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- Rx for ER
- (Flexpack Main)
- April 30, 2009, ... the things they liked about the packaging and what they wanted changed,” explains Dodrill. “There was an awful lot they didn't like, so it was really eye-opening.” Duet's new hybrid design combines elements ...
- Plasma Power
- (Archive)
- April 30, 2009, ... and typically corona treating systems operate within an electrical voltage range of 10-20 kV. Neutral molecules and electrically charged molecules collide, causing neutral molecules to become electrically ...
- Stop Tribocharging Your Products
- (Static Elimination)
- April 30, 2009, ... materials that touch and separate. Think about an insulating polymer film running through a converting process (see Figure 1). The film touches many conveyance rollers as it moves through the process, ...
- OMET Partners with Clemson's Sonoc
- (Flexography)
- April 30, 2009, ... with a variety of solvent-based, water-based, and UV-curable ink systems. It can handle polymer substrates as thin as 12 microns or paperboard materials as heavy as 600 microns, while achieving high-end ...
- Experience Speaks: John Rebecchi
- (Experience Speaks)
- April 30, 2009, ... Do you have a personal motto? Find joy in the little things, and encourage curiosity in yourself and others. What is the key to growing a business in a bad economy? Don't look in the rearview mirror; ...
- Are We There Yet?
- (Editorial)
- April 30, 2009, ... a little pain is something each of us is feeling right now. Despite a smaller attendance, nothing was lost on the quality of the AIMCAL meeting in terms of valuable content. Newsweek’s senior Washington ...
- WEB EXCLUSIVE: Tension Control: Dancer Systems Defined
- (Archive)
- April 15, 2009, ... the brake appropriately. A slow change in dancer position will result in a slow change in brake force. A rapid change in dancer position will result in a rapid change in brake force. Adjustments within ...
- OMET Forms Partnership with Clemson's Sonoco Packaging Inst
- (News | New Products)
- April 08, 2009, ... ink systems. The press platform can handle polymer substrates as thin as 12 microns, or paperboard materials as heavy as 600 microns, while achieving high-end registration through a complete servo controlled ...
- Web Exclusive: Matching Laser Cutters to Labels
- (Archive)
- April 01, 2009, ... (rotary dies, steel rule dies, and hard tool dies) http://pffc-online.com/die_cut/ . Material thickness and material handling considerations sometimes make laser cutting preferable (e.g., for very thin ...
- Hit the Apex at CMM
- (Editorial)
- March 31, 2009, There's something about a trade show that gets me all fired up. Although I admit that over the years I've also been known to say, Not another one! No There's something about a trade show that gets me all ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- Narrow Web & Label Products: March 2009
- (Label/Tape Main)
- February 28, 2009, ... liner is constructed with a 2-mil PP as the substrate and a release coating said to work well with hot melt and PSAs. Product is stocked and ready to shop within 24 hrs in widths of 1.0, 1.25, 1.5, and ...
- Bloomer Plastics Converts Custom Films
- (Substrates)
- February 28, 2009, ... reason as the town for which it was named: It gives people something they just can't seem to get anywhere else. Filling a Void Founded by Don West, a former engineer for a large film converter, Bloomer ...
- Edelmann and Codimag Web Offset Semi-Rotary Web Presses Are for Short Runs
- (Offset)
- February 28, 2009, ... would be laying down a white footprint on a clear stock or a strong hit of a PMS color, which is then varnished and/or laminated. Combination printing is nothing new, but in the short-run sector, it reinforces ...
- Colaboration Innovates Packaging, Improves Sustainability
- (News Eclips)
- February 04, 2009, ... of $400,000 so the center can serve as a think tank for packaging innovation and sustainability and as a research and education hub to measure and reduce packaging’s environmental impact. The center ...
- 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 ...
- How Much Misalignment Is Trouble?
- (Web Lines)
- January 31, 2009, ... forming a diagonal crease and appearing to walk across rollers like an inch worm. The way to create a shear wrinkle is to increase the misalignment of a well-wrapped roller until shear stresses within ...
- Green Is Global
- (Archive)
- January 31, 2009, ... is its lighter weight — a key attribute today. The whole packaging industry is moving to lighter-weight containers and thinner label materials to save time and costs. For the converter, thinner materials ...