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Which Way Does the Wind Blow?

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July 31, 2001, ... all, it wouldn't be news if it was the same old thing that everyone else was saying, would it? In fairness, still others have told me they are “going gangbusters.” However, my local Chicago Tribune newspaper' ...

Products

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July 31, 2001, ... converting and easy operation. System offers speeds to 1,000 fpm; removable modular punch unit or die module; vacuum removal of waste; and air-operated unwinds/rewinds and nip rollers. Gearless Press ...

Slitter Savvy: The Art of Winding Good Rolls

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July 31, 2001, ... will not be noticeable in a wound roll if sufficient air is wound into the roll in the low or wet areas and the web is not stretched over the high areas. Some webs, either by their formation process ...

Slitter Savvy: Visual Roll Defects & Remedies

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July 31, 2001, ... Remedies: Check to ensure the air velocity at intake of trim removal system is greater than winding speed. Check to ensure laminator air flow at trim nozzles. Check edge guide unwinding roll or be ...

Polymers/Laminations/Adhesives/Coatings/Extrusions

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July 31, 2001, ... participated in panel discussions at division conferences. Piffer chaired the Extrusion Coating Short Course offered by the division in 2001. In earlier years, he was a speaker at this short course. ...

Converting Industry News

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June 30, 2001, ... that kicked off with a visit by that world-famous duo, Minnie and Mickey Mouse? PSTC chairmen were delighted with the attendance figures — more than 400 attendees were registered, including nearly 120 ...

Web Scratch Solution: Regulate Your Running Rolls

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June 30, 2001, ... This is because the web and roller surfaces carry boundary air as they move. And this boundary air has the ability to float the web out of contact with the roller surface. In a few cases, web tension ...

Products

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June 30, 2001, ... clutch types are available in stainless steel versions. Custom designs, with different magnetic configurations and air gap rating, are available. Gravure Press Designed for Short Runs Valmet Rotomec, ...

Reporter Clips

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June 30, 2001, ... to Carly Fiorina, CEO, president, and chairman of Hewlett Packard. Kocher + Beck USA, Shawnee, KS, has opened a manufacturing, sales, and service facility in Shawnee, KS, a suburb of Kansas City. Kocher ...

Polymers/Laminations/Adhesives/Coatings/Extrusions

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June 30, 2001, ...  Harry Cordatos, the technical program chairperson for the conference, notes the “division is very fortunate to have Professor Cussler as the keynote speaker. He provides a dynamic, enthusiastic, and animated ...

Cut-to-Register Sheeting Trims Time and Labor Costs

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May 31, 2001, ... Air brand of sugarless chewing gum and Estee Lauder's holiday set-up boxes, made with Holographic UniLustre, earned top honors from the Assn. of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters & Laminators (AIMCAL) in ...

Products

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May 31, 2001, New products from: Adwest Technologies, Air Preheater Co., Anguil, Anver Corp., Apex, Ashe Converting Equipment, Ausquip, C.A. Litzler Co., Cloeren, Converter Accessory Corp., Daetwyler, Dec-E-Tech, DFE, ...

Division Conference Offers Varied Program

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May 31, 2001, ... offers something for everybody in the flexible packaging and converting industries this year,” according to Harry Cordatos, the technical program chairperson. “With 22 technical sessions comprising over ...

WEB SOLUTIONS

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April 30, 2001, ... must do this to regulate the amount of boundary air that is being entrapped between the rewind roll wraps in order to produce good production rolls. Some operators are very good at making these adjustments, ...

Reporter Clips

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April 30, 2001, ... Converting Industry News Label Adds “Pop” Plus Info to Shamrock Dairy Products FARMINGDALE, NY, USA—Seal-It Inc. is printing eye-popping graphics on the full sleeve labels for Shamrock Farms Dairy. ...

High Clarity Linear Low Density Polyethylene for Packaging Applications

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April 30, 2001, ... commercial die with dual lip air ring 88 mil die opening. Results and Discussion The new polyethylene is a nominal 1.0 dg/min. melt index, 0.920 g/cm3 density hexene comonomer linear PE produced on ...

Pellet Transfer: Preventative Measures Employed to Reduce Streamer Formation

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April 30, 2001, ... dilute phase pneumatic conveying systems. Pellets are entrained in streams of air and effectively “blown” from one location to another. A resin supplier location uses this method of transfer to move pellets ...

Products at CMM

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March 31, 2001, ... and other common components said to be configured and assembled quickly to each customer's requirements. The system is compact and offers a number of options, including a bottom air-intake louver. Visit ...

Hot Melt Committee Holds Annual Symposium

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March 31, 2001, ... the Westin Resort Hilton Head Island in South Carolina. Georges N. Altounian of Hercules, Inc., is the symposium chairperson. “Using ‘2001: A Hot Melt Odyssey’ as its theme, this meeting will feature pertinent ...

Web Handling...Making a Slitter/Winder Upgrade Work for You

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March 31, 2001, ... sufficient to provide relief volume for storage of entrapped boundary air under smooth surface webs to keep them tracking properly through the machine. Tracking friction is broken when the boundary air ...