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Show Preview Narrow Web & Label: Labelexpo Europe Evolves

(Trends/Management)

July 31, 2011, ... said to reduce liner waste by at least 40% and guarantee die-strike-free material. With a caliper of 12 microns (0.48 mil), ThinStream reportedly yields a minimum of 17% more labels per roll. Narrow ...

Mount Flexo Plates for Better Print Quality

(Label/Tape)

July 31, 2011, ... are designed for mounting flexo print plates to cylinders or sleeves. Foam mounting tapes are said to provide excellent print quality for process, combination, and solid printing. Consistent caliper control ...

How To Wind Defectless Hard, Round Rolls

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

June 29, 2011, ... high caliper areas building on each other        o Gauge bands that produce corrugations or rope marks in the tightly wound roll        o Bagginess upon unwinding • Wind sufficient air in low areas ...

The Holy Grail, Six Tips for Winding

(Web Handling)

June 29, 2011, When winding film, the Holy Grail is to achieve round, hard rolls without defects. These areas require adherence to consistently achieve success. 1. Be sure the web material is as flat as possible  ...

Measure Several Factors

(Controls)

April 30, 2011, ... that combines basis weight, percent moisture, caliper thickness, and multilayer thickness measurements into one fast multifunction sensor. Reportedly provides high precision and inherent safety. Advanced ...

Color Control Brings Business to 3C

(Print)

February 28, 2011, ... that occurs for other features of the carton (dimensions, caliper, etc.) to the color-matching process. Using spectrophotometric color control, 3C reports it was able to match the customer's targets ...

Core Savings

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

December 31, 2010, ... the outer diameter (O.D.) of the core, the caliper of the board, and the operator's set point. For consistently low waste, it is beneficial for the core O.D. to remain consistent. Because cores often vary ...

Looking South

(Label/Tape)

October 31, 2010, ...  more, “clean” film liner waste can command high prices and can be viewed as a generator of income, not as a waste product. Low-caliper film release liners also can contribute to sustainability in term ...

Process Troubleshooting

(Coating/Laminating)

October 31, 2010, ... form had a hard band that made it unacceptable. This caliper variation did not show until the on-line gauge and process journal pointed the engineer in the right direction. Control | The goal has been ...

Paperboard Packaging: Packed for Style

(Carton Box)

June 30, 2010, ... Ice multi-component basket carrier. This six-pack beer carrier reportedly uses more uncoated paperboard than traditional basket carriers as well as a lower caliper combination to create a basket said to ...

Multipack Juices It Up

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2010, ... VAP from Diageo North America, Stanford, CT. The heavy caliper board both protects the contents and serves on the transfer-metallized uncoated side to provide a gold backdrop for a 750-mL bottle of Crown ...

AIMCAL Awards

(Coating/Laminating)

March 21, 2010, ... Hazen Paper also was honored for a film-free, transfer-metallized 0.026-in. SBS that served as a windowed folding carton for Crown Royal 75 VAP from Diageo North America, Stanford, CT. The heavy caliper ...

Flex-Pack = Opportunity

(Extrusion Coating)

January 31, 2010, ... by consumer sentiment and major retailers such as Walmart — on using renewable resources for packaging. In parallel, end-users are looking for reductions in film caliper to deliver overall reductions in ...

Films 101: Back to Basics

(Archive)

November 30, 2009, ... features high clarity and high gloss, and its moisture resistance and smooth surface make it suitable for health and beauty, beverage, and overlaminate applications. At low calipers, BOPP film has more ...

Lite Beer Carrier

(First Glance)

November 30, 2009, ... is available in ten standard caliper grades. Its strong fiber composition and ultra low-density design are said to deliver outstanding performance with very low package weight, while its uniform brown ...

Hot Cup Combos

(Substrates)

October 31, 2009, ... delivered by specialized companies supplying commercial cup machines. Traditionally, hot cups were made out of thicker-caliper paper layered with polyethylene (PE) inside, leaving the outside of the ...

Uncoated Board Gives Whale of a Performance

(News Eclips)

October 13, 2009, ... caliper grades, ranging from .013 in. to .030 in. The carrier’s strong fiber composition and ultra low-density design are said to deliver outstanding performance with very low package weight, while its ...

Web Measurement Carrier Holds Five Sensor Types

(News Eclips)

June 07, 2009, ... measurement markets. Carrier can be equipped with a beta sensor for thickness or for basis weight measurement, as well as microwave, X-ray, X-ray or beta backscatter, color, spectral reflectance, caliper, ...

February Carton & Box Reporter

(Magazine)

January 31, 2009, ... company's “soft box” concept by combining low-caliper cartonboard around corrugated inner walls. The package also uses high quality substrates with a textured grain effect and is foil stamped and embossed. ...

Green Is Global

(Archive)

January 31, 2009, ... adhesive wet-out characteristics. We are seeing caliper reductions down to about 23 microns for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) liners. Liner recycling now is gaining impetus as awareness is growing ...