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Flexpack Printing | Edwards Label Moves into Mid-Web

(Print)

June 29, 2014, The converter gears up for new markets in short-run flexible packaging with the help of a Mark Andy Versa Max mid-web press Edwards Label sits at the end of a quiet street in the Chicago suburb of ...

Maxcess Adds Language Support to Web Guide

(News | New Products)

June 28, 2014, The FIFE-500 web guide for narrow and medium applications now supports 16 languages with the addition of Czech and Vietnamese   OKLAHOMA CITY, OK | Maxcess, a provider of products and services for ...

Web Lines | The Case for Shorter (and Longer) Acceleration Times

(Slit)

February 04, 2014, ... and coating variations. Wrinkling also can occur in the changes from high to low tension as the Poisson’s effect alters the web width from narrow to wide. Web handling expert Tim Walker, president ...

What Mechanisms Cause a Web to Shift Laterally?

(Web Handling)

October 07, 2013, Web Handling expert Tim Walker identifies the five culprits that cause a web to move off centerline. A simple question with a not so simple answer. Let's start by narrowing down the culprits. If the ...

Web Lines | Winding Process Fundamentals, Pt. 4

(Web Lines)

September 23, 2013, ... (TD) variations, especially since many roll and web defects have TD variations. In accessing TD variations within a roll, we imagine dividing a winding roll in narrow lanes much like dividing a wide ...

Enercon Webinars to Cover Treating & Web Handling

(News | New Products)

February 11, 2013, ... Treating Essentials: Printing Labels & Packaging on Narrow & Mid-Webs” This free educational webinar will provide converters with a refresher course on basic corona treater operation. VP of Application ...

Meech System Cleans Web with No Contact

(Narrow Web)

October 14, 2012, ... a high cleaning level while requiring almost no maintenance. With a double-sided blow and vacuum-based web cleaning system that flows contaminants into an in-line filter unit, it is designed for the narrow ...

Webex Offers Vacuum Rolls for Delicate Films

(Narrow Web)

August 22, 2012, Custom narrow web vacuum rolls from Webex reportedly provide delicate, precise control for optical films   NEENAH, WI | A narrow web vacuum roll custom engineered by Webex is said to provide delicate ...

Fife Web Guide Has Color Touch Screen Display

(News | New Products)

April 26, 2012, ... and an optional splice table to further improve efficiency during roll changes. “This system is a cost-effective solution for narrow web applications around the world,” said Darren Irons, global product ...

Webex Slitter/Rewinder Has Many Features

(News | New Products)

January 23, 2012, ... Webex incorporates a number of innovative, custom features designed to produce uniform, narrow width, 40-in.-dia rolls from multi-substrate films run at tensions as low as 0.5 PLI. A closed loop system ...

Web Handling | Russian Converter Growing Fast

(Flexography)

January 08, 2012, ... industry. In ten years, staff numbers have increased beyond 200, and the company, which is the only one in Russia to utilize the narrow and mid-web inline flexo process, now converts more than 350 tons ...

Montalvo Offers Web Tension Upgrades on Wide Range of Equipment

(News | New Products)

December 18, 2011, ... the Montalvo Corp. provides web control system upgrades for users of narrow web presses, printing presses, corrugators, laminators, cutters, slitters, sheeters, filmers, extruders, waxers, die-cutters, ...

Web Handling Workshop Includes Live Demos

(Web Handling News)

July 04, 2011, TJWalker + Assoc. and Optimation Technology host a Web Handling Workshop at the Optimation Media Conveyance Facility on August 23–25 in Rochester, NY ST. PAUL, MN |  TJWalker + Assoc. and Optimation  Technology ...

Web Lines: Is Wound Roll Pressure Greater Than Tire Pressure?

(Tension)

June 30, 2011, ... piece of brass shim stock (0.001 in.), like a hot dog in a bun. Wind this brass-steel-brass sandwich into a roll with part of the sandwich sticking out the side of the roll (or both sides for narrow rolls). ...

Slit to Narrow Widths

(Slit)

May 31, 2011, The T428 two-drum surface winder can slit and rewind most papers, nonwovens, and boards to narrow widths. Maximum speed is 2,500 fpm; web width is 72 The T428 two-drum surface winder can slit and rewind ...

Web Lines: Q&A on Roller Deflection

(Web Handling)

October 31, 2010, ... the roller to resist deflection | Larger diameter, tiffer materials, thicker cylinder walls, narrower widths. Optimize your process to reduce the effects of deflection | Avoid long rising vertical ...

Clean Webs in Many Applications

(Static Elimination)

August 31, 2010, The ShearClean noncontact web-cleaning system is suitable for sectors ranging from narrow web label printing (litho, gravure, flexo) and converting to The ShearClean noncontact web-cleaning system is suitable ...

Web Lines: Do You Need an Auto Web Guide?

(Web Guiding)

May 31, 2010, ... the price of 100 automatic web guides is cost-prohibitive. Luckily, when you have 100 webs, they usually are also easy to guide. The opposite of the hard-to-guide web — a web that is narrow, flexible, ...

Web Exclusive: Matching Laser Cutters to Labels

(Archive)

April 01, 2009, ... that are optimized for labels do look different. They have smaller narrow web dimensions—e.g., 2.8 m wide x 1.6 m deep x 1.9 m high. The laser beams in these machines have a 210 micron spot size cutting ...

Web Exclusive: Web Cleaners

(Archive)

February 18, 2009, ... Delhi, has installed four Teknek Mini-Web Cleaners (MWC) to process products more efficiently and to higher quality standards. Designed to meet ultra-narrow web cleaning requirements, the MWC is suitable ...