Drying

Interesting Times- The Role Drying and Energy Curable Technology Will Play

(News | New Products)

January 12, 2019, ... curing in order that products can be developed, tested and performance monitored. Designed and developed by RK Print Coat Instruments Ltd these pilot coat/print, laminate and drying/curing systems also ...

B&W MEGTEC Launches Drying Lab

(Coating/Laminating)

July 30, 2017, An in-house bench-top drying system profiles drying characteristics of coatings and substrates from small-size samples DE PERE, WI | Babcock & Wilcox MEGTEC has developed an exclusive in-house drying ...

Maximize Drying in Limited Footprint

(Coating/Laminating)

September 30, 2010, The ModuleDryer can combine the full range of heating, drying, and cooling technologies. Multiple zoning allows the system to be tailored to customer The ModuleDryer can combine the full range of heating, ...

AIMCAL-PFFC Web Drying 101 Webinar

(News | New Products)

November 03, 2009, The Assn. of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters & Laminators, co-hosts with PFFC, a one-hour webinar on November 10 at 11 A.M. EST on the subject of Web Drying 101, instructed by Edgar Gutoff and Dr. Edward ...

Drying Part 3: Paste Inks

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

March 31, 2008, This column will review the two primary drying methods of paste inks. Oil-Based Inks The main application of oil-based inks is in litho printing, primarily This column will review the two primary drying ...

Drying Part 2: Computer Simulation

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

February 29, 2008, Drying of liquid inks is a simple mechanism requiring complex engineering. About 20 years ago I worked on computer-simulated drying to develop ink formulation Drying of liquid inks is a simple mechanism ...

Process Management: Drying Part 1: Liquid Inks

(Magazine)

January 31, 2008, In the next three columns, we will cover the basic mechanisms of ink drying. This month we look at inks drying primarily by evaporation and absorption In the next three columns, we will cover the basic ...

Coating & Drying and Adhesion Technology Seminars

(Archive)

April 02, 2007, PRESS RELEASE WALTHAM, MA—The 19th Coating and Drying Technology seminar will take place May 7-10, 2007, immediately followed by the 16th Adhesion Technology seminar, May 10-11, both held in the Best ...

New Book on Coating and Drying Defects

(Archive)

October 04, 2006, "Coating and Drying Defects: Troubleshooting Operating Problems, 2nd ed.," by Edgar B. Gutoff and Edward D. Cohen, provides manufacturing and quality control personnel, equipment operators and supervisors, ...

Coating/Drying and Adhesion Technology Seminars Announced

(Archive)

February 15, 2006, The Coating and Drying Technology seminar is designed for engineers and scientists who work with the coating of fluids onto continuous webs. The Adhesion Technology seminar is designed for engineers and ...

Vehicle Retention is a Drying Not a Driving Issue

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... coating, or ink, that remains in a construction after drying. The adhesives, coatings, or inks used in a typical construction often come as solutions, dispersions, suspensions, or the like in water, ...

Release Liners: A Worldwide Special ReportEB/UV Curing Drying

(Archive)

October 31, 2002, ... beam and ultraviolet light for curing/drying inks and coatings. The advantages of reduced emissions, lower energy costs, and increased speed have fueled this interest. Electron Beam (EB) The electron ...

Portable Drying Unit Installed

(Magazine)

September 30, 2001, ... installed the Easy Scan from Prime UV Systems, Carol Stream, IL. Easy Scan is designed for “cold set” printers looking to increase productivity with instant drying of heavy-coverage inks and coatings. ...

Estimating the Drying Rate of Flexo Ink in the Laboratory

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, One reason the drying rate of flexo inks has become an important subject is the general trend toward the use of thinner ink films. In the narrow web sector, One reason the drying rate of flexo inks has ...

Thin and Accurate is Slot Die Coating Standard

(News | New Products)

May 30, 2023, Roll-to-roll slot die coating has become the industry standard for extremely thin and extremely accurate coating. By Scott Zwierlein, Coating Engineer, FRONTIER – a Delta ModTech Company Roll-to-roll ...

Conductive Science Chooses Vetaphone Corona

(News | New Products)

May 15, 2023, ... gravure, three roll reverse, rod, or slot-die.  Drying is by a two-zone overhead IR hoods, and to ensure quality, inline and post measurement testing is completed throughout the process.  CSI is coating ...

Students visit Mark Andy Technology Centre in Warsaw

(News | New Products)

May 03, 2023, ... used for printing longer runs, as well. The next demo was devoted to Evolution Series E5 flexo press, which is servo-driven and was equipped with a hybrid curing system, incorporating different drying ...

Why is LED UV the next big thing for corrugated printing? Find out at AICC Annual Meeting

(News | New Products)

April 24, 2023, ... no drying time, using much less energy than both IR and arc UV. The modules can be turned on and off to cover only part of the conveyor, saving energy use when curing smaller stock widths. This arrangement ...

Peters Automates Cup Printing Line with Martin Automatic

(News | New Products)

April 24, 2023, ... roller and is fitted with six flexo print stations and hot air drying for use with water-based inks. It has automatic electronic register control with Omet’s Vision system for advanced register adjustment ...

An OEM Perspective on Industry Changes and Trends

(News | New Products)

April 23, 2023, ... being: No emissions, very low energy consumption and high productivity. We then introduced high-efficiency ovens for emission-based processes requiring drying, for low energy consumption, higher productivities, ...

Baldwin Invites Converters to Push Speed, Dose, Power and Scalability Boundaries at Converters Expo

(Upcoming Conference News)

April 11, 2023, ... surface pretreatment systems, IR-drying systems, hot-air dryers, rotary spray systems, and technologies for color management and defect detection, all of which increase productivity, reduce waste, improve ...

Phoseon Technology Exhibits Latest UV LED Curing Systems for Flexographic Printing at Labelexpo Mexico 2023

(News | New Products)

April 11, 2023, ... printing. It will present a wide variety of industry-related equipment for label, screen, and inkjet printers, manufacturing machinery, drying and curing equipment associated with this sector. To learn ...

How Flexographic Printing Can Unlock New Packaging Potential

(Bag Pouch)

April 09, 2023, ... — whether that means using more AI and automation to enable a printing press to automatically adjust for consistent output, or experimenting with different inks, plates and drying processes to better regulate ...

Low Migration with Mark Andy: When LM Becomes ‘Must Have’

(News | New Products)

April 04, 2023, ... An Evolution Series E5 flexo press will be one of the highlights, equipped with drying systems suited to different inks formulations, including UV, LED, and water-based. Two hybrid solutions, the Digital ...

INX Reinforces Commitment for Sustainable Solutions and Circular Economy at INFOFLEX 2023

(News | New Products)

April 04, 2023, ... inks offer high performance, excellent transfer, fast drying, and printability at high speeds while maximizing shrink contouring and eliminating post-shrink adhesion loss and ink flaking. The Dual Cure ...

Milwaukee to Host R2R USA Conference 2023 Association for Roll-to-Roll Converters Issues Call for Papers

(Upcoming Conference News)

March 21, 2023, ... Sustainability, Market Forecasts, Gravure Coating, and Printing. The association’s popular Fundamentals Workshops on Web Handling, Coating and Drying, and Gravure also will be offered. “Most people attend ...

Water-Based Ink Foaming GTT vs. Hexagonal

(White Paper)

March 14, 2023, ... products and additional downtime. A possible solution is to adjust the print method, increasing the anilox volume. However, this results in a higher drying time, slower process speeds, higher ink costs and ...

The Association for Roll-to-Roll Converters Announces Events

(News | New Products)

February 09, 2023, ... 11-12, 2023 April 11: Dürr Systems Inc. Facility Tour (RSVP required for attendees), 1:00-3:00 p.m. Register Today! April 12: Three in-person courses located in Greenbay, WI — COATING / DRYING / ...

The Role of Corona in Flexible Packaging Lamination Requires an Understanding of Filmic Substrates

(Surface Prep)

January 29, 2023, ... allowing you to judge final optics immediately after lamination. The benefits of solvent-free lamination are zero solvent cost, zero energy requirement for drying, zero solvent residuals, a lower CO2 index ...

Faustel Leads the Converting Industry with Our Innovative Technology Center

(Coating/Laminating)

January 23, 2023, ... the high-performance converting machinery their success depends on. With multiple pilot lines that include limitless configuration possibilities for coating, drying, and curing, the Technology Center is ...