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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 ...

Danish Label Printer Adds MPS Flexo Press

(News | New Products)

March 27, 2014, ... the press is also equipped with a closed loop tension control multi-layer lamination unit. Scanket’s second MPS press is used in the production of self-adhesive labels with a focus on cosmetics, beverage, ...

Coating Matters | Under Pressure: The Damage Stress Can Do in Fluid Coating

(Coating Matters)

March 24, 2014, ... temperature of the polymer, the solvent volatility, particulates in the fluid, and the relative humidity. Controlling these factors will help control the stress of the fluid as curing occurs and a solidified ...

Defects in Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

March 24, 2014, ... is coming from and reducing or eliminating the root cause of the defect. But before you can control the cause of the defect, you need to be able to identify the defect. Proper identification leads you ...

Business Forms | New Developments in Passport Manufacture

(Adhesives)

March 11, 2014, ... to be processed at temperatures of between 130 deg C and 140 deg C. A glue quantity control system uses a heat-detecting camera to check the even application of the adhesive layer on the surface to ...

Z-Flute Boxes for Kitty Litter are Purr-fect

(Coating/Laminating)

March 08, 2014, ... minute amounts (less than 1 part/million/year). The pharmaceutical-grade elastomer/metallized PET/PET structure of the liner combines mechanical performance (more consistent sealing) with a controlled ...

Menges Expands Line with Partnerships

(News | New Products)

March 02, 2014, ... to offer comprehensive turnkey heat transfer solutions, thanks to new partnerships with Delta T Systems, a leading manufacturer of chillers and temperature control systems, and Paratherm, a supplier of ...

Web Lines | War on Bagginess

(Web Handling)

February 26, 2014, ... of process and material properties that create bagginess forms—bagginess continues to plague many web producers as an uncontrolled variation in product quality. I have worked closely with Dr. Kevin Cole ...

Coating Matters | I'm Done Coating...Now What

(Coating/Laminating)

February 17, 2014, ... the solvent or water that the polymer is suspended in. Solvent flashes off faster than water, but there are governmental controls on the amount of solvent that can be removed on a regular basis. As you ...