Supplier News - November 2011

According to Avery Dennison, until this development, diecutting liner with calipers below 23 microns was virtually impossible. With conventional kiss-cutting, the die can cut through the liner and cause operational and quality problems during converting and dispensing. To address this challenge, ThinStream separates the face stock from the liner before diecutting, cuts the label shape through the adhesive, and then reassembles the label. In order to make a clean cut, the machine uses a cold die unit, which is kept below freezing to prevent the adhesive sticking to the die.