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- Selecting the Right Tensioning System for the Application
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- April 30, 2000, ... braking devices commonly used to apply tension in these applications: electromagnetic friction brakes, magnetic clutches and brakes, magnetic particle brakes, and air-actuated friction brakes. For a given ...
- Managing Your Way Through a ''Green'' Futur
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- March 31, 2000, ... our environmental challenges. Many of our toughest environmental problems have been conquered. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports proudly that our air and water are cleaner than they have ...
- Electrically Heated Rollers Are Top Technology Choice
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- March 31, 2000, ... the Rancho Bernardo Inn, San Diego, CA. The judging for the competition was moderated by committee chair Steve Sedlak, product manager at Wacker Engineering Ceramics Inc., with judges Dr. Ed Cohen, ...
- Converted Solutions Slitter/Rewinder Boosts Productivity on Laminating Line
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- March 31, 2000, ... The special fabrics act as barriers to micro-dust, airborne chemicals, and fluids while still being breathable, and they reportedly have the ability to release moisture without compromising their barrier ...
- Curtain Coating Technology Can Mean Big Benefits
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- 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 ...
- The Good Times Keep Rolling -- At Least for Now
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- December 31, 1999, "Anything that cannot go on forever will stop." So said the late Herbert Stein, chairman of president Richard Nixon's Council of Economic Advisors. It "Anything that cannot go on forever will stop." So said ...
- Narrow web adapts to multiple applications
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- November 30, 1998, ... and can be configured with as many as eight printing stations and four die-cutting stations. Features include 30-in. or 40-in. rewind; high-pressure impinged hot air dryers; modular print stations with ...
- Static electricity can be a very costly problem
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- August 31, 1998, ... Scott Kessler, sales engineer for Pillar Technologies, reports that static electricity can turn a roll of film into a "dust magnet," literally pulling dust particles out of the air. "Converters today ...
- Saudi methanol producer plans expansion program
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- November 30, 1996, ... agreement in Tokyo with Hiroshi Yasuda, JEXIM's governor. According to Ibn Salamah, SABIC vice chairman and managing director, the loan will fund construction of an 850,000-metric tons/yr chemical-grade ...
- Need and innovation are driving digital printing.
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- November 30, 1996, ... Milford, OH; ph: 513/248-1600; fax: 513/248-8546. Gerber Scientific Products Inc., Manchester, CT; ph: 800/222-7446; fax: 203/645-5645. Fargo Electronics Inc., Eden Prairie, MN; ph: 612/941-9470; ...
- Partnering launches future growth in laminations
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- August 31, 1996, ... suppliers are adopting proactive positions regarding the environment, seeking to have minimum negative impact on air quality, landfill disposal, and the treatment of liquid waste. To move in the direction ...
- 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
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- 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.
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- 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
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- 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 ...
- Gravure gets easier
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- April 30, 1996, ... stations. W.R. Chesnut Engineering, Fairfield, NJ, last year introduced the Model 180 combination press that features convertible flexo and gravure print stations. The press features sleeve-type technology ...
- Water-based adhesives meet just-in-time demands.
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- March 31, 1996, ... dry-bond laminating adhesives. Technological advances in the field of solvent-free, water-based polyurethane dispersions (PUDs) paired with uniquely compatible crosslinkers have allowed the development ...
- Independent Packaging: the "restart" of something grea
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- March 31, 1996, ... dust was everywhere and bulldozers were still running around. There was no water, no compressed air, no gas hookup, nothing the technicians from Germany were accustomed to, but they rolled up their sleeves ...
- The 1996 Metallizing Roundup: Experts Ponder and Predict
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- February 29, 1996, ... VP Greame Fairlie. "Our suppliers have been responsive to our requirements and our delivery dates, although supplies have been tight." The World-Wide View A global view of the polyester film situation ...