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Web Guides Bring Positive Results to Negative Sleeves

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September 30, 2001, ... of those same demanding retailers takes excellent people, teamwork, and process control systems that add value through efficiency. In Marysville, Crown has eight blown film lines and one cast line. Running ...

New Product Digest

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August 31, 2001, ... FOR BLOWN FILM EXTRUSION Reifenhauser Inc., Ipswich, MA; 978/412-9700; reifenhauser.com REIcotherm automatic blown film die gauge control system is a mono or coextrusion die with cartridge heaters and ...

Converting Industry News

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August 31, 2001, ...  NATICK, MA, USA—Hosokawa Alpine American has installed its 500th complete blown film extrusion system. The company reports total capacity of its installations exceeds 1.5 billion lb of film, approximately ...

Converter's Noteboo

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July 31, 2001, ... settings and adjustments…will definitely generate higher cost advantages for us.” Included in the installation are two Varex® blown film extrusion lines designed to produce single-layer films. One line ...

Materials

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June 30, 2001, ... media has been expanded by the addition of meltblown, off-line SMS, off-line TMS (Typar/Tekton, meltblown, spunbond), and pure high quality spunbond. Co. also offers needlefelt products and high electrical ...

Products

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June 30, 2001, ... CT; ph: 860/599-1010; fax: 860/599-6258. TEC-2 blown film winder is reported to feature a winding arrangement that eliminates the traditional turret seen in center winders. An integrated shaft extraction ...

Division Conference Offers Varied Program

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May 31, 2001, ... Coating,” “Extrusion Coating Polyester,” “Introduction To Extrusion Coating Equipment,” and “The Basics Of Blown Film Extrusion.” The second basic session is “Machinery Basics.” In six technical papers, ...

The Missing Link: Plastics History Leads to Packaging

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April 30, 2001, ... Operation: 7 days/week, 24 hr/day, four shifts Equipment: 4 Windmöller & Hölscher blown film lines 3 Kiefel blown film lines 3 Reifenhäuser cast film lines 1 SML MDO cast film system Converting ...

High Clarity Linear Low Density Polyethylene for Packaging Applications

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April 30, 2001, ...  Blown films of 1 mil were produced on a monolayer line. Barefoot — no slip or antiblock additives — films and films with 2500 ppm of a silica antiblock were extruded for the study. Film testing used 23°C ...

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, ... macroeng.com Stackable turret winder for blown film lines can wind rolls to 30 in. dia and face widths to 84 in. Said to occupy less floor space than similar products; offer improved accessibility; and ...

The Amcor Story Continues

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March 31, 2001, ... up to 1.4 m wide. Complementing the presses are five extruders (three blown and two cast) from Barmag and Egan. Three off-line laminators produce both combined and coated constructions for a variety of ...

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

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March 31, 2001, ... bleed trim station. These trims are joined in a common header, fed to a chopper, and blown from there to an appropriate disposal device. Other Winding Process Guidelines Most new winding ...

European Conference

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February 28, 2001, ... Davis Standard, will speak on “A Comparison of Blown and Cast Films,” and Ulrich Berghaus of Reifenhauser will discuss “Breathable Film Composites.” Registration and final program information are available ...

Converting Industry News

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February 27, 2001, ... five new Hosokawa Alpine American blown film coextrusion lines at its Las Vegas, NV, plant. API is a supplier of high quality grocery and merchandise bags. With manufacturing facilities in New Orleans ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

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January 30, 2001, ... related to resins, equipment, and processing. Papers on extrusion equipment will cover blown film, cast film, and coatings. Presentations on auxiliary equipment will include corona and plasma treaters. ...

On the Move...

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December 31, 2000, ... of its line of blown polyester films at the Harrisville, RI, facility, providing a 40% increase in total capacity. Matt Jones joins Bobst Group Inc., Roseland, NJ, as regional sales manager of Schiavi ...

Converting Industry News

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November 29, 2000, ... The company recently purchased a seven-layer Varex blown film extrusion system with Optifil P-2 automatic die control from Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corp. This is the third seven-layer line operating at ...

TAPPI's the PLACE to Sponsor Short Courses in Dalla

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November 29, 2000, ... solutions. Students will learn how film fabrication variables influence film properties and how blown and cast extrusion dies work. During the course, participants will hear the latest developments in ...

Wide-Ranging European Converter Keeps on Moving

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October 31, 2000, ... film, and a unit from Kiefel is for blown film. An additional blown film extruder is custom-made, and an extruder from Er-We-Pa provides film up to five layers in 2.5 m width. Also in use is a Nordmeccanica ...