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What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

August 31, 2001, ... developed especially for use with printing and coating machines to 21.5 in. The cold reflector is said to minimize heat while generating the maximum UV possible. The unique cold shutter with advanced sandwich ...

So You've Seen a Ghost! Who You Gonna Call

(Magazine)

July 31, 2001, ...  “Ghosting” is a phenomenon that occasionally occurs in printing and coating operations. The cause of the ghost can be difficult to ascertain, but culprits typically fall into two categories: lack of ...

Slitting Survey

(Magazine)

July 31, 2001, ... diagnostic features for identifying/isolating problems and scheduling routine maintenance 4.0 31% Ability to slit in register with applied coatings 3.8 38% Roboticized material-handling features ...

Cut-to-Register Sheeting Trims Time and Labor Costs

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May 31, 2001, ... back nearly 30 years. Today, Unifoil is a $40 million global company and an innovator in laminating, coating, and metallizing technology, producing eye-catching foils, films, and now brilliant holographic ...

What Is Converting? It Helps to Ask That Simple Question

(Magazine)

May 31, 2001, ... and not 0.75 mil or 1.25 mil? Know the specific details of both sides. Is one side treated and the other side not treated? Does one side have a coating and the other side have none? One side may have ...

Products

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May 31, 2001, ... flexo, gravure, and heatset web offset printing as well as coating and laminating operations. Mfr. reports highest destruction efficiencies at lowest operating costs. Standard features include AC frequency ...

Division Conference Offers Varied Program

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May 31, 2001, The Polymers, Laminations and Coatings Conference offers something for everybody in the flexible packaging and converting industries this year, according “The Polymers, Laminations and Coatings Conference ...

International Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

April 30, 2001, ... and converter of adhesive-coated materials, Coating & Converting Solutions (CCS), West Midlands, England, has been serving the food packaging, medical markets, and more since its inception in 1998. The ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

April 30, 2001, ... printers, co. says. Single-ply film is available through co.'s RF Xpress Roll Program in weights of 3.2 mils; other weights are in development. Coating is said to resist water, chemicals, mars, scuffs, ...

Products

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April 30, 2001, ... is latest addition to co.'s wide range of UV curing lamps, says mfr. Most commonly used in industries such as fiber optic coating, electronics, compact disc manufacture, plastic container decoration, and ...

Products at CMM

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March 31, 2001, ... Corp., Pawcatuck, CT; 860/599-1010; davis-standard.com Series 50 ID automatic die is suited for extrusion coating applications for single and coextrusion systems. According to mfr., product has reduced ...

Converting Industry News

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February 28, 2001, ... December 5, Ion Systems conducted the first in a series of free seminars focusing on web static neutralization in hazardous locations. The program included reviews of electrostatic hazards in coating operations ...

Wide vs Narrow Web FlexoIt's More Than Just the Widt

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February 28, 2001, ... inks. Unrestricted use of solvent-based inks and coatings in wide web flexo was challenged by the EPA rules on solvent emissions. The flexographic industry responded with compliance strategies that ...

Products

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February 28, 2001, ... to prevent the migration of coating solids caused by conventional drying. It has preferential heating to dry the wettest sections of the web selectively, co. says, making accumulation rollers unnecessary ...

A Primer on How to Put Substrates Together

(Unprinted Rolls)

February 28, 2001, ... composite construction is your goal, there is more than one way to get there. Extrusion coating, extrusion laminating, and film laminating are three different manufacturing techniques a converter can ...

Flex-Pack Operation Likes to Convert the Complex

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February 28, 2001, ... rotogravure presses are in operation: a Cerutti 100-cm-wide, eight-color press with in-line laminating capability; a Cerutti 120-cm-wide, nine-color press that can perform coating with cold seal capacity; ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

February 28, 2001, ... market niches and converting processes. Narrow web converters, wide web converters — it makes no difference to the sellers. Substrate and ink suppliers, as well as manufacturers of coating machines, ...

New Label Press Moves Company to the Next Level

(Magazine)

February 28, 2001, ... and winds it into a tape, all in-line. Speeds vary from 75 to 300 fpm; 133-line screens are typical. Substrate suppliers include Rotary Paper Manifold, Eagle Converting, MACtac, Spinnaker Coating, and ...

Products

(Magazine)

January 31, 2001, ... molded pulp. Cleaning Blades Coated for Long Life Thermo Web Systems, Auburn, MA; 508/791-8171 Presstek B cleaning blade has a water-resistant coating that reportedly lengthens its life and gives ...

Innovative Problem-Solving: Advances in the Industry

(Magazine)

January 31, 2001, ... neutralization of static electricity; coating and laminating lines that run as fast as 1,500 fpm; a 28x40-in. rainbow sheet with only one plate line; tight-tolerance rubber rolls; and a breakthrough in ...