Matrix Removal

A Small Part of Big Performance

(Materials)

June 30, 2003, Hot melt adhesive converters be cheered: Hot melt technology is ripe for peak performance. As a novice cyclist, I never put air in my tires. Little did I realize that “squishing” around Chicago affected ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, New products from: Avery Dennison, Convertech, CTC Intl., FLEXcon, National Adhesives, and Raflatac. New Products for the Narrow Web Converting Industry Film Achieves “No-Label Look” on White Containers ...

Pillowing Puzzle

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, Creative thinking and a wrinkle remover from CAC resolve a perennial problem for Relizon Co. Creative thinking and a wrinkle remover from CAC resolve a perennial problem for Relizon Co. Relizon Co. ...

Products

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, New from: ABB Inc., Battenfeld Gloucester, Brookfield Engineering Labs, Creo, Daetwyler, Danaher Controls, Davis-Standard, Edward Graphics, Enercon, Extrusion Dies, International Machinery, Kohli Industries, ...

Gravure Rolls Up Its Sleeves to Do Battle with Flexo

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, What's the hottest trend in narrow web printing today? Presses that are competitively priced, use lightweight sleeves, offer fast changeovers for short runs, and utilize electronic line shaft technology. ...

New Products for the Converting Industry

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, New from: Andantex, Avery Dennison, Bestcolor, Bunting Magnetics, CAC, Cognex, Cognis, CTI Paper, Dynaloy, Easy Lift Equipment, EDI, Enercon, Erema, Hanovia, Ion Industrial, Körber PaperLink, KSM Intl., ...

New Products for the Converting Industry (2 of 2)

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... offset, screen, letterpress, gravure, dot matrix, and indigo printing methods. Improved Liners Aid Drum LabelingFLEXcon Co. Inc., Spencer, MA; 508/885-8200; flexcon.com DRUMcal now is available with ...

New Product Digest, Part 1, PFFC, April 2003

(Magazine)

March 30, 2003, New from: Andantex, Avery Dennison, Bestcolor, Bunting Magnetics, CAC, Cognex, Cognis, CTI Paper, Dynaloy, Easy Lift Equipment, EDI, Enercon, Erema, Hanovia, Ion Industrial, Körber PaperLink, KSM Intl., ...

New Product Digest, Part 2, PFFC, April 2003

(Magazine)

March 30, 2003, ... and compatibility with thermal transfer, flexo, offset, screen, letterpress, gravure, dot matrix, and indigo printing methods. Improved Liners Aid Drum LabelingFLEXcon Co. Inc., Spencer, MA; 508/885-8200; ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, In the news this month: Ahlstrom, Enercon, FiberMark, Foodservice and Packaging Inst., FVTC, William "Bill" Hawkins, MeadWestvaco, Mohawk Northern Plastics, MPC Group, NAPL, and W&H. Covering the Full ...

Products

(Magazine)

December 31, 2002, ... to an optically registered die-cutter, and product is removed from matrix by a knock-out station onto a conveyor. Matrix is sheeter-cut to conveyor for waste disposal. Strip Die-Cut Cards, Cartons Quickly ...

Is Your Laboratory Safe?

(Magazine)

November 30, 2002, The popular press did not cover it, but the March 18 issue of Chemical & Engineering News reported an unusual incident at the University of Texas, San The popular press did not cover it, but the March ...

Materials

(Magazine)

November 30, 2002, New from: ADM Tronics Unlimited Inc.; Engelhard; Environmental Inks and Coatings Corp.; KNF Flexpak Corp.; MACtac; National Adhesives; Northwest Coatings; Rohm and Haas Co.; and Syfan USA Corp. Substrates, ...

Release Liners: A Worldwide Special ReportReducing Silicone Mist

(Archive)

October 31, 2002, Using a high-speed cross-linker is a cost-effective solution to reduce mist. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 In the early 1980s, machines that applied silicone release coatings ran ...

Release Liners: A Worldwide Special Report: Release LinersPackaging Waste?

(Archive)

October 31, 2002, ... infrastructures—matrix, release liner, and unused laminate. FINAT is active in helping the industry in Europe find companies able to collect, recycle, and recover label by-products and in providing technical ...

Self-Adhesive Labels: Past, Present, and Future

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, ... on a roll, so specialized web-fed presses were developed that could print, die-cut, matrix-strip, and rewind in-line. Early label presses were based on the letterpress process. Multi-process printing lines ...

Made You Look

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, ... screens made with DuPont CDI direct-to-plate technology. The clarity of the clear film around the beetles provides a strippable matrix without compromising the detail in the insect legs. Suppliers include ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, ... missing labels and defective matrix removal. System provides an accurate count of the number of good labels produced. Many features are tailored to the highly demanding pharmaceutical labels sector.  ...

Retired PFFC Editor Authors Web Handling Guide

(News | New Products)

October 29, 2002, William Hawkins, former Paper, Film & Foil Converter Conributor has authored The Plastic Film and Foil Web Handling Guide. The Plastic Film and Foil Web Handling Guide by William E. Hawkins $99.95 (US); ...

Products

(Magazine)

September 30, 2002, New products from: Advanced Ceramics, Amacoil, American Baler, Ashe, Banner Engineering, Bestcolor, Bosch Rexroth, Circonix, Convertech, Brookfield, Converter Accessory Corp., Creo, DALiM, Max Daetwyler, ...

Thin Webs without Wrinkles

(Magazine)

September 30, 2002, Any converter running webs of thin- and ultra-thin-gauge material, including foil, may experience wrinkle problems. In general, there are at least two Any converter running webs of thin- and ultra-thin-gauge ...

1990 - April 1993

(News | New Products)

September 19, 2002, 1920s and 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970 - 1973 1974 - 1976 1977 - 1979 1980s May 1993 - 1994 1995 - 1999 2000 to present The Early 90s...After years of 1920s and 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970 - 1973 ...

Turning Defects into Perfection

(Magazine)

August 31, 2002, Rotoflex-Quix ensures print quality with AVT detection systems. Gravure, while under attack by flexo, still is considered as the print process capable of producing the best quality. However, claims from ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

August 31, 2002, Coming events and news from: Barco Graphics, Calumet Carton Co., HyperWare, Label Express, Mail-Well, RIT, and Seal-It. Narrow Web Converting Industry News Coming Events Oct. 15-16: Sweetpack 2002, ...

Foiling Counterfeiters

(Magazine)

July 31, 2002, ... one. Even with secondary features, such as dot matrix printing, added to the counterfeit hologram, it's still shouldn't fool the pros. Scheer notes holograms have a high resolution of more than 25,000 ...

DOVIDs: Functional Beauty

(Magazine)

July 31, 2002, ... and limited optical variability restrict the use of these materials to less secure applications. Dot matrix mastering requires the writing of diffractive pixels one by one onto photo-resist recording ...

Packaging That Really Works

(Magazine)

June 30, 2002, Active packaging has been present as a concept for many years in varying forms, but interest has grown recently thanks to a rash of publicity about the development of newly enhanced oxygen absorbers, ...

Products

(Magazine)

June 30, 2002, New from: ADI Intl., AVT, Brampton, Creo, Curtius Trading, Dusenbery, Electro Static Technology, ElectroStatics, Extech Instruments, Fischer & Krecke, F.L. Smithe, Glenro, Griffin-Rutgers, Heidelberg, ...

Waste Not: Waste Management in Europe's Packaging and Label Industrie

(Magazine)

June 30, 2002, ... creates waste during production. The label printer creates waste during conversion — label matrix, offcuts, and trim. The packaging manager is left, after label application, with siliconized release liner ...

Spills Are Out with New Spout

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, Totani equipment and a successful collaboration lead to Kapak's no-spill flexible pouch. Totani equipment and a successful collaboration lead to Kapak's no-spill flexible pouch. Kapak Corp.'s new Smart ...