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Bagmaking Operation Is There When Customers Call

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April 30, 2000, ... oscillating hauloff on the top of the tower. "The T-Nip," he says, "creates a unique roll profile that the rotating dies can't approach. The virtually zero gauge banding that results from using the Traversanip ...

Curtain Coating Technology Can Mean Big Benefits

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February 29, 2000, ... simultaneous multilayer application, dies with a fixed slot geometry are used. For such dies, the TD uniformity depends primarily on the geometry of the die internals (distribution cavities and metering ...

Shorter Turnaround Time Drives Move to CTP

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January 31, 2000, ... system, combined with a shorter proofing cycle and quicker makereadies, will help meet this goal. Supplier Information Heidelberg Americas, Kennesaw, GA; 800/437-7388; heidelberg.com Creo Products ...

Need and innovation are driving digital printing.

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November 30, 1996, ... with no screen patterns, reports Fargo. It includes Digital DieCut technology, which can cut any size and shape, including complicated contour cuts. This feature eliminates the need for rotary dies.  ...

Video web inspection goes quickly from luxury to necessity.

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October 31, 1996, ...  on-line at full press speeds," says Miller. "From the studies we've done, we estimate the reduction in waste to be 30 percent per month. I recently had a customer tell me they saved $16,000 dollars throug ...

The role of barrier materials in packaging low-fat goods.

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October 31, 1996, ... so as to minimize exposure to contaminants such as diesel and soap. The risks described above can be efficiently minimized by using packaging films with excellent organic vapor barrier. The data presented ...

Label converter controls quality from the inside out

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August 31, 1996, ... of dies and cutter blades is done within the plant. Varnishes are typically applied and dried in-line for extra gloss and scuff protection. (The firm also does film laminating of labels in-line on the ...

Partnering launches future growth in laminations

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August 31, 1996, ... and samples are taken to test for tensile strength, elongation, yield, thickness, etc., during production). Once the conditions are met, explains Silva, "statistical studies indicate there is very little ...

Perforating tear-resistant materials takes a big step.

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August 31, 1996, How do you perforate tough materials that are constructed not to tear? New perforating technology reportedly has the answer.When we attempt to perforate How do you perforate tough materials that are constructed ...

Taking the measure of surface treatment is a learning process

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August 31, 1996, ... of the WCAT method point to a number of "advantages" over the more traditional dyne tests: It can test practically any material, can be used for time studies of corona treatment aging, can be used to quantify ...

Gauging system lights the way

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August 31, 1996, ... Lamps are die-cut from the roll-form product to exacting tolerances using precision steel rule dies. Depending on the lamps' ultimate use, they can be encapsulated to protect the phosphor from moisture. ...

Web-inspection system supports label operation

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July 31, 1996, ... by Water Ink Technologies. Dies are from Rotometrics. Luranc explains the importance of the company's early concentration on data processing labels and its later development of laser and thermal transfer ...

A look at the status of UV/EB curing

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June 30, 1996, ... "The Status of UV/EB Curing in North America - 1996," was offered by Kenneth Lawson, president, DSM Desotech Inc., Elgin, IL. Lawson explained that in 1991, 1993, and 1995 he chaired studies conducted ...

Coextrusion: making the equipment fit the need

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June 30, 1996, ... melt temperatures before the film exits the die. Unique Approach is Developed Extrusion Dies Inc. (EDI) recently developed the Multiflow V manifold design for the advancement of flat coating, film, ...

Flexo label printer grows by leaps and bounds

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April 30, 1996, ... and are still in operation. Water-based inks are supplied by Werneke and Environmental Inks and Coatings Corp., and dies are from Rotometrics. Vinyls, mylars, and laminates are purchased from FLEXcon, ...

Pay attention to flash points, and you won't get burne

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March 31, 1996, ... the flash point. Compliance with the rules imposed by insurers and local governing bodies often limits storage of products below a certain flash point. These stipulations may concern the location and quantity ...

New hot stamper does more for short runs

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February 29, 1996, ... the fold line, die-cuts the J hook hole (with dies from Baker Die Works), and sheets the card to a 5-in. length. Production speeds exceed 6,000 parts/hour, and, says Stearns, "We can achieve a much richer ...

Pollution and politics: how green will the new year be?

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January 31, 1996, ... to former municipal landfills, and parties who sent waste to oil and battery recycling facilities prior to 1987. The Oxley bill also repeals the preference under the current law for remedies that focus ...

Label maker modifies tried and true business form

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January 31, 1996, ... Rotometrics dies. Inks for both the facestock and liner are supplied by Werneke. Web Label currently prints the back of the labels in five different colored polka dot patterns. The 6 1/2-in. web runs ...

"Partnering" helps get press up to spee

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November 30, 1995, ... embossing machine and an Onda hot stamping press. The company has more than 1,000 dies in its die library, most of them from Rotometrics. While "partnering" is an industry buzzword today, Ed Decker practiced ...