UV Curing Hotmelt Adhesives Delivers Production and Performance Gains Paid Members Public
Presented by Jennifer Heathcote, GEW Inc. UV curable hotmelt adhesives are used in the production of tapes and labels, packaging, personal care products, industrial items, and other web converted goods. Ultraviolet curing is an environmentally friendly, broad purpose manufacturing tool used to rapidly polymerize adhesives and other coatings applied to
Updates to Static Control Paid Members Public
Presented by Matt Fyffe, Meech International
Non-Destructive, High-Performance Measurements of Thickness and Coat Weight for the Converting Industry Paid Members Public
Presented by Aziz Familia, SpecMetrix Systems (Sensory Analytics) Global estimates for the abrasion resistant, silicone, and adhesive coating markets are expected to reach $12.4B, $6.8B, and $52B respectively by 2025. Other coating applications such as flexible packaging, moisture, oxygen barriers, and batteries are also forecasted to grow rapidly
New Generation SYMBIEX™ Adhesive for Flexible Packaging Paid Members Public
Presented by Amira Marine, DOW SYMBIEX™100/CR 006 is a new generation of environmental-friendly, high performing adhesive designed for flexible packaging application. It offers unprecedented “all-in-one” performance, including outstanding adhesion performance, excellent processability, and ultrahigh conversion efficiency for package production that enables packaging industry to significantly enhance production efficiency,
Electron Beam Treatment of Sustainable Packaging Material Paid Members Public
Presented by Steffen Gunther, Elisa Kutschke and Andreas Bork, Fraunhofer FEP Electron beam treatment is well known to change thermo-mechanical properties of petrolbased polymeric materials. Newest results will be presented with respect to property changes of sustainable materials like PLA etc. The following properties will be highlighted: * optical * mechanical * thermo-mechanical
Web-handling best practices for corona treating on R2R-converting lines: Why the web path matters Paid Members Public
Did you know that poor web handling creates trouble for corona surface-treatment operations? It often is the hidden root cause of suspected treatment issues and can lead to significant downtime. As converters run higher line speeds with thinner films, greater attention is required to guarantee proper web handling. In addition
WEB WISE: What’s behind the real problems caused by air entrainment? Paid Members Public
Air entrainment is real, and it can cause real problems, but only in certain circumstances. When and where and what are the salient questions. Let us begin with the “what” of the mechanics. As seen in Figure 1, air “sticks” to both the web and the roll(er). During run,
VACUUM VERBIAGE: How can polymer marking improve packaging recycling rates? Paid Members Public
In the area of brand authentication, anti-counterfeiting and supply-chain verification, it is common to use overt or covert marking of the product or packaging. The features used for marking include colored fibers; specialist inks, such as infrared, fluorescing, color-shifting, metallic or holographic inks; barcodes; two-dimensional (snowflake) barcodes; and/or embossed
