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byAlma Abell

The human race is rapidly going through the 21st century, a century where new technologies are being introduced every day with the intention to make everyone’s lives easier and better. From all aspects of life thing are improving, working, socializing, eating and drinking, everything has a way in order to get better.

Drinking is a pastime in which humanity won’t exactly forget anytime soon, but recently the drinks market has been inundated with wasteful, un-economic products that simply ruin our planet and our drinking possibilities. But not anymore. Since the introduction of the drinking fountain, people have been trying to find better ways in order to get the drink you want, fresh, and in an instant. Cue the invention of the fountain tower, a little piece of engineering that everyone can recognize. There’s one in almost every convenience store, every cinema, lots of restaurants and all over the world. These Fountain towers are revolutionizing the drink industry, for the better.

They are Economical

Fountain Towers represent the most economical drink system for both the retailer and the customer. Giving the customer more soda for their money and the retailer a higher profit margin than before. It really is a win-win situation for everyone involved in this process.

They are High Quality

Drinking from a fountain dispenser will give the customer a very different experience from those who drink from constrainers. The drink from the tower is always fresh, giving a better quality tasting product. While on the other hand drinking from contained drinks, such as bottled or canned, can massively reduce the quality of the drink in question, as it likely sat on a shelf for a couple days, week, or even months.

They are Environmentally Friendly

Using a fountain tower system in your establishment can help you help the environment. These machines help reduce the amount of waste from shelved drinks, like cans and plastic bottles. This helps the environment as less the 1/3 of plastic bottles are ever recycled. Also, it helps reduce transport pollution and costs due to not having to carry loads of physical drinks. Now, you only need to order bag-in-box (BIB) drinks.

By using one of these systems in your establishment you can make a big difference. You will give your customers a better quality drink, a cheaper drink, and most importantly an environmentally friendly place to drink. With all these positives beginning to surround the subject it’s only a matter of time before every store, restaurant and bar has one of these amazing systems on display.

Join the 21st century and look into getting a fountain tower system for your business today. Contact Lancer Corporation at 210-310-7000.

bytimothyharvard

From paper towels, tissues and filter papers to wallpapers, packing papers and corrugated boxes, many paper products can only fulfill their expected functions satisfactorily if they demonstrate adequate wet strength. What is a wet strength? The ability of paper to maintain a pre-determined strength—up to 50% of the dry paper strength, depending upon the application—after being saturated with a water solution is termed “wet strength.”

Wet strength is especially important to the adequate performance of paper bags and containerboard products that are expected to transport foods or beverages which will cause the packaging to get wet due to the moisture content of the food itself, changes in temperature that induce melting and condensation, or environmental exposure to moisture. Minimizing the risk of packaging failure is critical to maintain product integrity throughout the handling timeline and to avoid risk to ultimate customer satisfaction.

Development of Wet Strength Resins

Originally, wet strength enhancement was accomplished by adding resorcinol-formaldehyde products to the starch used in the papermaking process, but these additives were difficult to prepare and had other negative implications. Requiring acid pH conditions and the presence of alum in the papermaking process, formaldehyde-based resins, however, are still widely used for applications where extremely high wet strength is required.

Over the years, technology involving the use of resins to provide wet strength to paper goods has become more sensitive to reliability and production-time concerns. Currently, ketone formaldehyde are used to deliver wet strength and to mitigate the problems associated with the high temperatures at which the starch would gel as well as unstable viscosity issues. These wet strength resins are known as “thermosetting,” which means they mix with the starch and harden (gel) with the application of heat.

Watch Those Ratios!

The efficacy of wet strength resins varies from manufacturer to manufacturer and is a function of several content-related ratios.Percent of solids content—Low solid content yields poor performing adhesive, a problem that cannot be overcome simply by adding more resin to the adhesive.

* Percent of free formaldehyde present—Some formaldehyde reduction efforts may increase attraction to water, defeating the purpose of the wet strength resin technology.

* Length of time to gelatinize—Resins should facilitate a finite, short gel time to maximize water resistance.

* Resin reactivity with starch—Good chemical reactivity enhances the production process

* The take-away reminder here is that cheaper is not always better!

For a manufacturer of highly effective and widely used wet strength resins, visit rapidbond.net. A well-established, multinational expert in the corrugated and packaging industry, Rapid Bond delivers knowledgeable, professional client care and only the best in systems, equipment and chemicals for all of your packaging needs.