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Unilux Adds Controls to Inspection System

(Controls)

September 27, 2017, ... at full production speed, while at the same time simplifying their day-to-day operations,” says Unilux president Mike Simonis. “For direct observation of defects at full production speed, stroboscopic ...

PC Industries to Show Lineup at Labelexpo

(Controls)

September 18, 2017, ... affordable step up from web viewers to full web inspection. It is designed to simply detect typical print defects, missing labels, and unremoved matrix. Guardian OLP: PDF proofing and off-line inspection ...

AVT to Put Control System on Mark Andy Presses

(Controls)

September 12, 2017, ... press productivity, and the system also can verify geometric parameters such as color-to-color registration, image placement, and printing defects detection. System also monitors the integrity of both ...

Grafikontrol to Show Inspection System

(Controls)

July 24, 2017, ... and benefit from automatic detection of both print and media defects. Immediate alarm, when imperfection is detected, eliminates defective material. LYNEX also provides production analysis and data collection ...

Coating Matters | Balancing Slot Die Design

(Coating/Laminating)

July 18, 2017, How slot die geometry can improve flow control and reduce coating defects. How slot die geometry can improve flow control and reduce coating defects. If you'd like to hear from Mark Miller's own lips ...

Web Lines | Action Plan for CD Buckles, Part 3

(Web Handling)

July 04, 2017, ... films, where the thickness profile is rotated with the collapsing bubble, buckling defects may follow the low thickness bands as they move across the roll.   Remedies: Apply appropriate remedies ...

Roller Geometry | What Is Your Roller’s True Shape?

(Web Handling)

June 21, 2017, How does a roller’s shape influence a coated product and coating defects? The variation of a roller’s geometry can produce many web handling problems. How does a roller’s shape influence a coated product ...

Sticking With It | Overview of Radiation Curable Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives

(Coating/Laminating)

June 14, 2017, ... than 0.7 mil. These products are generally very viscous and so lower thickness coatings will have significant defects caused by the coating method, including streaking. Outlook So, what does the future ...

Global Specialty Products Cleaner Is “Green”

(Coating/Laminating)

June 13, 2017, OPTIMA 2000 FG Aqueous Cleaner is reported to meet many safety and health standards and to be suited for a number of applications MOUNT HOLLY, NJ | Global Specialty Products USA offers OPTIMA 2000 ...

Coating Matters | Dispersions in Liquid Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

June 05, 2017, ... shear they will not move. Turn the mayonnaise jar upside down and it goes nowhere. But what happens when you have a wheat beer or a garlic aioli? The dispersed particles can cause coating defects you weren’t ...

Web Lines | Action Plan for CD Buckles, Part 2

(Web Handling)

April 10, 2017, ... Part 3 of this series, we’ll look at more remedies for these CD buckling defects, moving outward from the core. Web handling expert Tim Walker, president of TJWalker+Assoc., has 25 years of experience ...

Web Lines | Action Plan for CD Buckles, Part 1

(Web Handling)

March 05, 2017, Cross direction buckling defects have many names, but they all share one common mechanism. Cross direction buckling defects have many names, but they all share one common mechanism. Cross direction ...

Atlas to Launch Inspection Rewinders

(News | New Products)

February 20, 2017, ... to stop the slitter and increasing the slitting efficiency and slit quality. Identifying defects in the web can be done either by a fully automatic 100% inspection system, manually using stroboscopic ...

AWT Labels Adds W&H Miraflex Press

(Print)

February 08, 2017, ... provide automated sensing of visual defects while printing. The press can accept roll widths from 31.5 in. to 52 in. and can print an image up to 50 in. wide. The large repeat capabilities up to 31.5 in. ...

Grafikontrol Talks About US Success

(Controls)

December 11, 2016, ... a system that allows printing and lamination waste/defects to be traced throughout the roll production process all the way to the packaging stage. PROCHECK, for which a patent application has been filed, ...

Goebel IMS & Achenbach Buschütteen Offer Foil Slitter

(Slit)

December 05, 2016, ... and high flexibility. In addition, any remaining stock and coiled material remnants on rolls can be processed. The NovaSlit S can be used for foil inspection to detect flatness or other defects. If necessary, ...

Coating Matters | Pre-Metered Fluid Flow Analysis with Computational Methods

(Coating/Laminating)

November 27, 2016, ... for stable flow. Internal flow conditions that cause defects. Coating window determination and when defects occur. Start and stop phenomenon. A computer model does better with boundary conditions, ...

Coating Matters | Vacuum Systems Offer More Capability

(Coating/Laminating)

October 18, 2016, ... allows the fluid to displace the air on top of the substrate without coating defects.   So how much pressure variation will create a better coating? Well there is an equation for that: μ = viscosity ...

Coating Matters | The Advantage of Using Surfactants

(Coating/Laminating)

September 05, 2016, ... into place as a web coated product. If the surface energy of the substrate and the surface tension of the fluid is not a good match, this air removal won’t happen and air-based coating defects occur. This ...

AVT Lists Launches for Labelexpo Americas

(Controls)

August 24, 2016, ... production workflow, including the identification of specific defects such as missing nozzles, ink dripping spots, and color changes as soon as they occur. The result, company says, is reduced waste, enhanced ...