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Concave Rollers Pros & Cons

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, Got some nasty wrinkles on a roller? Some tape here, some tape there—wrinkles be gone. Adding tape collars or bands to a cylindrical roller just under each of the web’s edges turns a cylindrical roller ...

Narrow Web New Products

(Magazine)

April 29, 2005, ... RFID systems operating in the UHF and microwave frequency bands. System’s cleaning, etching, and functionalizing surface treatment process enables manufacturers to optimize tag transmission levels while ...

A King of Shrink Contender

(Flexpack)

March 30, 2005, ... attractive for film webs, says Seuss, as it allows Color Craft to compensate for caliper variations or gauge bands due to print buildup or laminations in the product since each web is being wound at its ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... Axon Relocates Headquarters RALEIGH, NC—Axon Corp., a manufacturer of heat-shrinkable sleeve labels, tamper-evident bands, and stretch sleeve applicators, has relocated to: Walnut Creek Industrial Pk. ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Magazine)

February 27, 2005, ... for various full-body sleeves, bottle capsule (cap seal), tamper-evident bands, and multipack applications. Most are printed for highly decorated labels that provide food, beverage, dairy, and consumer ...

Klockner Adds Vinyl and Shrink-Label Films Capacity

(Archive)

February 10, 2005, ... sleeves, bottle capsule (cap seal), tamper-evident bands, and multi-pack applications. Most of the films are typically printed for highly decorated labels providing 360-degree graphics for food, beverage, ...

Rotary Screen Printings Contribution to RFID

(Archive)

January 30, 2005, ... and software and the infrastructure to go with it along the value chain. RFID labels differ in the following ways: The frequency at which they work. There are four bands: LF, MF, UHF and Microwave. ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

January 30, 2005, ... material can be die-cut easily into various shapes and made into a wide range of products, including athletic headbands that adhere to the interior of sports caps and absorb body sweat while eliminating ...

10 Tips on Antiwrinkle Rollers

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ... returns. Try tape collars first. The secret weapon of an expert web handler is knowing how to apply simple masking tape bands on the edge of an idler roller to eliminate wrinkles. After doing this trick ...

Bayer Bio Products Announces Latest Efforts to Combat Product Tampering and Counterfeiting

(Archive)

July 26, 2004, Bayer Biological Products reports several new developments in its ongoing effort to combat product tampering and counterfeiting. Bayer BP says shrink-bands are a safety feature now being used on every ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

May 30, 2004, ... EPC standard using UHF RFID technology. Lehigh Valley Turns to Shrink Labels FARMINGDALE, NY, USA—Lehigh Valley Dairy Farms is using high-shrink film bands from Seal-It to relaunch its entire line ...

The Secret's Out

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... product. But the wait was worth it. Valadez says LaFiesta and its customers are most intrigued by the ProGlide's ability to convert film shrink bands, which have become increasingly popular as a method ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

February 28, 2004, News from: American Label Co., FLEXcon, Klöckner Pentaplast of America, ROI Technologies, and Seal-It. Narrow Web Converting Industry News Shrink Bands Are the Topping on Ice Cream Tubs FARMINGDALE, ...

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 ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

November 30, 2003, ... and eventually will move this business into the current WS Packaging Phoenix facility. Decorative Neckbands Spice Up Taco Sauce FARMINGDALE, NY, USA—Seal-It Inc. has converted vividly printed ...

The Missing Piece

(Magazine)

November 30, 2003, ... the test. Since this anilox was not intended to be a production roller, brass was used because it does not corrode and therefore does not need chroming. The bands are 400-line and 200-line. The volumes ...

Livin' 'Lean' with CT

(Magazine)

October 30, 2003, As the cost of doing business—and Americans' waistbands—get larger, one US-based food packaging converter has found a way to get leaner with CTP. Just like running a packaging manufacturing operation, ...

Coating Success

(Unprinted Rolls)

September 30, 2003, ... step. The coating process is serial in nature in that it starts with raw materials, which are converted to the final product in the subsequent steps. A base roll with defective gauge bands and poor ...

Materials

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... with 56% transverse-direction shrinkage properties, it is designed for direct product contact such as full-body shrink sleeves and tamper-evident bands. PLA Resin Turns Plant Sugars into Packaging  ...

Cinching Belt Tightening Gone Bad: Part Two

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... some options to change the bond between roll layers. Sometimes the wrong things save you. Hardbands, baggy web, and poor slit edges can prevent cinching. Intuitively, it doesn't seem these defects, which ...