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Paper Roll Handling: What's Right For You

(Archive)

May 30, 2007, ... the cost of an upgrade. It should also reduce machine or labor downtime, especially if manual handling of materials is interfering with production or adding to production costs. On the human side, the ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

(Magazine)

April 30, 2007, ... Matt Frittitta says, “When it came to the mechanical advantages, we were concerned with some of the other brands.” Since the installation, Frittitta adds, downtime has been reduced and turnaround is ...

Cause & Defect

(Magazine)

April 30, 2007, ... coating weight profiles along with calculation of average values. If product is out of limits, adjustment can be made — while coating — to obtain in-limits values without machine downtime. Spikes in the ...

Witec Pharm Adds RK Print Coat Machine

(Archive)

April 11, 2007, ... off-press, save on-press waste, and minimize press downtime. Numerous procedures associated with the production and uses of flexo inks also can be carried out, including trialling of new inks and substrates ...

A Scrappy Competitor

(Magazine)

March 31, 2007, ... only downtime we experienced was when the system was in manual mode.” In addition to the ease of overall operation, Shaw cites the fast changeover capabilities of the Erema system. “The broad range ...

Harris & Ford Distributes Antiskid Line

(Archive)

March 12, 2007, ... was based on slide angle performance, simplicity of application, and low impact on downtime equipment, such as slitters, cut-off knives, and conveyors. SilCo antiskids are manufactured with a controlled ...

TLMI Announces 2007 Technical Conference

(Archive)

March 11, 2007, ... and downtime triggers. Plate technologies: A roadmap for converters of all sizes, helping them decide what their best next-steps are with new technology and workflow optimization. 2D barcode and printed ...

What's Ne

(Magazine)

February 28, 2007, ... rates, part rejections, and machine uptime; allows comparisons across jobs, shifts, or other defined durations; and includes analysis of set-up times, run speeds, and downtime, among other parameters. ...

Covering All the Bases

(Archive)

February 13, 2007, ... a normal part of the company’s just-in-time strategy. The shipping operation shuts down on some weekends. But that doesn’t stop independent truck drivers from entering the yard during plant downtime so ...

EDI Receives Patent for Flat Die

(Archive)

February 10, 2007, Extrusion Dies Industries has been granted a patent for a flat die design that is said to reduce downtime for lip adjustment required with each product run, enhance gauge profiles, and yield a uniform ...

Flyer Describes Paper Laminating Adhesive

(Archive)

February 07, 2007, National Adhesives has published a flyer on 32-541A resin UC adhesive, a new high performance adhesive that reportedly can help paper laminators attain maximum line speeds and reduce adhesive usage and ...

the PLACE

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January 31, 2007, ... changes to a process. Gel issues can result in significant downtime and cost processors money. Using relatively simple techniques to characterize gels with a thorough and well-designed troubleshooting ...

the PLACE

(Magazine)

December 31, 2006, ... is somewhat simple in terms of downtime multiplied by standard throughput, most production personnel are not privy to direct, indirect, overhead, and other costs also attributable to a downed production ...

Curing Cuts Co$ts

(Magazine)

October 31, 2006, ... downtime. Wilkri-Etiketten’s experiences with the MBS-5 system confirm the results obtained by IST during test trials in its Technology Center in Nürtingen. These trials indicated the new generation ...

It's Fall, So It Must Be Show Tim

(Editorial)

September 30, 2006, ... have come into their own now. The ease with which changeovers have been facilitated by this technology is simply incredible, keeping downtime to a minimum…minutes, not hours. The sound of working machinery ...

A Team Effort

(Magazine)

September 30, 2006, ... We can run our machine longer because the knives don't require sharpening nearly as often as the old knives, which minimizes our downtime.” Adding More Efficiency To further increase productivity and ...

What's Ne

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September 30, 2006, ... the precision creasing of paper sheets and paperboard. Said to provide strength and durability, minimizing downtime. Maintains precise thickness tolerances, reportedly ensuring a precise creasing process ...

Data in Detail

(Magazine)

September 30, 2006, Tackling downtime in real time, a data collection system makes short work of pinpointing production errors. Production Monitoring Ultra Flex Packaging Corp. is a technology-driven printer, laminator, ...

Q&A with Jeff Damour

(Archive)

September 17, 2006, ... for converters is to find creative ways to eliminate waste in everything they do. That means producing high quality products with the least amount of material waste, vigilantly working to reduce downtime, ...

Driving Performance

(Magazine)

August 31, 2006, ... downtime. It would. “Upgrading the drives was obviously easier and cheaper than buying new equipment,” explains René Rogge, maintenance and engineering manager of Mondi Packaging Heerlen. “The reason ...