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- Coating | Solution Delivery for High-Precision Coating, Pt. 1
- (Coating/Laminating)
- February 08, 2016, ... are very sensitive to pumping, so a low shear progressive cavity pump would be a good choice to avoid coagulation of the polymer. Understand the Product Requirements The solution delivery system must ...
- Screw Design for Film Extrusion
- (Tom’s Poly Ploys)
- January 11, 2016, It probably goes without saying that extrusion is the most fundamental of all polymer processing operations. This article looks behind the scenes at designing and building extruder screws. The screw ...
- Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2015
- (Flexpack)
- December 01, 2015, ... by building the flat top digital dot directly into the plate, resulting in increased productivity and consistency. Cyrel EASY plates are based upon a new polymer that produces higher ink transfer and higher ...
- Coating Matters | Optical Films Require Multiple Layers
- (Coating/Laminating)
- September 30, 2015, ... degree in Chemical Engineering from the Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison and a Master's degree in Polymer Science & Engineering from Lehigh Univ. and a Juris Doctor from Hamline Univ. Mark is a technical consultan ...
- World's First 9-Manifold Extrusion Die Debut
- (Tom’s Poly Ploys)
- September 26, 2015, ... molten polymer layers separate until the last possible moment to minimize flow deformities due to rheological dissimilarities between layers, and multi-manifold dies have historically been limited to three ...
- Show Preview | Labelexpo Europe 2015 Grows To Eight Halls
- (Trends/Management)
- August 18, 2015, ... doctor blade. MicroTip is a modified lamella tip that allows for a finer contact area with the anilox roll on mid-high line screens. The tip configuration combiend with a new generation polymer material ...
- Coating Matters | Energy Storage Devices
- (Coating/Laminating)
- August 10, 2015, ... from the Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison 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 ...
- Gallus Announces Labelexpo Display
- (News | New Products)
- August 08, 2015, ... be removed from the sleeve with a simple cleaning technique to reactivate its self-adhesive properties. The permanently self-adhesive polymer is connected to a high quality PU foam that is compressible ...
- The Effects of Surface Treatment at the Interface
- (Coating/Laminating)
- July 20, 2015, ... you and me is that the chemical additive (surfactant) has more energy to attach to the substrate surface than the polymer solution has on its own. Because the surfactant is free to move about in the solution, ...
- Web Lines | When Do Small Rollers and Cores Cause Defects?
- (Technical Reports)
- July 07, 2015, ... over a roller for a few milli-seconds is different than bending over a core for a week. Polymers flow viscoelastically in long time scales. Thick webs with low yield strains will need bigger roller diameters. ...
- Coating Matters | Film Split Defects
- (Coating/Laminating)
- June 28, 2015, ... the converting industry accumulated since 1996. Mark holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison and a Master's degree in Polymer Science & Engineering from Lehigh ...
- CPP EXPO Conference Agenda Covers the Industry
- (News | New Products)
- June 06, 2015, ... range of polymers suitable for replicating many molding processes are available. More are under development. Aqueous inks in combination with layered powders produce both positive and negative structures—the ...
- Coating Matters | The Effects of Viscoelastic Behavior, Pt. 1
- (Coating/Laminating)
- May 25, 2015, ... molecular weight polymer systems respond to forces in order to counteract the resultant coating defects. Control the fluid with reduced shear or formulate the fluids to reduce elastic snap-back effects. ...
- Giving Adhesive Coating Its Due Respect
- (Coating/Laminating)
- May 02, 2015, ... hot melt does not have active end groups on the adhesive polymer, but then a cooling drum needs to be properly sized for the application. In addition to the curing step, if the coating technique is self-metering, ...
- Coating Matters | Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive Coating
- (Coating/Laminating)
- April 20, 2015, ... 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 technologies and chemical ...
- Coating Matters | Membrane Process Technology
- (Coating/Laminating)
- March 10, 2015, ... weight of the developed polymer can be recognized. These imperfections develop holes, which are definitely an issue when you are trying to control flux! So what do you do when you need a thin casting, ...
- ICE USA 2015 - Orlando, Florida Summary
- (Tom’s Poly Ploys)
- February 14, 2015, ... Kolm Polymers, and Twin City Courier. You get the idea. There was plenty to do at ICE to fill up 2½ days. While there was a lot to see and learn at the show, I perhaps was most fascinated by Nordmeccanica' ...
- Coating Matters | Coating and Casting Technology for Water Filtration
- (Coating/Laminating)
- February 08, 2015, ... solvated coating environments. Membranes need to be cast and coated, so the technology required is mutli-dimensional. In casting, the polymer forms a film that is quenched in a water bath. This polymeric ...
- Barrier Resins | Properties, Processing & Handling of EVOH, Pt. 1
- (Flexpack)
- February 01, 2015, EVOH, even after abuse, has allowed for conversion from foil and metallized film laminations to co-extruded barrier films Ethylene Vinyl Alcohol copolymer (EVOH), a semi crystalline random copolymer ...
- Coating Matters | Pump Technology
- (Coating/Laminating)
- January 12, 2015, ... Mark holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison and a Master's degree in Polymer Science & Engineering from Lehigh Univ. and a Juris Doctor from Hamline Univ. Mark ...