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Fife Releases Digital Line Guide Sensor

(News | New Products)

November 25, 2014, ... for edge and line guiding on a slitter/rewinder, guiding into print, rewinding on a printing press, or simple movable sensor center guiding on a blown film extruder. “The new SE-46C, and accompanying ...

Maxcess Announces Fife Operator Interface

(Controls)

July 06, 2014, The Fife OI-TS is said to provide easy control and operator of the SE-46C digital line-guide sensor   OKLAHOMA CITY, OK | Maxcess, supplier of products and services for the web handling industry, ...

Processing Tips to Prevent Gauge Bands - Part 1

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

May 08, 2014, ... bane of the extrusion coating converter, and to a lesser extent, cast and blown film producers.  Nothing has changed in this regard. I would say more than 90% of the extrusion coating lines I see (if ...

Another Review of Die Streaks

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

November 25, 2012, We really have to talk about this topic again.  It is amazing how many times I get calls on this seemingly simple, yet universal subject.  From film to sheet, cast film, extrusion coating, laminating, ...

Heat Recovery | Shields Bag Reduces Natural Gas Consumption

(Flexpack)

April 09, 2012, ... Shields Bag & Printing.  As a custom blown film extruder, Shields Bag extrudes, prints, and converts film for flexible packaging products used in a wide range of industries. The company produces more ...

Featuring More Stars of NPE2012

(News | New Products)

March 10, 2012, Among the highlights at NPE2012 event will be bioplastics, motion control solutions, and what is said to be the world’s smallest blown film line   WASHINGTON, DC | NPE2012 is approaching quickly. ...

Plastics Will Star at NPE 2012

(Coating/Laminating)

February 18, 2012, ... products for blown film, cast film, sheet and foam. New products and technologies will include blown film cooling, energy-saving extruder heating, blown film die technology, center surface winding technology, ...

Static Beat | How To Eliminate Hot Rolls

(Static-Beat)

January 16, 2012, ... conveyance rollers after each major process. For example, sources of static in a blown film extruder are identified in Figure 1 by taking eight fieldmeter readings. Note that all readings are taken before ...

Davis-Standard Promotes Green Initiatives at K 2010

(Flexpack)

September 07, 2010, ... and control systems for both blown film and extrusion processes. Davis-Standard will also promote new pelletizer technology that offers significant production and environmental advantages, and will ...

You Get what You Pay For, or Caveat Emptor.

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

July 15, 2010, ... the full gamut of quality in the blown film / cast film / extrusion coating and laminating / packaging / converting industries. The larger, more reputable companies offer excellent quality products and ...

Techniques to Prevent/Minimize Die Lines

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

April 28, 2010, ... anywhere near zero. Let me give a detailed example that I have direct experience with to illustrate my point. Let’s assume the following: A converter has a 5-layer flexible packaging barrier blown film ...

What’s Up With Die Lines

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

March 17, 2010, ... die lines, or gauge bands as they are commonly called. One solution is to move the die relative to the winder. In blown film applications it is very common to rotate the inner mandrel of the die. With ...

Next Generation Orders 5th Varex

(News Clips Archive)

February 28, 2010, ... a three-layer Varex coextrusion line to Next Generation Films, Lexington, OH. It is the fifth W&H blown film line at Next Generation and the second line ordered by the company in the past nine months. ...

Extrusion Coating System Upgraded

(New Products)

October 31, 2009, ... control features with flexible customization capability. System is modular and scalable from a basic single extruder system, to the very largest multilayer, multi-extruder cast and blown film systems, ...

Growth Strategy

(Flexpack Main)

May 31, 2009, ... new W&H line is the latest technology in blown film production, providing high film quality and outstanding ergonomics,” notes Dan McFarland, president of Ampac's Performance Printed Films group. “It also ...

What's New Product

(New Products)

November 30, 2008, ... shafts. Both are made from steel. Stafford Mfg. Corp. | 800-695-5551 | www.staffordmfg.com PFFC-ASAP 410 Cool Blown Film The BFC Series of Blown Film Air Coolers reportedly offers an increase in ...

Lab/Pilot/Technical Facilities Directory

(Archive)

October 31, 2008, ... (up to 120/ream), tissue Notes | Full machine pilot and test facility also has 4 blown film extrusion lines, 1 cast film line. Chase Machine & Engineering 324 Washington St., West Warwick, RI ...

W&H Offers Increased Output By Retrofitting Older Equipment

(News | New Products)

May 08, 2008, LINCOLN, RI | Converters in the flexible packaging sector have known Windmöller & Hölscher (W&H) as a supplier of blown film extrusion lines and printing presses LINCOLN, RI | Converters in the flexible ...

SMS Announces Sale of BGE

(Archive)

November 13, 2007, ... and Dick Murphy, vice chairman, joined with eight senior managers, including Carl Johnson, president and CEO of BGE, to purchase the maker of blown- and cast-film and converting technology from German ...

Taking Charge

(Magazine)

September 30, 2007, ... not only houses Nelmar’s existing bagmaking and printing equipment, it allows space for the addition of four blown film extrusion lines, enabling Nelmar to bring film production in house. “It became ...