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- Foil Substrates: Handling, Web Control & Substrate Interaction
- (Coating/Laminating)
- September 21, 2015, What makes coating foils different than coating plastic or paper substrates? Handling and web control are definitely different for foils than films or paper, but the fluid substrate interaction is also ...
- Web Lines | Air Bubbles in Your Laminate
- (Web Handling)
- August 31, 2015, ... exceeds the bond strength of the adhesive to one of the webs (usually a liner). Where do bubbles accumulate and delaminate? In a lamination process where two webs start running with no bonding coating ...
- Coating Matters | Energy Storage Devices
- (Coating/Laminating)
- August 10, 2015, ... to coat the product intermittently on a continuous web. Keeping the fluid in constant movement helps reduce the issues associated with the start and stop phenomena related to coating patches. To properly ...
- Static Beat | Control Static on Insulating Webs in Dryers
- (Static-Beat)
- July 22, 2015, How to protect solvent dryers/ovens from sparks caused by static on insulating webs. How to protect solvent dryers/ovens from sparks caused by static on insulating webs. Sparks are bad. Static sparks ...
- Coating Matters | Film Split Defects
- (Coating/Laminating)
- June 28, 2015, ... of the web path). The inlet side of this nip point develops increased pressures. As the substrate and fluid exit the nip point, the diverging rolls develop low pressures. At this point of divergence between ...
- Web Lines | Unwritten Rules, Part 2
- (Technical Reports)
- June 08, 2015, Here are a couple more web handling rules Tim Walker keeps forgetting to tell you Here are a couple more web handling rules Tim Walker keeps forgetting to tell you. There are a few things that I ...
- Static Problems with Metallized Webs
- (Static-Beat)
- May 31, 2015, Metallized webs have static problems, too! Recently, I have helped investigate several static problems with webs having conductive layers. My "old school," conventional thinking was that structures ...
- Looking Behind the Curtain of Coating
- (Coating/Laminating)
- May 29, 2015, ... behind the success of a falling curtain of fluid is the dimensionless Weber number- We = ρQV/σ We = Weber number ρ = density Q = volumetric flow rate V = impingement velocity σ = surface ...
- Coating Matters | The Effects of Viscoelastic Behavior, Pt. 1
- (Coating/Laminating)
- May 25, 2015, ... considerations with viscoelastic fluids. Roll coating techniques need to consider the film split of the fluid as rotational forces interact with tensioned web movement. Premetered coating techniques (like ...
- Coating Matters | Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive Coating
- (Coating/Laminating)
- April 20, 2015, ... Polymer Science & Engineering from Lehigh Univ. and a Juris Doctor from Hamline Univ. Mark is a technical consultant and CEO of Coating Tech Service LLC. He has worked in web coating technologies and chemical ...
- Coating Matters | Construction Materials for Coating Equipment
- (Coating/Laminating)
- March 18, 2015, ... from Hamline Univ. Mark is a technical consultant and CEO of Coating Tech Service LLC. He has worked in web coating technologies and chemical manufacturing operations and is a certified Six Sigma Black ...
- Conflicting Flow in Coating
- (Coating/Laminating)
- March 15, 2015, ... causing potential coating defects and air entrapment. Coating thickness in self-metered systems is defined by the fluid flow and the web speed. However, if the localized pressure is stronger at one position ...
- Coating Matters | Membrane Process Technology
- (Coating/Laminating)
- March 10, 2015, ... and CEO of Coating Tech Service LLC. He has worked in web coating technologies and chemical manufacturing operations and is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt trained in both DMAIC and DFSS disciplines. ...
- AccuWeb Web Guide Controller for Narrow Webs
- (News | New Products)
- February 17, 2015, The EVO 150 web guide controller can now perform DualEdge centerline guiding with one WideArray edge detector MADISON, WI | AccuWeb is offering a single WideArray edge detector and the new EVO ...
- Coating Matters | Coating and Casting Technology for Water Filtration
- (Coating/Laminating)
- February 08, 2015, ... degree in Polymer Science & Engineering from Lehigh Univ. and a Juris Doctor from Hamline Univ. Mark is a technical consultant and CEO of Coating Tech Service LLC. He has worked in web coating technologie ...
- Process Sensors to Show Web Profile System
- (News | New Products)
- January 31, 2015, The Guardian Cross Direction Web Profile system will be one of the stars of the company’s display at ICE USA 2015 MILFORD, MA | Process Sensors Corporation will display its Guardian Series of web ...
- Coating Matters | Pump Technology
- (Coating/Laminating)
- January 12, 2015, ... provides a consistent flow of material to the coating head for proper pressurization and distribution crossweb. In addition, the fluid delivery system and the line speed control of a roll-to-roll coating ...
- Davis-Standard Offers Flex-Pack Extrusion Coating Line
- (Coating/Laminating)
- January 06, 2015, ... the other raises the auxiliary unwinder to a position just atop the winder to shorten both the line length and the path of the auxiliary web to the laminator. Advanced computer technolog, standard on ...
- Coating Matters | Multi-Layer Coating
- (Coating/Laminating)
- December 11, 2014, ... by itself takes some chemical understanding of the fluid, but we haven’t even discussed the process details. In multi-layer coating, one option to consider for coating high speed is tensioned web over ...
- Stepwise Process Fluid Coating
- (Coating/Laminating)
- November 17, 2014, ... to one of three options: level and consistent fluid across the web, film advance or film retraction. In film advance, the liquid likes the substrate more than it likes itself and moves outwards on the ...
- Flint Announces Narrow Web Award Winners
- (News | New Products)
- November 05, 2014, Winners of the 10th Annual Narrow Web Print Awards included worldwide companies using a wide array of colors, designs, and materials PLYMOUTH, MN | Flint Group announces the winners of the 10th ...
- Static Beat | Solvent Coater Static Control for Insulating Webs
- (Static-Beat)
- November 05, 2014, ... static control system. The “outer circle” devices dissipate static at sources of static charging. When these devices are functioning properly, a charge free web enters the solvent coater. The “inner circle” ...
- Coating Matters | Patch Coating for Precision Fluid Placement, Pt. 2
- (Coating/Laminating)
- October 20, 2014, ... average crossweb profile. These are final dried profiles, and not wet. The slot die was of uniform dimensions for all applications: Offset = 0 Lip face (upstream and downstream) = 762 micron (0.030 ...
- Optimization of Fluid Coating
- (Coating/Laminating)
- October 16, 2014, ... is for success. But what should you concentrate on in the development of the process? Higher line speed? Decreased coat weight variation crossweb? Reduced production costs? These are all reasonable goals, ...
- Coating Matters | Patch Coating for Precision Fluid Placement, Pt. 1
- (Coating/Laminating)
- September 22, 2014, ... in full web or lane coating, creating rectangles downweb from the coating source. The limit is based off patch control and reaction time. Why would someone be interested in coating a discrete patch of ...
- Coating Matters | Steam Remoisturizing Technology for Paper-Based Labels, Pt. 2
- (Coating/Laminating)
- August 19, 2014, ... solution. TECHNIQUES FOR STEAM REMOISTURIZING There are different techniques for applying steam to the cross direction of a moving paper web. The simplest and least expensive means of applying steam ...
- Particles in Fluid Coating
- (Mark's Coating Matters)
- August 11, 2014, ... crossweb. The misalignment of the particles is presented as a morphology difference within the structure of the final coated product. This misalignment can provide visual and physical variation within ...
- Flint Reports Flexo Coatings for UV LED Curing
- (Coating/Laminating)
- August 05, 2014, Offered under the EkoCure brand name, coatings are said to provide both economical and ecological benefits PLYMOUTH, MN | Flint Group is offering UV flexo coatings for UV LED curing under the EkoCure ...
- Coating Matters | Steam Remoisturizing Technology for Paper-Based Labels, Pt. 1
- (Coating/Laminating)
- July 21, 2014, ... buildup, web brittleness, and curl. All of these conditions can negatively affect product quality and production throughput. In the current economy, label producers need to coat efficiently, effectively, ...
- Slot Die Coating Technology
- (Mark's Coating Matters)
- July 16, 2014, ... supply of coating fluid and variations in coat weight are controlled by regulating the pumping rate to line speed ratio. 3. Cross-web distribution control. The slot die’s manifold geometry is designed ...