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- Electron Beam Curing in Flexible Packaging
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- August 31, 2001, ... such as wetting a plastic substrate. This is not necessarily an easy task for EB materials since the surface energy of many preferred materials are higher than most of the substrate materials used for ...
- What's New in Narrow We
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- June 30, 2001, ... They reportedly offer an aggressive, high-tack, high-peel acrylic adhesive and bond exceptionally well to low-surface-energy plastics, EPDM rubbers, and ether and ester foams. The polyester carrier incorporated ...
- SUBSTRATES REPORT: From Resins to Finished Product - Conformability, Durability, Affordability
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- June 30, 2001, ... dispensing characteristics. Engineers also are working to counter PP's inherent low surface energy, which can create significant printing challenges. The problem traditionally has been handled with topcoatings, ...
- Products
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- May 31, 2001, ... systems. Features are said to include deep-cavity design and wide tip-to-tip blade distance to eliminate foaming, ghosting, and starvation; independent surface seal loading and wear compensation; tool-less ...
- Division Conference Offers Varied Program
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- May 31, 2001, ... to the basic repeat unit of lactic acid. This high polarity leads to many unique attributes such as a high critical surface energy that yields excellent printability. Another benefit of this polar polyester ...
- Water-Based Ink Adhesion and Web Temperature
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- March 31, 2001, ... then the ink cannot form a smooth film and provide the necessary resistance characteristics. Waxes trapped in this continuous ink film will migrate to the surface and reduce the surface energy. The ...
- Web Handling...Making a Slitter/Winder Upgrade Work for You
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- March 31, 2001, ... telescoped rewind rolls. Machine speed must be considered when selecting the type of roll surfaces that will work best for your product(s). High speed requires that transfer roll surfaces have a texture ...
- Cast Film Dies and Auxiliary Equipment
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- February 28, 2001, ... attributes. Another benefit was uniform distribution force onto the flow surface to eliminate the recurring problem of “clam shelling” inherent in coathanger dies. Cast film dies typically run with ...
- Atmospheric Plasma: The New Functional Treatment for Films
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- January 31, 2001, Application: Specialty films that require stringent surface morphology specifications, specific surface modification, precise surface coating, or tightly controlled electrical characteristics will benefit ...
- Formulators Look Beyond the Peel, Tack, and Shear Profile
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- January 31, 2001, ... to offer the benefit of faster line speeds or higher humidity resistance. There's certainly a trend toward using more plastic, so adhesion to low-surface-energy substrates is much more important today tha ...
- Converting Industry News
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- December 31, 2000, ... holographic diffraction grating directly into the surface of the embossing tooling. Monaghan adds, "With our new computer-to-plate technology, we can now receive digital artwork and turn around a huge ...
- Products
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- December 31, 2000, ... carton ejection, and data collection. Sensor Assesses Compression Between Two Surfaces Sensor Products, East Hanover, NJ; 973/884-1755; 800/755-2201. Pressurex tactile-force indicating sensor is said ...
- Air Gap Dynamics: Effect on Molecular Properties and Heat Seal
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- December 31, 2000, ... and different molecular structures. For chemical effects of oxidation, slightly thinner coatings reach a critical surface to volume ratio at intermediate coating speeds. More extrudate mass therefore oxidizes. ...
- What's New in Narrow We
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- October 31, 2000, ... slitter, and UV curing system. Designed primarily for the production of household-product labels, press is available with many options. P-S Adhesives Bond to Uneven Surfaces National Starch & Chemical ...
- Conference Features New Networking Opportunity
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- October 31, 2000, ... used in beer and beverage packaging. Surface tension and chemical analysis identified the cause of the ink adhesion failure. In the same session, Dante F. Ferrari of AT Plastics Inc. spoke on "Extrusion ...
- Directory of Pilot Lines/Labs A-L
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- October 31, 2000, ... that offers center, surface, or surface with center assist winding. Coextrusion lab offers speeds from 5-600 fpm for cast film, extrusion coating, or extrusion lamination with 1,200 lb/hr (max) thruput. ...
- A Glossary of Terms to Help Avoid Failure to Communicate
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- August 31, 2000, ... of all rolls in the machine parallel to one reference roll. Asperity: The roughness of the film surface, usually expressed in microns (one micron is one millionth of a meter) or micro inches (one micro ...
- Selecting the Right Tensioning System for the Application
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- April 30, 2000, ... conditions. As the roll unwinds and becomes smaller, the surface speed at the friction faces increases, and required torque decreases proportionately, as does roll inertia. The brake's torque output also ...
- Electrically Heated Rollers Are Top Technology Choice
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- March 31, 2000, ... outer surface of a conventional core to form a thin, homogenous heater element, which covers the entire roller face and generates radiant heat. Since heat is generated only on the outside of the roller, ...
- Temperature control helps ink customers optimize performance.
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- November 30, 1996, ... that needs to be measured on the press, whether it's the chill roll surface temperature, the plate cylinder bearers, the fountain solution reservoirs, or the web exit surface temperatures." "Temperature ...