Drying

Achieving Durable Codes in the Toughest of Conditions

(Coating/Laminating)

April 21, 2021, ... range of film types with no smell, mess or drying time. It is also able to print complex information, such as QR codes. TTO does, however, operate at lower speeds than the three non-contact technologies ...

Comexi Will Exhibit Its Innovative Solutions For the Flexible Packaging Printing and Converting Industry at Drupa

(News | New Products)

April 19, 2021, ... every automation and operator aids developed under GeniusTech technology, the new F2 evolution reportedly incorporates the latest advances in anti-bouncing systems, inking systems, and drying efficiency; ...

Troubleshooting Defects in Extrusion Coating

(Coating)

March 07, 2021, ... projects (which will be discussed in a future article). About the Author Dr. E.J. (Ted) Lightfoot  has worked in coating, drying, laminating, and film casting for over 35 years.  He has experience ...

The Back Page: Taking it back 64 years

(The Back Page)

February 17, 2021, ... by the single application of heat without other glues or adhesives to Siri. This is important in speeding production by eliminating drying time for adhesive to “set.”  Further, it eliminates handling and ...

Engineered for your Toughest Challenge

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

January 18, 2021, ... ask any Delta ModTech machine owner. CONVERTING, PACKAGING, COATING, DRYING Building complete web converting and packaging machines out of proven, flexible modules gets you to market faster, with ...

Thermochromic Ink Helps Ensure Higher Safety Standards for Packaged Food

(News | New Products)

November 18, 2020, ... drying time of only one second on all materials. An issue with previous generations of thermochromic ink was smearing of the printed code, which could lead to the information becoming illegible. MS596 ...

HOW TO: Request a Converting Equipment Proposal

(HOW TO Guide)

November 15, 2020, ... according to Process (Winding, Coating, Drying, Laminating, etc.) Web Materials Coating Chemistries Identify Critical Process Requirements A secondary task is to specify the requirements for ...

Nu-Coat chooses Vetaphone Corona for pioneering UV coating line

(News | New Products)

November 08, 2020, ... effect on the environment in a world where plastics and oil-based products are essential.  The company’s process involves no dilution, no solvents, no drying ovens, no post-production handling of chemicals, ...

Digital Print for Corrugated – The Future Condition of Things

(News | New Products)

November 05, 2020, ... for the deliverance and drying of the ink is more complex and expensive. Despite water-based inks being less expensive than UV inks, the energy required to dry them at high speed can be alarming. So, weighing ...

NDC Technologies’ Partner LIMAB UK Provides Measurement Solutions That Deliver Value to Customers

(News | New Products)

October 20, 2020, ... enabling manufacturers to improve production efficiency, reduce fossil fuel consumption and achieve right-first-time batch drying. To learn more about LIMAB UK Ltd and to read testimonials from customers, ...

AIMCAL Hall of Honor Inducts First Five Members

(News | New Products)

October 19, 2020, ... include Coating & Drying Defects: Troubleshooting Operating Problems and Modern Coating and Drying Technology, both co-written with Edgar B. Gutoff. For AIMCAL, he writes the “Coating Concepts” Q&A technical ...

Exploring New Options in More Sustainable Packaging Formulations

(News | New Products)

August 30, 2020, ... customized for factors like viscosity, types of solids or drying capabilities. A knowledgeable packaging formulation provider will understand not just the chemistries, but also how those chemistries interact ...

Static Control for Flexographic Printing

(Flexography)

July 05, 2020, ... layer. So, this overcoat is often solvent based so that drying is faster. However, this thick, solvent coating also causes a high solvent vapor concentration exiting the print deck. We can do two things. ...

The Back Page: Taking it back 80 years

(The Back Page)

May 27, 2020, ... the lethal value of various steps involved in papermaking, such as cooking, chlorination and drying. To explain the true situation by addresses before appropriate groups and articles in pertinent journals. ...

How Flexo Printers Can Help Brands With Green Initiatives

(News | New Products)

May 21, 2020, ... can produce up to 180 degrees of heat for drying without burning fuel. Air compression can be supplemented with conventional heating for faster drying but still cuts the amount of energy needed for the ...

Coating on Trial

(News | New Products)

May 05, 2020, ... roll is dependent to a large extent on the accuracy of tension (closed loop tension control procedures and taper tension) and other web control mechanisms. In applications that involve a drying tunnel, ...

The Back Page: Taking it back 54 years

(News | New Products)

April 23, 2020, ... can be printed, wicked or sprayed on the film surface to achieve the required slip. These are ethyl alcohol solutions that present no serious drying problems and can be applied without major machinery ...

How Flexo Printers Can Help Brands With Green Initiatives

(Flexography)

April 22, 2020, ...  This method can produce up to 180 degrees of heat for drying without burning fuel. Air compression can be supplemented with conventional heating for faster drying but still cuts the amount of energy ...

Wen Chyuan Brings Western Quality to Sheet Fed Lamination

(News | New Products)

April 19, 2020, ... and the dust remover lifts all printing powder from the wet ink.  The 300mm laminating roller and 800mm drying roller are both fed by hot water in a re-circulating system that is temperature controlled, ...

AIMCAL Announces Winners During Virtual Award Ceremony

(News | New Products)

April 16, 2020, ... Dr. Cohen’s expertise encompasses coating and drying of thin films, coating process development and scale-up, polyester base development, film defect mechanisms, defect characterization techniques, litigation ...

Is Gravure Coating Right for You?

(Coatings)

February 09, 2020, ... present challenges in drying on the roll and managing fumes in the coating room.  In most cases the cells of the gravure roll are not completely empty when they leave the nip and precipitation is most ...

Comexi Consolidates its Presence in Brazil

(News | New Products)

February 03, 2020, ... as well as the level of performance and robustness with the rest of the Comexi F2 range. This is all integrated with a simplified drying system design. Without a doubt, the Comexi F2 MB is a highly productive ...

Narrow Web Twists and Turns

(Web Handling)

January 29, 2020, ... to establish good manufacturing processes and to understand the various characteristics of the materials that are available taking into account substrates, inks, print treatments, coatings and drying or/and ...

The Back Page: The American Paper Converter April 1946

(News | New Products)

January 26, 2020, ... it was laid out flat on a board which had been covered with floor wax to prevent sticking.  Drying took place in slightly less than two hours and a subsequent examination revealed the following facts; ...

Leaders in Rotary Converting Machine Solutions

(News | New Products)

January 19, 2020, ... you Now. Just ask any Delta ModTech machine owner. CONVERTING, PACKAGING, COATING, DRYING Building complete web converting and packaging machines out of proven, flexible modules gets you to market ...

What’s Next in Inkjet and the Many Reasons to Adopt it

(Digital)

December 16, 2019, ... of ink penetration into the substrate, or the improved drying of uncoated paper, etc. We see many printhead suppliers (Memjet, Kyocera, Fuji, Xaar, Konica Minolta to name but a few) delivering higher ...

Comexi Expands its Presence in the U.S. with the Sale of an F2 MP to New Wave Converting

(Flexography)

November 08, 2019, ... F2 range. All of this is combined with a drying system design for the best drying performance and a reinforced design for the printing units at a maximum speed of up to 500 m/min for runs where the print ...

Dow Presents New ADCOTE™ L76-500 High-Solids Adhesive for High-Speed Metal Lamination

(News | New Products)

October 07, 2019, ... solvent release during drying, the new adhesive enables high lamination speeds up to 400mpm for an enhanced production processing and output. “With the new ADCOTE high-solids adhesive, Dow delivers on ...

Westpak Chooses Comexi Laminator with Vetaphone Corona

(News | New Products)

September 29, 2019, ... chamber operation, and customers can specify drying tunnels up to 9 metres long, with independently controlled sections. The decision by Comexi to recommend Vetaphone equipment on the ML2 was taken after ...

Dri-Tec Partners with Arete Group

(News | New Products)

July 16, 2019, ... doctor blade chambers; Automatic unwinds and rewinds; and High-efficiency drying systems. As a member of Dominion Technologies Group, Dri-Tec has the capabilities to utilize state of the art technology ...