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When It Comes to Positioning, Do Rulers Really Measure Up?

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March 31, 2001, ... due to an overcapacity in production on both the paper side and in film and foil, a lot of companies are taking their general converting equipment and upgrading it to reduce downtime and to reduce the ...

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

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March 31, 2001, ... rugged machine has better potential for high quality finished rolls. Also, you can expect lower maintenance costs and less downtime with the more rugged machine. The down side is that the initial cost ...

Products

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February 28, 2001, ...  Drying Units Cut Downtime IST America, Fort Wayne, IN; 219/478-9300 New technology is said to minimize downtime experienced when blanket washers are used with interdeck UV drying and curing units. ...

Products

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January 31, 2001, ...  Premoistened Towelettes with Less Downtime Compliance Packaging Industries Inc., Little Ferry, NJ; 201/440-6299 Towelette packaging machine is said to offer versatility and economy in producing a ...

Extrusion Coating Line Audit Can Bring Big Benefits

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January 31, 2001, ... that could result in the following: Variation in product properties Excess operating waste Surplus start-up time or waste Poor reliability or significant downtime Additional safety problems This ...

Products

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December 31, 2000, ... downtime for blade replacement or regrinding. Silicone, Oil Viscosity Standards Are Certified Brookfield Engineering Laboratories, Middleboro, MA; 508/946-6200; brookfieldengineering.com Silicone ...

Products

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November 30, 2000, ... pouches utilizing a single web construction, which reportedly reduces waste and downtime. Also can produce traditional two- and three-side-seal pouches with or without a reclosable feature. Offers servo-actuated ...

Converting Industry News

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November 30, 2000, ... will be held June 12-17 in Milan. For more information on contact Centrexpo at +39 (0)2 31 91 215; fax: +39 0()2 34 16 77; centrexpo.it Supplier News Mead Takes Downtime at Stevenson Mill  ...

Converting Industry News

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November 29, 2000, ... is said to produce rollstock with gauge consistency and to eliminate equipment downtime associated with uneven rolls. The precision associated with adhesive lamination also reportedly enables coffee ...

What's New in Narrow We

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September 30, 2000, ... adds that most accessories can be installed on-site with minimal downtime. Metallic Inks Offer Benefits Water Ink Technologies Inc., Lincolnton, NC; 704/735-8282; waterinktech.com Water Bright metallic ...

A Q&A on Remanufactured Equipment: Is It for You?

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September 30, 2000, ... and requirements. If you run more simplistic linework, one- or two-color applications, special coatings, or non-register-specific jobs and need to improve functionality and downtime, then simple rebuilding ...

More New Products for the Converting Industry

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August 31, 2000, ... range of applications, co. notes. Differential Rewind System Reduces Downtime Titan Converting Equipment, Bedfordshire, England, +44(0)1767-310100; valmetconverting.com The Quickshaft differential ...

Pollution Control Innovation for Silicone-Based Coatings

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July 31, 2000, ... are extensive. Furthermore, if silica deposits are in the higher concentration ranges, the demand for cleaning will be more frequent, requiring longer downtime and possibly requiring full or partial bed ...

Coating Operation Cleans Up Its (Trim Removal) Act

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May 31, 2000, ... explains, previous systems that were used to collect trim on three coating lines negatively affected product quality, causing excessive downtime and generating overwhelming disposal problems. "Our business ...

Latest Gravure Technology Launches Converter into Fray

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April 30, 2000, ... So, the minute you are through with the first job, all you have to do is reroute the web, and you can immediately start producing." This means less downtime, and Bell notes, the sectional-drive technology ...

Bagmaking Operation Is There When Customers Call

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April 30, 2000, ...  "is that it combines reliability and cost control, such as minimal maintenance and downtime, with extremely high quality film. We have the tightest possible tolerances for gauge and layflat, and that's wh ...

Human/Machine Interface Offers Best of Two Worlds

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March 31, 2000, ... and manual machine adjustment (causing variable accuracy, excessive downtime, waste materials, and astronomical maintenance costs) are a thing of the past. I/O modules, programmable logic controllers ...

Shorter Turnaround Time Drives Move to CTP

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January 31, 2000, ... SVH would prepare film in 28x40-in. layouts for plating and press. A last-minute change to a press layout meant running a new set of production films, which incurred additional costs and created downtime ...

Narrow web adapts to multiple applications

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November 30, 1998, ... plastic substrates, which, because of their inherent inefficiencies vs. the metal electrode, cannot be treated with the ceramic electrode system. To eliminate downtime, you need a system that's versatile ...

NOVA and Union Carbide to build ethylene plant

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October 31, 1996, ... in diameter. Each has its own top-riding roll to ensure optimum rewind quality. A turret rewind section is designed to reduce downtime to a minimum as new cores are loaded onto one shaft in each twin ...