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Splice Twice? Not on Your Life!

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, ... has been the reliability factor based on better drive and control systems able to locate more accurately where the tape line is on a roll to be spliced. That's due to the new microprocessor and PLC controls, ...

May 6, 2002Offers for Jefferson Smurfit Continue

(News | New Products)

May 05, 2002, DUBLIN, IRELAND & NEW YORK, NY -- Jefferson Smurfit Group plc, made the following announcement recently regarding recent market speculation that a buyer DUBLIN, IRELAND & NEW YORK, NY -- Jefferson Smurfit ...

Flex-Pack Faces Up to Global Competition

(Magazine)

April 30, 2002, ... & Rausing Sold Amcor Flexibles Inc. (US) 2002 Purchased two performance films manufacturing plants in Thetford and Ledbury, U.K., from Rexam plc (U.K.) Two Types of Markets The ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

April 30, 2002, ...  CAMBRIDGE, U.K.—Xaar plc, an ink jet development co., and Hilord Chemical Corp., Hauppaug, NY, a solvent-based electrostatic/piezo ink jet inks OEM, have announced an ink partnership agreement. Under ...

Dive in the Ipex "SEE" of Technolog

(News | New Products)

April 11, 2002, ...  & Leigh Slater Ltd. (a member of the API Group PLC) is exhibiting at the API booth "to highlight their combined offering to the print industry, particularly Slater's focus on the packaging and labeling industry. ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

March 31, 2002, ... Environmental Polymers Group plc, the Warrington, U.K.-based inventor and manufacturer of extrusion-processable water-soluble polymers, trade named depart. MonoSol manufactures film products based on water-soluble ...

New Products for the Narrow Web Converting Industry

(Magazine)

March 31, 2002, New products from: Focus Label Machinery Ltd.; Honle UV America Inc.; Mark Andy Inc.; UCB Films; Wausau Coated Products; and Xaar plc. Spot Cure UV Unit Offers Maximum Flexibility Honle UV America ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, News from: Brook & Whittle, Convergent Label Technology, Indigo N.V., Mark Andy, Scapa North America, and Xaar plc, plus coming events and narrow web People & Places. Narrow Web Converting Industry ...

Metallizer Makes a Winning Wager

(Unprinted Rolls)

February 28, 2002, ... that's linked to all the PLCs (programmable logic controls) on the metallizers. The kiosk connects the metallizers through the Internet to computers in the operations center at Ei3 Corp., where monitoring ...

Ozone Generation: Sherman Treaters/Pillar Give the Goods

(News | New Products)

February 06, 2002, ... generation equipment? Greig: Most of the modern-day extrusion lines are run by PLCs or computers. With this control technology that's now available, an operator can control ozone generation by these ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

January 31, 2002, ... splicing table, automatic knife positioning, and laser beam core positioning system. It will have TFT touch-screen computer control, Siemens S7 PLC and Windows NT software, and the Titan “Quickshaft” differential ...

Products

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January 31, 2002, ...  PPS peristaltic pump, reportedly reduces downtime during job changes in the pressroom. Said to automatically supply ink and flush the printdeck via a PLC. System consists of a single-control station housin ...

Difficult Jobs? Combo Printing Can Tighten Screwy Requests

(Magazine)

January 31, 2002, ... equipment makers. “Much of this changed with PLC technology and a more operator-friendly interface,” he adds. The PLCs and subsequent process automation have propelled the industry toward honing these ...

Valmet Tech Center to Open for Converters Worldwide

(News | New Products)

January 13, 2002, ... stand, splicing table, automatic knife positioning, and a laser beam core-positioning system. It will have TFT touch-screen computer control, Siemens S7 PLC & Windows NT software, and the Titan "Quickshaft" ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

December 31, 2001, ... Vdc output with terminal block for wiring the output to a drive, PLC, or other device. Available in eight standard roll face widths ranging from 7 — 20 in. and load ratings from 12 — 100 lb. Reportedly ...

Workhorse Winders Do More Than Ever Before

(Magazine)

November 30, 2001, ... changes include new control systems that use servo drives and PLC units as a means of controlling speed and machine sequencing functions, explains Don Rush, national sales manager at Elsner Engineering ...

International Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

November 30, 2001, ... it is also home to many premier manufacturers of advanced converting machinery.” Rexam Adds Operations as Well as Assets LONDON, U.K.—Global consumer packaging co. Rexam plc has purchased the Danish ...

Products

(Magazine)

November 30, 2001, ... mm) in length. Each section has its own remote I/O modules for communicating with a PLC. Incorporates facilities for in-line bar code reading and has detect position label applications via the integral ...

Hundreds to Attend TAPPI's CorrExp

(News | New Products)

October 03, 2001, More than 700 people are planning to attend TAPPI's 2001 International Corrugated Containers Conference and CorrExpo in Seattle, WA, USA, October 14-17, 2001. ATLANTA, GA, USA—More than 700 people are ...

What's New Product

(Magazine)

September 30, 2001, ... and synchronized by a PLC, replace gears and mechanical transmissions. Touchscreen digital display allows the choice of sizes and monitors production data and parameters of the machine functions.  ...