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A Recipe for Flexo Printing Success

(Flexpack)

May 30, 2004, ... accurately measure those ingredients? Ink Drawdowns—Has the ink been drawndown using the same volume anilox we will use on the press? If you use a ceramic anilox with a doctor blade on the press, you ...

New Products for the Converting Industry, PFFC, June 2004

(Magazine)

May 30, 2004, ... Interface. Doctor Blade Cuts Roll Damage Flexo Concepts, Plymouth, MA; 508/830-9606; flexoconcepts.com Company offers a 0.020-in. polyester blade material designed to replace steel containment blades ...

New Products, Part 1

(Magazine)

May 30, 2004, ... Said to offer attractive pricing and short lead times, it handles a wide range of packaging materials. The slitting section is easily accessible and allows good visibility of the scissor or razor blade ...

Products

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... is being offered to interested users in exchange for a no-fee confidentiality agreement. Blades Score High in Tests Specialty Blades, Staunton, VA, USA; 800/252-3371; enduriumblades.com Company announces ...

Products

(Magazine)

January 30, 2004, ... rules is manufactured to stringent tolerances, offering peak cutting and perforating performance, company reports. Line includes multiple blade heights, multiple bevels, standard and long life, and standard ...

Dual-Deckle System for Trouble-Free Web Width Variation

(The Place)

November 30, 2003, ... in the machine direction, it necks-in — becomes narrower — resulting in an accumulation of material on the edges. By adjusting the relative positions of the internal deckle blades, processors can minimize ...

Linebackers, Leashes, & Superman: A Look at Stress

(Magazine)

November 29, 2003, ... pressure (and temperature). All slitting or cutting methods are designed to create these stresses in the web, whether from the sharp edge of shear or razor blade or the tips of a crosscut knife. We ...

Products

(Magazine)

November 29, 2003, ... Air-loaded, two-blade system is offered as stand-alone item or part of a complete edge trim solution. Laminator Runs Films and Foil without Solvents Comexi, Feeding Hills, MA; 413/789-3800; comexi.com ...

The Power of Three

(Tapes)

November 29, 2003, ... a “what's new” in flexographic printing: Quick Load plate-loading technology has pneumatic controls. A “QC” Quick Change ink carriage allows meter rolls and doctor blades to be set outside of press. ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

October 31, 2003, ... custom-built printing presses, wet and dry waxers, laminators, unwinds, rewinds, drying systems, and chamber doctor blade systems, as well as self-contained turnkey installations, consulting, retrofits, ...

Products

(Magazine)

October 30, 2003, ... Blades with No Tools Novaflex Inc., Carol Stream, IL; 630/681-9900; novaflex-inc.com “C” clamp design of enclosed chamber doctor blade is said to provide uniform clamping on blades across entire width ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... engineering industries. Awards Clemson Honors Daetwyler HUNTERSVILLE, NC, USA—Max Daetwyler Corp., manufacturer of precision equipment and doctor blades, received the Clemson University Graphic ...

Meeting the Need

(Materials)

September 30, 2003, ... (VCI) treatment for primary packaging of ferrous parts, is applied directly to corrugated, solid fiber, and other paperboard packaging during the converting process. Can be applied with blade or rod coaters, ...

Pay Attention to Tension

(Archive)

August 31, 2003, ... If there is insufficient tension, the web will gather or stretch around the blade before fracturing. Q: Are score- and shear-slitting quality affected by low tension? A: Score slitting is probably ...

Products

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, ... output. Models convert p-s tapes, foils, and films without the need for conventional unwinding and rewinding. A pivoting blade angle facility is said to ensure all rolls are slit squarely with an excellent ...

Kicking Off the Blanket of Mistrust & Stagnancy

(Magazine)

June 30, 2003, ... must be fought and won in our minds. The line tracking consumer confidence, particularly in the US, continues to follow a volatile, up-and-down trend jagged as the teeth of a circular saw blade. Is ...

Size Doesn't Always Matte

(Magazine)

June 30, 2003, ... Magpowr, Roberts PolyPro, Specialty Blades, Stanford Products, Stork Dispensing Systems, Sun Chemical, Tidland, Vigitek Ltd. CMM 2003 may have been smaller than in past years, but focused buyers prove... ...

Retrofitting Older Sheeters

(Archive)

June 30, 2003, ... the need to adjust for squareness. Maintenance — Older single rotary, fixed-bed knives require a great deal of blade maintenance, especially when running high calipers (greater than 0.028 in.) or ...

Choosing Laboratory Dispersing Equipment That's Right for Yo

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, ... a lab mixer is the speed of the propeller blade. Although variable speed is desirable, for dispersion a blade speed of more than 7,000 rpm is preferred with a high-speed, shear-dispersing blade. These ...

Products

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, ... Roseland, NJ; 888/226-8800); bobstgroup.com The SB 1200 Model gravure press for extensible films and medium-weight substrates runs at speeds to 300 mpm. Pneumatic locking system of the doctor blade is ...