Curing

Products at CMM

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March 31, 2001, ... curing systems. It measures a wide dynamic range and includes auto scaling and adjustment for the user. The device also can read one of four different bandwidths: UVA (320-390 nm); UVB (280-320 nm); UVC ...

Fido's Food Goes GLOSS

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March 31, 2001, With the help of a Prime UV ultraviolet curing system, Canadian-based Bonar Packaging has given glamour to the plain pet food packaging bags of the past. Pet cuisine is like everything else these days: ...

New Printing Equipment: Who? How? What? When?

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March 31, 2001, ... models for three types of press accessories: drying/curing systems; surface treating systems; and web inspection systems. However, when it comes to tension controls and web guiding systems, the converter ...

Web Handling...Making a Slitter/Winder Upgrade Work for You

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March 31, 2001, Buyer beware! Before investing in new slitting/rewinding equipment, carefully consider the web handling issues that are involved. Buyer beware! Before investing in new slitting/rewinding equipment, carefully ...

International Converting Industry News

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February 28, 2001, ... American base enables us to focus more closely on the effort we put into supporting old and new customers there. We are securing the materials and manufacturing base in the area to respond to our customers' ...

In This Industry, Green Doesn't Always Mean G

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February 28, 2001, ... or coating may not change properties, but the total construction may be dynamic. Consider an example for each case. A curing adhesive often consists of two components mixed together before application. ...

Products

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February 28, 2001, ...  Drying Units Cut Downtime IST America, Fort Wayne, IN; 219/478-9300 New technology is said to minimize downtime experienced when blanket washers are used with interdeck UV drying and curing units. ...

Modifying Adhesives for Superior Performance

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February 28, 2001, ... for introducing more moisture into the lamination is to use a faster curing system such as a trifunctional adduct of MDI. A second option is to add a species that mimics the increased modulus, increased ...

Materials

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January 31, 2001, New materials from: Adhesives Research, Avery Dennison (Fasson), Craig Adhesives & Coatings, Emtech, FLEXcon, GE Silicones, National Starch & Chemical, Northwest Coatings Corp., and Spartan Adhesives ...

On the Move...

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January 31, 2001, ... WI, and president of wholly owned sub. Packaging Service Inc., retired Dec. 31, 2000. Primarc UV Technology, Slough, England, a mfr. of UV curing lamps and equipment, has set up a mfg. facility in Phillipsburg, ...

Formulators Look Beyond the Peel, Tack, and Shear Profile

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January 31, 2001, ...  Brase says the availability of better raw materials will spur the push toward radiation-curable technology. "By ultraviolet curing the materials, you can build better heat and chemical resistance int ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

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January 30, 2001, ... these topics. A sampling of some areas of interest listed on the evaluations includes environmental issues, ultraviolet and electron beam curing, productivity improvement in converting, new package requirements, ...

Converting Industry News

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December 31, 2000, ... digital printing, curing, die-cutting, slitting, substrates, coatings, and business management will be highlighted. The Printing Industry of the Carolinas is organizing more than 80 educational sessions ...

Conversing on Centuries, Computers, and Converting

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December 31, 2000, ... of hot melt adhesives and coatings, coextrusions, UV and EB curing, and other improvements, the flexible packaging industry and other components of converting have advanced considerably. The relationship ...

In-Mold Labeling Makes Strides Worldwide

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December 31, 2000, ... tension control, and the ability to print a variety of substrates. A press also must have good heat management in the curing system and press design so it can handle the extensible films used for IML. ...

Materials

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December 31, 2000, ... neat, tail-free cutoff at nozzles; good flow behavior; and long open time combined with rapid curing. Co. adds that adhesive won't loosen its bond strength even if package is coated on the inside with grease-repellent ...

Products

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December 31, 2000, ... types, dryers are said to be suited for solvent-based, water-based, or curing applications for paper, film, or foil. Reportedly are cost-effective and energy-efficient. Print In-Line on Extruder or ...

Materials

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November 30, 2000, ... adds that printers achieve sharp, wet traps between printing stations, thereby needing only one UV light bank for curing at the end of the run. Available in four-color and Hexachrome process sets as well ...

Converting Industry News

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November 30, 2000, ...  coating and laminating session, which was chaired by Phil Faria, Lamart Corp., addressed radiation curing and adhesives. According to Rick Fisher, Fusion UV Systems, PSAs are the most active emerging marke ...

On the Move

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November 30, 2000, ... coordination of sales activities. Jim Hutcheson has been appointed account manager, responsible for assisting printers in applying UV curing technology. Kapco (Kent Adhesive Products Co.), Kent, OH, ...

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 ...

Directory of Pilot Lines/Labs A-L

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October 31, 2000, ... rolls, UV and IR curing, corona treating, and contract mfg. for small runs to 300 fpm. Glenro Inc. 39 McBride Ave., Paterson, NJ 07501 Ph: 973/279-5900 Fax: 973/279-9103 E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Web ...

Directory of Pilot Lines/Labs M-Z

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October 31, 2000, ... to 3,300 fpm. Coating line #2 operates to 5,000 fpm and is dedicated to radiation curing technologies and includes an RPC EB unit 150-250 kV acceleration voltage, output power up to 1500 MR mpm, and two ...

Reporter Clips

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September 30, 2000, ... application laboratories and a links page. Web site visitors will find information about the capabilities and UV curing equipment available in each customer application, as well as information on how to ...

Hot Melt Symposium Covers Many Topics

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September 30, 2000, ... the Sheraton Bal Harbour Beach Resort in Bal Harbour, Florida, offered presentations covering many current topics in the industry. They ranged from papers on curing systems in the Sunday tutorial to a ...

For ''Friendly'' Adhesives and Coatings, You Must Prioritiz

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August 31, 2000, ... would be a curing agent that would add 5 cents to the raw material cost and require a 3% lower line speed but offer 100% improvement in chemical resistance for a laminate. So figure out what is most ...

Label Converter's Business Is Prime Labels & Prid

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August 30, 2000, ... unit. Premiere Labels chose a three-lamp system from UV Research. The system provides curing power of 500 W/in., and the lamp housings are configured with quartz reflectors and frontal infrared cut filters ...

Strong, Versatile Cartons Offer Plenty of Shelf Appeal

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June 30, 2000, ... is said to allow for ease in setup and for quick loading and securing of the product. The packages also demonstrate excellent printing and gloss on recycled boxboard. Somerville produced the Polo Madison ...

Outlook 2000 and Beyond: The State of the Trade

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June 30, 2000, ... linerboard and corrugating medium output coming on-line and the recovery of important containerboard export markets in Asia may lead to difficulty for domestic corrugators in securing adequate boxmaking ...

Experts Scan the Future for Technologies with Impact

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May 31, 2000, ... this new adhesive or coating on it, perhaps running it under a gun that mists it, and zapping it with a curing source. Because of the advanced chemistry, the result would be something providing better ...