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Static Beat: How To Measure Resistivity

(Static Elimination)

April 30, 2011, An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. This insight is from Ben Franklin, famous for his work on static electricity. Designing a product to “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” ...

'ICE Age' Forecasted for US Converting Industry

(Trends/Management News)

April 11, 2011, ... on slitting/rewinding and coating/laminating. TAPPI PLACE covered a variety of critical topics including: • New Developments in Renewable Source Resins and Films • Extrusion of Biopolymers • Employing ...

Surface Treating: Promoting Adhesion

(Surface Prep)

February 28, 2011, ... ble packaging industry — surface treatment — lends evolving surface-functionalizing benefits with the latest generation of surface modification innovations. Most packaging polymers, such as polyethy ...

Technical Report: A Rheology Lesson

(Coating/Laminating)

January 31, 2011, Whether you are dealing with a fluid coating or a plastic product, you need to understand rheology. Rheology of the polymer in question affects not only If you'd like to hear from Mark Miller's own li ...

Global Packaging Adds Irisleeve

(Prepress)

October 31, 2010, OAKS, PA | Global Packaging has installed a Camis Irisleeve polymer plate mounting system, distributed in the US by Tri-X Inc., Tampa, FL. The Irisleeve OAKS, PA | Global Packaging has installed a Camis ...

Process Troubleshooting

(Coating/Laminating)

October 31, 2010, ... r of Coating Tech Service, Eau Claire, WI. As a certified Six Sigma Black Belt for 3M, Mark has been integral to new developments and technology in web coating applications. He holds a Masters degree in Po ...

Static Beat: Prevent Winter Static

(Static Elimination)

September 30, 2010, ... ng to the manufacturer's recommendations. The rubber or polymer coverings on drive, nip, cleaning, spreader, and lay-on rollers often are sources of sparks because static can accumulate on the surf ...

Barrier Films: SiOx Barrier Benefits

(Coatings)

September 30, 2010, ...  barriers are provided by the dense nature of the material. With thin plastic films, the situation is different. The molecular structure of polymer plastic films is in the form of chains, oriented lik ...

ISCST Symposium Continues Tradition of Connecting Academia with Industry

(Coating/Laminating)

September 19, 2010, ...  reduced waste or environmental needs. Recipient Benjamin Schmidt-Hansberg earned this award for the paper “In-situ monitoring the film formation of solution cast polymer-fullerene blends for organic sola ...

Show Previews: Three To Go

(Trends/Management)

August 31, 2010, ... means for companies that want to enter or expand their businesses in the overseas marketplace. Another special exhibit is the “Visions in Polymers” presentation. It spotlights visionary developments ...

Flexpack: DuPont Honors Innovation

(Flexpack)

May 31, 2010, Consumer-driven innovations named as winners in packaging competition DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers recently announced winners of its 22nd DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation. The awards program ...

Techniques to Prevent/Minimize Die Lines

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

April 28, 2010, ... die design varies between processes, the extrusion process is universal. If the temperature the polymer is exposed to is too hot, the rate of polymer degradation will accelerate. If the polymer is exposed ...

Blown Film: Measuring Melt Temps

(Controls)

February 28, 2010, ...  film of Davis-Standard LLC, Bridgewater, NJ. He has more than 28 years of experience in the film industry on the processing and machinery sides of the business. Keller received a BS in polymer scienc ...

Italian Producer Goes Nuts for High Barrier Film

(News Eclips)

November 01, 2009, ... moisture barrier of any single layer biopolymer film currently available, which has been achieved through Innovia Films’ unique coating technology, the company reports. New Factor was founded more ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS

(New Products)

September 30, 2009, ... oxidative additive system for polyolefins. In a compost environment, the present temperature and oxygen will initiate the molecular breakdown of the polymer. Said to have no negative or toxic effect on t ...

Iowa State Developing Bioplastics Software

(News | New Products)

September 16, 2009, ... ount of data, this software takes a simpler approach and only considers the direct energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, costs of raw materials and processing." Grewell chairs Iowa State's Biopo ...

Gravure Sleeves: The Time Is Now

(Process Management)

August 31, 2009, ... 's look at gravure sleeves as a possible analog of photopolymer plates. In flexo printing, the almost complete change to photopolymer plates could not have happened without supporting collaborative chan ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS

(New Products)

August 31, 2009, ... ted sheet feeding, treating, and stacking solution provides sheet-fed printers with in-house ability to treat and print on a wide variety of nonporous polymer-based materials and synthetic papers. Sai ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS: July 2009

(New Products)

June 30, 2009, ...  Aid Quality MVP and digital MVP photopolymer, medium-durometer printing plates are said to have exceptional resilience, allowing faster press speeds and reduced bounce, and resulting in overall highe ...

ILS Adds Newest HP Digital Press

(News | New Products)

May 31, 2009, ... rPET packaging employing recycled materials, and the use of biopolymers. While folding cartons and corrugated containers—which, he said, are tied to the market—are experiencing greater decline, more traditional ...