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Solving the Problem of Press Part Replacements

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, ... in Europe and must be shipped to customers in the US. For example, most European wide web press manufacturers simply don't stock plate cylinders and gears in the US for press repair and spare parts. That' ...

Eastern European Converter Continues Pioneering Ways

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August 31, 2000, ... is recorded on an optical plate so the rotogravure cylinder can be prepared. (Printing is about 60% rotogravure and 40% flexographic.) Anton says that this process enables 100% consistency between the ...

What's New in Narrow We

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August 31, 2000, ... speeds to 250 fpm. It is equipped with idler rolls and a rubber-covered impression cylinder. The positive paper threading and geared plate cylinder are said to eliminate the need for electrical connections ...

Converting Industry News

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August 31, 2000, ... packages are printed on an 11-station Cerrutti press at Sonoco's Edinburgh, IN, plant. With just six weeks to complete the project, Sonoco turned to cylinder engraver Keating Gravure USA, Charlotte, ...

Materials and Products for the Converting Industry

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August 31, 2000, ... for inspecting and measuring engraved cells on rotogravure cylinders and anilox rolls. Allows production operators to control quality accurately and easily, says mfr. Equipped with Rollscope and CCD color ...

Latest Gravure Technology Launches Converter into Fray

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April 30, 2000, ... technology and hollow, reusable cylinders--is the only one of its kind in the US, just one of seven installed in the world. And, according to Gary Bell, Kapak president and CEO, "It's probably the single ...

Selecting the Right Tensioning System for the Application

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April 30, 2000, ... between two rotating discs, which is transmitted by magnetic particles to produce a retarding force (brake torque). The input shaft and a cylinder form the stationary member; the output shaft and rotor ...

FPA Winners Prove Again How to Do More with Less

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February 29, 2000, The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, DC, presented its 1999 Top Packaging Awards to seven companies for flexible packages that broke The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, ...

Dixie Toga Continues to Make Its Mark as a Leader

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December 31, 1999, ... which serves both flexo and gravure operations, has Macintosh, Barco, and Daetwyler equipment. The department includes room to store an estimated 5,400 rotogravure cylinders and capabilities in electromechanical ...

Temperature control helps ink customers optimize performance.

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November 30, 1996, ... that needs to be measured on the press, whether it's the chill roll surface temperature, the plate cylinder bearers, the fountain solution reservoirs, or the web exit surface temperatures." "Temperature ...

Gravure winners go for gold

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July 31, 1996, Gravure printing continues to say "quality." Just check out the winners of the Gravure Assn. of America's Golden Cylinders.The Gravure Assn. of America, Gravure printing continues to say "quality." Just check ...

A rather narrow-minded view of wide web printing.

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May 31, 1996, ... lightweight plate and anilox cylinders that can be exchanged in less than one minute per roll. The press runs at 800 fpm and has a 10- to 24-in. repeat length. Rotating on precision bearings, the cylinders ...

Plate advances bring flexo closer to offset

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April 30, 1996, ... onto a cylinder with a thick piece of foam tape, what you get is the same or even better compression and the ability to use high levels of impression without the loss of fine image detail," says Rosen. ...

Gravure gets easier

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April 30, 1996, ... and similarly high operating costs. Multimillion dollar presses and expensive engraved print cylinders have kept many converters out of the gravure market. Recently, however, suppliers of capital equipment ...

Brake and clutches improve to meet industry demands.

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December 31, 1995, ... from both sides or an axial cylinder pressing up against one side, the brake had two discs with the actuating cylinders pushing out against the discs from the inside for greatly improved braking. Both ...

Viscosity system saves ink and improves print quality

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December 31, 1995, ... panel, rather than by dumping solvent into the ink pail. Inside the M8BO measuring element is a piston/cylinder setup. The piston is raised up by an air lifting mechanism, drawing a sample of the ink to ...

Die-cutting developments continue unabated.

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September 30, 1995, ...  standby" woodbacked steel rule die continues to be improved through research and development. One example: It is common today to find computer-guided laser cutting of the slot in the plywood cylinder int ...

Doctor blades are the right Rx for gravure

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September 30, 1995, ... a spring load tension while maintaining a high contact angle. These qualities allow the printer and the converter to wipe the cylinder cleanly with a light spring load and preserve the cylinder while improving ...

Retrofit brings older sheeters back to life.

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August 31, 1995, ... (single rotary) knives. Short sheet runnability - The minimum and maximum sheeted length for a fixed-bed sheeter is a function of the knife cylinder diameter. Although the maximum practical range is ...

Czech converter pursues new free-market direction

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August 31, 1995, ... laminators. All inks are purchased from Germany, and varnishes are produced internally. Rotogravure cylinders are etched in-house. Kovohute's product mix consists exclusively of converted aluminum foil ...