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Curtain Coating Technology Can Mean Big Benefits

(Magazine)

February 29, 2000, ... an arched dryer. The uncoated web approaching the impinging curtain will drag along a boundary layer of air, which deforms the curtain (balloon effect) and tends to be entrained between the web and ...

Clean Room Environment Makes Excellence a Priority

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January 31, 2000, ... machine, which runs at 150 fpm and can sheet up to 60 in. wide, was rebuilt three years ago. "We put in a jogger table," notes production manager Jeffrey M. Rupp. "We redesigned and put airflow in to keep ...

Getting Off to a Smooth Start with a New Coater

(Archive)

December 31, 1999, ... we came up with the idea of cooling our office with chill water running through our system rather than having separate air conditioners." Today the 50,000-sq-ft facility, which sits on nearly 81/2 acres, ...

Finding a simple solution to a shocking problem

(Magazine)

March 31, 1998, ... on its machinery, the type referred to as an ionizing air blower. It was a 5x12x10-in. unit with an integral fan motor designed to blow the ions generated at the static bar toward the windup stand. The ...

Movin' on up - a look at relocating a business.

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November 30, 1996, ... O'Hare International Airport. The Chicago area is home to the second largest concentration of trade associations in the country, behind only Washington, DC. "All of our members pass through Chicago at ...

Anilox roll advancements raise the quality of flexo

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November 30, 1996, ... customer engineering manager at Praxair Surface Technologies Inc., Charlotte, NC, agrees that the "dramatic" improvement in flexo printing in the last decade is, at least in part, a result of developments ...

Bag machine adds value to customer-oriented operation.

(Magazine)

November 30, 1996, ... Chemical. As part of the printing expansion, the air conditioned pressroom will be totally enclosed, and a new 18,000-scfm Grace TEC Systems oxidizer will be installed. This will make All-Pak's facility ...

Temperature control helps ink customers optimize performance.

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November 30, 1996, ...  and how they can help to comply with clean air regulations, Zborovsky has become increasingly involved in solving the ink drying problems that these customers often encounter. "What is of primary concer ...

NOVA and Union Carbide to build ethylene plant

(Magazine)

October 31, 1996, ... pancakes on two pairs of rewind shafts. This highly polished slippery stock requires sensitive control throughout the conversion process. The slitter features a fully driven unwind fitted with an automatic ...

Label converter controls quality from the inside out

(Magazine)

August 31, 1996, ... 400 people and have a total of about 300,000 sq ft of manufacturing floor space. Walle's Ship Comes In Keeney credits his father and chairman of the board, Cecil Keeney, as the architect of the insourcing ...

New possibilities for beer packaging in PEN and LCP

(Magazine)

August 31, 1996, ... molecular structure of airtight polymers. This can make it easier for resin makers to produce a commercially viable material. Right now there are no commercial bottles being made of this nor of composites ...

Foil and potatoes - Aluminum Assn. presents a response.

(Magazine)

July 31, 1996, ... wrapped in aluminum foil elicited a response from the Aluminum Assn., Washington, DC. In the interest of objectivity and fairness, I've invited David Parker, president of the association, to contribute ...

On-line gauging brings big benefits to coating operation

(Magazine)

July 31, 1996, ... has prided itself on providing customers with a quality product at a fair price. "We believe in understanding the customer's needs and developing relationships and partnerships," says national sales manager ...

Making Lemonade in the Converting Industry

(Magazine)

June 30, 1996, ... about how consolidations would impact the flexible packaging industry. Thomas Bryce, then FPA chairman, asked how the industry would survive in light of all the consolidations. Well, this issue and ...

A look at the status of UV/EB curing

(Magazine)

June 30, 1996, ... health and safety, marketing/economics, government affairs, and an international perspective. To obtain conference proceedings, or for information on RadTech membership, upcoming events (RadTech 1998 ...

Canadian show highlights packaging industry up north

(Magazine)

June 30, 1996, ... the Coalition of Northeastern Governors [CONEG], the US Dept. of Commerce, and Canada's federal External Affairs and Industry Depts. to counter potentially debilitating legislation," says Robinson. "There' ...

Coextrusion: making the equipment fit the need

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June 30, 1996, ... a simple thing," he explains. "Now they want that line to be exactly like the larger ones, with air knifes, scrap winders, edge-trimming systems - everything that's used to make precision film. That's because ...

Web-guiding systems are tailored to your applications

(Magazine)

May 31, 1996, ... the guide structure laterally, moving the web to the correct position in the sensor's field of detection. The first type is a true pneumatic system that uses air for both sensing and web positioning. ...

A rather narrow-minded view of wide web printing.

(Magazine)

May 31, 1996, ... by ABB Air Preheater Inc. A semi-automatic ink pump/washup system is said to make washup neat and easy and contributes to quick changeover between jobs. Options for future expansion include outboard coating ...

Green Bay gears up for specialty labels

(Magazine)

May 31, 1996, ... to jump-start the adhesive drying process." An electric IR oven begins drying the adhesive before the the web reaches the gas-fired, hot air oven, which then completes the drying process. The 30-ft, two-zone ...