Kevin Lifsey

Challenges of Paper Packaging Laminations for Curbside Recycling in the Paper Stream Members Public

Presented by Michele Payant, Amcor There is a significant trend in the marketplace moving towards paper packaging solutions and the reduction of petroleum-based products. There are many challenges with moving to paper-based packaging materials such as cost, toughness, meeting high packaging line speeds, recyclability and product shelf-life demands. Moving from

Kevin Lifsey
2024 R2R USA

Can You Trust (Web Handling) Equations? Members Public

Presented by David R Roisum, Ph.D., Finishing Technology, Inc. Equations have been used for more than two millennia by mathematicians and scientists alike. Newton’s Laws have been used to predict everything from cannonball trajectories to the orbital mechanics needed to put a man on the moon. Yet, as

Kevin Lifsey
2024 R2R USA

Breaking Boundaries: Sustainable Solutions Amidst Industry Challenges Members Public

Presented by David Zamarin, Impermea Materials Amidst industry revelations surrounding carcinogenic chemicals like PFAS, few options exist that offer sustainable, high-performance solutions to diverse industry challenges. With efforts to tackle the PFAS and Single Use Plastics crisis through proposed legislation, many manufacturers are scrambling to find performance driven fluorine-free and

Kevin Lifsey
2024 R2R USA

BOPEF Film – a New Sustainable Solution for Flexible Food Packaging Members Public

Presented by Ana Lyra, Terphane Terphane is developing biaxially oriented PEF film grades in partnership with Avantium and Origin Materials. PEF a 100% biobased and fully recyclable polymer, also shows higher barrier than PET. This renewable film could be used as mono material flexible food packaging.

Kevin Lifsey
2024 R2R USA

Advantages of Tungsten Carbide Slot Dies and Technical Solution Services Members Public

Presented by George Yoshida, MMC RYOTEC Corp. At first, we would like to briefly introduce about our company. The main session will be about the advantage of using our characteristic material "Tungsten Carbide" which has a great impact in the slot die coating process. Not only the product

Kevin Lifsey
2024 R2R USA

Advancements in Plasma-Deposited Nanocoatings: Applications and Characterization Members Public

Presented by Nicolas Vandencasteele, Plasmalex In this presentation, we’ll showcase the latest advance in industrial scale nano coating by plasma polymerization. Our discussion encompasses both vacuum and atmospheric plasma deposition methods, offering a comprehensive overview of these cutting-edge technologies. We begin with a technical introduction that explains the operating

Kevin Lifsey
2024 R2R USA

Advancements in Inductive Inline Metrology for High-Yield, High-Throughput R2R Processing Systems Members Public

Presented by Michael Hofmann, SURAGUS GmbH In high-speed web coating processes, cost per square meter is one of the defining factors for successful commercialization of flexible materials. Due to the demand for high-throughput, high-yield and low coating cost requirements, equipment manufacturers design innovative systems and processes that significantly improve the

Kevin Lifsey
2024 R2R USA

Web Handling Testing Best Practices Members Public

Created & maintained by the Web Handling Committee of the Association for Roll-to-Roll Converters. Web Handling Testing Best Practices - Version 1.0Web Handling Testing Best Practices - Version 1.0.pdf6 MBdownload-circle

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