Drying

Harper Offers Free Anilox Troubleshooting Guide

(News | New Products)

March 15, 2010, ... pressure, avoiding improper settings of the ink roller nip, solutions to fast-drying ink, ink with excessive viscosity, water-based ink with insufficient pH, solvent imbalances and more. For further ...

F&K Launches FLEXPRESS 15-Series at Open House

(News | New Products)

March 10, 2010, ... as well as adjacent location of the touch screen operating panel for maximum accessibility. Also featured are a redesigned bridge and inter-color dryers for efficient drying performance that are easily ...

Green Platemaking for Clemson

(News Clips Archive)

February 28, 2010, ... plate processor along with its AFP 912 exposure/drying/light finisher unit at Clemson's Sonoco Inst. of Packaging Design and Graphics. The AWP 230W processor is designed specifically to process water-washable ...

Green Platemaking for Clemson

(News | New Products)

February 17, 2010, ... researchers will gain hands-on experience with the latest in digital platemaking technology. Asahi placed its new AWP 230W water-washable plate processor along with its AFP 912 exposure/drying/light finisher ...

Reduce Gravure Waste

(News | New Products)

February 10, 2010, ... levels at press makeready and changeovers, whether it’s a new or repeat job. To highlight the TAPS performance, as well as the efficiency of the inking and drying systems of the RS 4003 MP press, Rotomec ...

Technical Report: Thin Coating Challenges

(Coatings)

January 31, 2010, ... technical challenges that must be solved to efficiently coat thin products on a web coating line. The overall coating process, coating methods and operating variables, solution handling, drying, and web ...

Yerecic Label Installs 12-Color Mark Andy Performance Series Press

(News | New Products)

January 24, 2010, ... high-efficiency hot air drying system and moveable UV curing.   Primarily purchased to add capacity and improve efficiencies over existing equipment, the P7 was selected because of its open architecture, ...

Offset Printing Has New Technology

(New Products)

December 31, 2009, ... makes it easy to change printing length without changing the complete offset insert, providing cost savings. Optimized UV or EB drying unit makes the VSOP a viable option for food packaging. Muller ...

Offset Press Is Waterless

(New Products)

December 31, 2009, ... printing processes, the fast-drying aqueous coating reduces the use of spray powder. Press utilizes anilox metering that precisely measures and controls the amount of coating being applied, further reducing ...

Hungarian Converter Expands Label Capabilities with Mark Andy

(News Eclips)

December 21, 2009, ... foil, automatic register, hot air drying, a sheeter and conveyor. The Mark Andy was preferred to presses from other manufacturers "partly because of the long and close working relationship we have with ...

Inks for Shrink Sleeves

(Narrow Web Products)

November 30, 2009, ... shrink sleeves for PVC and PET films. Reported benefits include high-speed printing; ease of use; high color strength; compatibility with UV flexo and solvent-based whites; and quick drying. Nazdar ...

Films 101: Back to Basics

(Archive)

November 30, 2009, ... to make the resin and additives mixture into a liquid for processing. This mixture, or organosol, is metered onto a casting sheet and sent through a series of ovens in a long drying process in which the ...

Coater/Laminator Complies with Canadian Regulations

(News Clips Archive)

October 31, 2009, ... Efficient drying system is said to guarantee performance in speed and solvent retention at the best levels in the industry. Nordmeccanica Group | www.nordmeccanica.com Circle 310 or visit www.freeproductinfo.net/pff ...

Engineer's Playgroun

(Coating/Laminating Main)

October 31, 2009, Timothy Walker has this to say about Optimation Technology's pilot lab facility: There are no equivalent options that combine equipment, human, and IP Timothy Walker has this to say about Optimation Technology's ...

Get a Grip on Your Web

(Tension)

October 31, 2009, ... flutter, ensuring consistent drying of web coatings (see Figure 3). Mendolla explains, “At Green Bay Packaging, one vacuum roller pulls the coated web right before the dryer. There's another vacuum roller ...

Excelsior Buys Three F&K Presses

(News Clips Archive)

October 31, 2009, ... stage. Once the sleeves are put in the press, the machine can accelerate immediately to production speed and print with the correct impression and register, resulting in reduced waste. Low speed pre-drying ...

Excelsior Packaging Group Buys Three F&K Presses

(News | New Products)

October 18, 2009, ... be accelerated to production speed and print with the correct impression and register, literally from the first impression. The result is waste reduced to next to zero and low speed pre-drying issues are ...

Sleeve Press Features Advanced Rotation

(News Eclips)

October 13, 2009, ... a range down to 36 in. Press can be configured to run wet on wet or with intermediate drying and is available in web widths of 20.4 in., 30 in., and 36 in. Three-layered sleeves are said readily available ...

Tollcoating.com Installs New Pilot Coating Equipment

(News | New Products)

October 06, 2009, ... extensive research and formulation services. Its pilot coating line is located in the same facility as its production machines and provides CDT, UV curing, hot air drying, and lamination capabilities similar ...

Rewind Equipment: Chic & Sleek

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

September 30, 2009, ... on Stork equipment, and gravure printing is done on Schiavi (Bobst Group) and Emerson & Renwick presses. “The special thing about our Emerson & Renwick gravure press is that it has a lot of drying equipment,” ...

Show Preview: ICE Heats Up

(Trends/Management)

September 30, 2009, ... Treating Curing/Drying Slitting/Rewinding Finishing Materials Controls Testing/Measuring Toll Coating Software Waste Removal This year, many of the products and services on display focus on ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCT

(New Products)

August 31, 2009, ... in Wide Area The single air nozzle Super Blast Safety Air Gun delivers 23 lb of blowing force and is said to be well suited for long-distance, wide-area blowoff, drying, and cooling applications. Incorporates ...

Print 09 Preview of Exhibits

(Print Main)

August 16, 2009, ... computer-controlled, drop-on-demand printhead allows for precise spot coverage and the integrated UV lamp enables instant drying. Visit www.mgi-usa.com EFI (Booth 2500), Foster City, CA, will feature ...

Sleeve Open-Platform Web Offset Presses

(News Eclips)

July 20, 2009, ... substrate thickness ranges from .0005 up to 18 pt and a special edition for up to 26 pt carton. Drying options include EB, UV, IR, and hot air for print format ranges from 20—44 in.; full-size folding ...

Crime Stoppers

(Archive)

June 30, 2009, ... drying towers, turn bar, roll lift, web cleaner, and three rotary die stations. Digital inkjet stations print PIN and serial numbers onto each card, while video verification cameras monitor every card ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS: July 200

(New Products)

June 30, 2009, ...  Circle 421 or visit www.freeproductinfo.net/pff Air Knife Good For Tough Jobs The Type 316 stainless steel super air knife for blowoff, drying, and cooling applications is suited for highly corrosive ...

Understand Linerboard & Medium Manufacture & Properties

(News Eclips)

June 23, 2009, ... raw materials and pulp mil operations; Stock prep refining; Additives; Fourdrinier web-end operations and effects on sheet structure and properties; Twin wire gap forming; Pressing & drying; Size ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

(Narrow Web)

May 31, 2009, ... combined with an enhanced drying system, allows us to run high speed, predictable quality day in and day out.” ▶Mark Andy | www.markandy.com Circle 312 or visit www.freeproductinfo.net/pff UK-based ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

(Narrow Web)

April 30, 2009, ... for variable coat weights, and a high-performance drying system. Polytype Converting | www.polytype.com Circle 307 or visit www.freeproductinfo.net/pff In-Mold Decorating Assn., Phoenix, AZ, announces ...

UV Upgrade for Wide Format

(News Eclips)

April 28, 2009, ... VOC pollution controls such as those needed for heat-set and other drying methods. Features that have proved successful in the narrow web sector are now applicable to wide format, company says, including ...