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Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ... sales will be driven by growth in manufacturing, packaging materials use, and associated fixed investment activity as industrialization efforts continue and income levels rise. The study predicts packaging ...

More of the 411 on RFID

(Archive)

August 30, 2005, ... Corp. TI is working with this alliance to ensure interoperability within the EPC Gen 2 RFID infrastructure and to drive accelerated adoption of EPC Generation 2 compliant solutions in the global retail ...

Narrow Web New Products

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ... and circuit board applications. Combo Presses Servo Driven Nilpeter USA, Cincinnati, OH;513/489-4400; nilpeter.com The FA-Line of flexo combination presses currently covers maximum web widths of ...

The Converting Relay Race: Part II

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ... 10%–20% of tensioning torque, make sure your control system has inertia compensation (a.k.a. a WK&8473;2 function). When the inertial torque is more than 30%–50% of the tensioning torque, I think motor-driven ...

Churning Out Quality

(Flexpack)

August 30, 2005, ... fpm), and a closed-loop chilling system that accommodates the problems associated with using city water. Standard equipment includes Siemens tension control and AC vector drives that require no maintenance. ...

Fighting Flaws

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August 30, 2005, ... in coating weight. Vibration sources can be from pumps, drives, building and dryer heating and ventilating, rolls and bearings, and exterior sources. To control these vibrations, the following advice is ...

New Products

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August 30, 2005, ... Aston, PA; 800/252-2645; amacoil.com Two new styles of an optical flange sensing system enhance accuracy when used with Uhing traverse winding drives. One system relies on the reflective properties of ...

Free On-Floor Seminars at PRINT & CONVERTING 05

(Archive)

August 22, 2005, ... Impact You and The Environment? Flatbed Printing: Markets and Applications Technology Drives Advertising Drives Technology Production Tips & Tricks for Running a Fine Art Printmaking Service Making ...

KBA Demos JDF in Radebeul

(Archive)

August 20, 2005, KBA has set up a JDF demonstration room in the customer center at its sheetfed offset facility in Radebeul to offer prospects a chance to test drive a JDF workflow embracing MIS, pre-press, and press. ...

Stanford Expands Presence in Latin America

(Archive)

August 13, 2005, ... offer operators good control and inspection of shrink sleeves. With production speeds to 1,000 fpm, the DM-10 incorporates touch screen controls with a two-motor AC Vector drive system. The Stanford ...

Packaging Must Open Up to Single-Pass Inkjet

(Magazine)

July 30, 2005, ... powerful drivers in favor of integrating printing at multiple stages in the product supply chain, including the just-in-time procurement and logistics systems of major retailers, environmental initiatives ...

The Converting Relay Race: Part 1

(Magazine)

July 30, 2005, ... combined with large-diameter roll inertia lead to breaks from tension spikes and wrinkles from excessive payout. Threading up with a small input roll saves some of these inertia headaches, or a driven ...

Converting Industry News

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July 30, 2005, ... in the label industry. This could further drive the industry to look at film products. Paper label stock producers have in some degree been protected from major loss of business to film label stocks ...

Brand Security & Authentication, Part 1

(Archive)

July 30, 2005, ... is no more dynamic area than product authentication and brand security. This is true particularly in the emerging economies, where the drive to make money by counterfeiting everything from medicines to ...

What's Driving Your Operatio

(Magazine)

July 30, 2005, Performance, safety, and user-friendly are just a few of the buzzwords coming up in conversations about today’s drive controls. Poduct Focus Performance, safety, and user-friendly are just a few of ...

New Products

(Magazine)

July 30, 2005, ... and laminating lines, positioning parallel rails for precision slides, and checking milling and cutting tools. Digital Drive Offers Scalability Bosch Rexroth Corp. , Hoffman Estates, IL; 847/645-3774; ...

New Products

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, New products from: Esko-Graphics, Stork Prints, Webex, Fife, Jennerjahn Machine, X-Rite, Butler Automatic, Vetaphone, Tokuden, Menges Roller Co., Circonix, Collaborative Studio, THK America, Mahlo, Energy ...

18 Ways to Cut Coating Costs

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June 29, 2005, ... drive systems. This is particularly beneficial on machines with old or obsolete drives. #6 Better drying may help. A major source for capacity limits can be traced to the dryers. Simple things like ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, ... Technical College, people were treated to demonstrations at the PCMC Technology Ctr. of the Evolution in-line, servo-driven, multi-substrate flexo press; Infiniti CI gearless press; and Clipper nonwoven ...

Always the Student

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, ... leaps in improvement every 18 months, especially in drives and motors. Obviously, this affects equipment design in a major way. Imagine being the converter that’s upgraded plant equipment with new drives ...