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Mac Process Reorganizes Sales Team

(News | New Products)

April 08, 2012, ... conveying and air filtration systems, announces a reorganization of its petrochemical sales team. The move is said to support a strategy to better serve customers and promote new solutions as well as a ...

Flexco Installation Tool Aids Material Handling

(News | New Products)

April 02, 2012, ... plate sizes and make installation and virtually error proof. Tool can be used by any converter of paper, film, foil, paperboard, or nonwovens who use belt conveyors in their material handling process. ...

Carton/Box | Heavyweight SBS Is Ready to Print

(Carton Box)

March 26, 2012, ... much less waste in production, as product doesn’t get jammed in equipment. Square cornered boxes stay square cornered, which helps to convey a high quality image.” Because heavyweight SBS is bright white ...

Find Sources of Static Charging

(Kelly on Static)

March 18, 2012, ... sources of static charge and to measure the amount of charge deposited on the web. To do this, measure the electrostatic field just before and just after a conveyance element. Use the “rule of thumb” that ...

Maxson Sheeter Suited for Digital Press Sizes

(News | New Products)

February 24, 2012, ... sheet sizes within +/- 0.015 in. of the desired cutoff, reportedly eliminating the need to guillotine trim to a finished size. The delivery system incorporates special design features to convey multiple ...

Static Beat | Side Matters

(Static-Beat)

February 07, 2012, ... nip roller. A non-contacting electrostatic voltmeter (ESVM) measuring VAFTER TINSEL confirms that the bottom side of the BOPP web has no charge. The web exiting this section of the conveyance path is electrically ...

Web Handling Workshops from TJWA & Optimation

(News | New Products)

January 26, 2012, ... announced today their 2012 Web Handling Workshop schedule, to be held at Optimation’s Media Conveyance Facility in Rochester. The workshops are led by co-instructors Timothy Walker and Dr. Kevin Cole of ...

Static Beat | How To Eliminate Hot Rolls

(Static-Beat)

January 16, 2012, ... conveyance rollers after each major process. For example, sources of static in a blown film extruder are identified in Figure 1 by taking eight fieldmeter readings. Note that all readings are taken before ...

Static Beat: Beat Winter Static

(Static-Beat)

November 22, 2011, ... a conveyance element. A thin layer of grease, dirt, or other surface contaminant can greatly increase tribocharging. Cleaning the surfaces can restore good static performance. “Tacky rollers” (cleaning ...

Unwinding Static

(Static-Beat)

August 21, 2011, ...  Two static bars and two conveyance rollers are needed to neutralize static on an unwinding roll. The scheme is flexible. It works for rolls unwound in the clockwise or “over” orientation in Figure 1 and ...

EVENTS

(Magazine)

July 31, 2011, AUGUST 23-25 | Web Handling Workshop, TJWalker+Assoc. & Optimation Technology, Optimation Media Conveyance Facility, Rochester, NY; www.webhandling.com AUGUST 23-25 | Web Handling Workshop, TJWalker+Assoc. ...

Static Beat: Why Static Is Worse at High Speeds

(Static Elimination)

July 31, 2011, ... with speed is complex. At higher speeds, the film drags along more viscous air. This faster air flow increases pressure at the contact line where the film first touches the conveyance roller. The higher ...

New Material-Neutral Organization Focuses on Packaging & Environment

(Trends/Management News)

July 14, 2011, ... packaging waste. The organization will play an instrumental role in conveying this message to opinion leaders in North America and ensuring that participants in the packaging value chain have maximum scope ...

Web Handling Workshop Includes Live Demos

(Web Handling News)

July 04, 2011, TJWalker + Assoc. and Optimation Technology host a Web Handling Workshop at the Optimation Media Conveyance Facility on August 23–25 in Rochester, NY ST. PAUL, MN |  TJWalker + Assoc. and Optimation  Technology ...

Static Beat: Static Dissipation Testing

(Static Elimination)

June 30, 2011, ... nearby conveyance rollers or to machine frame elements. So, the “practical answer” is that we must decide on a “standard geometry” so we can test films and get consistent results. Figure 1 is the standard ...

Roll-Sleeve Film: Helping Shape Brand Identity

(Label/Tape)

May 10, 2011, ... is required, the Krones standard hot-melt system is utilized in conjunction with a special curing tunnel located at the machine discharge. As each labeled bottle is conveyed through the tunnel, the label ...

Menasha Packaging Announces $10M Pennsylvania Expansion

(Carton Box)

March 09, 2011, ... our position in this market." The project consists of three stages. The first phase, already underway, involves modernizing the main line conveyor and installing two new Mosca Sonix unitizers. As part ...

Green Converting: Is IML Sustainable?

(Label/Tape)

February 28, 2011, ... and associated conveyor are additional equipment that requires electricity and gas for operation. Recycling of shrink-sleeved bottles is questionable unless the sleeve and bottle are known to be of ...

Show Preview - Forecast for Orlando: ICE

(Trends/Management)

January 31, 2011, ... Blaige, Blaige & Co. Wednesday, April 6 10:00-10:30 a.m. Are New High Technology Coating Methods Better than the Old Reliable?: Edward Cohen, Edward D. Cohen Consulting Inc. Conveyance Roller Nip ...

Avoid Marking Sensitive Materials

(Sheeting)

December 31, 2010, ... resulting action prevents stress marks from the stop roller and delivery belts while ensuring sheet packets are conveyed to the stacker troublefree. Uniform contact across the sheeter is said to eliminate ...