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- Plasma Power
- (Archive)
- April 30, 2009, ... and typically corona treating systems operate within an electrical voltage range of 10-20 kV. Neutral molecules and electrically charged molecules collide, causing neutral molecules to become electrically ...
- Stop Tribocharging Your Products
- (Static Elimination)
- April 30, 2009, ... materials that touch and separate. Think about an insulating polymer film running through a converting process (see Figure 1). The film touches many conveyance rollers as it moves through the process, ...
- OMET Partners with Clemson's Sonoc
- (Flexography)
- April 30, 2009, ... with a variety of solvent-based, water-based, and UV-curable ink systems. It can handle polymer substrates as thin as 12 microns or paperboard materials as heavy as 600 microns, while achieving high-end ...
- Experience Speaks: John Rebecchi
- (Experience Speaks)
- April 30, 2009, ... Do you have a personal motto? Find joy in the little things, and encourage curiosity in yourself and others. What is the key to growing a business in a bad economy? Don't look in the rearview mirror; ...
- Are We There Yet?
- (Editorial)
- April 30, 2009, ... a little pain is something each of us is feeling right now. Despite a smaller attendance, nothing was lost on the quality of the AIMCAL meeting in terms of valuable content. Newsweek’s senior Washington ...
- WEB EXCLUSIVE: Tension Control: Dancer Systems Defined
- (Archive)
- April 15, 2009, ... the brake appropriately. A slow change in dancer position will result in a slow change in brake force. A rapid change in dancer position will result in a rapid change in brake force. Adjustments within ...
- OMET Forms Partnership with Clemson's Sonoco Packaging Inst
- (News | New Products)
- April 08, 2009, ... ink systems. The press platform can handle polymer substrates as thin as 12 microns, or paperboard materials as heavy as 600 microns, while achieving high-end registration through a complete servo controlled ...
- Web Exclusive: Matching Laser Cutters to Labels
- (Archive)
- April 01, 2009, ... (rotary dies, steel rule dies, and hard tool dies) http://pffc-online.com/die_cut/ . Material thickness and material handling considerations sometimes make laser cutting preferable (e.g., for very thin ...
- Hit the Apex at CMM
- (Editorial)
- March 31, 2009, There's something about a trade show that gets me all fired up. Although I admit that over the years I've also been known to say, Not another one! No There's something about a trade show that gets me all ...
- Not Just a Pretty Face
- (Metallizing)
- March 31, 2009, ... Both UniLustre transfer-metallizing process and patented and patent-pending UltraLustre electron-beam transfer-metallizing process apply an extremely thin 0.0003-in. layer of metal to the substrate, eliminating ...
- WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS: April 200
- (New Products)
- March 31, 2009, ... says the thinner films will have the same high quality finish as the 92-ga (23-micron) but will improve economies due to yield and will be available in larger rolls that require less changeovers. ▶Brushfoil ...
- AIMCAL Honors Technology of the Year, Institutes Sustainability Competition
- (News | New Products)
- March 24, 2009, ... for a folding carton) and improves recyclability. Both UniLustre transfer-metallizing process and patented and patent-pending UltraLustre electron-beam transfer-metallizing process apply an extremely thin ...
- Narrow Web & Label Products: March 2009
- (Label/Tape Main)
- February 28, 2009, ... liner is constructed with a 2-mil PP as the substrate and a release coating said to work well with hot melt and PSAs. Product is stocked and ready to shop within 24 hrs in widths of 1.0, 1.25, 1.5, and ...
- Bloomer Plastics Converts Custom Films
- (Substrates)
- February 28, 2009, ... reason as the town for which it was named: It gives people something they just can't seem to get anywhere else. Filling a Void Founded by Don West, a former engineer for a large film converter, Bloomer ...
- Edelmann and Codimag Web Offset Semi-Rotary Web Presses Are for Short Runs
- (Offset)
- February 28, 2009, ... would be laying down a white footprint on a clear stock or a strong hit of a PMS color, which is then varnished and/or laminated. Combination printing is nothing new, but in the short-run sector, it reinforces ...
- Colaboration Innovates Packaging, Improves Sustainability
- (News Eclips)
- February 04, 2009, ... of $400,000 so the center can serve as a think tank for packaging innovation and sustainability and as a research and education hub to measure and reduce packaging’s environmental impact. The center ...
- Metallized Polyester Film Has Improved Bonding
- (News Eclips)
- February 04, 2009, Toray Plastics (America) offers LumLife MK61, a thin, high-barrier metallized polyester film manufactured with a proprietary metal adhesion process NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI | Toray Plastics (America) offers ...
- How Much Misalignment Is Trouble?
- (Web Lines)
- January 31, 2009, ... forming a diagonal crease and appearing to walk across rollers like an inch worm. The way to create a shear wrinkle is to increase the misalignment of a well-wrapped roller until shear stresses within ...
- Green Is Global
- (Archive)
- January 31, 2009, ... is its lighter weight — a key attribute today. The whole packaging industry is moving to lighter-weight containers and thinner label materials to save time and costs. For the converter, thinner materials ...
- Showcasing Screen Printing/Laser CuttingTechnology
- (News | New Products)
- January 11, 2009, ... as thin as 12 microns, automate adjustments for shrink or stretch, and dynamically position web material within 0.1 mm. The system also includes a vertical dryer that uses state-of-the-art heat-plate technology ...