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- Electrically Heated Rollers Are Top Technology Choice
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- March 31, 2000, ... rubber, and high-release formulations. The Thermalon RI200 roller is well suited for high-pressure laminating, adhesive or web melting, web preheating (upstream of another process such as laminating), ...
- Temperature control helps ink customers optimize performance.
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- November 30, 1996, ... Zborovsky has become the company's mentor on web offset heat-set lithography by studying the way inks set. In addition to his normal duties helping customers understand the formulation of his company's inks ...
- The role of barrier materials in packaging low-fat goods.
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- October 31, 1996, ... of flavors in reduced-fat formulations in order to come as close as possible to a desirable concentration of volatile aromas. Otherwise the flavor sensation can appear unbalanced or too strong. This situation ...
- New possibilities for beer packaging in PEN and LCP
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- August 31, 1996, ... made of LCPs and conventional polymers. Researchers are also trying to reduce the thickness of the LCP layers to reduce the cost of the final bottle. Possible future formulations might include the use ...
- A look at the status of UV/EB curing
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- June 30, 1996, ... UV/EB-curable market. Water-Reducible Products Water-reducible, UV/EB-curable formulations have been developed for a number of markets. Water dilution of a compatible resin system provides lower ...
- UV/EB technology moves ahead with the times
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- June 30, 1996, ... inks, adhesives, or coatings, their UV counterparts do not dry but are hardened through a curing process that occurs when exposed to light in the UV band. Photoinitiators within the formulation absorb ...
- Something new under the sun
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- June 30, 1996, ... come to an end. To date, the main limitation has been the formulation itself: Photochromatic inks had no staying power. After as few as five exposures to sunlight, the colors began to fade, and, after ...
- PET supplies increasing as markets expand
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- May 31, 1996, ... drink market. Film labels that perform on the newly developed contoured PET bottles remain a major challenge to the supplier. Required are shrink film formulations that intimately clasp the walls of ...
- A rather narrow-minded view of wide web printing.
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- May 31, 1996, ... relying more and more on packaging for a variety of marketing tactics. Packaging form and design are changed for seasonal opportunities, line extensions, new formulations, added convenience, or freshness ...
- Pollution prevention makes good sense
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- November 30, 1995, ... regarding the reformulation of products or the substitution of raw materials in the manufacturing process will likely be viewed with considerable skepticism. Many government-initiated pollution technology ...
- Measurement technique improves metallized PP
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- November 30, 1995, ... the original resin formulation, prior to stretching. The second type of pin-window is usually associated with "pits" in the film just below the pin window. Pits seem to occur much less frequently than ...
- Ceramic heater rollers an exciting new alternative.
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- July 31, 1995, ... and variety of covering materials, including abrasion-resistant, high-polished ceramic; conventional rubber; high-release formulations; nylon; and Teflon. Mark Hahn is market development manager for ...
- Hot melt applications continue to grow
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- June 30, 1995, ... the yellowing problem. There still are four basic formulations of hot melt - ethyl vinyl acetate, polyamid, polyester, and butyl - and they're available in bulk, granular, chips and stick form. Each ...
- Clean air rules are changing & you can have a say
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- May 31, 1995, ... based on gas chromatography - a method both expensive and time consuming. Industry is advocating using ink formulation data instead. In addition, industry is calling for a simplified means of monitoring ...
- Computerized dispensing provides ink management
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- March 31, 1995, ... the best selection from among the wide variety of colors in the returned-ink inventory as the starting point for new formulations. To ensure accuracy, the system should be gravimetric. Since the colors ...
- Packaging films edible, water soluble
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- February 28, 1995, ... packaging. It's resistant to alkaline hydrolysis and ideal for disinfectants and detergents. The film is rapidly cold-water soluble and can handle alkaline products up to pH of 14, including formulations ...
- Slower growth, continued expansion seen in 1995
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- January 31, 1995, ... March 1. Skeist estimates the combined US market for radiation-cured formulations tops $350 million, and the recent growth rate - about 9% per year in volume - exceeds, by far, growth rates of adhesives, ...
- Controlling costs challenge label stock, liner suppliers
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- December 31, 1994, ... to label-stock and liner suppliers recently surveyed by Paper, Film & Foil CONVERTER. Advances in film formulations continue to allow suppliers to offer thinner substrates to reduce costs and satisfy ...
- Czech exhibition offers look at Eastern European market
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- December 31, 1994, ... and Hungary. Czech was the official language with simultaneous translations available in German. Topics covered included flexographic printing on aluminum foil, ink formulations and the use of photopolymer ...