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Sheet Fed Lithography: Hammer Lithographic

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March 31, 2001, ... key variables.” Iovoli adds, “Film acts extremely different than paper, and printing it from a sheet rather than a roll only compounds the issue. When you print on paper, the fiber acts like a foundation ...

How One Converter Mastered Sheet-Fed Films

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March 31, 2001, ... configured all our Mitsubishi presses to help control our defined key variables.” Iovoli adds, “Film acts extremely different than paper, and printing it from a sheet rather than a roll only compounds ...

Assessing Inks, Dealing with DigitalThe NPIRI Conference

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December 31, 2000, ... speed, the study found that at equal speeds, water-based inks had the best economics followed by solvent-based inks, followed by UV inks. From an environmental perspective, volatile organic compounds ...

Coating Operation Starts a Tradition of Growth

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November 30, 2000, ...  customized impingement dryer was constructed of stainless steel for durability and longevity and incorporates a unique zone-cascading function, and he says the company controls volatile organic compound ...

Converting Industry News

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September 30, 2000, ... the prices of Ultramid nylon resins and compounds by 10%, effective June 15, 2000. Demand for nylon products has increased substantially, says BASF, resulting in tightness through the entire nylon chain. ...

Globalization Is Driving Force Behind Fast-Growing NPE

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April 30, 2000, ... companies supply primary processing and auxiliary equipment systems; machine and mold components; resins and compounds; additives, fillers, and reinforcements; and mold-making services. In a recent ...

The role of barrier materials in packaging low-fat goods.

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October 31, 1996, ... molecules, such as flavors and aromas, chemical solvents, and fragrances, better than water. Without fat, foods have a more difficult time holding onto flavor compounds, because these compounds volatilize ...

EPA and printers join forces to evaluate inks.

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October 31, 1996, ... materials, such as volatile organic compounds? If so, what risk does it pose to press operators and the public outside the facility? Are the ink chemicals regulated? If so, meeting regulatory requirements ...

Label converter controls quality from the inside out

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August 31, 1996, ...  requirements." A participant in the 33/50 plan sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency, Walle was able to drastically reduce its levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) ahead of schedule ...

Taking the "magic" and the mystery out of treatin

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August 31, 1996, ... without an understanding of either chemistry or mechanics. Some substrates used in flexible packaging contain slip additives or other compounds that migrate to the surface with time. Such materials will ...

Partnering launches future growth in laminations

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August 31, 1996, ... "After all, we were just looking to gain a foothold." In the past, the Randolph facility had been accustomed to handling materials such as carbon black coatings, rubber compounds and fabric that, when ...

A look at the status of UV/EB curing

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June 30, 1996, ... properties not otherwise achievable with conventional materials. Much has been said about the "green advantages" of UV/EB curing. While it's true that the curing emits little volatile organic compounds ...

Congress is considering FDA reform bills

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May 31, 1996, ... Act's "zero risk" standard for cancer-causing compounds with a negligible risk standard. That clause prohibits approval of any food additive that is found to cause cancer in man or animals, regardless of ...

Independent Packaging: the "restart" of something grea

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March 31, 1996, ... customer specifications. Because the inks are solvent-based, a Demtrol Systems oxidizer is used to destroy all volatile organic compounds emitted by the presses. Another W&H press started up in early March ...

Regulation, competition drive the adhesives industry

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January 31, 1996, ... adhesives business is the Environmental Protection Agency's push to eliminate volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Due to these restrictions, the raw materials used as the basis for today's adhesives are very ...

KAPCO hits grand slam in pursuing custom markets

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November 30, 1995, ... Research Laboratory at the Univ. of Akron. The cooperating chemists recommended to Carter and Hildenbrand several suitable tacky compounds with which prototypes were made. Carter then tested the tube during ...

Cylinders and rolls - a quiet revolution

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July 31, 1995, ... for American Roller, Bannockburn, IL. He reports that nylon has replaced copper plating on rollers, and rubber rollers are constantly evolving, with new robber compounds being developed to improve on-press ...

Clean air rules are changing & you can have a say

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May 31, 1995, ... guidelines on methods for determining the capture efficiency of volatile organic compounds, which will have a major impact on production processes. * EPA's Common Sense Initiative (CSI) is potentially ...

Converter combines profit with environmental concern

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May 31, 1995, ... to conform to the latest available Air Technology specifications. To achieve this, the company would either have to capture and incinerate or recycle volatile organic compounds, or use ultraviolet curable ...

Interest in waste-disposal technologies at all time high

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May 31, 1995, ... which mandate significant reductions of particulate emissions, volatile-organic compounds, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides. In 1992, total spending in the air pollution control market in the US was ...