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Converters (industry)

Index Converters (industry)

Converting companies are companies that specialize in combining raw materials such as polyesters, adhesives, silicone, adhesive tapes, foams, plastics, felts, rubbers, liners and metals, as well as other materials, to create new products. [1]

18 relations: Adhesive tape, Coating, Converting (magazine), Curtain coating, Die (manufacturing), Flexography, Label, Paper, Plastic film, Pneumatic web guides, Polyester, Radio-frequency identification, Release liner, Roll slitting, Rotogravure, Silicone, Vacuum forming, Web-guiding systems.

Adhesive tape

Adhesive tape refers to any one of a variety of combinations of backing materials coated with an adhesive.

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Coating

A coating is a covering that is applied to the surface of an object, usually referred to as the substrate.

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Converting (magazine)

Converting was a trade publication and Website owned by Reed Business Information serving the information needs of 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.

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Curtain coating

Curtain coating is a process that creates an uninterrupted curtain of fluid that falls onto a substrate.

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Die (manufacturing)

A die is a specialized tool used in manufacturing industries to cut or shape material mostly using a press.

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Flexography

Flexography (often abbreviated to flexo) is a form of printing process which utilizes a flexible relief plate.

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Label

A label (as distinct from signage) is a piece of paper, plastic film, cloth, metal, or other material affixed to a container or product, on which is written or printed information or symbols about the product or item.

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Paper

Paper is a thin material produced by pressing together moist fibres of cellulose pulp derived from wood, rags or grasses, and drying them into flexible sheets.

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Plastic film

Plastic film is a thin continuous polymeric material.

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Pneumatic web guides

A Web is a term used in the Converting Industry that refers to continuous rolls of thin, flat materials like paper, film and plastic.

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Polyester

Polyester is a category of polymers that contain the ester functional group in their main chain.

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Radio-frequency identification

Radio-frequency identification (RFID) uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects.

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Release liner

A release liner is a paper or plastic-based film sheet (usually applied during the manufacturing process) used to prevent a sticky surface from prematurely adhering.

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Roll slitting

Roll slitting is a shearing operation that cuts a large roll of material into narrower rolls.

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Rotogravure

Rotogravure (roto or gravure for short) is a type of intaglio printing process, which involves engraving the image onto an image carrier.

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Silicone

Silicones, also known as polysiloxanes, are polymers that include any inert, synthetic compound made up of repeating units of siloxane, which is a chain of alternating silicon atoms and oxygen atoms, combined with carbon, hydrogen, and sometimes other elements.

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Vacuum forming

Vacuum forming is a simplified version of thermoforming, where a sheet of plastic is heated to a forming temperature, stretched onto a single-surface mold, and forced against the mold by a vacuum.

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Web-guiding systems

Web-guiding systems are used in the converting industry to position flat materials, known as webs, before processing.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Converters_(industry)

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