2003 PLACE Conference and the Global Hot Melt Symposium

DC & AC MOTORS AND DRIVES: THE BASICS

Joseph P. Abraham

DC & AC MOTORS AND DRIVES: THE GREAT DEBATE

Joseph P. Abraham

REDUCING ANTIBLOCK AND POLYMER PROCESSING AID INTERACTIONS FOR IMPROVED

BLOWN FILM MELT FRACTURE ELIMINATION
Stephen E. Amos and Don Deutsch

MATERIALS & APPLICATIONS: SPECIALTY RESINS

INK MANAGEMENT: FOR PLASTIC FILMS

David Argent

NEW PROCESSING STABILIZERS FOR POLYPROPYLENE

Henry C. Ashton

THE USE OF CALCIUM CARBONATE IN POLYOLEFIN FILM: TAPPI TUTORIAL PROGRAM

Robert A. Baker

WHAT SUPPLIERS NEED TO KNOW: A BRIEF COURSE IN FOOD CHEMISTRY

Barbara Blakistone

S-BOPP-FILM ENHANCEMENT BY LINEAR MOTOR SIMULTANEOUS STRETCHING TECH-

NOLOGY
Jürgen Breil

HIGH BARRIER PACKAGING: YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW

Aaron L. Brody and Gene Strupinsky

BLOWN FILM BUBBLE INSTABILITY INDUCED BY FABRICATION CONDITIONS

Thomas I. Butler

POLYPROPYLENE FILM COMPARISONS FROM SEQUENTIAL AND SIMULTANEOUS TENTER

BOPP PROCESSES
R. Neil Campbell

FILM CASTING OF A LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE MELT

Kathleen Canning

RESIN AND MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION EFFECTS ON EXTRUSION COATING OF

POLYPROPYLENE
Amanda M. Chatterjee

POLY(ETHYLENE CARBONATE) AS LOW TEMPERATURE DECOMPOSITION AND HIGH

OXYGEN BARRIER PACKAGING MATERIAL
Xiaomao Chen, Joseph G. Sant’Angelo and Michael P. Hurley
GLOBAL TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN CONVERTING
Andrew W. Christie

TEMPERATURE SWITCHABLE MEMBRANES FOR CREATING AND MAINTAINING BENEFI-

CIAL PACKAGE ATMOSPHERES FOR FRESH PRODUCE
Raymond Clarke

ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE ASSISTED SILICA DEPOSITION ON POLYMER FILMS AND

METALLIC

THE WAY TO OBTAIN A UNIVERSAL SURFACE

Panos Cocolios, François Coeuret, Jean-Louis Gelot, Alain Villermet, Echkard Prinz and Frank
Förster

FUNDAMENTALS OF POLYETHYLENE
Jim Cooper

PAPER, FILM AND FOIL PRIMERS FOR EXTRUSION COATING

Virginia P. Cushing and Fred M. Singer

TUTORIAL ON STABILIZATION
Leonard H. Davis

HIGH VELOCITY FLAME SURFACE TREATMENT: EFFECT OF INTENSITY, FUEL MIX, AND
WEB SPEED ON SURFACE ENERGY
Christopher H. Douglas, John A. Demeter and Galel W. Sanchez

RHEOLOGY 101: SHEAR VISCOSITY, ELONGATIONAL VISCOSITY

BASIC ORIENTATION: EFFECTS IN BLOWN FILM EXTRUSION - BASIC CONCEPT FOR

IMPROVING MD TEAR

WANT TO HEAR A GOOD JOKE? PELLET MELT INDEX!

Ray Edwards, Bruce A. Gillespie and Natti S. Rao

YOUR ANILOX ROLL – PART OF THE “WINNING COMBINATION"

Lloyd E. Field

INTRODUCTION TO POLYMER PROCESSING ADDITIVES

Glen M. Giacoletto

SAFETY: THE REALLY SHORT COURSE

LAMINATION STUDY OF INK JET MEDIA

Tom Graczyk and Boping Xie

MOLECULAR SIEVES: UNIQUE MOISTURE AND ODOR-TASTE CONTROL MATERIALS

David Hajdu, Thomas J. Dangieri and Stephen R. Dunne

DOWNGAUGE PAPER OVERWRAP FILMS USING MLLDPE BLENDS

Richard W. Halle
AN ALTERNATIVE TO MPE’S AND ULDPE’S FOR PACKAGING APPLICATIONS
Amy B. Hitchcock

EXTRUSION ANOMALIES PLATE - OUT

Dwight A. Holtzen and J. A. Musiano

DYNAMARTM PPA POLYMER PROCESSING ADDITIVES: FLUOROPOLYMER PROCESSING

ADDITIVES LOOKING BEYOND MELT FRACTURE
John Horns

ITEMS OFTEN OVERLOOKED WHEN INSTALLING AN EXTRUSION COATING LINE

Brice T. Hunnicutt

COMMON SENSE TROUBLESHOOTING

Jan Ivey

BLOWN FILM: EQUIPMENT AND OPERATION

JUDICIOUS ADDITIVE SELECTION IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH DIFFERENT GOALS

R. E. King III

“STABILIZATION OF GAMMA IRRADIATED HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE”

R. E. King III

COEXTRUSION

PERMEATION PROCESSES IN BARRIERS AND MEMBRANES: COMPLEMENTARY

DIFFERENCES
W. J. Koros

METALLIZED BIAXIALLY ORIENTED POLYPROPYLENE - ADVANCES IN BARRIER

INTEGRITY
M. L. Kullberg and T. R. Mueller

COATING-SYSTEMS WITH IMMANENT PRECISION

Gerd Kupfer

PROCESSING VARIABLES AND THE SCALING PARAMETERS IN BLOWN FILM EXTRUSION

Tae H. Kwack

THE BEHAVIOR OF BIMODAL POLYETHYLENE IN EXTRUSION COATING

Erkki Laiho and Jarno Ahvenlammi

TITANIUM DIOXIDE TIO2 FUNDAMENTALS

William H. Lashway

IMPACT OF RECYCLING ON STABILIZER PERFORMANCE

Robert E. Lee and Jeffrey Schumm

PRINTING PRESS REQUIREMENTS FOR WATER-BASED PRINTING ON PLASTIC FILMS -

FILM PRESSES
Steven F. Lekan
ASSESSMENT OF METALLOCENE PROPYLENE POLYMERS FOR CAST FILM APPLICATIONS
C. Y. Lin, M. C. Chen and A. K. Mehta

EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON THE SLIP AND BLOCKING OF POLYOLEFINS CONTAINING

VARIOUS FATTY ACID AMIDES
A. J. Maltby and M. Read

THE EFFECTS OF POLYOLEFIN FORMULATION AND PROCESSING VARIABLES ON SLIP

AGENT PERFORMANCE (I)
Adam Maltby

FROM COMMODITIES TO HIGH TECHNOLOGY: HISTORY AND FUTURE OF A SUCCESSFUL

CHANGE
Bruno Marin

EXTRUSION COATING SPECIALTY RESINS

Scott B. Marks

INSTRUMENTING THE ELMENDORF TEAR TEST

C. N. Marzinsky, A. Lustiger and S. Ling

HISTORICAL REVIEW OF PLC INNOVATIONS

Clifford Maxwell

GLOBAL BUSINESS CONDITIONS: 1999-2000

John J. McDevitt

BONDING IN COEXTRUSION: THE ROLE OF TIE LAYERS

Myers: Film Extrusion Primer
Audrey M. Myers

“THE FINE ART OF PRESSURIZED GRAVURE COATING – PGH”

Lee A. Ostness

ANTIOXIDANTS IN PLASTIC PACKAGED MATERIALS

Andreas M. Papas

COF AND BLOCKING IN MLLDPE FILM: "WHY DON'T MY RECIPES WORK?"

Prakash Patel and Nilesh Savargaonkar

PREDICTING THE ONSET OF INTERFACIAL INSTABILITIES IN COEXTRUSION FLOWS

John Perdikoulias, Martin Zatloukal and Costas. Tzoganakis

INTRODUCTION TO EXTRUSION COATING EQUIPMENT FOR ENGINEERS

Louis Piffer

DISPERSION PROBLEMS? THE HOW AND WHY!

Natti S. Rao, Ray Edwards and Bruce Foster

EXPERIENCE WITH A NEW DISPERSIVE MIXER

Chris Rauwendaal, Antoine Rios, Tim Osswald, Paul Gramann, Bruce Davis, Maria del P. Noriega
and Omar A. Estrada
SOMETIMES I NEED COLOR: A PRACTICAL VIEW
Eric Reger

ANTIBLOCK BASICS: WHAT SHOULD I USE FOR MY APPLICATION

Eric Reger

EFFECT OF CALCIUM CARBONATE PROPERTIES ON THE REINFORCEMENT OF HMW-HDPE

FILM
F. A. Ruiz

A COMPARISON OF PRIMER COATING AND CALCIUM CARBONATE ADDITION METHODS

OF ACHIEVING LDPE COATING ADHESION TO CLAY-COATED BOARD
F. A. Ruiz

INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES IN HIGH BARRIER PACKAGING - PANEL DISCUSSION

Mohan Sasthav

THE FINE ART OF REMOISTURIZATION STEAM HUMIDIFICATION FOR

REMOISTURIZATION AND FLATNESS CONTROL
L.Wolfgang Schaps

ACTIVE BARRIER PACKAGING A TECHNOLOGY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

William A. Scholl

INDUSTRIAL PACKAGING FILMS MADE USING NEW POLYETHYLENE PROCESS TECHNOL-

OGY
Peter A. Sipos and Gil A. Arnold

THE ROLE OF HEAT STABILIZERS IN FLEXIBLE PVC

Michael E. Skladany

PROCESSING TRENDS OF METALLOCENE LINEAR LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES AND

THEIR INFLUENCE ON SINGLE SCREW DESIGN
K. R. Slusarz, C. A. Ronaghan and J. P. Christiano

CORONA TREATING AND THE PRINTING PROCESS

John Smallshaw

GLOBAL DEMANDS AND TRENDS IN PACKAGING

Richard W. Somerville

THE EFFECT OF FLIGHT RADII SIZE ON THE PERFORMANCE OF SINGLE-SCREW EXTRUD-

ERS
Mark A. Spalding, Joseph Dooley, and Kun Sup Hyun

CONTROL OF MELT TEMPERATURE ON SINGLE SCREW EXTRUDERS

Edward L. Steward

AN OVERVIEW OF OPTICAL BRIGHTENERS FOR COPOLYESTER EXTRUSION PAPER

COATING APPLICATIONS
Johnny F. Suthers
BENEFITS OF COEXTRUDED LLDPE / LDPE FILM VS. BLENDED LLDPE / LDPE FILM
Joe Taylor and Jae Jin Baik

METHODS FOR TESTING HIGH BARRIER MATERIALS

Michael L. Troedel

PREDICTION OF TEMPERATURE PROFILES ACROSS COATING AND SUBSTRATE IN THE

NIP
Yves Trouilhet and Barry A. Morris

TEAR OF POLYOLEFIN FILMS

Andy H. Tsou

OPTIMIZATION OF THE FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING PROCESS

Steven M. Utschig

HIGHLY EFFICIENT ADDITIVE PACKAGES CONTAINING SYNTHETIC SILICA ANTI-BLOCK-

ING AIDS FOR POLYPROPYLENE FILMS
Gonda Van Essche and Andreas Schmidt

ANTISTATS
Leonard Walp

PLASTOMERS AND OTHER SPECIALTY COPOLYMERS FOR EXTRUSION COATING AND

LAMINATING
David R. Weisinger

CONVECTION AIR DRYER SIZING AND SECTION OF NOZZLE DESIGN/SPACING

Richard J. Wimberger

PP ON THE MOVE FOR CAST AND BLOWN FILM TECHNOLOGIES / APPLICATIONS: AN

EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE
Anton Wolfsberger

THE INFLUENCE OF POLYMER PROCESSING ADDITIVES (PPAS) ON THE SURFACE AND

OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYOLEFIN PLASTOMER BLOWN FILM
Susan S. Woods and Alphonsus V. Pocius

BASIC BLOWN FILM EXTRUSION TROUBLESHOOTING: ASK AN EXPERT

Jeff Wooster

FUNDAMENTALS OF POLYOLEFINS: STRUCTURE/PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS FOR

ETHYLENE POLYMERS

INTRODUCTION OF TIE LAYERS IN COEXTRUSION

Dean A. Zimmerman