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Success Personified

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2004, ... a retrofitted air ring for an existing extruder, and we experienced improved layflat and improved output,” says Joseph. “From there, we bought a die package and experienced the same improvement in the ...

Nonattainment Regs Get Stricter

(Archive)

February 28, 2004, The US Environmental Protection Agency is expected to release its list of communities designated in "nonattainment" with the Agency's new, stricter eight-hour national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) ...

Learning the Lingo

(Magazine)

January 31, 2004, ...  a. Spots Bubbles Gels b. Contamination Repellent spots c. Other types Repeat spots 3. Coating Air entrainment 4. Drying Mottle Dryer Bands Orange peel 5. Substrate ...

Synthetic Paper: The Real Deal

(Materials)

January 31, 2004, ... options once were anything but attractive. But before gravitating to the still relatively small market of synthetic papers, Gary Duncan, president of Web Resources Intl., Fairport, NY (wrifilm.com) ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

January 30, 2004, ... Products, RadTech, Raymond Communications, RealTimeImage, Sealed Air, TItan (Valmet), Ultra Flex Packaging Corp., and Woodward Mfg. (now Woodward Jogger Aerators Inc.). Covering the Full Spectrum of Industry ...

Get More with Less

(Magazine)

December 31, 2003, ... approaches to satisfy performance expectations,” Nexen's experts add. Jeff McGrady, marketing manager at Force Control Industries Inc. (forcecontrol.com), Fairfield, OH, says converters also want longer ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

December 30, 2003, ... News Drupa Promises Special Events DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY — Drupa 2004, the print media trade fair, is on the horizon. Scheduled for May 6-19 at the Düsseldorf Fairgrounds, the giant show will offer a ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

December 30, 2003, ... Extrusion Committee. He has presented papers at Film Extrusion Committee sponsored events and developed and chaired various sessions sponsored by this group. His work began as product development engineer ...

Mixing It Up

(Archive)

November 30, 2003, ... pair, i.e., “What action is needed? — What is the object of the action?” The overall process output, “Obtain dye in solution,” is shown at the far left. Then each step of the process is displayed in hierarchical ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

November 29, 2003, ... technical program chairperson for the meeting. Wells and Scott B. Marks, the conference chairman, are leading a team of session developers who are making the preliminary plans for the meeting. According ...

Products

(Magazine)

November 29, 2003, ... Ltd., Glenro Inc., Kice Industries, Macro Engineering, Maguire Products, PAM Fastening Technology, Paul N. Gardner Co., Precision AirConvey, Proceq SA, Spraymation, Stafford Mfg. Corp., Test-A-Pack, TKF ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

October 31, 2003, ... film system. Technical innovations included the Maxicone multi-layer die; the Multicool modular air ring system; the Optifil P automatic gauge profile control; Procontrol window-based touch screen operator ...

Structured for Success

(Unprinted Rolls)

October 31, 2003, ... postdoctoral year he began work for DuPont as a research scientist. Over the course of 20 years, he worked in environmental affairs and occupational health, production management, finance, and marketing. ...

DuPont Experimental Station Commemorates Milestone Centennial Anniversary

(News | New Products)

October 14, 2003, ... says the co. press release. Delaware Governor Ruth Ann Minner, DuPont chairman/CEO Chad Holliday, DuPont chief science & technology officer Tom Connelly, and more than 1,000 Experimental Station employees ...

Considering China, Part II

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ...  a more audible clamor of protests from the general sector itself regarding unfair competition and trade inequities. US manufacturing and its health seem to be more on people's minds. Other recent convertin ...

Converter Panel Attracts Interest at Conference

(The Place)

September 30, 2003, The most popular session at the 2003 TAPPI PLACE Conference and GLOBAL HOT MELT Symposium was the Converter Spotlight organized and chaired by Rory Wolf of Enercon Industries Corporation. The most popular ...

Products

(Magazine)

September 29, 2003, ... for a DC input/output operation. Electronics and coil windings are hermetically sealed against hostile environments to IEC standard IP-68. Through-bore design allows for air purging of sensor's bearings ...

Adhesion of Coatings to Aluminum Foil

(The Place)

August 31, 2003, ... laboratory oven at 200°C by continuously laying a molten film on the foil as in slow motion extrusion coating. Complete elimination of air entrapment was not possible, but the number and size of bubbles ...

Pay Attention to Tension

(Archive)

August 31, 2003, ... the least affected by low tension. The score knife presses perpendicular to the web tension, so the fracture stress is fairly independent of web tension. With shear slitting, the entry angle is important ...

A Potpourri of Thoughts & What I Learned on Summer Vacation

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, ... across a front page article from the July 2, 1998, issue of the The New York Times stating, “The Rosy Economy Is Showing a Blemish as Factories Slow.” (No, it wasn't authored by Jayson Blair, the infamous ...