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Roll Winding Dynamics

(Web Handling)

January 31, 2008, ...  Waste saving and monitoring strategies help make the modern slitter a more efficient processing tool. Innovations such as digital drives that allow smoother soft start material transitions on unwind ...

Get a Grip: Driving Your Web

(Archive)

December 31, 2007, In my October 2007 column, In Search of Tension Isolation, I myth-busted the belief that a high traction driven roller can completely isolate one tension In my October 2007 column, “In Search of Tension ...

Picking Up the Pace

(Web Handling)

December 31, 2007, ... to speed. “In reality, we are driven by the machine builders,” explains Paul Smith, VP of FMS, a German-based manufacturer of closed-loop control systems for web tension and web guiding equipment. “We ...

Products

(New Products)

December 31, 2007, ... and easily. System is offered in web widths from 5-120 in. and runs at speeds to 2,000 fpm. Said to be effective in the most basic web-driven score cutting as well as the most advanced, external drive ...

PFFC Pilot/Lab/Technical Facilities Directory

(Magazine)

November 30, 2007, Is there a problem with your process? Fix it! These technical facilities stand ready to help. Adherent Laboratories 3804 Dunlap St. North, St. Paul, MN 55112; 651-247-3364; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; ...

Danfoss Named One of the World's Most Ethical Companies for 200

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November 13, 2007, Danfoss has been recognized by Ethisphere Magazine as one of 2007's most ethical companies, one of five to be recognized in the Industrial Manufacturing category. PRESS RELEASE LOVES PARK, IL | Danfoss ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

October 31, 2007, ... good condition, they needed to be upgraded to meet UML’s requirements. Davis-Standard rebuilt the machines and installed new discrete electronic controls and drives. The UML lab also features a Davis-Standard ...

The place

(Magazine)

October 31, 2007, ... coating is gaining increasing importance as the drive for reducing production costs intensifies. Experience indicates that most problems are solvable on the shop floor where they occur by applying simple ...

New Products, Part 1

(Magazine)

October 31, 2007, ... user-defined add-on instructions, integrated drives configuration, kinematics robot control, and Logix alarm instructions. Rockwell Automation | 800-223-5354 | rockwellautomation.com | PFFC-ASAP ...

Narrow Web New Products

(Magazine)

September 30, 2007, ...  The Lambda flexible converting machine offers a plug-and-play, full servo-driven solution with easy future upgrades through the incorporation of additional converting, printing, or laminating modules. ...

Ready for Change

(Magazine)

September 30, 2007, ... next press, like many new presses on the market, will be servo driven. Does this technology in a press carry over to automatic splicing? Not necessarily, says Gintzler president Frank Nice. “Quite frankly, ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCT

(Magazine)

September 30, 2007, ... equipment or part of a new line. Unwinds can be center braked, center driven, or surface driven. Company says precise tension control is achieved with a tension roll or dancer roll system. Retroflex | ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

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August 31, 2007, ... statements at its recent board of directors meeting. The mission statement is as follows: TLMI is a member-driven association strongly committed to providing business solutions that enhance the prosperity ...

Mix & Match

(Magazine)

August 31, 2007, ... Microsoft, Hormel, and Target—large corporations that are global in nature—and we ship anywhere we have to. We’re very customer focused, very customer driven. We provide great service and support. That’s ...

Reduce & Comply

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August 31, 2007, ... its outreach efforts. Stepped-up enforcement of these limits is expected. Retailer Programs While companies certainly take notice of government enforcement actions, one of the biggest drivers for green ...

News Clips

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August 31, 2007, ... less than 2,000 had logged on to the scorecard by the meeting date. The sustainable packaging initiative in general is being driven by the triple bottom line: social, economic, and environment, reported ...

Parker SSD Upgrades TS8000 Touchscreen

(Archive)

August 19, 2007, Parker Hannifin SSD Drives Div. has introduced several new features and enhancements for the TS8000 line of programmable touchscreens. PRESS RELEASE CHARLOTTE, NC—Parker Hannifin SSD Drives Div. has ...

CONVERTER CLIPS

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July 31, 2007, ... their wares. For more information visit mdna.com. Technology is Driving Specialty Films CLEVELAND, OH—Specialty film demand is predicted to grow 4.8%/yr to $7.3 billion in 2010, with gains driven ...

WHAT'S NE

(Magazine)

July 31, 2007, ... to an existing line or be purchased as a stand-alone unit. Can be designed to run flexo or gravure, and widths can vary from 10-60 in. wide. Speeds are to 500 fpm. Options allow unit to be web driven, ...

Narrow Web New Products

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July 31, 2007, ... automatic doffing of rolls as small as 8 in. dia with only two spindles. AC vector drive package with dancer tension control is said to add tension accuracy and flexibility. Visit booth 7K90. PFFC-ASAP ...