Measuring

Differential Rewinding: Part Three

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December 31, 2002, ... by nonuniform machining, assembly, lubrication, or wear. I strongly recommend measuring your differential shaft's variability using a spring scale. Differential shaft suppliers should be able to answer ...

GretagMacbeth Rolls Out Enterprise Color-Management Program

(News | New Products)

November 07, 2002, ... 2) ECM Control; 3) ECM Communicate; and 4) ECM Compliance." Co. says Measure and Control focus no more conventional spectrophotometers and software for measuring/controlling color, while the most recent ...

Release Liners: A Worldwide Special ReportReducing Silicone Mist

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October 31, 2002, ... and the methods to measure them, differ from the Industrial Hygiene guideline and accepted methods for measuring worker exposure. Every method has shown some utility but also some limitations. Each attempts ...

In the Converting Industry, an Audit Can Be a Good Thing

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October 31, 2002, ... of polyester/aluminum foil/PE. He knows the weight of the rolls of foil that arrive in the plant. He also knows the number of square feet of laminate he makes containing the foil. By measuring the amount ...

Products

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October 31, 2002, ... automated splicing, tension control, web inspection, and more. System Measures Blown Film On-Line Plast-Control, Newburyport, MA; 570/223-9867; plastcontrol.net The ACS Pro-Fil on-line profile measuring ...

Controlling Coater Gap Uniformity

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October 31, 2002, ... be taken with the use of displacement sensors measuring from above. The next step was to polish each side to obtain an ideal matched set and bolt the two sides back together. Gap uniformity variations ...

What Is the Role of Tack in Printing Inks?

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September 30, 2002, ... permits the measurement of the force required to hold it in a stationary position relative to the driven roller. There are at least five different tack-measuring devices. The ink tack commonly is measured ...

Managing Data for Increased Profits

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September 30, 2002, ... hours, help the company define how it is measuring up, both in the industry and internally, from a profitability standpoint. Dingle says the company's next Concord upgrade will allow it to generate real-time ...

1974 - 1976

(News | New Products)

September 19, 2002, ... as well as rotating electrodes for metallic substrates at Europlastique in Paris. New electronic method of measuring surface tension will be demonstrated for the first time in the world." June 1974 ...

Well Done Tension

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August 31, 2002, ... repeatedly. I'm also in love with an old gadget that makes web handling easier. It's the tension-measuring roller. There are a couple old designs and some new technology, but measuring web tension via ...

Products

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August 31, 2002, ... electrode station. Alignment Kit Raises Efficiency Pinpoint Laser Systems, Newburyport, MD; 978/462-8056; pinlaser.com The Microgage Alignment Kit is said to provide measuring information on machine ...

Products

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July 31, 2002, ... quality control measurements necessary for proper ink and color control, including solid ink density and dot gain, by measuring a color bar. Seek-and-find operation allows color bars as small as 1/16 in. ...

FFTA 'FIRST' Road Show: Toront

(News | New Products)

June 09, 2002, ... effective, and profitable for everyone involved." FTA says topics to be covered include: measuring color; press characterization; flexo color data control; digital color formats; ...

Products: Edited by Deborah Donberg

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May 31, 2002, ... samples actual viscosity, pH, and temperature readings taken by the measuring unit 1x/min and compiles into a graph, comparing samples to setpoints. Slitter/Rewinder Upgraded to Run 20 Webs Ashe Converting ...

How Do You Measure Ink Film Thickness? Count the Ways

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January 31, 2002, Almost every day I receive questions relating to ink or coating thickness determination. You would think it would be a simple matter, but it is not. Ink Almost every day I receive questions relating to ...

Anilox Roll Inspection: So Simple, So Important

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December 31, 2001, ...  The ultimate method now available to measure cell volume is the Interferometric Measuring System, commonly called WYKO (mfr.'s name). Based on the principle of white light interferometry, this system ...

What's New Product

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September 30, 2001, ... of a display and either of two different measuring devices. Said to be applicable to UV curing done on conveyors. Walk-in Oven has Digital Controller The Grieve Corp., Round Lake, IL; 847/546-8225 ...

European Conference Draws Large Audience

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September 30, 2001, ... The test unit is a small laboratory bench device available commercially from several sources. Measuring caliper in a laboratory has many obvious disadvantages. The most serious may be delay. Because ...

Products

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July 31, 2001, ... for optimum quality. Tachometer Is Laser-Based for Accuracy Pioneer Electric and Research, Wood Dale, IL; 630/860-7788 The Model PLT-5000 Pocket-Laser Tech can be used for contact and noncontact measuring. ...

Slitter Savvy: The Art of Winding Good Rolls

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July 31, 2001, ...  Achieving & Measuring Roll Hardness Now that we know why roll hardness is important, let's discuss how to achieve and measure roll hardness. As a roll of web material winds, tension builds inside ...

Materials

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June 30, 2001, ... and for measuring roller pressure in the embossing and gravure processes. Bleached Board Is Brighter, Smoother International Paper, Memphis, TN; 901/763-6053; Everest folding carton board incorporates ...

What's New in Narrow We

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June 30, 2001, ... printing tubes and boxes. UV measuring facility reportedly provides for a fast revision of operating parameters and the corresponding UV output to avoid unnecessary downtime. Mfr. notes system complies ...

Division Conference Offers Varied Program

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May 31, 2001, ... of Packaging Laboratory Materials will address the bending stiffness of thin films and laminates through a combined experimental and modelling approach in his presentation on “Modeling And Measuring Bending ...

In This Industry, Green Doesn't Always Mean G

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February 28, 2001, ... You can compile a historical pattern by measuring the green or initial bond and the cured bond over a time that encompasses many runs of the adhesive in the particular construction. This indicates that ...

Impression Rolls: Their Jobs and Their Maintenance

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November 30, 2000, ... impression roll. A good hardness is usually 60-90 measured as Shore Durometer A. Measuring the hardness involves placing an instrument containing a blunt point onto the rubber surface. The point is under ...

Products

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November 30, 2000, ... Intl. (LMI), Southfield, MI; 248/355-5900 Patented laser twin sensor is designed for high-accuracy measurement and paper industry applications including measuring thickness of very thin coatings, distances, ...

Products

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October 31, 2000, ... measurement of O.D., I.D., pitch, and gap; and adjustable target angle compensation to correct for target position. Static Measuring Offered in Handheld Unit Tantec Inc., Schaumburg, IL; 847/524-5506; ...

Directory of Pilot Lines/Labs M-Z

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October 31, 2000, ... units, Steam-Foil® from ThermoWeb Systems, IR in-line coat weight measuring instrument, two IR dryers (short and medium wave), a 12-m flotation dryer (3500C max.) followed by inerted UV lamps. It operates ...

What's New in Narrow We

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September 30, 2000, ... with CONEG. Tension Transducers Monitor Narrow Webs Dover Flexo Electronics Inc., Rochester, NH; 603/332-6150; dfe.com RFA tension transducers are sensing devices for measuring process tension on ...

Assessing Real-Life Sealant Performance in Flexible Packaging

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September 30, 2000, ... maintains the proper environment inside the package. Determining the ability of various sealants to maintain package integrity is not simply a matter of measuring heat seal strength, hot tack strength, ...