Doctor Blades

PLGA Meeting Honors Gravure and Its Printers

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April 30, 2001, ... labels; process options for cost reduction, quality, and innovation, including reports on the latest advances in imaging technology; cylinders and sleeves; doctor blades; and inspection technology.  ...

DIGITAL SOLUTIONS NEWS

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April 30, 2001, ... methods, undergraduate through doctoral. Says professor Dr. Sam Ingram, “We prepare our students to enter the world with a knowledge of the latest technologies used today. The addition of the CDI Spark ...

Products at CMM

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March 31, 2001, ... ten-color section is said to offer many improvements over previous models, including sleeve-handling equipment; a full-color touchscreen interface; corrosion-proof doctor blade chambers; and automatic ...

Flexo Inspection

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March 31, 2001, ... it. They also are used commonly as devices to separate good material from bad, such as on doctor machines. But consider the impact of a strategy that weeds out bad product versus a strategy of controlling ...

Web Handling...Making a Slitter/Winder Upgrade Work for You

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March 31, 2001, Buyer beware! Before investing in new slitting/rewinding equipment, carefully consider the web handling issues that are involved. Buyer beware! Before investing in new slitting/rewinding equipment, carefully ...

Wide vs Narrow Web FlexoIt's More Than Just the Widt

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February 28, 2001, ... commonly utilize only in-between dryers without post drying. Wide web presses typically use the chambered doctor blade ink metering system, but narrow web presses use an ink fountain and a trailing ...

Products

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February 28, 2001, ... nonwovens, porous substrates, or heavy papers and gasket material. Nonmetallic Doctor Blade Is Long-Lasting Flexo Concepts, Hingham, MA; 781/749-4644 Onyx nonmetallic doctor blade is designed for ...

Odd Shape? Odd Substrate? You Might Try Pad Printing

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January 31, 2001, ... plate, which is doctored to remove the excess ink in the land areas, and then physically transferred by contact to a compressible pad, which then deposits the ink onto a substrate. The five essential ...

Products

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January 31, 2001, ... it improved doctoring and cleaning efficiencies. It is available in standard thicknesses of 0.050 and 0.035 in. at any length. Blade is optimized for use on ceramic and granite press rolls and is said ...

On the Move...

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January 31, 2001, ... on technical support and doctor blade sales for Max Daetwyler Corp., Huntersville, NC. He also will conduct seminars and quality testing at customer locations. The Radcure Research Group of UCB Chemicals ...

Products

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December 31, 2000, ... doctoring system is standard, and a total of eight colors can be obtained in a stack-type configuration. Train with Flexo Press Simulator Anderson & Vreeland Inc., Bryan, OH; 419/636-5002; andersonvreeland.com ...

What's New in Narrow We

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December 30, 2000, ... Service Program offers co.'s "TRU-Point" plasteel doctor blade material for process printing cut to size for shipment within 24 hr. Included in the program are blades for Aquaflex, Mark Andy, Webtron, Allied ...

Materials

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November 30, 2000, New materials from: ADMTronics, Akzo Nobel Inks, Cognis Coatings & Inks, Equistar Chemicals, Flint Ink, Nordson Corp, Rayven Inc., and Sun Chemical Ink. Defoamers Meet Needs of Inks, Varnishes Cognis ...

Products

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November 30, 2000, ... as it can switch unused elements off on command. Improved Doctor Blades Offer Benefits Flxon Inc., Charlotte, NC; 800/756-6474 Microflex II doctor blades for flexo and rotogravure printers offer new ...

Converting Industry News

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November 29, 2000, ... to a folding carton converter in the US. The line will consist of flying splice butt-to-butt unwind with festoon; infeed group with web guide and web cleaner; in-line design of print stations; doctor ...

The Formation of ''Microfoam'' in Water-Based Flexo Ink

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October 31, 2000, ... of the chamber doctor blade and enclosed ink feeding systems significantly improved the quality of flexographic printing. However, some new problems were being encountered, such as "microfoam" formation ...

Directory of Pilot Lines/Labs A-L

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October 31, 2000, ... Air knife, doctor blade, meyer rod, offset gravure, pressurized gravure, direct/reverse gravure, BTR, curtain, transfer roll, reverse roll Annual sales: More than $75 million No. of lab employees: 15 ...

Directory of Pilot Lines/Labs M-Z

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October 31, 2000, ... laminating, (widths to 24 in.) Substrates: Film (0.25-25 mil+), foil, paper, paperboard Coating processes: Gravure, saturators, slot die, meyer rod, knife-over-roll Coating techniques: Air knife, doctor ...

Converting Industry News

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September 30, 2000, ... media. These systems are used for cleaning gravure cylinders, anilox rollers, doctor blade holders, ink trays, and an assortment of other printing press parts. The operation of the equipment is said to ...

Flexography Comes of Age and Keeps on Growing

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August 31, 2000, ... the flexo landscape significantly in regard to quality. Laser-engraved photopolymer plates combined with chamber doctor blades and ceramic anilox rolls have been major factors in the move toward flexo. ...

How to Make Anilox Roll Improvements Work for You

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August 31, 2000, ... "the basics" by discussing a few situations where the system is out of control and needs "fine tuning." When rubber nip rolls are used instead of doctor blades, they cannot provide precise control of ...

What's New in Narrow We

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August 31, 2000, ... and motors. System is also available with an enclosed doctor blade, ceramic laser anilox roll, and compact peristaltic ink pump that allows printing speeds to 600 fpm. Genius Defect Prevents Defects ...

Converting Industry News

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August 31, 2000, ... NJ, USA—Doctor blades manufactured by Max Daetwyler Corp., Hunters-ville, NC, now will be distributed throughout the US by Pitman Co., Totowa. Max Daetwyler Co. is headquartered in Bleinenbach, Switzerland, ...

More New Products for the Converting Industry

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August 31, 2000, ... to existing Titan SR6 and SR5 slitter/rewinders. Doctor Blade Offers High Performance Andreotti Engineering, Barnsley, S. Yorkshire, England The 2G (Second Generation) carbon fiber chambered doctor ...

Anilox Rolls Are Key When Printing Corrugated Board

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July 31, 2000, Printing on corrugated board is like printing on air," says Fernando Jorge da Silva, production manager at AssiDoman Packaging Benelux B.V. in Eindhoven, Printing on corrugated board is like printing ...

Coating Operation Cleans Up Its (Trim Removal) Act

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May 31, 2000, When your company converts critical materials for manufacturers of electronic circuit boards, product purity is of the utmost concern--and eliminating When your company converts critical materials for ...

Golden Cylinders Go to Gravure's Very Bes

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April 30, 2000, The Gravure Association of America (GAA) started a new tradition when it presented the 2000 Golden Cylinder Awards at its annual convention April 6th The Gravure Association of America (GAA) started a ...

Tape Converter Stands Up to Goliath with New Press

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March 30, 2000, ... It's just been a great situation." Better Ink Laydown Abendroth credits the laser-engraved anilox roll and doctor blade system, also from Bell-Mark, as a true money saver. He explains that the anilox ...

Drupa 2000 Celebrates Change on a Global Scale

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February 29, 2000, ... to the formal titles that are being used and try to integrate the title in your address. Formal titles are important, e.g., PhDs of various disciplines use the "doctor" title in Europe. You will find exceptions, ...

Curtain Coating Technology Can Mean Big Benefits

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February 29, 2000, Curtain coating belongs to the class of premetered coating methods. The term "premetered" indicates that only the exact amount of fluid to be coated onto Curtain coating belongs to the class of premetered ...