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RECORD NUMBER: 54 OF 69Main Title | Solvent-Based to Waterbased Adhesive-Coated Substrate Retrofit. Volume 3. Label Manufacturing Case Study, Nashua Corporation. | |||||||||||
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Author | McMinn, B. W. ; Snow, W. S. ; Bowman, D. T. ; | |||||||||||
CORP Author | TRC Environmental Corp., Chapel Hill, NC.;Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Office of Research and Development. | |||||||||||
Publisher | Dec 95 | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1995 | |||||||||||
Report Number | EPA-68-D2-0181; EPA/600/R-95/011C; | |||||||||||
Stock Number | PB96-180450 | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Industrial plants ; Adhesives ; Process charting ; Manufacturing ; Facilities management ; Operation and maintenance ; Retrofitting ; Equipment ; Substrates ; Coating processes ; Labels ; Pollution abatement ; Waste streams ; Emissions ; Performance standards ; Alternatives ; Cleaning ; Costs ; Factor analysis ; Technology transfer ; Water based products ; Pollution prevention | |||||||||||
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Collation | 64p | |||||||||||
Abstract | This volume discusses Nashua Corporation's Omaha facility, a label and label stock manufacturing facility that no longer uses solvent-based adhesives. Chapter 1 gives background information related to Nashua's conversion efforts, including market profile, process description, and a general description of its conversion efforts. Chapter 2 identifies Nashua's motivations for converting its solvent-based operations to waterbased adhesives. Chapter 3 briefly describes the marketing factors that affected the process conversion. Chapter 4 identifies the various raw material issues, including costs, involved in the process conversion. Chapter 5 details the process equipment issues of the conversion, including specific equipment impacts, costs, vendor selection, and maintenance. Chapter 6 discusses the adhesive product performance requirements. Chapter 8 summarizes the conclusions. |