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Can This Coater Be Saved?

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January 30, 2006, ... this analysis, you need to look at the basic process elements: coating, solution handling and mixing, drying, web transport, range drive, unwind, rewind, and control systems. In addition, peripheral systems ...

Trends & Technical Solutions

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December 30, 2005, ... role that allows the entire release construction to function. Compatibility and robustness are key, but the silicone technology being used also can drive process decisions and other trade-offs. Desirable ...

New Products

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November 29, 2005, ... and does not require overhead equipment, fork truck, or any other additional handling equipment. Rodless Drive is Compact Bosch Rexroth Corp. , Lexington, KY; 859/254-8031; boschrexroth-us.com ...

Converting Industry News

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October 30, 2005, ... continued adoption of computer-to-plate (CTP) drives both a rapid growth of digital plates and a steep decline of traditional analog plates, the study says. According to State Street, key factors influencing ...

New Products

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October 30, 2005, ... configurations. Collars are offered with various types of threaded-, square-, smooth-, hex-, and keyed-bores to match positive drive shafts precisely. Can be ordered in standard one-piece, two-piece, and ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

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October 30, 2005, ... the contents together. To the film producer, that vision drives an emphasis on gloss, clarity, toughness, and puncture resistance. To the packer, it requires adequate stiffness and controlled shrink.  ...

Linerless: The Compromise for VDP Labels?

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October 30, 2005, ... to reduce costs has been the driver in the development of linerless self-adhesive materials, which are, basically, a roll of printable face material, silicone coated on the face and adhesive coated on ...

New Technology Guides Web

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September 29, 2005, ... how their materials are read,” he says.” How are web guides changing to meet those needs? Actual physical guides themselves aren’t really changing very much, except for drives, notes Smith. “What’s really ...

New Products, Part 1

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September 29, 2005, ... center, or edge guiding, and it is not necessary to change the sensor carrier or control device when various web materials demand different sensor types. Driver is Enhanced Xitron, Ann Arbor, MI; ...

New Products, Part 2

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September 29, 2005, ... an unsupported simplex center drive system said to allow for a wide range of winding conditions. Slitting arrangement gives excellent narrow slits and roll separation at high speeds, company says. Machine ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

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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

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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

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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

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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 ...

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

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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

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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. ...

Packaging Must Open Up to Single-Pass Inkjet

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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

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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 ...