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 single-serve or grab-n-go options, extended shelf life and sustainability. In addition to consumers driving innovation in flexible packaging, wide web and narrow web converters are beginning to converge into … [Read more...] about UV LED Low-Migration Laminating Adhesives for Flexible Packaging
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UV Source and Chemistry Options for Metal Can Coating
By Mike J. Idacavage, PhD, Technical Marketing Adviser, and John Arnold, PhD, Director of Research and Development, Miltec UV Introduction Many commercial sheet-fed litho printing presses that are used to print on flat steel sheets for the can industry, or on paper or plastic sheets, utilize traditional UV arc lamps that are cooled by a combination of water and air to help … [Read more...] about UV Source and Chemistry Options for Metal Can Coating
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 may be an unwise man who doesn’t learn from his own mistakes, but it’s an absolute idiot that doesn’t learn from other people’s.” How can we apply this valuable lesson to monitoring UV and establishing/maintaining a process window? Consider … [Read more...] about UV LED Lessons Learned from Others
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 initiating systems have emerged as promising alternatives to perform fast and on-demand curing of thick polymers. In this paper, a system based on pyrylium salt as photoinitiator and a hydroperoxide or … [Read more...] about New UV LED Technologies for Carbon-Fiber Reinforced Polymers
IST Metz Paper Guitar Hits the High Notes
By Lara Copeland, contributing writer, UV+EB Technology A supplier of LED and conventional UV curing systems, IST Metz, a group of companies with head offices in Nürtingen, Germany, was founded more than 40 years ago. In 2002, IST Metz started UV Days, the first international event to focus on UV printing, where the company demonstrates its latest UV curing technologies for … [Read more...] about IST Metz Paper Guitar Hits the High Notes