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UV Flexo Press Eliminates Press Adjustments During Changeovers

(Archive)

April 18, 2005, ... and anilox cylinders. The Combat press is said to be capable of handling a wide range of substrates from paper, films, and foils to plastics. Carton production also is a possibility. Available with ...

GAA Calls for Entries for 2004 Golden Cylinder Awards

(News | New Products)

August 17, 2003, The Gravure Association of America is calling for entries for its 2004 Golden Cylinder Awards competition. Deadline for entries is 5 pm (EST) November 14, 2003. ROCHESTER, NY, USA—The Gravure Association ...

Why Cleaning is a Must in the Flexo Industry

(Equipment/Machines - Printing)

April 28, 2024, ... or sometimes impossible, to remove later. Be sure to clean printing plates, ink chambers, anilox rolls, sleeves or cylinders immediately after each job. Ingredients needed for a "picture-perfect" flexographic ...

Tension: The First Thing We Must Get Right

(Coating/Laminating)

April 14, 2024, ... to use draw control for stretchy webs and tension control for stiff webs. Brakes, clutches, cylinders or motors are used to provide tension. Slow speed processes that require high tension will often ...

Tension: The First Thing We Must Get Right

(Converting Expert)

April 08, 2024, ... and tension control for stiff webs.  Brakes, clutches, cylinders or motors are used to provide tension. Slow speed processes that require high tension will often use brakes. Medium speed /medium tension ...

Materials Lead The Way

(Web Handling)

November 26, 2023, ... via fourdrinier or cylinder or combinations is still the mainstay. Then nonwovens came into play. Then, add on nonwovens that spun out of papermaking such as airlaid which offers the prospect of ...

Gravure Print and Coating Quality Contenders

(Coating/Laminating)

November 08, 2023, ... reverse and gravure offset, etc. The gravure direct uses engraved anilox cylinders with various cell shapes, screens and depths to apply for example, lacquers and varnishes. Coat weight is determined by ...

Pearl Technologies Launches eCommerce Website

(News | New Products)

October 18, 2023, ... cylinders, adapters and other items.  Users can easily sign up for an account on the website.  Customers who use the site can access not only the 200-plus items, but also any other items they have purchased ...

Apex International Fuels Global Growth with Major Expansion of Headquarters and Production Facilities

(News | New Products)

July 12, 2023, ... The new building houses expanded areas for office functions, increased research and development spaces, and added manufacturing capacity for rotory screens, rotogravure cylinders, anilox rolls, and glue ...

Corona Treatment for Extrusion Coating and Laminating Production Lines

(Surface Prep)

June 18, 2023, ... to treat the plastic coating, usually LDPE, for further processing. This will determine the type of cooling cylinder used on the laminator based on the power rating. The key features of the corona treater ...

WestRock Plant Saves $100,000+ in First Year by Going Green

(News | New Products)

May 10, 2023, ... ABC and AIC (automatic impression cylinder cleaner) systems to Baldwin’s PREPAC®, which was the first such conversion of its kind. The conversion proved to deliver a faster wash, lowest start-up waste, ...

Unwind and Rewind Guides: Design and Installation Considerations

(White Paper)

March 21, 2023, ... to have a natural frequency between 8 Hz to 15 Hz. Actuator Type Legacy actuators for unwind and rewinds were hydraulic and at times pneumatic cylinders. However with the advances in controls and drives, ...

Treat. Cure. Clean. Repeat… With Baldwin at ICE Europe 2023

(News | New Products)

March 06, 2023, ... at ICE will include corona surface treatment systems, automated cylinder cleaning systems, LED-UV curing, roto-spray systems, and technologies for color management and defect detection. Common to all the ...

Winding: Part 4

(Web Handling)

March 05, 2023, ... PLC tags for process variables. Use trend charts to document shifts in process capability (Figure 4). Establish required preventative activities for weekly, monthly and annual checks. Check cylinders ...

Winding: Part 3 - Tension, Nip and Torque

(Web Handling)

January 22, 2023, ...  One should calculate tension if no load cells are in place. For a dancer system, solve for the force in the plane of the web based on cylinder area, air pressure and mechanical geometry. In order to ...

Winding Part 3: Tension, Nip and Torque

(Converting Expert)

January 16, 2023, ...  One should calculate tension if no load cells are in place. For a dancer system, solve for the force in the plane of the web based on cylinder area, air pressure and mechanical geometry. In order to ...

Precision Anilox are the Foundation of the Printing Process

(Equipment/Machines - Printing)

June 12, 2022, ... the anilox is a method used to provide a measured amount of ink to a flexographic printing plate. An anilox can be a solid cylinder or sleeve and is coated with an industrial ceramic. The surface is then ...

How tesa’s Single-use Tape Offerings Can Improve Printing Operations

(Coating/Laminating)

February 20, 2022, ... adhesive packages bond to sleeves, cylinders, and plates as securely as possible during printing, eliminating edge lift and air bubbles. And, when the job is done, tesa® Softprint removes easily. Since ...

A Guide to Selecting the Optimal Water-Based Primer for Extrusion Coating and Extrusion Lamination Applications

(Surface Prep)

November 28, 2021, ... via smooth roll, gravure cylinder, Meyer rod, spray coating, or a flexographic printing press. Also, knowing whether the primer will be applied inline or offline may also play a part in your primer selection. ...

Web Guides: The Evolution of Monitoring and The Need for Knowledge

(Web Handling)

October 17, 2021, ... cylinder as an actuator for applications that require higher amounts of thrust (wide web applications, terminal guides and some older narrow web guide systems).  The advances in electromechanical actuators ...