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- Digital Products for the Converting Industry
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- October 31, 2000, ... platesetter, which is said to ensure perfect registration in wide web paper and flexible packaging applications. Reportedly eliminates the need for continuous photo- polymer and full-piece plates by plotting ...
- Converting Industry News
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- September 30, 2000, ... from 1-400 microns wet and for speeds from 1-30 mpm. The Patch Coat slot die system offers continuous pattern coating. A recently installed, 700-mm-wide test coating machine has what are described as ...
- Bringing Together the Many Benefits of Film and Paper
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- September 30, 2000, ... die to promote a high level of continuous cooling and stability, while for fine control over profile, the line is fitted with Battenfeld Gloucester's AutoProfile system. This controls film thickness by ...
- Converting Industry News
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- August 31, 2000, ... TLC Motel, Waltham, near Boston. The Coating and Drying Technology Seminar, which will cover the technology of coating continuous webs, will be held October 30-November 2 until noon. That seminar will ...
- More New Products for the Converting Industry
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- August 31, 2000, ... a family of rubber solution p-s adhesives, are suited for double-coated tapes, foam gasketing, and mounting tapes. Designed for continuous-process hand applications, adhesives are said to provide a "quick ...
- Selecting the Right Tensioning System for the Application
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- April 30, 2000, ... that have mating friction faces. Generally, torque is proportional to the air pressure, enabling these brakes to provide controlled, continuous-slip braking action. Air-actuated brakes offer maximum ...
- French Fry Fascination Brings Big Business to Bonar
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- March 31, 2000, ... profile." Coated product is wound on the Black Clawson Surfastart 1000 Winder. The Surfastart provides consistent and continuous winding of large diameter rolls, reports Carne. "The winder is a real ...
- Electrically Heated Rollers Are Top Technology Choice
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- March 31, 2000, ... that surface is the first area to reach the desired setpoint. The rollers convert 100% of the energy received into heat. For applications requiring roller temperatures up to 350 deg F continuously, ...
- Human/Machine Interface Offers Best of Two Worlds
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- March 31, 2000, ... can be continuously monitored and controlled from a single HMI screen display acting as an instant window into critical operation parameters such as line speed, build ratios, web splicing, and run time. ...
- Taking the measure of surface treatment is a learning process
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- August 31, 1996, ... approximately a 1-sq-in. area. If the continuous film of liquid remains intact - or fails to wet-out - for two or more seconds, the next higher surface tension solution is applied to a similar area. If ...
- Gauging system lights the way
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- August 31, 1996, ... industry. BKL uses a continuous process to apply luminescent coatings - to exacting tolerances - to the plastic alloy substrate used in the production of EL lamps. In this process, the thickness and ...
- On-line gauging brings big benefits to coating operation
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- July 31, 1996, ... measurement of continuous web processes. Praitano reports that, since the NDC system takes a fresh approach to beta gauging technology, it achieves a high performance level with a gauge using about one-fifth ...
- Green Bay gears up for specialty labels
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- May 31, 1996, ... stainless steel convection oven is continuously monitored for web tension and temperature, so sensitive films won't be overheated and stretched. The machine runs at speeds to 500 fpm and has a web width ...
- Gravure gets easier
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- April 30, 1996, ... expensive and thereby more accessible to converters. Some short cuts are actually flexo-related. For example, Adolph Gottscho Inc. has developed the high-speed "Gotavure" continuous-motion flexographic ...
- Innovation is a winner in FPA competition
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- March 31, 1996, ... tip. The problem of insufficient mixing is said to be eliminated. A continuous-feed process heat-seals three films into a specially designed configuration, fills the separate product pouches by volume, ...
- Don't forget your unwind
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- January 31, 1996, ... after each roll has been run off. Multiple-position unwinds with splice capabilities allow continuous machine operation. "In terms of expense," says Rodemich, "single-position unwinds are the least expensive ...
- Examining trends in drives and motors
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- December 31, 1995, ... for DC but has not exceeded it." Just like AC, brushless DC motors offer near unity power factor at all speeds and loads. This technology delivers full torque continuously at any speed, offers precise ...
- Training is the key to success in '90s corporate climb.
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- August 31, 1995, ... now foster cultures in which people strive to learn continuously. Motorola is a firm believer in employee training and estimates that for every dollar spent on training it gets 30 dollars back where it ...
- Adapting flexible system in trim-recovery operations.
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- July 31, 1995, ... design since there was limited space in which to separate a high volume of material from the conveying air that deposited the material into the existing grinder. The unit was built to process continuous ...
- Mead expands in-house capabilities with sheeter
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- July 31, 1995, ... maintains virtually continuous output and reaches speeds up to 350 m/min. The Bristol Division of Mead Packaging is reported to be Britain's only dedicated production plant for multi-pack cartons for ...
