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Coating Matters | Suspensions, Dispersions, and Emulsions

(Coating/Laminating)

February 21, 2012, ... ng operators have enough to worry about if the fluid is a chemical or polymer diluted by a solvent. Viscosity curves at various shear rates and temperatures, stress relaxation of elastomeric materials,  ...

Static Beat: Beat Winter Static

(Static-Beat)

November 22, 2011, ... polymer surfaces on drive, nip, cleaning, spreader, and lay-on rollers often are sources of sparks because static can accumulate on the surfaces of these rollers. To prevent these sparks, clean these rollers ...

Some Thoughts on Purging

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

November 09, 2011, ... of carbon, color concentrates, or any other additive used in the process. Various “purge compounds”, such as DuPont’s 6611, are commercially offered that purportedly abrade and scour polymer flow surfaces, ...

Static Beat: Surface Resistivity Testing

(Static Elimination)

May 31, 2011, ... dissipate static, we need to provide a conductive path to ground. However, making an insulating polymer even a little bit conductive is a big challenge. One good strategy comes from realizing that static ...

FTA Gets Flexo Engines Started at Forum/Info*Flex

(Flexography)

May 31, 2011, ... z, senior technical advisor at Flint Group, Charlotte, NC, covered printing with ultra-thin (0.030 in.) plates, which consist of 0.007 in. of backing and 0.023 in. of polymer. Although not new, these pla ...

FTA Gets Flexo Engines Started at Forum/Info*Flex

(Flexography)

May 03, 2011, ... advisor at Flint Group, Charlotte, NC, gave a presentation that covered printing with ultra-thin (0.030 in.) plates, which consist of 0.007 in. of backing and 0.023 in. of polymer. Although not new, ...

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 ...