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- WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS: July 200
- (New Products)
- June 30, 2009, ... Detection Technology is designed to monitor 1-16 webs of material and detect any splice or joint within the web-based process. Unaffected by printed surfaces, material color, grade changes, and process ...
- Enhance Quality Assurance for Adhesive Lamination
- (News Eclips)
- June 23, 2009, ... by allowing quality checks within hours—frequently within minutes—after production. Saves time over the typical adhesive lamination process that takes one day before quality checks are possible. With earlier ...
- Narrow Web & Label Reporter
- (Narrow Web)
- May 31, 2009, ... perform flexo, UV flexo, cold foil, hot foil, screen, and interstation die-cutting within the same printhead. It is said to offer faster makereadies, increased productivity, reduced waste, and enhanced ...
- Contamination Combat
- (Web Cleaning)
- May 31, 2009, ... with skin flakes (the prime source of dust), hair, and fibers from clothing and so forth. As webs and sheets are fed through the printing station, particles from these sources are deposited on blankets, ...
- WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS: June 200
- (New Products)
- May 31, 2009, ... both registration and impression. ▶Comexi North America | 413-789-3800 | www.comexinorthamerica.com Circle 414 or visit www.freeproductinfo.net/pff Lens Is Versatile Ultra-thin, high-resolution ...
- Extreme Slitting
- (Slit Main)
- May 31, 2009, ... and widths. Etchells says this niche has allowed Metlon to compete economically with offshore suppliers of similar-type materials. “This is something that helped us keep going as the industry has gone ...
- Lean & Green
- (Substrates)
- May 31, 2009, ... LumLife MK61 thin, high-barrier metallized PET is manufactured with a proprietary metal adhesion process said to provide excellent metal bonding in wet and caustic packaging applications. Foil-free ...
- Growth Strategy
- (Flexpack Main)
- May 31, 2009, ... achievement award” for its “Smart Pack” system, the first “pouch within a pouch” liquid yeast package for beer and wine making (see PFFC March 2007 p52). To activate the yeast, the inner packet containing ...
- Green Bay to Chicago Declared 'Strongest' Converting Corrido
- (News | New Products)
- May 27, 2009, ... plus processes such as rewinding, sheeting, folding, packaging, coating and laminating, flexographic printing, equipment, and associated services for converters. “Anyone who thinks manufacturing is on ...
- Web Exclusive: Flat Die Technologies Emerge as Keys to Innovation in Solar Electric Systems
- (Archive)
- May 13, 2009, ... will be complex, multilayer products whose manufacture will call for high-precision systems for both film extrusion and web coating. Development of such flexible or thin-film solar systems represents ...
- Not Just a Pretty Face
- (Metallizing)
- March 31, 2009, ... Both UniLustre transfer-metallizing process and patented and patent-pending UltraLustre electron-beam transfer-metallizing process apply an extremely thin 0.0003-in. layer of metal to the substrate, eliminating ...
- WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS: April 200
- (New Products)
- March 31, 2009, ... says the thinner films will have the same high quality finish as the 92-ga (23-micron) but will improve economies due to yield and will be available in larger rolls that require less changeovers. ▶Brushfoil ...
- Celplast Metallized Products, Davis-Standard Host One-Day Course
- (News | New Products)
- March 25, 2009, ... complimentary program included a plant tour and information session at Celplast Metallized Product’s facility located in Toronto, Ontario. “Films are getting thinner, machines are getting faster and ...
- AIMCAL Honors Technology of the Year, Institutes Sustainability Competition
- (News | New Products)
- March 24, 2009, ... for a folding carton) and improves recyclability. Both UniLustre transfer-metallizing process and patented and patent-pending UltraLustre electron-beam transfer-metallizing process apply an extremely thin ...
- Handle Unsupported Film Without Stretching
- (Slit Main)
- February 28, 2009, ... to upgrade its slitting and rewinding capacities to handle thinner substrates without stretching. The Jupiter TC4 actually was recommended by Gallus after Hally failed in its attempt to upgrade one ...
- Crowning Benefits
- (Web Handling: Main)
- February 28, 2009, ... it will cause more problems than not crowning at all. The amount of crown needed usually is very small and within a magnitude of a few mils (0.001 in.). The amount of crown (barrel shape) is calculated ...
- Water-Based Primer & Adhesion Promoter
- (News Eclips)
- February 04, 2009, ... than normal. As an off-line primer/coating, CurePrime is said not to affect the pot life of the adhesive. Reported benefits of cure acceleration include: improved productivity, quality determination within ...
- Metallized Polyester Film Has Improved Bonding
- (News Eclips)
- February 04, 2009, Toray Plastics (America) offers LumLife MK61, a thin, high-barrier metallized polyester film manufactured with a proprietary metal adhesion process NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI | Toray Plastics (America) offers ...
- Examining Recession Resistance
- (Editorial)
- January 31, 2009, ... How do you think our industry will weather the recession? The question was appropriate because many with whom I've recently engaged in industry chatter are concerned how converters will fare in the present ...
- How To Find Green Projects
- (Process Management)
- January 31, 2009, ... To achieve their goals, use of greener packaging certainly helps. But it has to be meaningful, measurable, and certified. At the same time, it has to be within the bounds of producing material that meets ...