We had occasion to process a moderately thin (.009”) and expensive, clear PTFE film. This film was to be used as component to a part that was, in turn, to be used in a sealed environment. Among the specifications was a requirement that the materials should not emit VOC’s above a certain level. The film

NAICS and SIC numerical designations are a commonly used means by which potential customers can seek out likely vendors for the products they need. A person can look through the NAICS or SIC listings and find the designation that most closely matches what they seek, and then use that number to search for a vendor.

Flame lamination is a technique that is often used to laminate flexible materials (usually fabrics) to foams and, in some cases, lofted non-woven polyesters (as might be seen used as quilting batting). The technique involves impinging an open flame directly onto the foam, thereby creating a thin, viscous, molten tacky layer (with a relatively short

Pressure sensitive adhesives are one commonly used method to create laminates. Though not always providing the best of bonds, it has value in situations where the substrates to be laminated require a comparatively benign approach. Pressure sensitives (often called peel-and-stick adhesives or psa’s) can be had in roll form, in a range of formulations and

Dal-Bac Manufacturing Co., Inc. Announces ISO 9001:2008 Certification Dal-Bac Manufacturing Co., Inc. is proud to announce it is now certified as an ISO 9001:2008, Quality Management Systems compliant organization. This certification is accredited by SAI Global of Cleveland, OH. ISO 9000 is a family of standards related to quality management systems and designed to help

The lamination of two materials that have different thicknesses can pose special problems. Many types of laminating equipment employ nip rollers to bring the different substrates together at the moment of lamination. When one or both of the materials wrap around a nip roller, and the material has comparative thickness, the feed length of that

Web tension is almost invariably a critical parameter when laminating soft and flexible materials. Any type of processing that involves unwinding a material from a roll, performing some operation on that material (printing, perforating, laminating. etc.) and then rewinding it again is called web converting. The “web” is that portion of the material that has