Drying

Andreas Ahlbrandt Prize

(Magazine)

February 28, 2001, ... and president of Ahlbrandt Systems, GmbH. “During his long career,” Markgraf noted, “he made significant contributions to paper and film converting processes through inventions in bag production, drying ...

Odd Shape? Odd Substrate? You Might Try Pad Printing

(Magazine)

January 31, 2001, ... steps involved in pad printing are as follows: Step 1: Flooding the engraved plate with the ink: Pad inks are typically much slower drying than gravure inks, since the overall pad printing process is ...

Products

(Magazine)

January 31, 2001, ... technology (NIR) reportedly allows for the drying of inks on substrates without the barrier—a sealed outside layer of ink—formed by IR or warm air drying. According to co., this allows for the moisture ...

A Glossary of Descriptive Terms, Fourth Installment

(Magazine)

December 31, 2000, ... rate side to side. Lateral shifting also may be due to uneven drying and/or shrinkage forces acting on the web surface. Web steering is essential to maintain web tracking on the machine centerline when ...

Printer Helps Customers Manage Printing Needs

(Magazine)

December 31, 2000, ... produce a greater variety of products." The presses can be equipped with special add-on components that include units for coatings, pattern perforation, and UV drying, as well as traditional finishing ...

Controlling Your Web from Beginning to End, Part II

(Magazine)

December 31, 2000, ... as the first guide roll after a drying oven or any other zone in the thread path where the web may tend to tract away from the machine centerline. Web wander may be due to either induced internal or applied ...

Materials

(Magazine)

November 30, 2000, ... Unlimited Inc., Northvale, NJ; 201/767-6040; admtronics.com Wassar-Stat 730 aqueous overcoat's quick-drying feature reportedly enhances production speed with convection air oven dryers. The high-gloss, ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

November 30, 2000, ... base, fast-drying marking inks. Two Adhesives Are Suited for Paper Industry Adhesives Research Inc., Glen Rock, PA; 717/235-7979; adhesivesresearch.com ARclad 7672 and 7824 p-s adhesives are designed ...

Coating Operation Starts a Tradition of Growth

(Magazine)

November 30, 2000, ... designing and assembling the coater/laminator was very much a joint effort of Venture and Dri-Tec, says Hammann. "Dri-Tec makes a great oven, so we decided to use their oven for the coater's drying facilities. ...

Some Causes of Blocking in Heat Seal CoatingsPart II

(Magazine)

October 31, 2000, ... when using heat seal coatings. The problem primarily addressed concerned processing conditions involving coating weight, drying conditions, and pressure of the coated roll as it was wound. This month' ...

The Formation of ''Microfoam'' in Water-Based Flexo Ink

(Magazine)

October 31, 2000, ... to be cleared. Problems encountered by these early users of water-based inks included slow drying rates, poor ink printability, low gloss, variable adhesion, pH instability, and, of course, foaming. ...

Coating Tech Center Is a Dream Come True

(Magazine)

October 31, 2000, ... variables in a single coating run. Forbes notes, "Our two-zone, 24-ft drying chamber operates on a combination hot air impingement/hot air flotation system. The impingement nozzles are located every ...

Directory of Pilot Lines/Labs M-Z

(Magazine)

October 31, 2000, ... rod Annual sales: Between $20 million and $35 million Technology Center features two technology platforms. The pilot line is designed to allow for the coating, drying, and laminating of a wide variety ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, ... high quality coating capabilities. Webs up to 740 mm wide may be wound up to 500-mm dia on 3- or 6-in. cores. Drying ovens are capable of temperatures to150 deg C. For more information contact Yasui Seiki ...

A Glossary of Descriptive TermsSecond Installment

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, ... easily when an incentive presents itself. Thus, significant static charge can occur on a dielectric material, especially one that is running over rolls in a coating and drying process. Driven rolls ...

Common Causes of Blocking in Heat Seal CoatingsPart I

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, ... cause poor or zero adhesion. Excessive coating deposition easily can lead to blocking in the roll. Too much coating simply provides an opportunity for the material to squeeze out from the roll. Drying ...

A Q&A on Remanufactured Equipment: Is It for You?

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, ... tolerances you need for today's demands. Q: What about the drying considerations of adding two more stations to an existing press? A: Existing drying systems usually can be modified to deliver the needed ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... compact UV drying system is reported to eliminate significant heat buildup while maintaining the highest UV intensity. Co. adds that system features the most intense UV lamp system (3,420 mw/cm2) and has ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... TLC Motel, Waltham, near Boston. The Coating and Drying Technology Seminar, which will cover the technology of coating continuous webs, will be held October 30-November 2 until noon. That seminar will ...

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

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... one that was in compliance with few changes in coating weight, line speed, drying conditions, final properties, etc. This certainly represented optimum user friendliness. If one adds economics as a ...

What Is the Role of Additives in Water-Based Inks?

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ...  Plasticizers are used to improve the flexibility of an ink film. Many are high boiling solvent esters and, as such, remain in the ink film layer even after drying. Their concentrations have to be minimized ...

More New Products for the Converting Industry

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... is reported to promote drying, good blanket and roller stability, and low misting. Inks feature subsequent processing compatibility with UV and aqueous coatings, foils, and stamping/imprinting applications. ...

Press Adds Flexibility of Film to Paper Operation

(Magazine)

June 30, 2000, ... him to the Schiavi, including the 65-in.-wide web width, "extensive" drying capacity, and a "robust" design structure that allows it to deliver long runs of water-based printing at high speeds. In addition, ...

Coating Operation Cleans Up Its (Trim Removal) Act

(Magazine)

May 31, 2000, ... drying. The construction is then slit on EMT slitters, where the Convair trim removal system is employed to remove the feathered edges that could prohibit proper lamination when thin copper foil is laminated ...

Seventy-Five Years and Counting for Bancroft Bag

(Magazine)

February 29, 2000, ... now features is a different configuration for the drying section on the bottomer." Rothschild says the new W&H bottomer produces only the pasted-valve-style bag, but he adds that this type of bag can ...

Specialty Products Are Custom Made in the U.K.

(Magazine)

January 31, 2000, ...  what will be coming through the door tomorrow. We aim to cover most potential business offered to us." The new Dixon machine is fully turreted, has a comprehensive drying system (manufactured by Spooner) ...

Temperature control helps ink customers optimize performance.

(Magazine)

November 30, 1996, ... the dryer in order to optimize the quality of ink drying." John Callahan, Sun Chemical web offset technical specialist, agrees: "I've been around printing for more than 50 years. There is always a temperature ...

EPA and printers join forces to evaluate inks.

(Magazine)

October 31, 1996, ... affect how much it actually "costs" to use that ink. How much energy is consumed in printing and drying the ink? Does the ink have a high or low mileage? How many labor hours are required to produce the ...

Gauging system lights the way

(Magazine)

August 31, 1996, ... is subsequently attached. Then, the coated substrates pass into a drying oven for curing. Finally, the two coated substrates are laminated together to produce the finished BKL roll-form EL material. ...

On-line gauging brings big benefits to coating operation

(Magazine)

July 31, 1996, ... aspects of the production process. "We are always looking for state-of-the-art equipment as we move forward," he says. Adchem is looking at drying and coating technology as well as technology that can be ...