UV Enhances Print Project
By Lara Copeland, contributing editor, UV+EB Technology
Performing print finishing services, Feiereisen, Inc., is a family-owned business with headquarters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In business...
FSEA Gold Leaf Awards Allow UV Decorating Techniques to Shine
The FSEA Gold Leaf Awards competition evaluates print and packaging submissions that utilize a wide range of specialty finishing techniques, from foil stamping and...
Recent Progress in UV-/EB-Curable Pressure Sensitive Adhesives
By Chris Orilall, Zack Weinert, Jon Scholte, Chuck Dong, and Jeff Klang, Arkema Inc., Sartomer Business Unit
Abstract
Energy-curable pressure sensitive adhesives (EC-PSAs) eliminate the need...
UV LED Low-Migration Laminating Adhesives for Flexible Packaging
By Jake Staples, Technical Team Leader, Ashland
The global flexible packaging market continues to evolve as shifts in consumer preference lean more toward convenience in...
UV LED Lessons Learned from Others
One of my favorite quotes on learning is from the television show Frasier. Kelsey Grammer, as the title character, best summed it up: “It...
Virginia Tech Team Develops Model to 3D-Print Piezoelectric Materials
A team from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University College of Engineering has developed methods to 3D-print piezoelectric materials that can be custom-designed...
The Science of UV/EB Polymerization
The first edition of this column included a brief “Introduction to Polymer Science.”1 Polymeric materials were defined as those containing molecules of very large...
The RadTech UV Clearcoat Durability Study: How Paint Performance is Assessed by Ford Motor...
By Christopher M. Seubert, PhD, Ford Motor Company
RadTech and Ford Motor Company have teamed up to conduct an extensive study to evaluate the longterm...
New UV LED Technologies for Carbon-Fiber Reinforced Polymers
By M. Lecompère and X. Allonas, Laboratory of Macromolecular Photochemistry and Engineering, University of Haute Alsace; and D. Maréchal and A. Criqui, Mäder Research
Dual-cure...
3D-Printed Clothing Emphasizes Innovation, Sustainability
Edited by Nancy Cates, contributing editor, UV+EB Technology
Imagine a sustainable, low-waste, highly personalized method of designing, fitting and producing clothing and accessories. How? How...
