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November 15, 2018
By: DAVID SAVASTANO
Editor, Ink World Magazine
AMETEK Brookfield Middleboro, MA, USA 508-946-6200 www.brookfieldengineering.com MA-MID.sales@ametek.com • DV2T Viscometer The DV2 offers continuous sensing and data display and an easy-to-read display. Offering multiple language choices, the user interface has three hot keys for quick access to spindle selection and test speed. The operator can customize the display, choosing which number appears larger on the screen based on their operational preferences. Blade Depot, Div. of Norstone, Inc. Bridgeport, PA USA 484-684-6986 www.bladedepot.net sales@norstoneinc.com • Polyblade HS The Blade Depot is now offering a very aggressive Polyblade HS with both pumping scoops and wedged teeth for high shear and pumping. Excellent for high viscosity pastes and low viscosity fluids, it is symmetrical so it can be flipped over to dual life, highly resistant to wear, doesn’t bend or break, and doesn’t sharpen with use. Free trial on sizes 14” and smaller. • Polyblade D-HS The Blade Depot is now offering an easy to clean aggressive Polyblade D-HS with both pumping scoops and diamond shaped teeth for high shear and pumping. Excellent for high viscosity pastes and low viscosity fluids, symmetrical so it can be flipped over to dual life, highly resistant to wear, doesn’t bend or break, and doesn’t sharpen with use. Easy to clean for frequent color changes. Free trial on sizes 14” and smaller. Charles Ross & Son Company Hauppauge, NY, USA 631-234-0500 www.mixers.com mail@mixers.com • ROSS VersaMix Model VMC-1 and Discharge System Model DS-1 ROSS introduces a new mixing and discharging turnkey system capable of extruding finished product into strands. The ROSS VersaMix Model VMC-1 and Discharge System Model DS-1 are mounted on a common bench and supplied with two vessels – one for mixing and one for extrusion. At the end of the batching procedure, while the mixing vessel is in the raised position, the finished product is transferred into the extrusion vessel positioned below the mix vessel. EIT Instrument Markets Leesburg, VA, USA 703-478-0700 www.eit.com uv@eit.com • LEDCure/LEDCure Profiler The LEDCure is now available in L395, L385 and L365 bands The LEDCure is available in standard and profiling versions. Each band features EIT’s patented total measured optical response. • EIT PowerMAP II The EIT PowerMAP II is 6% smaller than the original Power Map. It has a VSG download and works with the new PowerView III software. Flexart Laguna Hills, CA, USA 949-595-0538 www.dynepens.com sales@dynepens.com • Dyne Test Pens We are a manufacturer of Dyne Test Pens and Quick Check Poly/Dyne 38-40. All pens are manufactured daily here in the US. Formulator & ColorTec Software Clifton, NJ, USA 908-735-2248 ext. 26 www.forumlatorus.com sales@formulatorus.com • Formulator Regulator Version 5.5. 1225 The Formulator Regulator Version 5.5. 1225 adds regional GHS compliant SDS features. • Formulator Version 5.5. 1225 The Formulator Version 5.5. 1225 adds multiple features and functions for ink chemists. Grinding Media Depot, Div. of Norstone, Inc. Bridgeport, PA, USA 484-684-6986 grindingmediadepot.com sales@grindingmediadepot.com • Grinding Media The Grinding Media Depot offers a full range of medias used in the ink industry including high-density steels, all densities of ceramics and low-density glass and polymers such as polystyrene, polyamide and polycarbonate. Exotics are also offered like tungsten carbide, silicon carbide and silicon nitride. Harper Corporation of America Charlotte, NC, USA 704-588-3371 www.harperimage.com customer@harperimage.com • QD Multi Process Proofing System The most well rounded functional full process testing proofer and flatbed printer offered to provide users at all levels of printing applications a tool to decrease costs and increase overall profits. The QD proofer can be used by hand or with a QD flatbed table. NETZSCH Premier Technologies Exton, PA, USA 484-879-2020 www.netzsch.com/gd info.npt@netzsch.com • NEOS Milling System The NEOS milling system with agitator cooling capabilities allows users to obtain maximum performance, product quality and efficiency. With the use of extremely small grinding media, users can achieve required product quality with high production output for all ink applications. Novomatics GmbH Montabaur, Germany +49-2602-919-9622 www.novomatics.com solutions@novomatics.de • AlphaTack Plus The AlphaTack Plus is a high precision, operator-independent tack measuring instrument, allowing quick tack determination with high accuracy and reproducibility and unique short- and long-term stability. It provides automatic tack and temperature calibration and cleans in a few seconds. • LithoTack II The LithoTack II is based on AlphaTack Plus and is like two instruments in one: enhanced tack measuring instrument and water balance analyzer for thin ink films. It provides testing in a few minutes and characterization/optimizing of water emulsification of products quickly. Paul N. Gardner Company, Inc. Pompano Beach, FL, USA 954-946-8454 www.gardco.com gardner@gardco.com • 10-20 Digital Ink Rub Tester The Digital Ink Rub Tester is designed to measure scuffing or rubbing resistance. Several tests can be performed including dry rub (the amount of transfer ink from one dry surface to another), wet rub (the amount of transfer of ink from wetted surface to another), wet bleed or transfer (ink transfer to a water-saturated blotter), wet smear (similar to wet bleed with the addition of rub cycles), and functional rub/wet rub (smear or transfer tests using a liquid other than water and hot abrasion). Q-Lab Corporation Westlake, OH, USA 440-835-8700 www.q-lab.com info@q-lab.com • Universal Calibrator The Universal Calibrator system (UC) is a handheld device for calibrating temperature and irradiance across all Q-Lab weathering chambers. It utilizes inexpensive, modular and disposable “smart sensors” to simplify calibrations and dramatically lower operating costs over competing approaches. RK PrintCoat Instruments Ltd Royston, UK +44 (0) 1763 852187 www.rkprint.com Sales@rkprint.com • VCML Lab Pilot Coater With the ability to print, coat and laminate all types of flexible webs by multiple application processes, RK’s VCML is ideal for product development, quality control or small-scale production for low volumes of specialized products. Various options available include slot die, rotary screen, gravure, flexo, hot air drying with the ability to add flash sintering and plasma treaters. Schold Manufacturing Chicago, IL, USA 708-458-3788 https://schold.com/ schold@schold.com • Schold LMX Bench-Top Disperser Introducing the Schold LMX bench-top disperser. Its compact, rugged design is ideal for laboratory testing or the mixing of pilot batch sizes. Quiet but powerful, the LMX is unlike any mixer of its kind. Learn more at scholdlmx.com. • Schold VHS High-Speed Disperser Schold’s high-speed disperser can be customized to exact specifications. When operated on its own, the VHS disperser is ideal for dispersions up to 50,000 centipoises. When configured within Schold’s multi-shaft mixers, it can process dispersions upwards of 1,000,000 centipoises. Sigma Equipment Corp. White Plains, NY, USA 914-682-1820 www.sigmaUS.com info@sigmaUS.com • Model RM-2.5 Laboratory Roll Mill The Model RM-2.5 Lab Roll Mill is a bench top machine suitable for small test batches. Rolls are 2.5” diameter x 5 inches long and available in either stainless or hardened steel. STR Industries Centerreach, NY, USA 800-439-1453 strindustries.com info@strindustries.com • STR Industries’ Grinding Media Grinding media plays a significant role in these tough economic times, and paint and ink manufacture need to make changes in operation to utilizing, equipment and staff to their fullest. STR can create a cost-effective and efficient supply chain model for thousands of companies. Individuals at STR are flexible and creative as they can adjust quickly to customer’s needs. With the integration of STR’s systems, customers manufacturing can run at maximum efficiency. Call us for a quote or engineering analyses at 800-439-1453.
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