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February What's Ne

(Magazine)

January 31, 2008, ... features an unwind unit for rolls with diameters to 31½ in.; machine speeds to 1,200 fpm; and film widths to 29⅛ in. with Alprinta 74 and 20½ in. with Alprinta 52. Offers adjustable web tension for optimum ...

Roll Winding Dynamics

(Web Handling)

January 31, 2008, ... or slitting these materials, many of which are expensive, lost productivity, high levels of waste, and much more will occur. Unwinding a web at one end of a machine, then drawing that web through a machine ...

Get a Grip: Driving Your Web

(Archive)

December 31, 2007, ... web processes have at least one driven roller, commonly called the pacer or master roller, that controls process speed. A basic web line of unwind, pacer, and winder creates two tension zones: one controlled ...

Sheeters Add Capacity

(Sheeting)

December 31, 2007, ... cut-size sheeters with ream packaging lines and five unwinds designed for a roll diameter of 1,800 mm with a semi-automatic splice system. Charnvit Jarusombathi, senior executive VP at Advance Agro, says, ...

Picking Up the Pace

(Web Handling)

December 31, 2007, ... manufacturers are addressing improved registration by placing tension controls throughout the press rather than just at the unwind and rewind stations. While that is hardly unique, Smith says it is becoming ...

Parallel Protocol

(Web Handling)

December 31, 2007, ... position. The illustration depicts all of the unwind and rewind rollers inside a vacuum metallizing chamber. The drum roll, where the film is processed, was chosen as the master reference roll. The ...

Products

(New Products)

December 31, 2007, ... Premier-SD finishing machine with patented Shuttle Retrieval System, which provides the ability to inspect the web and then retrieve errors for correction without reversing the unwind roll or affecting ...

PFFC Pilot/Lab/Technical Facilities Directory

(Magazine)

November 30, 2007, ... nonwovens, sanitary/disposables Substrates | film, nonwoven Ultrasonic laminating, embossing, slitting; mechanical slitting, cut to length, spoolers and blockers, festooning, fan folding, unwind/rewinds, ...

New Products, Part 2

(Archive)

November 06, 2007, ... Safety Chucks Have Automatic Features K Series safety chucks speed production by automating the opening and closing of a shafted unwind or rewind’s chucking system. A rotary encoder feeds a signal to ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

(Magazine)

October 31, 2007, ... presses later this year. The Martin system includes an inertia compensated festoon, a patented splice unit to make non-overlapping butt splices, and two cantilevered unwind positions with Martin’s lift-and-load ...

Dancer Controller

(Archive)

October 25, 2007, ... transferable memory cards, RS-232 interface to computer, and industrial standard fieldbus connections. The controller was developed to provide accurate, repeatable tension control for unwind applications. ...

SHEAR Strategy

(Flexpack)

September 30, 2007, ... in our sector, this system reacts well.” Automatic Knife Positioning Optimized for reducing job changeover time, the Venus II accommodates a 53-in. (1,350-mm) web width. It includes an unwind with ...

Ready for Change

(Magazine)

September 30, 2007, ... Automatic unwinding and splicing systems have a unique set of challenges, including running out-of-round rolls, continuously changing roll diameters, and severe changes in roll weight. The precision motion ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCT

(Magazine)

September 30, 2007, ... of a medium wavelength output that is absorbed readily by most products. Solar Products| 973-248-9370 | solarproducts.com | PFFC-ASAP 325 Rewinds and Unwinds Offer Options Rewinds/unwinds can be ...

News Clips

(Magazine)

August 31, 2007, ... in.; flying splice unwind and rewind for maximum roll diameters of 39.3 in; an AVT PrintVision Prelude video camera for web inspection and auto register control; a Speedy Clean automatic wash-up system; ...

Baggy Webs: Part 4 Minimizing

(Archive)

July 31, 2007, ...  Store the roll for a long time. With film, make sure to store it in a hot environment like a summer warehouse or semi-trailer. Unwind the roll to enjoy the bagginess. Make sure you don’t measure it. ...

Flexo Forges Bond

(Magazine)

July 31, 2007, ...  Consequently, ICC purchased an Edale Beta modular flexographic press. The 330-mm press is equipped with a 1.25-m unwind and six print stations. It features combination infrared and ultraviolet drying, ...

WHAT'S NE

(Magazine)

July 31, 2007, ... slitter/rewinder features dual-shaft rewind turrets for quick and easy job changeovers. Customer can select from razor in air, razor in a groove, shear, or score cutting. Shaftless unwinder with electronic ...

Automated Web Handling Reduces Costs

(Web Handling)

July 30, 2007, ... a policy of investment in the latest technology and has collaborated with Martin Automatic over a period of time to boost productivity with automated unwind and rewind units on its new 16-in. (410 mm) ...

Treat 'em Righ

(Magazine)

June 30, 2007, ... and a 3kW power supply. The surface treater is mounted between the unwind and the sheeter. The corona treating system consists of two major components: the power supply and the treater station. The power ...