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EU Project to Develop Gas Sensor Technology

(Controls)

August 10, 2014, ... packaging is a challenge, as the packing line is surrounded by atmospheric air. • Dissolved air is hidden in the product and in air pockets, which can rapidly spoil the controlled gas composition after ...

Show Preview | Labelexpo Americas 2014 Enhances Focus on Package Printing

(Label/Tape)

August 04, 2014, ...    AccuWeb Introducing its Smallest Web Guide AccuWeb (Booth 837) will introduce the EVO 150 web guide control, a 24 VDC controller featuring 150 watts of power with the ability to control brushed ...

Coating Matters | Steam Remoisturizing Technology for Paper-Based Labels, Pt. 1

(Coating/Laminating)

July 21, 2014, Paper-based label manufacturers must produce a stable, flat product. This requires controlling moisture content in all layers of the final product to equilibrium. Coated or laminated paper processes ...

Slot Die Coating Technology

(Mark's Coating Matters)

July 16, 2014, ... of solids, is allowable in a slot die. This decreases the workload of the drying units, leading to increased production rates. 2. Positive coat weight control. The fluid delivery system delivers a constant ...

Converting Headaches? Get Relief at CPP EXPO's PFFC-Sponsored Technical Session

(Trade Shows)

July 13, 2014, ...  The machine direction control of a web is usually described as tension or speed control, but what is important to you web, your registration, and your lay-flat, is web strain. Learn about this secret ...

Esko Releases Suite 14 Software

(News | New Products)

July 12, 2014, ... and eliminate set-up time • ArtPro+, a new application that gives users a tool for quality control of artwork and prepress files • Imaging Engine: APPE3 for CTP built on Adobe's PDF Print Engine (APPE3) ...

NDC Infrared Engineering Merges with Beta LaserMike

(Controls)

July 12, 2014, The two suppliers of noncontacting measurement and control solutions come together to form NDC Technologies   IRWINDALE, CA | NDC Infrared Engineering and Beta LaserMike, both part of the Spectris ...

Signature Flexible Packaging Operating New 10-Color Press

(News | New Products)

July 07, 2014, ... in-line viscosity control with InkSpec viscometers, auto-impression setting, and click-and-drag zero-waste registration along with numerous quality control options such as a 100% inspection camera and ...

Web Lines | The Case of the Missing Pacer

(Technical Reports)

July 07, 2014, How can a system with only two slipping torque elements control speed? I recently visited a converter that had a rewinder with no apparent direct-driven pacer roller. The unwind had brake torque control, ...

CLP installs Israel’s first QuadTech Inspection System

(Controls)

July 01, 2014, ...  "While quality control is a top priority for us, it was an expensive process to undertake on translucent and transparent substrates. So, when we decided to install a new Windmoeller & Hoelscher press, ...

Double E Reports Quick-Delivery Program

(News | New Products)

June 28, 2014, ... safety chucks, brake, simple web guiding, and basic tension control, while slitting modules feature Gold knife holders and the patented “Expandette” cutting ring which can be replaced without removing ...

Nampak South Africa Adds Titan Slitter Rewinders

(News | New Products)

June 25, 2014, ... general manager at Nampak Flexible in Pinetown, Durban. ‘Good control of web tension is critical in producing the highest quality rewind reels for our customers and the ER610 slitters provide this, as ...

Coating Matters | Everything You Wanted to Know about Coating But Were Afraid to Ask

(Coating/Laminating)

June 17, 2014, ... flow disturbances, inhomogeneities in the fluid, or uncontrolled air flow may still cause coating defects. Defect formation may be connected to raw material variation or equipment instability. Everything ...

Flexcoat Labels Adds Another Gallus Press

(News | New Products)

June 09, 2014, ... the Gallus RCS, combined with cutting-edge drive and control technology, optimizes long term print quality and reliability in production. Flexcoat Labels has been working closely with Gallus since 2011. ...

Atlas to Install New Slitter/Rewinders at Film Company

(News | New Products)

June 01, 2014, ... higher quality rewind reels, reduced noise levels, and more effective, operator-friendly control systems. The CW Series is also reported to have faster acceleration and deceleration cycles. The latest ...

Coating Matters | Stop Defects Before They Start

(Coating/Laminating)

May 26, 2014, ... component in the roll-to-roll coating process (coating head, fluid delivery system, web control, and roll consistency) provides an area of opportunity for improved coating performance or reduced capability. ...

Processing Tips to Prevent Gauge Bands - Part 1

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

May 08, 2014, Since I starting in this industry back in the dark ages, before computers and GUI/HMI process control systems, universal corona treating systems, plasma treatment and the like, gauge bands have been the ...

Coating Matters | Designing Equipment for Fluid Flow

(Coating/Laminating)

April 22, 2014, In premetered coating, a slot die is the control valve that turns fluid flow through a pipe into a precise, flat, and even coating on a continuous substrate. How does a chunk of metal do this? If you' ...

Web Lines | Why Is Winding Optimization Difficult?

(Web Handling)

April 21, 2014, ... thermal or moisture expansion, frictional properties, surface roughness, and viscoelasticity. (Winding is getting complicated already.) Tension Control: How is tension created and what is it as every ...

Show Preview | INFO*FLEX Offers Gold Mine of Solutions

(Trade Shows)

April 10, 2014, ... touchscreen interface, which controls the cleaning of rolls in-line or off-line. Programming includes features to operate the system in English and Spanish and to help monitor roll inventory by entering ...