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Antistatic & Cleanroom Swabs Are Free of Organic Contaminants

(News | New Products)

November 16, 2011, ... low particulate cleanroom wipes. Claimed free of organic contaminants such as silicone, amides, or phthalate esters. Materials include sponge, polyester, or microfiber heads with polypropylene handles. ...

Best Practices: Corona Treating Pretreated Films Prior to Converting

(Flexpack)

August 01, 2021, ... organic and inorganic contaminants from the film’s surface layer while oxidizing the surface and activating it for increased wettability and higher surface energy. Surface energy is commonly measured ...

Plasma Replaces Propane Torch to Improve Print Adhesion on PE Pipes

(News | New Products)

July 08, 2021, ... An Enercon Blown-Ion™ plasma treater was recommended. The system generates a concentrated plasma that bombards surfaces with a high-speed discharge of ions. Surfaces are micro-etched to remove organic ...

Three Ink Market Trends Helping to Achieve Sustainability Goals

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

April 16, 2020, ... brand. Newer organic inks have been brought into the market to allow the decoration of glass and ceramics with brighter, more vibrant effects, livening up the shelf presence. With its ability to avoid ...

Corona Treating | Why All Films Do Not Treat the Same

(Surface Prep)

March 29, 2015, ... also rids the film of organic and inorganic contaminants that can interfere with adhesion. We also know from SEM imaging techniques that corona treatment can microscopically change and increase the surface ...

Printing Trends | The Market for UV Inkjet

(Print)

October 01, 2014, ... for adhesion, so getting this balance correct is key for good quality. UV inkjet printing also has the environmental advantage of eliminating volatile organic compound emissions that are found in solvent-based ...

Static Beat | Unwinding Roll Tribocharging

(Static-Beat)

September 18, 2012, ... roller. Aluminum oxidizes readily, so the surfaces of aluminum conveyance rollers have a thin (~1 molecule thick) layer of aluminum oxide or alumina. On the triboelectric series, inorganic materials like ...

Coating | The Movement Toward Thinner Films and Coatings

(Coating/Laminating)

July 30, 2012, ... coated films rely on multiple alternating polymer and inorganic layers—each less than a micron thick to enable good transparency. Supercapacitors look to increase energy to weight ratio by going to thinner ...

Migration of Fluorescent Whitening Agents from Food Packaging Made from Recycled Paper

(Magazine)

February 28, 2004, ... indicate water-based recyclable functional barrier coatings are effective in inhibiting migration of inorganic and organic contaminants from recycled liner into packaged foods. In that work, lead and gram ...

Release Liners: A Worldwide Special ReportReducing Silicone Mist

(Archive)

October 31, 2002, ... of science degrees in chemistry and biology from Hope College in 1988. He then worked for three years at the GE Corporate R&D Center. In 1997 Paul received a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Purdue Univ. ...

1977 - 1979

(News | New Products)

September 19, 2002, ...  with tremendous operational problems in a few years, according to Richard A. Lillquist, president, FPA. The time now allotted for compliance with the proposal for the control of VOC (volatile organic compound ...

Polymers / Laminations / Adhesives / Coatings / Extrusions

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, ... active barrier. Using laboratory permeation examples and accelerated shelf life storage of packaged breakfast cereal, experiments will show that a membrane containing cyclodextrin can retard organic vapor ...

The role of barrier materials in packaging low-fat goods.

(Magazine)

October 31, 1996, ... are more sensitive to texture changes. Improving the moisture barrier of the packaging film reduces moisture gain or loss and helps maintain the original desired texture. Fat solubilizes most organic ...

Pollution and politics: how green will the new year be?

(Magazine)

January 31, 1996, ... of 10 tons per year (tpy) for one HAP or 25 tpy for any combination of HAPs. The proposed MACT standards call for (1) the elimination of 95% of organic HAP emissions from the source; (2) restriction ...

Video system measures on microscopic scale

(Magazine)

February 28, 1995, ... data can be plotted by built-in graphing facilities or written to a standard database. Applications include corona- or plasma-treatment analysis for surface-energy modification, detection of organic contaminants, ...