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Antitrust Law Is Alive and Well, Both Here and Abroad

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July 31, 2001, ... at effects that are well downstream of the actual parties involved. In contrast, the EU focuses more closely on the impact on competitors. In this situation, the combined strengths of GE and Honeywell ...

Polymers/Laminations/Adhesives/Coatings/Extrusions

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July 31, 2001, ... of an operation to melt and supply the hot melt practically at high application rates involving some combination of width, speed, and coating weight. A match of the hot melt application capacity with downstream ...

What's New in Narrow We

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April 30, 2001, ... films laminates and foams. According to mfr., spools effectively eliminate production and machine downtime caused by constant roll changeovers/splicing of conventional pads/pancakes in downstream processes. ...

Pellet Transfer: Preventative Measures Employed to Reduce Streamer Formation

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April 30, 2001, ... dust can cause downstream processing problems and contamination issues when several different resins transfer through the same system. As streamers move through the system, they tend to entangle into ...

Web Handling...Making a Slitter/Winder Upgrade Work for You

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March 31, 2001, ... the surface diverge toward the downstream direction, and these forces affect spreading. Maximum wrap angle on a bowed roll is 90 deg. One of the limitations in application is that bowed rolls require ...

Cast Film Dies and Auxiliary Equipment

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February 28, 2001, ... of combination, geometry, and the flexibility of the adapter are all important factors to the total suitability of the finished product. Physical effects imposed on the composite downstream of the combining ...

Creative Problem Solving

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November 30, 2000, ... groups everything upstream of this line under the category of web maker and everything downstream as winding machine. Determining that the problem lies predominately with the winding machine, the next ...

Pouchmaking Equipment Adapts as Materials Advance

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November 30, 2000, ... stand-up, and a zipper pouch, or a stand-up zipper pouch, all on the same machine. On the downstream end, automatic stack assist equipment has been developed in the last few years. This equipment tends ...

Converting Industry News

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September 30, 2000, ... oil and natural gas. Purchasers of LLDPE resin attempted to mitigate the impact of these price increases by buying more resin than they needed, ahead of the increases. Consequently, their downstream customers ...

A Basic Understanding of Chill Rolls

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September 30, 2000, ... from the paper. Heat Removal Rate The primary purpose of a chill roll is to remove heat from the product before any downstream operations. Several key factors are necessary to determine the heat removal ...

Label Converter's Business Is Prime Labels & Prid

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August 30, 2000, ... screen has full 360-deg advance/retard running register with a print range from 12-18.25 in., says Magel. The framework of the stack incorporates mounting positions for a UV lamp downstream from each screen ...

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, ...

Integrated Information System Can Boost Profits

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January 31, 2000, ... and downstream processes. The system should offer full integration of production planning and manufacturing flow with customer orders, inventory management, transportation, financial settlements, and ...

Static electricity can be a very costly problem

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August 31, 1998, ... charge can be eliminated at the unwind, but, due to friction downstream, static can rebuild. Where the ionizing system is placed is critical for efficient operation, as is the maintenance of the system. ...

Gauging system lights the way

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August 31, 1996, ... to the coating head. With our previous gauge, we were forced to measure at a point 35 feet downstream from the coating head, because the coating had to be dry before the snap gauge could be used. So, by ...

Green Bay gears up for specialty labels

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May 31, 1996, ... to eliminate potential curl problems that could adversely affect downstream operations. Moisture lost in drying and curing can lead to overly dry paper, which can be a major contributor to curl in labeling ...

Familiarity with change no surprise in this industry

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February 28, 1995, ... k at ways to move upstream, downstream, or spread out where you are. And, we're looking at all three of them." According to Galileo's Raugei, "We see the market trend for metallized packaging materials goi ...

Quality, waste get action from suppliers of sheeters.

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January 31, 1995, ... on quality. "We have a feeling that when you have printing presses downstream, the cutting quality must be much better," he said. "Without a better cutting technology, you won't get cleaner sheets." Tanya ...