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- 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 ...
- Coating Matters | Everything You Wanted to Know about Coating But Were Afraid to Ask
- (Coating/Laminating)
- June 17, 2014, ... is the dynamic rheology of the fluid being coated? What variability is inherent in the fluid and substrates involved? How is the web controlled in the coating head position (tension or speed control)? ...
- Coating Matters | Stop Defects Before They Start
- (Coating/Laminating)
- May 26, 2014, ... component in the roll-to-roll coating process (coating head, fluid delivery system, web control, and roll consistency) provides an area of opportunity for improved coating performance or reduced capability. ...
- PFFC WEBINAR: How to be Successful at Solventless Laminating—Best Practices
- (Yo's Yarns)
- May 11, 2014, An on-demand Solventless Laminating webinar moderated by PFFC's Yolanda Simonsis addresses best practices. Did you know that variables such as machine design, adhesive mixing, and surface treatment ...
- Coating Matters | Designing Equipment for Fluid Flow
- (Coating/Laminating)
- April 22, 2014, ... 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 manufacturing operations and is a certified ...
- Faustel Adds Yokogawa Gauge to Battery Electrode Coating Lines
- (Coating/Laminating)
- April 20, 2014, ... its WEBFREX3ES online thickness gauge to the battery electrode coating lines at the Faustel Technology Center. The gauge is used to monitor the thickness of the coatings on the electrodes that are main ...
- Coating Matters | Under Pressure: The Damage Stress Can Do in Fluid Coating
- (Coating Matters)
- March 24, 2014, ... and a Master's 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 ...
- Defects in Coating
- (Coating/Laminating)
- March 24, 2014, ... and cause thickness variations downweb, or a drive may have chatter causing ribs of coating downweb. Six common defects recognized in coating along with the common root cause solutions include- 1. ...
- Carestream Tollcoating Expands Services
- (Coating/Laminating)
- February 23, 2014, ... substrate curl, and more. • Presented sessions at industry conferences, including the AIMCAL Web Coating and Handling Conference. “Carestream Tollcoating is committed to advancing our precision coating ...
- Coating Matters | I'm Done Coating...Now What
- (Coating/Laminating)
- February 17, 2014, ... and web handling, if you don’t have at least a rudimentary understanding of curing technologies, you will not be able to solve many issues associated with coating. There are many ways to cure a liquid ...
- Web Lines | The Case for Shorter (and Longer) Acceleration Times
- (Slit)
- February 04, 2014, Should you change the acceleration time on your slitter/rewinder? Web handling expert Tim Walker offers the pros and cons I recently visited a converting operation where the slitter/rewinder was set ...