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Slitting Special Report: New Technology Can Cut Waste and Make You More Efficient

(Slit)

June 29, 2011, ...  The Holy Grail, Six Tips for Winding When winding film, the Holy Grail is to achieve round, hard rolls without defects. These areas require adherence to consistently achieve success. Contract Slitting ...

How To Wind Defectless Hard, Round Rolls

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

June 29, 2011, Davis-Standard Converting Systems' Duane Smith, product manager, specialty winding, shares his expert insight on how to achieve round, hard rolls without defects—essentially the Holy Grail for all ...

The Holy Grail, Six Tips for Winding

(Web Handling)

June 29, 2011, When winding film, the Holy Grail is to achieve round, hard rolls without defects. These areas require adherence to consistently achieve success. 1. Be sure the web material is as flat as possible  ...

Printing Proofs-Color Control: Spot On!

(Print)

April 30, 2011, ... ICC profiles. Now we just slap a curve on it — like we did with the magenta dot gain — and find out what went wrong.” The X-Rite SpectroProofer and GMG ProofControl flag defects in the proof. The SpectroProofer ...

AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2011, ... of the process improvement and quality assurance tool measure wet or dry clear or opaque coating layers, including ultraviolet hard coats and adhesive layers. Identifying defects earlier in the process ...

Inspect on Many Materials

(Controls)

March 31, 2011, The Shark LEX works with Lector WorkFlow to form a 100% inspection system. Systems will identify both random and repeating defects as small as 0.05 mm2. The Shark LEX works with Lector WorkFlow to form ...

Inspect with Clear Images

(Inspection/Defect Detection)

March 31, 2011, ... cameras and one or more optical channels to detect typical defects. An additional optical channel allows the inspection of thin and thick areas as well as the formation analysis. Modular design and standardized ...

AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Coating/Laminating)

March 17, 2011, ... layers. Identifying defects earlier in the process thus can enhance quality and line productivity. With multiple international patent applications pending, the technology requires no contact and is nonradioactive ...

AVT Showcases PrintVision Helios III System

(Inspection/Defect Detection)

March 17, 2011, ... workflow, from setup through printing to finishing. PrintVision/Helios II can be installed on any press or rewinder and identifies defects on labels as soon as they occur. The system is said to detect ...

Green Converting: Is IML Sustainable?

(Label/Tape)

February 28, 2011, ... be recycled, incinerated, or buried in a landfill. Functionally, p-s labels can have good graphics, but they are subject to defects on the container, such as flagging, wrinkling, and puckering. Container ...

Coating Matters: Don't Blame Chatter on Coating Hea

(Coating/Laminating)

January 31, 2011, ... issue is not the coating station itself but the peripheral equipment. So remember to keep your thoughts open and look outside of the coating station when analyzing defects. The root cause may not be ...

Technical Report: A Rheology Lesson

(Coating/Laminating)

January 31, 2011, ... causing defects like curl and warp. Just keep the forces of heat and shear on the polymer until the product is in the best shape to settle. Heat and motion do wonders for polymers in process, especially ...

Process Troubleshooting

(Coating/Laminating)

October 31, 2010, ... discrete parts to organizational efficiency. The question is: How do you best utilize Six Sigma to reduce web defects? Utilization in the converting industry hinges on applying discrete measures to a ...

Inspect Labels of Many Sizes, Shapes

(Inspection/Defect Detection)

August 31, 2010, ... sizes and shapes of labels on one roll, detecting defects regardless of label contour, size, or color. Visit Booth 319. Rotoflex | 636-681-9179 | www.rotoflex.com Circle 345 or visit www.freeproductinfo.net/pff ...

Free Webinar: Common Process Roller Deficiencies

(News | New Products)

July 08, 2010, ... will address the defects that can propagate from roller flaws along with the appropriate corrective action. To register and reserve your seat for this free hour-long webinar, visit: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/442337537 or ...

Flexographic Printing: 9 Shine

(Flexography)

June 30, 2010, ... Corp.-Castle Rock), “The preprint category was a very close decision with several nice jobs. The crispness of the different glasses of beer and the difficulty of keeping the black background clean of defects ...

Nordmeccanica, Dow Hold Earth Day Demos

(Coating/Laminating)

June 30, 2010, ... of Portco Packaging, Vancouver, WA. The afternoon session consisted of demonstrating a lamination of a high-barrier structure with no outgassing-related defects, despite the high lamination speed. Adhesive ...

Laminators Are Reliable, Precise

(Coating/Laminating)

June 30, 2010, ... sections speeds up running, cleaning, and maintaining the machine. Said to offer precise, reliable, and consistent web tension control from the unwinders to the rewinder to avoid the formation of defects ...

Static Beat: Corona Treaters & Ionizers Compared

(Static Elimination)

May 31, 2010, To prevent static problems such as coating defects, dust attraction, and sparks, static neutralizers may be installed along the film conveyance path. To prevent static problems such as coating defects, ...

40th Anniversary AIMCAL

(Special Reports)

April 30, 2010, ... — Releases the first edition of the AIMCAL Defects Lexicon 2005 — Inaugurates WebHandlingBlog.com, WebCoatingBlog.com, SpecialtyWebCoatingBlog.com, and VacuumCoatingBlog.com 2006 — Adds ExtrusionCoatingBlog.com ...