ETI Converting Equipment, a Canadian company specialized in multifunctional in-line coating and printing equipment, announces its presence at Labelexpo Brussels. ETI will demonstrate its Mini-Cohesio machine. Designed with some unique features such as short length (7,3 m/24 ft), two unwind for facestock and liner, silicone applicator, adhesive coating station, register system to synchronize the lamination of two pre-printed web, the Mini-Cohesio is available in 330 mm (13 po.).

The Mini-Cohesio is also equipped with the high speed rotary die-cutting unit, the Pellicut, allowing to die-cut on very thin liner polyester film (.72 mil) or SCK or glassine paper (20 lb). The machine can also produce linerless material.

The Mini-Cohesio can convert any type of paper, board or film into self-adhesive material or labels using different adhesive technologies: standard hotmelt, UV curable hotmelt acrylic and water based emulsion adhesive. The machine can be offered with in-line printing capabilities.

ETI will also present a pattern hotmelt coater. This unit allows variable repeat from 406 mm (16”) to 812 mm (32”) with automatic register and very accurate pre-register to minimize the waste. This unit also allows full web coating at 150 m/min with accurate coat weight control as low as 5 gr/sqm. It provides label makers with new opportunities such as: adhesive spots, coupons and special adhesive forms, including laser sheets.

Recently, ETI has developed a new coating head capable of applying as little as 12 grams (½ mil) of UV hotmelt adhesive, as well as regular hotmelt, on 520 mm (20 ½”) width at 150m/min (500 ft/min). This new coating head gives a perfect clear/clear label without any marks or stripes. ETI will feature live demonstrations of the Mini-Cohesio during the four days of the show in Brussels. Demonstrations will be held daily, every hour.