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Tension: The First Thing We Must Get Right

(Coating/Laminating)

April 14, 2024, ... laminating, slitting and winding. Tensioning Methods There are several tensioning methods to choose from. The two most common are velocity control (Draw) and tension control. It is a best practice ...

Tension: The First Thing We Must Get Right

(Converting Expert)

April 08, 2024, ...  Tensioning Methods There are several tensioning methods to choose from. The two most common are velocity control (Draw) and tension control. It is a best practice to use draw control for stretchy webs ...

Research Reveals Biggest Testing and Inspection Challenges Faced by Food and Beverage Packaging Professionals

(Flexpack)

March 31, 2024, ... the high cost of expertise required (63 percent), limited available testing facilities (50 percent), lack of in-house expertise (41 percent) and current testing methods not being applicable to new materials ...

PPC Hosts Paperboard Packaging Design Webinar & Calls for Competition Entries

(News | New Products)

March 24, 2024, ... adopting innovative methodologies, these industry leaders continuously push the boundaries of paperboard packaging and set new standards for excellence and sustainability. "As advocates for innovation ...

Pressure on Paper Packaging Converters

(Flexpack)

March 24, 2024, ... facestocks that work well with specific print processes – fixed and variable printing methods – including inkjet, laser and thermal transfer. Ultimately, this reduces complexity for the converter, which ...

Sticking to Sustainability

(Flexpack)

March 03, 2024, ... every day. While all adhesives serve different purposes, one labeling method of increasing importance is ultra-removable labels, which maintain their efficacy all while increasing companies’ flexibility, ...

ECKART Metallic Effect Inks: Championing Sustainability in the Printing Industry

(News | New Products)

February 21, 2024, ... used on can be sorted and recycled efficiently. Tests conducted according to INGEDE Method 11 have demonstrated that prints with ECKART metallic pigments are perfectly suited for de-inking, scoring 100 ...

Seamless Quality Monitoring from Raw Material to Finished Roll

(Web Handling)

February 12, 2024, ... result thanks to new deep learning methods. Subsequent manual retraining of the system to boost defect detection and differentiation is straightforward. This boosts yield because optimized classification ...

Dover Flexo Electronics – Celebrating 50 Years of Tension Control Innovation

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

February 12, 2024, ... to operate and reliable. The time-tested design features stress-relieved iron discs, tool-less quick-change pads and limited-travel pistons. Each brake is assembled and balanced in a methodical process ...

Leadership in Converting through Static Control Solutions

(Surface Prep)

February 10, 2024, ... a low cost, effective method of temporary adhesion and pinning through the bonding force of static electricity. Passive Static Eliminators – led by our low cost, effective anti-static tinsel, and outstanding ...

Jan Eisby celebrates 25 years at Vetaphone

(News | New Products)

February 01, 2024, ... and the development of new printing techniques like digital that have replaced the more conventional offset, gravure, and flexo methods in certain sectors.  At Vetaphone, we have always invested heavily ...

Precision and Possibilities: The Evolution of Digital Die Cutting

(Slit)

January 28, 2024, ... Control) die cutting, represents a significant advancement from traditional die cutting methods. While traditional die cutting relies on physical steel dies and presses to cut materials, digital die cutting ...

Automating Flexo Closer to Digital

(Equipment/Machines - Printing)

January 21, 2024, ...  Using this method, different jobs can often be gang printed at the same time. This approach is pretty much “a given” with digital printing, which usually sticks to the same inks or toners. As flexo moves ...

Dixie Signs & Decals, Inc. Upgrades Kiss-cutting Technology with a Rollem 36” Semi-Slitter Model

(News | New Products)

January 17, 2024, ... happy, stress free customers.  “Realizing our kiss-cutting methods were in need of updating, we met with Rollem at the Printing United trade show to see a demonstration on their Semi-Slitter model. We ...

Takes on Tapes, Labels & Liners

(Converting Perspectives)

January 14, 2024, ... reducing ink costs has made major impacts. Flexographic, gravure, screen and digital methods are increasingly offering sustainable print solutions for labeling. Brand leaders are conscious of consumer ...

TekniPlex Healthcare to Debut World’s First Pharma-grade PET Blister Film with Recycled Content

(News | New Products)

January 10, 2024, ... and repolymerization is impossible to achieve via traditional mechanical recycling methods. The end product from Alpek’s polymer reactor is a sheet in master reel made according to the melt-to-sheet process. ...

Eliminate Strapping to Hold Spacers and Bearers

(News | New Products)

January 09, 2024, ... shift to RoRo StretchPack®, they typically see reductions in film consumption between 25-60% compared to conventional packaging methods such as orbital wrapping and heat shrink. Learn more about RoRo ...

R2R USA Conference Draws Biggest Crowd in Five Years

(Coating/Laminating)

December 21, 2023, ... their behavior, introduction to the coating window, common coating operations and their capabilities, defects associated with various coating methods, coating windows for common coating methods, managing ...

MODEC and Toray Jointly Develop FPSO and FSO Repair Technique Using CFRP Patch

(News | New Products)

December 20, 2023, ABS Certification for Repair Method for Localized Damaged Parts Due to Corrosion ABS Certification for Repair Method for Localized Damaged Parts Due to Corrosion MODEC, Inc. and Toray Industries, ...

Toray Carbon Fiber Recycled from Boeing 787 Wing Production Process Applied in Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12

(News | New Products)

December 14, 2023, ... assessment (LCA) is a methodology for quantitatively evaluating resource inputs, environmental impacts, and their effects on the planet and its ecosystems across the life cycles of products or other goods. ...