Measuring

Industry Supplier Q&A | Web Guiding and Tension Control with MAGPOWR and Dover Flexo

(Web Guiding)

September 21, 2018, ... with larger rolls and faster line speeds include automatic control loop gain adjustment as well as inertia compensation features both based on roll diameter and/or line speed in addition to measuring tension. ...

Knowledge is Power: Tracking Machine Performance

(Bag Pouch)

August 29, 2018, ... individual KPIs for the machine you’ve chosen. Generally, and most often, these include measuring for increased efficiency, reduced downtime, higher quality and cost savings. With or without a data communication ...

Koenig & Bauer Accelerates Role In Offset Printing Label Market

(News | New Products)

August 12, 2018, ... on-press measuring and control system uses inline measurements to evaluate every single sheet of labels and to quickly detect possible defects. This is especially important for label printers in the pharmaceutical ...

CombiView Ensures Safe and Simple Process Monitoring

(News | New Products)

August 11, 2018, ... UK | Sensing and instrumentation specialists BAUMER Ltd have introduced a new range of easy-to-handle measuring instruments with flexible programmable displays which, when used in conjunction with their ...

Process Sensors Launches Profiling System

(Controls)

June 02, 2018, ... of wide webs. With remote electronics, the system is more easily accessible in walled-off or enclosed installations. The system supports process optimization by accurately measuring moisture and coating ...

New Technology Transforms Glass into A Projection Screen

(News | New Products)

May 02, 2018, ... for the chance to exhibit their winning design in a revolutionary technology-powered installation in Time Square as part of the Design Pavilion, 12-20 May 2018. The large glass cube installation, measuring ...

Siemens Launches Servo Drive

(Controls)

April 29, 2018, ... conductors, encoder signal, and brake—all grouped together in a thin cable measuring just 9 mm in dia. Its minimal cross-section makes the OCC cable thinner, lighter, and more flexible than previous power ...

X-Rite Announces Color Management System

(News | New Products)

March 24, 2018, ... standards, including M1 to accommodate optical brighteners, M3 for measuring wet ink, and full support for GRACoL, SWOP 2013, PSO, and FOGRA 51 and 52. End-to-End Color Workflow. IntelliTrax2 can directly ...

CTI Sensors Locate Heat Loss in Homes

(Label/Tape)

January 02, 2018, ... the cold spots. The perimeter of the sensor turns various colors as energy loss intensifies, measuring cold spots down to 50 deg F inside a home: a clear diagnosis of where a consumer is losing money. ...

AIS Gauging Reports Measurement System

(Controls)

December 31, 2017, ... The Gemini system starts measuring at the product’s surface and continues through the entire material to construct and analyze a complete picture of quality. The system is a non-scanning, non-contact, ...

Comexi & QuadTech Collaborate on Color Control

(News | New Products)

December 09, 2017, ... SpectralCam. Schoonman says, “The characteristics required in the flexible packaging printing, such as measuring through a transparent film, and the different characteristics of packaging films—like clarity, ...

AMETEK MOCON Instrument Measures WVTR

(Controls)

October 15, 2017, ... services for testing, measuring, and analyzing invisible gases, has launched the next-generation AQUATRAN Model 3 measurement instrument, designed to measure the water vapor transmission rate (WVTR) of ...

Polymag Tek & Static Clean Form Alliance

(News | New Products)

September 14, 2017, The two companies will distribute each other’s products in North America, providing a suite of cleaning and static elimination solutions ROCHESTER, NY | Polymag Tek and Static Clean International, North ...

Harper Hosts Measurement Seminar

(News | New Products)

August 02, 2017, ... seminar at its DePere, WI, manufacturing facility aimed at educating printers on the different measurement methods for verifying volume on anilox rolls.  The Microdynamics 3DQC method of measuring According ...

GMG Offers Upgraded Color Management Tool

(Print)

July 25, 2017, ... or patches using OpenColor 2.1, the software identifies optical brighteners in the substrate and recommends the correct measuring mode settings and the use of a proofing paper that also contains optical ...

Roller Geometry | What Is Your Roller’s True Shape?

(Web Handling)

June 21, 2017, ...  Concentricity can be a difficult measurement to perform correctly using manual methods such as multiple dial indicators. Newly developed advanced electronic measuring tools simplify the task. Multiple ...

Static Beat | 'GeeZE' Rules for Static Reading

(Surface Prep)

May 23, 2017, ...  Figure 2. Zero your meter when measuring grounded metal.   Of course, the static on grounded metal is zero. So, we know that the meter should read zero. Hold the meter at the proper gap G and ...

Pruftechnik Offers Compact Monitoring System

(Controls)

May 17, 2017, ... monitoring system. It features six fully synchronous measuring channels for continuous data acquisition and observation of up to six operating conditions. Also offers characteristic value trend storage ...

BYK-Gardner Launches Film Applicator

(Controls)

May 14, 2017, The byko-drive XL automatic film applicator is said to be feature a flexible design to perform drawdowns of coating and inks GERETSRIED, GERMANY | BYK-Gardner, a global supplier in the field of measuring ...

Static Beat | Verifying Static Dissipator Performance

(Surface Prep)

March 07, 2017, ... applied, the ion output may be low because the pin may be dull or dirty.   Neutralization Efficiency I recommend verifying the performance of a static dissipator by measuring its neutralization efficiency. ...

Product Measurement | Monadnock Reduced Length Losses with Accurate Sensors

(Controls)

February 28, 2017, ... to slab-off, product that is cut off and wasted as it proceeds through the manufacturing process. InteliSENS sensor measuring speed and length on-line at Monadnock. Second, customers expect to receive ...

Image Test Labs Offers Printing Resource

(News | New Products)

February 13, 2017, ... product, on press systems throughout the world measuring the acceptability of the image quality of test prints. The company says most of its clients are press manufacturers who use its technology to fine-tune ...

Uflex Pouch Has Sonically Sealed Spout

(Bag Pouch)

February 07, 2017, ... International Standards for Measuring the Damage Resistance of a Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composite to a Drop-Weight Impact Event. The three ply structure has been especially engineered to optimize ...

Pruftechnik Upgrades Shaft Alignment System

(Web Handling)

January 28, 2017, ... Softfoot diagnostics, and Move simulator functionality. Cardan shaft alignment with specially designed brackets and patented measuring method allows cardan shafts to be aligned without removing the shaft, ...

MOCON Unit Tests Produce Packaging

(Controls)

January 25, 2017, ... measuring, and analyzing invisible gases, announces the global launch of the OX-TRAN 2/12 oxygen permeation instrument.  “Unlike many other food products which require higher barrier films to extend ...

PROTON Offers Interfacing Options for Sensor

(Controls)

December 18, 2016, ...  The InteliSENS seen here measuring nonwovens The InteliSENS speed and length sensors come standard with intelligent, easy-to-integrate capabilities that feature a broad range industry-standard or ...

MOCON Testing System Cuts Time to Market

(Controls)

November 27, 2016, ... system’s sensitivity for measuring oxygen transmission characteristics of films and packages. Company says unit measures film barriers to 5x10-4 cc/(m2 x day) at precise temperature and relative humidity ...

Coating Matters | The Advantage of Using Surfactants

(Coating/Laminating)

September 05, 2016, ... coating is considered a dynamic surface tension versus the static surface tension typically measured for liquid applications. Understanding and measuring this dynamic surface tension leads to a better ...

NDC Sensor Has Many Applications

(Controls)

August 28, 2016, ... direct thickness measurement of clear, filled, or voided/pearlescent films. It addresses the issue of measuring the thickness of voided films and materials that exhibit density variation with its patented ...

Web Lines | Action Plan for Baggy Webs

(Web Handling)

August 16, 2016, Bagginess is not easily measured, but here are some methods to compare low, moderate, and high levels of bagginess. Bagginess is not easily measured, but here are some methods to compare low, moderate, ...