Drying

Interesting Times- The Role Drying and Energy Curable Technology Will Play

(News | New Products)

January 12, 2019, ... curing in order that products can be developed, tested and performance monitored. Designed and developed by RK Print Coat Instruments Ltd these pilot coat/print, laminate and drying/curing systems also ...

B&W MEGTEC Launches Drying Lab

(Coating/Laminating)

July 30, 2017, An in-house bench-top drying system profiles drying characteristics of coatings and substrates from small-size samples DE PERE, WI | Babcock & Wilcox MEGTEC has developed an exclusive in-house drying ...

Maximize Drying in Limited Footprint

(Coating/Laminating)

September 30, 2010, The ModuleDryer can combine the full range of heating, drying, and cooling technologies. Multiple zoning allows the system to be tailored to customer The ModuleDryer can combine the full range of heating, ...

AIMCAL-PFFC Web Drying 101 Webinar

(News | New Products)

November 03, 2009, The Assn. of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters & Laminators, co-hosts with PFFC, a one-hour webinar on November 10 at 11 A.M. EST on the subject of Web Drying 101, instructed by Edgar Gutoff and Dr. Edward ...

Drying Part 3: Paste Inks

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

March 31, 2008, This column will review the two primary drying methods of paste inks. Oil-Based Inks The main application of oil-based inks is in litho printing, primarily This column will review the two primary drying ...

Drying Part 2: Computer Simulation

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

February 29, 2008, Drying of liquid inks is a simple mechanism requiring complex engineering. About 20 years ago I worked on computer-simulated drying to develop ink formulation Drying of liquid inks is a simple mechanism ...

Process Management: Drying Part 1: Liquid Inks

(Magazine)

January 31, 2008, In the next three columns, we will cover the basic mechanisms of ink drying. This month we look at inks drying primarily by evaporation and absorption In the next three columns, we will cover the basic ...

Coating & Drying and Adhesion Technology Seminars

(Archive)

April 02, 2007, PRESS RELEASE WALTHAM, MA—The 19th Coating and Drying Technology seminar will take place May 7-10, 2007, immediately followed by the 16th Adhesion Technology seminar, May 10-11, both held in the Best ...

New Book on Coating and Drying Defects

(Archive)

October 04, 2006, "Coating and Drying Defects: Troubleshooting Operating Problems, 2nd ed.," by Edgar B. Gutoff and Edward D. Cohen, provides manufacturing and quality control personnel, equipment operators and supervisors, ...

Coating/Drying and Adhesion Technology Seminars Announced

(Archive)

February 15, 2006, The Coating and Drying Technology seminar is designed for engineers and scientists who work with the coating of fluids onto continuous webs. The Adhesion Technology seminar is designed for engineers and ...

Vehicle Retention is a Drying Not a Driving Issue

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... coating, or ink, that remains in a construction after drying. The adhesives, coatings, or inks used in a typical construction often come as solutions, dispersions, suspensions, or the like in water, ...

Release Liners: A Worldwide Special ReportEB/UV Curing Drying

(Archive)

October 31, 2002, ... beam and ultraviolet light for curing/drying inks and coatings. The advantages of reduced emissions, lower energy costs, and increased speed have fueled this interest. Electron Beam (EB) The electron ...

Portable Drying Unit Installed

(Magazine)

September 30, 2001, ... installed the Easy Scan from Prime UV Systems, Carol Stream, IL. Easy Scan is designed for “cold set” printers looking to increase productivity with instant drying of heavy-coverage inks and coatings. ...

Estimating the Drying Rate of Flexo Ink in the Laboratory

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, One reason the drying rate of flexo inks has become an important subject is the general trend toward the use of thinner ink films. In the narrow web sector, One reason the drying rate of flexo inks has ...

The Back Page: Taking it back 64 years

(The Back Page)

February 17, 2021, ... by the single application of heat without other glues or adhesives to Siri. This is important in speeding production by eliminating drying time for adhesive to “set.”  Further, it eliminates handling and ...

Engineered for your Toughest Challenge

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

January 18, 2021, ... ask any Delta ModTech machine owner. CONVERTING, PACKAGING, COATING, DRYING Building complete web converting and packaging machines out of proven, flexible modules gets you to market faster, with ...

Thermochromic Ink Helps Ensure Higher Safety Standards for Packaged Food

(News | New Products)

November 18, 2020, ... drying time of only one second on all materials. An issue with previous generations of thermochromic ink was smearing of the printed code, which could lead to the information becoming illegible. MS596 ...

HOW TO: Request a Converting Equipment Proposal

(HOW TO Guide)

November 15, 2020, ... according to Process (Winding, Coating, Drying, Laminating, etc.) Web Materials Coating Chemistries Identify Critical Process Requirements A secondary task is to specify the requirements for ...

Nu-Coat chooses Vetaphone Corona for pioneering UV coating line

(News | New Products)

November 08, 2020, ... effect on the environment in a world where plastics and oil-based products are essential.  The company’s process involves no dilution, no solvents, no drying ovens, no post-production handling of chemicals, ...

Digital Print for Corrugated – The Future Condition of Things

(News | New Products)

November 05, 2020, ... for the deliverance and drying of the ink is more complex and expensive. Despite water-based inks being less expensive than UV inks, the energy required to dry them at high speed can be alarming. So, weighing ...

NDC Technologies’ Partner LIMAB UK Provides Measurement Solutions That Deliver Value to Customers

(News | New Products)

October 20, 2020, ... enabling manufacturers to improve production efficiency, reduce fossil fuel consumption and achieve right-first-time batch drying. To learn more about LIMAB UK Ltd and to read testimonials from customers, ...

AIMCAL Hall of Honor Inducts First Five Members

(News | New Products)

October 19, 2020, ... include Coating & Drying Defects: Troubleshooting Operating Problems and Modern Coating and Drying Technology, both co-written with Edgar B. Gutoff. For AIMCAL, he writes the “Coating Concepts” Q&A technical ...

Exploring New Options in More Sustainable Packaging Formulations

(News | New Products)

August 30, 2020, ... customized for factors like viscosity, types of solids or drying capabilities. A knowledgeable packaging formulation provider will understand not just the chemistries, but also how those chemistries interact ...

Static Control for Flexographic Printing

(Flexography)

July 05, 2020, ... layer. So, this overcoat is often solvent based so that drying is faster. However, this thick, solvent coating also causes a high solvent vapor concentration exiting the print deck. We can do two things. ...

The Back Page: Taking it back 80 years

(The Back Page)

May 27, 2020, ... the lethal value of various steps involved in papermaking, such as cooking, chlorination and drying. To explain the true situation by addresses before appropriate groups and articles in pertinent journals. ...

How Flexo Printers Can Help Brands With Green Initiatives

(News | New Products)

May 21, 2020, ... can produce up to 180 degrees of heat for drying without burning fuel. Air compression can be supplemented with conventional heating for faster drying but still cuts the amount of energy needed for the ...

Coating on Trial

(News | New Products)

May 05, 2020, ... roll is dependent to a large extent on the accuracy of tension (closed loop tension control procedures and taper tension) and other web control mechanisms. In applications that involve a drying tunnel, ...

The Back Page: Taking it back 54 years

(News | New Products)

April 23, 2020, ... can be printed, wicked or sprayed on the film surface to achieve the required slip. These are ethyl alcohol solutions that present no serious drying problems and can be applied without major machinery ...

How Flexo Printers Can Help Brands With Green Initiatives

(Flexography)

April 22, 2020, ...  This method can produce up to 180 degrees of heat for drying without burning fuel. Air compression can be supplemented with conventional heating for faster drying but still cuts the amount of energy ...

Wen Chyuan Brings Western Quality to Sheet Fed Lamination

(News | New Products)

April 19, 2020, ... and the dust remover lifts all printing powder from the wet ink.  The 300mm laminating roller and 800mm drying roller are both fed by hot water in a re-circulating system that is temperature controlled, ...