Drying
- Odor & Exempt Solvents
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- May 30, 2005, ... one has broader appeal due to its solvent power and drying characteristics. It remains to be seen how well we can formulate inks and coatings using some of these exempt VOC solvents, but as with water-based ...
- Give Customer What He Wants
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- May 30, 2005, ... weight, changes in the drying temperatures used during a run, alternate nip temperatures used with laminating adhesives, etc. Everything must always be the same. Experimentation when filling an order ...
- Tech Specs
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- April 29, 2005, ... control, sleeves on print and anilox, non-stop unwind and rewind, high efficiency drying for water-based ink, auto pre-register control, doctor blade with auto clean, video inspection and web guide, user-friendly ...
- Converting Industry News
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- April 29, 2005, ... A full range of colors is available, as well as thermal and IR drying processes. The slitter reportedly has saved the company time and money by increasing throughput. SUPPLIER NEWS New IP Business ...
- A Look at Laminating Inks
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- April 29, 2005, ... of solvent inks is better. Water-based inks benefit from in-line corona treatment with improvement in press speed. This is due to the better and faster flowout providing a more even and faster drying ink ...
- Pilot Coating Offers Versatility
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- April 06, 2005, ... dryer. The airflow and temperature can be carefully monitored within each drying zone to allow a high degree of process control. Multiple coating methods—such as post metered, direct die, gravure, reverse ...
- Which Ink for Which Substrate?
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- March 30, 2005, ... is limited. The usual characteristics to test are ink adhesion, drying rates for the particular press, the correct COF for machinability, and various end-use resistance requirements. Test samples need ...
- Advances in Coating
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- March 30, 2005, ... aspects of the web coating process. His expertise is in the coating and drying of thin films, coating process development and scale-up, polyester base development, film defect mechanisms, and defect characterization ...
- New Product Digest, Part 2
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- March 30, 2005, ... process management. Visit booth 3752. IR Ink Drying System Is Improved Research Inc. , Eden Prairie, MN; 952/941-3300; researchinc.com The improved Model 5060 Speed-Dri ink drying system ...
- Get Out of the Scroll Business
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- February 27, 2005, ... Scroll-ville. Density changes in film or coatings. As a coating dries, it may shrink, pulling the web toward the drying side. Freshly made polymer films may shrink subtly in the first few hours after ...
- CMM 2005 Exhibitors Listed by Product Categories
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- February 27, 2005, ... DRYING & CURING (INCLUDING UV SUPPLIES & ACCESSORIES) Advance Systems, 4063 Bachofen + Meier, 3862 CMS, 4437 DKSH North America, 4633 Dri-Tec Mfg. Group, 2057 EIT Instrument Markets, 3837 ...
- Hot Melt Adhesive Use
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- February 27, 2005, ... In the case of hot melt products, this is especially true for application temperature. For a laminating adhesive, it might be crucial to follow the instructions for drying temperature; for a heat seal ...
- Rotary Screen Printings Contribution to RFID
- (Archive)
- January 30, 2005, ... The thickness of the antenna; The temperature and air pressure at which it is subjected in the drying chamber and the length of drying time; The temperature and length of time at which it is cured; ...
- Rotary Screen Printing's Contribution to RFID, Part
- (Archive)
- January 30, 2005, ... for all in the value chain to work together and show how they can contribute. Part 1 | Part 2 Drying and Curing Considerations Particular care has to be taken in the drying of the circuits. The inks ...
- Why Tension?
- (Magazine)
- January 30, 2005, ... yield or break point. Think about how a web’s break or yield stress may vary in your process. Heating polymer films will depress their elastic modulus and yield points. Drying paper and poor edge quality ...
- Evolving Ink Jet Technology
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- January 30, 2005, ... inks can provide good adhesion characteristics on difficult substrates. The low VOCs and high press drying speeds offer excellent productivity enhancement for many packaging applications. The downside ...
- Reporter Clips
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- January 30, 2005, Narrow web news from: Freedonia Group, TLMI, Sato America, MPI Label Systems, MACtac, Printex Packaging Corp., XericWeb Drying Systems, and Appleton. Narrow Web Converting Industry News XericWeb Acquires ...
- Water-Based Printing Inks & pH
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- December 30, 2004, ... commonplace. Since the viscosities often increase with a drop of pH, foaming and print quality may deteriorate. Dirty printing is a term often used to describe ink prematurely drying on the flexographic ...
- Digital Gone Wide
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- December 30, 2004, ... and unloader, print engine, and drying unit. Using the same standard-format artwork files used for digital and litho production, the CORjet prints with four- or six-color configurations using environmentally ...
- Coating & Laminating Special Report, Part 5
- (Archive)
- December 30, 2004, ... the application of one coating directly onto another during one pass may be the only suitable approach. Other characteristics may be achieved only through the drying/curing method: The ability to dry off ...
- Coating & Laminating Special Report, Part 6
- (Archive)
- December 30, 2004, ... include out-of-round rolls, nonuniform drying, incorrect roller speeds, and out-of-control (but not necessarily out-of-specification) critical raw materials. In the second case, historical data always ...
- Eliminate Pesky Bubbles
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- November 29, 2004, ... speed has been exceeded. In the dryer, the coating liquid is heated and the solvent evaporates. If the film temperature exceeds the boiling point, bubbles and blisters may form. As drying proceeds, ...
- Aniline printing - 100 Years Later
- (Flexpack)
- November 29, 2004, ... However, it provided quick ink drying to increase the speed of printing produce bags in a continuous operation. Windmoeller & Hoelscher GmbH of Germany produced some of the first aniline presses in ...
- Rotogravure an Evolving Process
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- October 30, 2004, ... Solvent-based rotogravure inks provide the widest choice of binder, resolubility, color density, rapid drying rate, and excellent substrate wetting properties for high quality graphics. Their major downside ...
- What's New in Narrow We
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- October 30, 2004, ... and absorbs both pigmented and dye-cased inks rapidly, leading to fast drying times, company reports. Applications include wide-format printers, desktop ink jet printers, and dedicated label printers. ...
- The Gold Standard
- (Magazine)
- October 30, 2004, ... by law enforcement in any location, Corporate Express, Fresno, CA, receives the Innovator Award for its Fingerprint Foil in the Flexography Line — Non-Prime category. A special fingerprinting “non-drying” ...
- Pilot Line
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- October 30, 2004, ... pilot line, named Techma I, with maximum production speeds of 3,280 fpm using thermal, ultraviolet, electron beam, and infrared drying. A second line, Techma II that uses radiation curing, was added in ...
- What's New in Narrow We
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- September 29, 2004, ... Inc., Eden Prairie, MN, USA; 952/941-3300; researchinc.com The Speed-Dri Model 3620 heater is an ink drying system said to provide instantaneous IR and convection technologies to dry ink printed on target ...
- Products, Part 1
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- September 29, 2004, ... Flat airstream is said to be suited for blow-off, cooling, and drying applications. Offers a low noise level and allows user to control the airflow precisely. Control Temps Economically Eurotherm Controls, ...
- Products, Part 2
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- September 29, 2004, ... bypassing steps such as exposing, washing, and drying. Said to engrave perfectly clean-cut dots at up to 18 m/sec. PFFC-ASAP 435 Nine Channels Measure Colors Viptronic, Brixen/Bressanone, Italy; +39 ...