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Nonwoven Laminations: Absorb Profit

(Controls)

January 31, 2011, ... Enterprises installed a Beta LaserMike LaserSpeed 4000 noncontact encoder on the slitter/rewinder, downstream of the lamination line. It has proven its worth over time. The LS4000 uses advanced, laser-based ...

Coating Matters: Defects | Finding the Cause

(Coating/Laminating)

December 31, 2010, ... that occur with upstream and downstream equipment, common defects and cures, and especially how to utilize this information to improve the bottom line of the business. Editor's Note | Starting this month, ...

Inks for Shrink Films

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

November 30, 2010, ... flexo-printed shrink film applications. Said to eliminate concerns for film adhesion and cracking in folds and creases and to maintain high print quality even at high levels of abuse in downstream processing. ...

Static Beat: Corona Treaters & Ionizers Compared

(Static Elimination)

May 31, 2010, ... charge on the film surface. So, it is common to locate a static neutralizer just downstream of the CDT unit as shown in Figure 1. While it is sensible and common to group CDT and static neutralizers ...

Unwind Features Aid Production

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

May 31, 2010, Company offers a dual-position turret unwind feature for its AFR Series automatic rewinders for the food film industry. Feature allows the machine operator Company offers a dual-position turret unwind ...

How To Use an Electrostatic Voltmeter

(Static-Beat)

April 30, 2010, ...  To control static on the film in Figure 1, tinsel is installed above the film just downstream of the nip roller. However, this tinsel is on the wrong side of the film, and instead of neutralizing the ...

Web Guiding | Lateral Motion Causes

(Web Lines)

March 31, 2010, Where is your web? In the machine direction, hopefully, it is continuously running between your upstream and downstream processes. But where is it laterally? Where is your web? In the machine direction, ...

Multipack Juices It Up

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2010, ... caused by roller contact and downstream processing. Among immediate suitable applications for the process are packaging, insulation, reflective displays, and flexible electronics; additional future ...

AIMCAL Awards

(Coating/Laminating)

March 21, 2010, ... properties also can be increased as topcoating immediately after metallizing protects the metallized surface from microscratches and defects caused by roller contact and downstream processing. Among ...

Web Lines: Pitch & Catch Guiding

(Web Guiding)

January 31, 2010, ... core. The sensor usually is mounted on an arm that moves with the sidelay platform and detects the web position at the downstream end of the span between the last two fixed rollers. This position isn' ...

How To Prevent Winding Roll Sparks

(Static-Beat)

June 30, 2009, ... positive static charge. The tinsel just downstream of the nip roller sees this positive static and generates negative charge, which deposits on the top surface of the film. The result is film with positive ...

Alcan Packaging Celebrates World Environment Day

(News | New Products)

June 17, 2009, ... employees about sustainability throughout the next year, says Jean-Christophe Deslarzes, president and chief executive officer, Downstream Aluminium Businesses and Alcan Packaging. All sites have been ...

Film Charge Causes Winding Static

(Static-Beat)

May 31, 2009, ... on the outer surface of the roll. All of the charge from the silicone roller and from the air-assisted ionizer is delivered to the customer. The solution is to install tinsel or a static bar just downstream ...

Static Specified

(Archive)

March 31, 2009, ... field exceeds about +/-4 kV/cm +/-10 kV/in.) to prevent static sparks from igniting solvent vapors in the coater. EPOST-DRY The electric field measured on a film span just downstream from the dryer ...

Handle Unsupported Film Without Stretching

(Slit Main)

February 28, 2009, ... have increased by 30%-40%, which enhances productivity downstream. “It also handles the more difficult jobs we had trouble with before, such as perforations,” adds Haworth. “Because of the good tension ...

Crowning Benefits

(Web Handling: Main)

February 28, 2009, ... an unbalanced pull because of an unequal dwell time of the substrate in the nip. This wrinkling can be made worse by downstream pull rollers that actually pull the web as the uneven nip is holding the ...

Conserve Energy

(Archive)

January 31, 2009, ... monitors for humidity controls. In this case, not only is exhaust volume reduced, but solvent concentrations are increased, resulting in reduced energy requirements for downstream thermal oxidation equipment. ...

Creating e-Pedigrees

(Print)

December 31, 2008, ... by the downstream camera system. A camera system should read the printed codes and grade their clarity. Safeguards typically are built into the camera system to sync with the line controller to sound ...

Adchem Uses Static Control String to Eliminate Contamination

(Static Elimination)

September 30, 2008, ... sheets of material will stick together, creating jams in downstream processes. Product Damage Electrostatic fields also attract dust particles, fibers, bugs, and hair, which result in surface contamination. ...

New Product Digest

(New Products)

August 31, 2008, ... on the material surface downstream of the ionizer. Offers closed loop feedback communications with IQ power supply to enhance the neutralizing efficiency of the system. Also features a communication module. ...