American converter, Worthen has completed the installation of a 1920mm Vetaphone VE1B corona treater for its specially adapted coating lines at two of its sites.
Jeff Gagnon, ACP business unit manager said, ‘The quality of our coating process requires treatment performance with superior dyne levels without creating pinholes, across a range of substrates from foam run at 30 ft/min to films and fabrics at 300 ft/min.’ Also part of the promise was that Worthen could run thicker materials, like 1/8” closed cell foam without any drop in production speed.
The initial installation at the company’s Nashua, New Hampton, was so successful that the company then installed an identical unit at another of its production facilities, and according to Mr Gagnon, is looking at adding a second Vetaphone corona treater in Nashua to enable the company to develop new opportunities in lamination applications.
Mr Gangon added, ‘Cleaning and maintenance is simple with Vetaphone’s sliding cartridge system, and this is really useful when your working space is limited.’
As well as coating and custom adhesives, the company offers converting, film extrusion, web coating, private labelling, and toll manufacturing. All are carried out with a close eye on sustainability, and the company’s environmental management system has recently received ISO 14001 certification. The list of products produced at the Nashua plant includes: medical films, foams and fabrics; various types of tape from automotive to carpet applications; hot melts, custom coated PSAs; fibreglass; and synthetic leather. Flexible substrates handled include: urethane, polyolefin, and polyester, woven and non-woven textiles, cross linked foams, and felt and paper, all of which give a clear indication of Worthen’s need for quality assurance.
