtime experienced when blanket washers are used with interdeck UV drying and curing units. ...

Modifying Adhesives for Superior Performance

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February 28, 2001, ... for introducing more moisture into the lamination is to use a faster curing system such as a trifunctional adduct of MDI. A second option is to add a species that mimics the increased modulus, increased ...

Materials

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January 31, 2001, New materials from: Adhesives Research, Avery Dennison (Fasson), Craig Adhesives & Coatings, Emtech, FLEXcon, GE Silicones, National Starch & Chemical, Northwest Coatings Corp., and Spartan Adhesives ...

On the Move...

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January 31, 2001, ... WI, and president of wholly owned sub. Packaging Service Inc., retired Dec. 31, 2000. Primarc UV Technology, Slough, England, a mfr. of UV curing lamps and equipment, has set up a mfg. facility in Phillipsburg, ...

Formulators Look Beyond the Peel, Tack, and Shear Profile

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January 31, 2001, ...  Brase says the availability of better raw materials will spur the push toward radiation-curable technology. "By ultraviolet curing the materials, you can build better heat and chemical resistance int ...