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August 27, 2003, ... drags on, Americans turn to movies and big band music for fun; FDR begins the first of four terms. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the US enters WWII. War dominates life in the '40s, and war production ...

A Slippery Answer to Web Scratching

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June 30, 2003, ... and calculate a Traction Safety Factor (TSF), an indicator of how close each roller is to slipping. The TSF is the ratio of driving torque (wrap*tension*COF*radius) to drag torque (bearing drag torque ...

Products

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January 31, 2003, ... changes in distance as small as 0.010 in. for controlling the unwind and rewind tension. Capable of performing up to 100 loop measurements/sec, this noncontact controller prevents stock from dragging on ...

What's New in Narrow We

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October 31, 2002, ... designs from one-up to multi-up layouts quickly and easily. Automatically creates layouts, ensuring optimal usage of press sheets. Easy-to-learn, easy-to-use interface allows drag-and-drop job composition. ...

What Is the Role of Tack in Printing Inks?

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September 30, 2002, ... and tack are due to similar forces. The ink must have enough tack to transfer but not enough to “drag the substrate” to the extent it can interfere with the printing process or damage the substrate.  ...

Thin Webs without Wrinkles

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September 30, 2002, ... insensitive to wrinkles at low, medium, and high tensions. This roller is an excellent, high drag, web spreading and anti wrinkle device.” (p421). Of the ten types of systems tested, only the expanding ...

AICC Student Design Contest Honors Five Packaging Schools

(Corrugated)

August 28, 2002, ... for dragonfly; and third place, Alain, CalPoly for TGV Generation 4 Magler train. There were no entries in Catetory Two: Design to an Existing Die. To see entries from this year's competition, ...

Goldilocks and the Three Bears Deal with Traction Problems

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July 31, 2002, ... materials. Other times, this window seems to be closed. Reducing roller drag and inertial torques will lower the “too little” traction criteria. Optimizing spans, tension, and product design will open ...

Cutting to the Chase

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April 30, 2002, ... process of changing chucks. Beyond the chucking problems on the unwind and rewind, Chase also was having dragging, floating, and stretching issues all the way down the line. The laminator's aluminum ...

Products

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November 30, 2001, ... of the drive, reportedly reducing input drag torque, which means durability, less heat generation, and less power loss from friction. Available in six sizes (6, 7.5, 100, 140, 180, and 220 mm) with ratios ...

Products

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, ... implementing cross-media publishing workflows in printing environments, enabling production professionals on a LAN to design and implement automatic, server-based workflows using drag-and-drop design tools. ...

Slitting Adhesive-Coated, Low-Strength Films

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September 30, 2001, ... web is being slit, especially on older machines that use razor blades for cutting. Razor blades can present sufficient drag on a web coated with adhesive to thicken the caliper of the web edges appreciably. ...

The Parts and Performance of WEB CONVECTION DRYERS

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August 31, 2001, ... under each air nozzle to support the web. Frictional drag from the rollers must be considered based on the characteristics of the webs to be processed. Tendency or direct drive methods commonly are employed ...

Polymers/Laminations/Adhesives/Coatings/Extrusions

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July 31, 2001, ...  1986 Daniel Siegel 1987 Ken T. Thompson 1988 Alan A. Whillock 1989 Richard T. E. Sylvester 1990 Dragan Djordjevic 1991 Ray Edwards 1992 Robert E. Gregory 1993 Earl W. Veazey 1994 Alister M. Soutar ...

Win Free Registration And Airfare For Boston Conference

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April 30, 2001, ... Conference selects one person for this award. To enter the drawing, a conference registrant only needs to complete the Best Paper, Best Session, and Dragon Djordjevic Awards nomination form. Attendees ...

Cast Film Dies and Auxiliary Equipment

(Magazine)

February 28, 2001, ... that the film exits the die perpendicular to the lip face. This prevents lip accumulation caused by the web dragging across a lip. Conclusion Cast film dies have unique properties. Using careful consideration ...

Film Extrusion Committee News

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November 30, 2000, ... a cash prize endowed by Davis-Standard Corp. to honor the memory of Dragon Djordjevic went to Barry A. Morris of DuPont Packaging and Industrial Polymers and Naozumi Suzuki of DuPont Mitsui Polychemicals ...

Products

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November 30, 2000, ... for the main web unwinder, gusset unwinders, and the zipper unwinder. Zipper molds are said to allow for minimum zipper drag and maximum zipper cooling, enabling smoother operation and high quality production. ...

Press Adds Flexibility of Film to Paper Operation

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June 30, 2000, ...  no drag on the film," explains Decker. "That's a substantial investment, but it allows us to work with very thin films." Materials are supplied by Huntsman, BPI, and Favorite Plastics. Inks are from In ...

Curtain Coating Technology Can Mean Big Benefits

(Magazine)

February 29, 2000, ... an arched dryer. The uncoated web approaching the impinging curtain will drag along a boundary layer of air, which deforms the curtain (balloon effect) and tends to be entrained between the web and ...