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- Processing Tips to Prevent Gauge Bands - Part 1
- (Tom’s Poly Ploys)
- May 08, 2014, ... machine is properly and methodically brought up to temperature so that degradation due to excessive temperature and residence time is minimized. It is no longer acceptable that the extruder and die heaters ...
- Release Liner | Global Suppliers Must Meet Local Needs
- (Label/Tape)
- May 07, 2014, ... are balanced by the question as to whether they have yet proved themselves: they are heat sensitive, stretch on press, and suffer some problems in label positioning. Hazlewood examined the option of ...
- McLoone Adds Digital UV-Inkjet Printer
- (News | New Products)
- May 05, 2014, ... 0.01 in. (254µm) thick. The DSI’s chill drum, which comes as standard, ensures these heat-sensitive substrates remain at a constant, cool temperature, eliminating the risk of material shrinkage, and ensuring ...
- Web Lines | Why Is Winding Optimization Difficult?
- (Web Handling)
- April 21, 2014, ... hard at winding, especially when the roll is a moving target (e.g., turret winder roll transfers) or prolific (e.g., many rolls of a slitter/rewinder). Guiding: Many winders cheat by slitting immediately ...
- Show Preview | INFO*FLEX Offers Gold Mine of Solutions
- (Trade Shows)
- April 10, 2014, ... show floorplan, click here. SOLUTIONS THEATER In addition to the 260 booths, the show floor will feature the Solutions Theater at the rear of the 500 aisle. Exhibitors will offer 15-minute talks, ...
- Menges Roller Wins AIMCAL Technology of the Year Award
- (News | New Products)
- March 18, 2014, The award is for company’s use of computational fluid dynamics to design better heat transfer rollers WAUCONDA, IL | Menges Roller is the winner of the 2014 “Technology of the Year” Award from ...
- Business Forms | New Developments in Passport Manufacture
- (Adhesives)
- March 11, 2014, ... to be processed at temperatures of between 130 deg C and 140 deg C. A glue quantity control system uses a heat-detecting camera to check the even application of the adhesive layer on the surface to ...
- Z-Flute Boxes for Kitty Litter are Purr-fect
- (Coating/Laminating)
- March 08, 2014, ... is said to provide a smoother, more uniform sealing surface than the heat-bonded multilayered barrier film cap liners typically seen in screw closures for wine. Holography Hooks a Big One Spiderwire ...
- Coating Matters | I'm Done Coating...Now What
- (Coating/Laminating)
- February 17, 2014, ... may already know, there are three ways to heat a fluid: Convection—This is the most common heating method in which the web is either supported or unsupported as air is passed over the product. Conduction—Contact ...
- Healthcare Packaging | App Turns Package into New Content Channel
- (Carton Box)
- December 04, 2013, ... IKEA, Wheaties, and Coke which are finding that blipps, snipps, zapps, and layars (among others emerging on the landscape) add interactivity to consumer campaigns. It’s time for the healthcare industry ...
- Coating Matters | Hot Melt Coating Technology, Part 1
- (Coating/Laminating)
- October 15, 2013, ... solvent emissions, and solvent recovery. With hot melt adhesives, the costs are in the mastication and energy to heat the adhesive to processable temperatures. Comparatively, the solvent system is more ...
- On Print | Impact of 3-D Printing on the Converting Industry
- (On Print)
- September 26, 2013, ... Direct deposit 3-D inkjet printing uses either ultraviolet (UV)-cured or meltable polymer (wax-like) inks. During the process, both the ink and the printheads are heated to get jettable viscosities. ...
- Henkel Opens Adhesives Plant in Shanghai
- (Adhesives)
- September 22, 2013, ... cut by 90% due to special translucent roofs which let the daylight in. There is also a system for recovering waste heat, and the factory includes innovative filling equipment designed to prevent leaks ...
- Market Trends | Profile of North American Label Industry
- (Label/Tape)
- August 12, 2013, ... emerging in the label market. Hot melt glue-applied wrap-around labels and heat shrink sleeves are significantly challenging the main labeling technologies. Wrap-around labels are making strong inroads ...
- Show Preview | What’s Behind the Curtain at Labelexpo Europe 2013
- (Label/Tape)
- July 29, 2013, ... topics will take place in the Experience Theatre. Package Printing Workshops will be held in Hall 12 where Xeikon will showcase digital printing of cartons using a 3500 model, and Nuova GIDUE will produce ...
- Trends | The Future of Package Printing
- (Print)
- July 17, 2013, ... technology allows for direct-to-plastic printing prior to thermoforming. The technology uses specialty heat-tolerant inks that dry instantly when applied to roll-fed plastics, yet remain malleable during ...
- ITW Dynatec's Adhesive Applicator Offers Streak-Free Result
- (Adhesive Coating)
- April 17, 2013, ... to 1,000 mpm or more. Applicator is called ideal for heat sensitive materials such as thin PP and PE films, and unit is said to provide consistent coating on irregular surfaces. Coat weight and coverage ...
- Inca Application Analyzes Data to Aid Productivity
- (News | New Products)
- March 26, 2013, The ReporterPro offers analysis of job, customer, and machine production data CAMBRIDGE, UK | Inca Digital Printers announces the launch of Inca ReporterPro, said to be a user-friendly analytics ...
- Davis-Standard Launches Extrusion Coating Line
- (Coating)
- March 22, 2013, ... delivered in as little as six months, includes flexible packaging unwinder; corona treaters; extrusion laminator; gravure primer coater dryer; pull roll with nip; winder; company’s electrically heated, ...
- Microwaveable Package Brings Home the Bacon with Top Product of Year Award
- (Metallizing)
- March 09, 2013, ... Goldfish crackers from Pepperidge Farm, Norwalk, CT. Winning accolades once again is Graphic Packaging, Consumer Products Div., Lawrenceburg, TN, for metallizing and converting. The heat sealable, reclosable ...