Orphan date February 2009 Fiberglass sheet laminating is the process of taking a thin fiberglass sheet and laminating it to another material in order to provide strength and support to that material. Process Characteristics Fiberglass is composed of very fine strands of glass. It has many different purposes, one of which is used for strength. The strength of fiberglass depends on the size of the glass strands, the temperature, and the humidity. Materials Needed Fiberglass sheet, epoxy , wood or metal roller, brush or other tool to spread epoxy, material to be strengthened Process Description Start by applying the epoxy to the fiberglass sheet. Continue carefully but quickly until all areas are sufficiently covered by the epoxy. Next, start at one end of the material to be strengthened and stick the epoxy covered fiberglass to the material, being sure to smooth out any bubbles that may form between the material and fiberglass. If the epoxy hardens before you are able to stick the fiberglass to the material, recoat and apply again. After the fiberglass sheet has been applied, use a roller to press the fiberglass firmly to the other sheet to ensure complete bonding has occurred. Effect on Work Material Certain laminating techniques use two steps of applying the epoxy to form resin impregnated fiber glass sheets. In the first step there is a resin solvent mixture which is partially cured so it will not redissolve in a second coating of the same mixture. The same resin mixture is subsequently given to the covered fiberglass with moderately cured resin in the second step. This second glaze which covers the first fills in the empty spaces between the fibers. The second coating is also only partially cured. This partial curing of the second layer furthers the curing of the first epoxy layer. This process also produces a thin sticky layer. The first coating acts like a sealed insulating sheet, preventing glass fiber contact with conductive planes. The second coating fills the planes ... more details
Summary Fundaci n Centro Tecnol gico de la Pizarra s report into the Technical properties of Bambui Slate from the State of Minas Gerais Brazil to ascertain its compliance with the Standard EN12326 produced on behalf of the Galician and Spanish Slate Association.http www.spanishslateuk.com home.asp Permission to use under Creative Commons Attribution sought and given. Licensing cc by 3.0 ... more details
Summary Corona treatment of webs is widely used in the printing, coating and laminating processes to improve adhesion. Licensing self cc by sa 3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0 GFDL ... more details
No footnotes date March 2011 Extrusion coating is the coating of a molten web of synthetic resin on to a substrate material. It is a versatile coating technique used for the economic application of various plastics , notably polyethylene , onto paperboard , corrugated fiberboard , paper , aluminium foil s, cellulose or Plastic wrap plastic films . Process Coating The actual process of extrusion coating involves extruding resin from a slit Die manufacturing die at temperatures up to 320 C directly onto the moving web which is then passed through a nip consisting of a Elastomer rubber covered pressure roller and a Chrome plating chrome plated cooling roll. The latter cools the molten film back into the solid state and also imparts the desired finish to the plastic surface. Laminating Extrusion laminating is a similar process except that the extruded hot molten resin acts as the Adhesive bonding medium to a second web of material. Co extrusion Co extrusion is, again, a similar process but with two, or more, extruders coupled to a single die head in which the individually extruded melts are brought together and finally extruded as a multi layer film. Uses The market for extrusion coating includes a variety of end use applications such as Liquid Packaging, Photographic, Flexible Packaging, and Commercial Applications including among others Mill and Industrial Wrappings, Transport Packaging, Sack Linings, Building, Envelopes, Medical Hygiene and Release Base . References Soroka, W, Fundamentals of Packaging Technology , IoPP, 2002, ISBN 1 930268 25 4 Yam, K. L., Encyclopedia of Packaging Technology , John Wiley & Sons, 2009, ISBN 978 0 470 08704 6 Category Coatings Category Plastics industry ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 Jesmonite is a composite material used in fine arts, crafts, and construction. Jesmonite consists of a gypsum based material in an acrylic resin . Jesmonite is a versatile material and is used in several different ways. It is typically used for creating sculptures and other three dimensional works, but can also be used with other materials as a ground for painting. It can also be used as a surface material in building and construction. It is considered an attractive alternative to other resin based materials, such as polyester and fiberglass . It can be used for casting and laminating . It is considered durable, flame resistant, and resistant to impact. It can be used to fabricate both small and large objects. When mixed, it accepts colored pigments and metal powders. Its surface can be finished to resemble plaster, stone, metal, and wood. Besides its popularity in sculpture, jesmonite is popular in other areas where casting and molding are common, such as architectural stone and plasterwork that has a requirement to be very lightweight, taxidermy , archaeology , and palaeontology . Jesmonite is considered a low hazard material. The finished composite emits no toxic fumes. The mixing process requires no harmful solvents. However, the mixing should be performed with rubber gloves, eye protection, and dust mask, and should take place in a well ventilated area. Cleanup is performed with water. Category Composite materials Sculpture stub ... more details
Multilaminar wood veneer uses plantation wood to reproduce decorative effects which are typical of quality wood species often protected and rare . This aids the preservation of biodiversity and complies with the principles of Sustainable forest management . Large sheets of Wood veneer veneer are produced on a machine similar to a lathe. The sheets are dyed, then compressed and bonded into thick typically 70cm logs. These logs are then sliced to create the end product. If the sheets are compressed between plattens with an undulating surface, the slice will cross several layers and produce a patterned effect. Many different finished designs can be obtained by varying the plattens, dyes and stacking order. ref cite web url http www.alpi.it uk Articolo.asp?IdArt 118 title ALPILIGNUM Production Stages accessdate 2006 12 05 author Alpi SpA ref Although the product may be considered sustainable, it may have a high carbon footprint due to the numerous dyeing, laminating, pressing and slicing operations. fact date June 2010 Multilaminar wood is certified by UNI standards.Standard reference UNI 10396 1994 ICS Code 01.040.79179.080 and lots of other standards on a country by country basis References div class references small references div Category Engineered wood Forestry stub ... more details
The Greenwell Matongo Community Library is situated in the Greenwell Matongo neighborhood Greenwell Matongo area of Katutura , a township South Africa township of Windhoek , Namibia . The name derives from a freedom fighter Greenwell Matongo who fought for the liberation of Namibia. The City of Windhoek in partnership with the Ministry of Education and City of Vantaa , Finland came up with an initiative, to help the community through educational services. Therefore, a Community Library was established in March 2005, with the aim of providing library and information services for the community. Besides the traditional services that are being provided by a library borrowing and lending books , Greenwell Matongo Library gives also services such as a free internet access, photocopying and faxing of documents, scanning and laminating. Free computer training and workshops on craft for the community at large are also offered. External links http sites.google.com site greenwellmatongo Homepage of Greenwell Matongo Community Center http www.windhoekcc.org.na Official homepage of the City of Windhoek Windhuk coord missing Namibia Category Libraries in Namibia Category Buildings and structures in Windhoek Category Education in Windhoek Category 2005 establishments library struct stub Namibia struct stub ... more details
, 6E, Copyright 2003 by The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc. ref Laminating paper, such as photograph ... Film types Laminate film is generally categorized into these five categories Standard thermal laminating films Low temperature thermal laminating films Heatset or heat assisted laminating films Pressure ... more details
Image Cold Roll Laminator.jpg 300px thumb Cold Roll Laminator with Film Cold Roll Laminators use a plastic film which is coated with an adhesive and Gloss material appearance glossy backing which does not adhere to the glue. When the glossy backing is removed, the adhesive is exposed, which then sticks directly onto the item which needs to be laminated. This method, apart from having the obvious benefit of not requiring expensive equipment, is also suitable for those items which would be damaged by heat . Cold laminators range from simple two roller, hand crank machines up to large and complex motor driven machines with high precision rollers, adjustable roller pressure and other advanced features. Cold lamination increased in popularity with the rise of wide format inkjet printers, which often used inks and papers incompatible with hot lamination. A large percentage of cold laminate for use in the print industry is PVC, although a wide range of other materials are available. Cold laminating processes are also used outside of the print industry, for example coating sheet glass or stainless steel with protective films. Cold roll laminators are also used for laying down adhesive films in the sign making industry, for example mounting a large print onto a board. A practiced operator can apply a large adhesive sheet in a fraction of the time it takes to do so by hand. See also Lamination Pouch laminators Heated roll laminators DEFAULTSORT Cold Roll Laminators Category Office equipment de Lamination nl Lamineerapparaat ... more details
Infobox Company company name Fellowes, Inc. company logo Image fellowes.svg 250px company type Private company company slogan foundation 1917 location Itasca, Illinois , USA key people James Fellowes, Chairman CEO industry Workspace products products Paper shredders, storage boxes, technology accessories homepage http www.fellowes.com fellowes.com Fellowes, Inc. is a manufacturer of office products including paper shredder s, bookbinding binding and laminate laminating equipment, desktop accessories, technology accessories, and record storage boxes. Fellowes owns and operates 15 subsidiary subsidiaries worldwide in Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Russia, Australia, Singapore, China, Japan, and Korea, and employs more than 1,700 people throughout the world. http www.fellowes.com Fellowes site aboutus about main.aspx?loc top The company was founded in 1917 by Harry Fellowes as the Bankers Box Company, producing the Bankers Box line of record storage boxes. Sons Folger and John Fellowes joined the business in 1934 and 1938, respectively, and grandson James Fellowes, current chairman and CEO , joined in 1969 and was named president in 1983. Also in 1983, the company name was changed from Bankers Box to Fellowes Manufacturing, reflecting the wider range of products now offered by the company. The company s corporate headquarters are in Itasca, Illinois , where they have been since 1978. External links http www.fellowes.com Official Website http www.fellowes.com Fellowes Materials Documents corporate fact sheet.pdf Corporate Fact Sheet http fellowespapershredder.net Fellowes Paper Shredder Information Category Companies based in DuPage County, Illinois Category Privately held companies of the United States Category Itasca, Illinois de Fellowes, Inc. ru Fellowes ... more details
Other uses Teslin disambiguation Teslin is a synthetic printing medium, manufactured by PPG Industries . Teslin is a waterproof synthetic material that works well with an inkjet printer , laser printer , Additive manufacturing aerosol jet , or thermal printer . Teslin is also single layer, uncoated film, and extremely strong. In fact, the strength of the lamination peel of a Teslin sheet is 2 4 times stronger than other coated synthetic and coated papers. Teslin comes in the sizes of 7 Thou unit of length mil to 18 mil, though only sizes 10 mil and 14 mil are sized at 8.5 by 11 , for printing with most consumer printers. Also available are perforated versions of Teslin, specifically, 1up, 2up, 3up, 6up, and 8up. Teslin is used widely in the production of drivers licenses, voter ID cards, and other forms of identification card. Because of its commercial availability, Teslin is also often found used for counterfeit or Identity document forgery fake IDs . Teslin is also widely used in the plastic gift and loyalty card industry. In 1984 the first http www.ssicards.com history Teslin based plastic card was produced by Ron Goade. This was done by laminating the Teslin substrate after having been printed on and then die cutting multiple cards out of the laminated sheet of Teslin. Millions of plastic cards using this process are produced every year by multiple businesses. See also thou unit of length , also known as a mil External links http corporateportal.ppg.com NA Silicas Teslin about Teslin Website Category Synthetic paper material stub ... more details
Refimprove date October 2009 A web is a long, thin, and flexible material. Common webs include foil , metal , paper , textile , plastic , and wire . Common processes carried out on webs include coating , plating , and laminating . ref Citation last Gutoff first Edgar B. last2 Cohen first2 Edward D. last3 Kheboian first3 Gerald I. title Coating and drying defects troubleshooting operating problems page 218 publisher John Wiley and Sons year 2006 edition 2nd url http books.google.com books?id WI8L7YL d EC&pg PA218 isbn 9780471713685 . ref A web is generally processed by moving over rollers. Between processing stages, webs are stored and transported as rolls also known as coils, packages and doffs. The end result or use of web manufacturing is usually sheets. The primary motivation to work with webs instead of sheets is economics. Webs, being continuous, can be made at far higher speeds and do not have the start stop issues of discrete sheet processing. Web processing is also found in a wide variety of other manufacturing including electronics such as Circuit board circuit boards , construction materials such as Roofing Commercially available roofing materials roofing and Pharmaceutical company pharmaceuticals such as drug patches. The size of the web handling industries is very difficult to estimate. The very smallest counts are 5,000 web manufacturing and converter sites in the North America . However, if commercial printing is included, the count may be as high as 50,000 sites. Web handling is the art and science of getting a web through a machine with maximum productivity and minimum waste. See also Printed electronics Roll to roll Tape drives Web offset printing References Reflist Metalworking navbox formopen Category Industrial processes Category Fabrication metal ... more details
Infobox Company company name Stedmans V&S company logo company type variety store Discount store chain foundation 1907 location flagicon Canada Winnipeg, Manitoba industry Retail products Clothing, grocery, footwear, bedding, beauty products, and housewares. parent Tru Serv Canada Inc. homepage http www.truserv.ca Stedmans V&S or Stedmans for short is a Canada Canadian variety discount department store chain. Stedmans operates its stores mainly in smaller towns and cities in Canada. The chain s stores today are comparable in size and merchandise offered to similar chains such as Fields department store Fields , SAAN Stores SAAN and The Bargain Shop , with a number of stores also offering such services as photo finishing, laminating, faxing and photocopying, and dry cleaning drop off. The first store was in Brantford Ontario, started as a stationery store in 1907. During the 1950s and 1960s, there were over 1000 Stedmans and affiliated stores in Canada. The affiliated stores were privately owned variety stores operating under different names, though purchasing through Stedmans. During the late 1960s through the 1970s, there were several stores across Canada that were combination stores that is, Stedmans and its sister chain Macleods Hardware in operation. Some stores today still contain a restaurant named The Copper Grill. From about the 1960s into the 1980s, though, many Stedmans stores were also located in larger cities. Those stores were similar in size to those of the K Mart and Woolco chains, with a large selection of merchandise those locations often served as anchor tenants for suburban shopping center s and shopping mall malls . Stedmans was at purchased by Gamble Skogmo in 1962 from Stedmans Brothers Ltd. Wickes Corporation in 1980, later becoming a wholly owned division of Macleod Stedmans Inc. and is now a member of the Tru Serv group of companies which also includes True Value True Value Hardware . External links http www.truserv.ca Official website Categ ... more details
A shaper is someone who builds and designs surfboard s by hand. Originally made from wood, most modern surfboards are made from pre formed polyurethane blanks or styrofoam and then fine shaped by the shaper using an array of tools ranging from surform s, rasps, sanding machines and power planers. When the form is sculpted in the foam core, the shaper may complete the build by layering fiberglass sheets over the deck and bottom and laminating these with a thermosetting resin such as polyester. Most shapers nowadays design surfboards using various computer programs which are then supplied to a computer cutting facility which will mill the raw foam blank within 90 of the finished shape leaving the shaper to fine tune the blank to its final state before glassing . This method allows the shaper to have a very exacting and reproducible design which can be easily fine tuned and adjusted . Wooden surfboards are making a comeback as an eco friendly alternative, requiring ultra light boatbuilding skills. Many professional shapers actually outsource the highly specialized lamination to specialized glassers , one who laminates fiberglass to a foam core of a surfboard using Thermosetting plastic thermosetting resins like polyester or epoxy . ref http www.twsbiz.com twbiz industrynews article 0,21214,707907,00.html Surfboard glasser industry in trouble ref Fins and assorted plugs are usually installed after this process and the final product is fine sanded and often glossed with buffing compound and special glossing resin. When shaping, the shaper often takes into account the specifications of the client surfer, and molds his medium to best accommodate the user s personal surfing style and wave of choice. Notable shapers Hobie Alter Robert August Mickey Munoz John Whitmore surfer John Whitmore Simon Anderson Al Merrick Greg Webber References reflist External links http www.theshaperstree.com a shapers directory, work, stories http www.swaylocks.com Swaylocks.com a surfboard desig ... more details
unreferenced date November 2007 Image Traceroll.JPG 250px thumb A roll of yellow tracing paper. Colour tracing paper or coloured translucent paper is tracing paper with some colours different from basic, smooth translucent paper. Colour tracing paper also made by immersing unsized and unloaded paper of good quality in sulphuric acid for a few second s. It can be coloured by 2 ways before and after immersing . Its colour can be plain or marble colours. Colour tracing paper normally be used for special printing such as brochure , menu ... Technical specifications Raw material bleached pulp , chlorine free ECF Specification Surface smooth Colour Rock geology stone , bamboo , sun , tangerine , orchid , wine , red roses , africa , deep ocean , Pool color pool , sky , salvia , meadow , leaf , bold black ... Properties Two side coated translucent paper Non ageing Acid free Recyclable Application traditional print processes letterpress printing , litho , silk screen printing ... laser printing laser and inkjet printing processing varnishing , laminating , punching , Embossing paper embossing , folding, scoring drawing ink, Indian ink, graphite, pencil s Description The vivid colourfulness of Colour tracing paper enables the discovery of new designs and inspires the spirit of the age. It brings a new dimension to coloured translucent paper with its bold even colours and unmatched texture. The coherence of the colours and the pleasant touch of the paper inspire to excite action and push back that what you see every day. Colour tracing paper represents individuality and style. An attractive and thorough going translucent paper. Practical applications marketing inlay s, Flyer pamphlet flyer , coversheet s, dividers, prestige printing s, business card s, greeting card s, invitations, playcard s and poster s, origami commonscat Tracing paper Tracing paper Category Coated paper Category Art materials art stub ... more details
Multiple issues orphan April 2010 notability January 2010 refimprove January 2010 date April 2010 Infobox company company name company logo Image LaserBand Corporate Logo.jpg centre 160px company type Limited Liability Company foundation St. Louis, Missouri location St. Louis, Missouri , br United States area served Worldwide industry Healthcare products Patient identification, emergency response tags company slogan We Cover Patient Identification Like Nobody Else Can homepage http www.laserband.com www.laserband.com LaserBand LLC , headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri , United States, is an inventor and provider of patient identification products to hospitals and emergency services. LaserBand s hospital wristband s and emergency response tags are used for patient identification. Products Deleted image removed Image StatBand Triage Tag.jpg thumb StatBand Emergency Response Tag right LaserBand sells self laminating wristbands ref http www.google.com patents?id kSsUAAAAEBAJ&printsec abstract&zoom 4&source gbs overview r&cad 0 v onepage&q &f false ref and markets an assortment of emergency response tags to emergency service providers under the StatBand label. ref http www.businesswire.com portal site home permalink ?ndmViewId news view&newsId 20090720006105&newsLang en ref LaserBand holds 26 US patents ref http www.google.com patents?q LaserBand LLC&btnG Search Patents ref on patient identification products. See also Wristband Triage tag Bar code Patient safety References Reflist Category Companies based in St. Louis, Missouri Category Health care companies of the United States ... more details
Image Glulam.JPG thumb right Glulam frame for the roof of a building. Glued laminated timber , also called Glulam , is a type of structural timber product composed of several layers of dimensioned timber glued together. By laminating several smaller pieces of timber , a single large, strong, structural member is manufactured from smaller pieces. These structural members are used as vertical column s or horizontal beam structure beam s, as well as curved, arched shapes. Connections are usually made with bolts or plain steel dowels and Tie engineering steel plates . Glulam has much lower embodied energy than reinforced concrete and steel, although of course it does entail more embodied energy than solid timber. However the laminating process allows timber, a generally environmentally benign material, to be used for much longer spans, heavier loads and complex shapes. History One of the earliest still standing glulam roof structures is generally acknowledged ref name M ller M ller, C. Laminated timber construction, Birkhauser, ISBN 3 7643 6267 7, Basel, 2000 ref to be the assembly room of King Edward College, a school in Southampton , England, dating from 1870. Two churches near Liverpool , England are now thought to have the earliest extant uses St Luke, Formby dates from 1855, and Holy Trinity, Parr Mount, St Helens, Merseyside St Helens from 1857. Other examples of 19th century British glulam have also been identified. The first industrial patented use was in Weimar, Germany. Here in 1872 ref name M ller Otto Hetzer set up a steam sawmill and carpentry business in Kohlstrasse. Beginning in 1892, he took out a series of patents. DRP No. 63018 was for a ventilated timber floor deck that could be tightened laterally after installation, to compensate for shrinkage. Hetzer continued to patent various ingenious systems, but the first of these that could be compared with subsequently standardised horizontal glulam was DRP No. 197773, dated 1906. This entailed vertical colu ... more details
Unreferenced date June 2008 Image Bronze spearhead mold.JPG thumb One half of a bronze mold for casting a socketed spear head dated to the period 1400 1000 BC. There are no known parallels for this mold. File Bronze Age spear tip mould IMG 5123.jpg thumb Stone mould of the Bronze Age used to produce spear tips. Molding or moulding is the process of manufacturing by shaping pliable raw material using a rigid frame or model called a pattern . A mold or mould is a hollowed out block that is filled with a liquid like plastic , glass , metal , or ceramic ceramic raw materials . The liquid hardens or sets inside the mold, adopting its shape. A mold is the opposite of a casting cast . The manufacturer who makes the molds is called the moldmaker . A release agent is typically used to make removal of the hardened set substance from the mold easier. The terminology can depend on the application. Sand casting involves both a Pattern casting pattern which is the positive image model of the desired part and a mold which is the negative image hole made by packing sand around the pattern . Types of molding include Compaction plus sintering Injection molding Reaction injection molding Compression molding Transfer molding Extrusion molding Blow molding Rotational molding Thermoforming Vacuum forming , a simplified version of thermoforming Matrix mold Matrix molding Laminating Expandable bead molding Foam molding Rotomolding Vacuum plug assist molding Pressure plug assist molding Matched mold gallery caption Injection molding die with side pulls Image Injection molding die side A.JPG A side of die for 25 glass filled acetal with 2 side pulls. Image Injection molding die with insert.JPG Close up of removable insert in A side. Image Injection molding die B side.JPG B side of die with side pull actuators. Image Injection molding die insert.JPG Insert removed from die. gallery Category Plastics industry Industry stub de Abformen es Vaciado fr moulage id Molding it Stampaggio nl Matrijs p ... more details
China Lucky Film Corporation zh c is the largest photosensitive materials and magnetic recording media manufacturer in Baoding , Hebei province, China . History Founded in 1958 , Lucky Film markets consumer and industrial chemicals and photosensitive products including color, black and white and X ray film, magnetic audio and video tape and magnetic tape for credit card s and other electronic devices. Baoding Lucky Digital Imaging Co , a subsidiary of China Lucky Films, produces inkjet paper inkjet photo paper , clear film, and Polyvinyl chloride PVC cards with laminate laminating film as well as compatible inks for desktop and large format printers. Lucky s major competitors in China are America s Eastman Kodak and Japan s FujiFilm . Kodak is the largest supplier in the market holding over 60 market share, but Lucky is extremely strong the Chinese rural market. In 2003, Eastman Kodak and China Lucky Film signed a 20 year co operation agreement. In the agreement, contributed US 45 million in cash and provided an emulsion making line for color products for a 20 per cent stake in Lucky Film. Kodak also provided US 54.5 million and technical support to assist Lucky in upgrading its existing triacetate film base production and coating lines. ref cite web url http www.china.org.cn english BAT 78256.htm title Kodak snaps up Lucky stake date October 24, 2003 accessdate 2007 07 06 ref In 2007, Kodak retracted from the deal, citing the growth of digital cameras in the Chinese market, having hoped that market would remain with film in the short term. ref cite web url http www.ibtimes.com articles 20071113 kodak china lucky film.htm title Kodak to sell China Lucky stake, ending partnership date 13 November 2007 accessdate 2008 07 20 ref References Reflist External links en http www.luckyfilm.com html MasterSite EN index.html China Lucky Films http www.chinatoday.com.cn English e2004 e200402 p22.htm The Red and the Yellow http www.brandchannel.com features effect.asp ... more details
Infobox Newspaper name Converting image Image Converting magazine cover.gif Cover of Converting magazine caption type business magazine format Paper and online magazine foundation 1983 ceased publication 2010 price owners Reed Business Information editor Mark Spaulding founder language English language English political circulation 37,200 headquarters Oak Brook, Illinois , USA ISSN 0746 7141 website http www.convertingmagazine.com Converting magazine Converting ISSN 0746 7141 was a trade publication and Website owned by Reed Business Information serving the information needs of Converters industry converters industries that convert paper, paperboard, plastic film and foil materials into finished, printed packaging such as bags, pouches, labels, tags, folding cartons and corrugated shipping cases. The editor in chief was Mark Spaulding the editorial offices were located in Oak Brook, Illinois , USA. Mark Spaulding became the associate publisher editor in chief of http www.convertingquarterly.com CONVERTING QUARTERLY in September 2010. CONVERTING QUARTERLY is the official publication of the Assn. of International Metallizers, Coaters & Laminators, headquartered in Ft. Mill, SC. CONVERTING QUARTERLY is a new hybrid technical journal and B2B trade magazine with five Q&A technical columns and 8 12 technical articles in each issue. Content focuses on the web processing and finishing technologies of coating, laminating, vacuum coating and metallizing, slitting, rewinding, diecutting, flexographic and gravure printing. Converting columnist Dr. David R. Roisum is now a columnist with CONVERTING QUARTERLY , writing the Q&A column, Web Wise . Converting contributors Dr. Eldridge Mount, Dr. Edward Cohen, David Rumson and Dr. Charles Bishop are also now regular columnists with CONVERTING QUARTERLY. Established in 1983, Converting was published monthly. Common topics included equipment, material, and machinery case history feature articles, industry trends, business news, trade s ... more details
Image Roll Laminator Kit.jpg 300px thumb Roll Laminator Kit A heated roll laminator uses heated rollers to melt Adhesive glue extruded onto Laminate lamination film. This film is in turn applied to a Substrate printing substrate such as paper or Card stock card using pressure rollers. The primary purpose of laminating with such a machine is to embellish or protect Printing printed documents or images. Heated roll laminators can vary in size from office based pouch laminators to industrial sized machines. Such industrial machines are primarily used for high quantity quality output by printers or print finishers. Whether small office or industrial machines their primary function is to embellish or protect printed works. Such laminators are used to apply varying thicknesses of lamination film onto substrates such as paper or fabric s. The main advantage to the use of heated roll laminators is that of speed. Heated laminators use heated rollers or heated shoes to melt the glue which is applied to lamination film. The process of heating the glue prior to applying the film to a substrate allows for a faster application of the film. The laminates and adhesives used are generally cheaper to manufacture than cold roll laminates, oftentimes as much as half the cost depending on the comparison made. As the materials are non adhesive until exposed to heat, they are much easier to handle. The glue is solid at room temperature, so lamination of this type is less likely to shift or warp after its application than pressure activated laminates, which rely on a highly viscous, adhesive fluid. Film Roll laminators typically use two rolls to complete the lamination process, with one roll being on top and the other roll on the bottom. These rolls slide onto metal bars, known as mandrels, which are then placed in the machine and feed through it. In the United States, the most common core size found on lamination film is one inch 25 to 27 inch wide film . Larger format laminators use a la ... more details
, GBC ventured into the lamination business with the purchase of Virginia Laminating, a designer and manufacturer ... 1.4 million for research and development of new binding and laminating systems and shredders. GBC .... In 1991, the Film Products Division introduced a high speed commercial laminating system, which established ... million. Govi C. Reddy, 18 year GBC veteran and head of the laminating film division, stepped up ... more details
merge Flexible circuit date December 2010 Refimprove date June 2009 Image Olympus Stylus.jpg thumb 250px An Olympus Stylus camera without the case, showing the flex circuit assembly. Flexible electronics , also known as flex circuits , is a technology for assembling electronic circuit s by mounting electronic devices on flexible plastic Substrate materials science substrate s, such as polyimide , PEEK or LED Headliner transparent conductive Polyester ref D. Shavit The developments of LEDs and SMD Electronics on transparent conductive Polyester film, Vacuum International, 1 2007, S. 35 ff ref film. Additionally, flex circuits can be screen printing screen printed silver circuits on polyester . Flexible electronic assemblies may be manufactured using identical components used for rigid printed circuit board s, allowing the board to conform to a desired shape, or to flex during its use. These flexible printed circuits FPC are made with a photolithographic technology. An alternative way of making flexible foil circuits and or flexible flat cable s FFCs is laminating very thin 0.07 mm copper strips in between two layers of PET. These PET layers, typically 0.05 mm thick, are coated with an adhesive which is thermosetting, and will be activated during the lamination process. FPCs and FFCs have several advantages in many applications Tightly assembled electronic packages, where electrical connections are required in 3 axes, such as cameras static application . Electrical connections where the assembly is required to flex during its normal use, such as folding cell phones dynamic application . Electrical connections between sub assemblies to replace wire harnesses, which are heavier and bulkier, such as in cars, rocket s and satellites . Electrical connections where board thickness or space constraints are driving factors. Applications Flex circuits are often used as connectors in various applications where flexibility, space savings, or production constraints limi ... more details
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