Label Release Liner Report: Developments, Innovations and Challenges

Innovation in web drying
Gene Plavnik, president, Heat Technologies, presented a real technology innovation of particular interest in labelstock lamination. His company’s U.S.-patented, proven Spectra HE™ ultra drying system employs advanced convective heat and mass transfer technology—drying, curing, cooling, and heating—enhanced by strong acoustic oscillations. In projects involving coating, converting and other inline processes, Plavnik showed how a 50” long drying unit using Spectra HE technology can replace a traditional 56-foot-long dryer, and will use only 13 percent of the energy consumed by its predecessor. Heat Technologies offer complete design and manufacturing for individual installation projects.