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Dealing with Ink Adhesion on High-Slip Films

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December 31, 2001, ... inks without in-line corona treatment. Conventional solvent-based inks have better substrate wetting characteristics than water-based inks, because some of the solvents can “dissolve” the boundary layer ...

Perhaps It's Time to Redefine Packaging Odor Spec

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November 30, 2001, ... to alleviate problems with the use of qualitative techniques. The key to this idea was the fact that ink, coating, and adhesive formulations were sufficiently similar. That is, they were all solvent-based ...

Crosslinking Agents Can Improve Physical Properties

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September 30, 2001, ... can hydrolyze with water, reducing their reactivity. This chemistry provides high adhesion to glass surfaces. Use of siloxane crosslinkers in solvent-based systems must be formulated carefully to prevent ...

Many New Players Join India's Flex-Pack Boo

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September 30, 2001, ... Eco Junior solventless duplex laminator and a Nordmeccanica solvent-based triplex laminator. Expansion plans are underway, and new purchases include two more Cerutti presses; a Fong Kee extrusion laminator/coater; ...

VOC-Compliant Inks: What State Are They In?

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September 30, 2001, ... corrugated, solvent-based technology continues to be well entrenched in the film printing segment of flexible packaging. While you can get a job printed with water-based inks without having to compromise ...

The Parts and Performance of WEB CONVECTION DRYERS

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August 31, 2001, ... impurities that are unacceptable in some applications. One must also take great care because of the risk of fire or explosion, especially when solvent-based coatings are being processed. Gas-fired heat ...

Assessing the Potential for Ink Transfer and Migration

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June 30, 2001, ...  Many years ago, when the use of lead-based pigments was commonplace, plastic wraps printed with solvent-based flexographic inks could leave a visible amount of ink (via the alcohol-saturated cotton ...

Products

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May 31, 2001, ... Each chamber is custom engineered to suit specific requirements from narrow webs to wide webs of 100+ in., solvent-based, water-based, or UV. Thermal System for Silicone ApplicationsAir Preheater ...

RTO Technology Gives Best of Both Worlds to Converters

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May 31, 2001, ... old. It's performing well, but the customer can afford to buy a new system and pay it off in less than eighteen months because of reduced operating costs.” If you're using a solvent-based ink or coating ...

Jet Inks, Colorants, and Packaging What's Ahead

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April 30, 2001, ...  CIJ used in packaging usually utilizes solvent-based dyes; the solvents are fast drying, such as alcohols or MEK. Viscosity requirements are very low, and nozzle diameters tend to be just a few microns. ...

PLGA Meeting Honors Gravure and Its Printers

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April 30, 2001, ... to PE on W&H laminator; solvent-based inks from Siegwerk; solvent-free adhesives from Rohm & Haas. This product also took the “Best of Show” award, with judges calling it “exemplary of the process.”  ...

Water-Based Ink Adhesion and Web Temperature

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March 31, 2001, Unlike solvent-based inks where binders are dissolved in the ink solvents, water-based inks comprise several binders, none of which are soluble in water. Unlike solvent-based inks where binders are ...

The Amcor Story Continues

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March 31, 2001, ... manufactured at Halen include wax, water-based, solvent-based, and solvent-free components. The Kampf coater produces polyvinyl alcohol, blister, hot melt, and acrylic-coated materials. Halen also is capable ...

Materials

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March 30, 2001, ... nationalstarch.com Duro-Tak 429A adhesive, called a hot melt alternative to traditional, solvent-based, acrylic-based adhesives, reportedly stands up to Pasteurization temperatures (190 deg F). According ...

Wide vs Narrow Web FlexoIt's More Than Just the Widt

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February 28, 2001, ... inks. Unrestricted use of solvent-based inks and coatings in wide web flexo was challenged by the EPA rules on solvent emissions. The flexographic industry responded with compliance strategies that ...

Modifying Adhesives for Superior Performance

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February 28, 2001, ... solvent-based laminating adhesives. Widely used to bond laminates constructed of film, foam, or foil substrates, these liquid adhesive systems are highly durable. They meet or exceed the bond specifications ...

Products

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February 28, 2001, ... for tape manufacturing are 100% solid. Said to offer a high-performance alternative to solvent-based systems, free-flowing, nonblocking pellets are available in a convenient form for vacuum feeding.  ...

Odd Shape? Odd Substrate? You Might Try Pad Printing

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January 31, 2001, ... solvent-based inks and is limited to relatively small image areas. The pad printing process can print multiple colors, but most of the vertical machines are one-color printers. Pad inks are typically ...

Formulators Look Beyond the Peel, Tack, and Shear Profile

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January 31, 2001, ... much greater flexibility—they can use a similar product for multiple applications." Solvent-based acrylic adhesives typically are used for the trendy no-label-look labels, but there haven't been a lot ...

Assessing Inks, Dealing with DigitalThe NPIRI Conference

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December 31, 2000, ... Assessment (CTSA)." She compared solvent-based, water-based, and UV-curable inks on wide web from cost, energy, environmental, and health perspectives. More than 45 formulations were involved. Solvent- ...