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Web Tension 101

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, ... with all machine idler rolls and driven rolls to ensure proper web handling and control. The web handling principle states a web will seek to align itself perpendicular to an idler or driven roll. This ...

More than Nuts & Bolts

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November 29, 2004, ... demands. The T.I.P.s portfolio covers more than 100 solutions for upgrading equipment. Improvements include conversion to modern control and drive systems, renewals of mechanical components, upgrades ...

Reporter Clips

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November 29, 2004, ... Westminster, MD, chose Aquaflex’s 10-in., six-color, full UV Instaprep press, which is capable of multi-web and combination printing. Reportedly, the press uses an innovative drive train to ensure consistent ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

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November 29, 2004, ...  Conductive Polymers Examined CLEVELAND, OH—Conductive polymers will provide a 440-million-lb market for base resins, driven by the development of improved resin grades with cost, processing, and ...

New Product Digest, Part 1

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November 29, 2004, New products from: Rotatek, HCI Converting Equipment Co., Maguire Products, Sterling Toggle, Battenfeld Gloucester Engineering, NexGen Enviro Systems, Pinnacle Converting Equipment, Davis-Standard, Agfa, ...

Mechanics of Tension Control, Part II

(Archive)

November 29, 2004, ... of web tension control, tension is defined as the force applied to a continuous web of material in the machine direction. A Word about the Term Drive Many of the descriptions throughout this article ...

Sollas Offers New Wrapping and Banding Options

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November 14, 2004, Sollas Packaging Machinery introduces two wrapping machines and a banding machine, the Sollas 20, M60/80, and Bandum 25/50. PRESS RELEASE WORMERVEER, THE NETHERLANDS—Sollas Packaging Machinery introduces ...

What's New in Narrow We

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October 30, 2004, ... Andy, St. Louis, MO; 636/532-4433; markandy.com Model XP5000 press has what company calls the "next generation of the productivity platform." It features servo-driven print and die-cut stations with electronic ...

Extrusion Dies

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October 30, 2004, ... traditionally have entailed either of two problems: the interruption of streamlined melt flow or the tendency to leak. External deckles, which apply wedge-driven compressible seals over portions of ...

Pilot Line

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October 30, 2004, ... EB system has an enhanced performance range and chill roll. The pilot line includes a corona treater especially designed by Ahlbrand for high-speed applications. The drive and control system includes AC ...

What's New in Narrow We

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September 29, 2004, ... double-spindle rewinder on a rotating turret. Each spindle is servo-driven. Reel changes at 200 mpm are achieved with reel diameters to 1,000 mm possible. Allows cutting of very thin films as well as carton ...

A New Habit

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September 29, 2004, ... Gallus press, an eight-color, 13-in. RCS 330 servo-driven flexo model, which was the first of its kind installed in North America. “It didn't take us long to decide the RCS 330 was going to be our leap ...

The Stats on Static Control

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September 29, 2004, ... introduction of lightweight, ABS plastic ionizer bars that can be configured in any length and emitter pattern-driven by pulse-DC high-voltage power supplies.” These systems, according to Seratti, are ...

Materials

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September 29, 2004, ...  Rub'nSmell scented, colorless inks reportedly drive sales at the point of purchase. They are said to be ideal for packaging and labeling applications, as well as promotional applications such as direct ...

Products, Part 1

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, New products from: Accuweb, Andantex USA, ATD Inkjet Systems, Battenfeld Gloucester, Catbridge Machinery, Danfoss Drives, Diversified Graphic Machinery, D.W. Renzmann, Esko-Graphics, Eurotherm Controls, ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

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September 29, 2004, ... "They are easy to work with and are absolutely driven to addressing our needs. There is no question their technology and service is proven. Our relationship with Davis-Standard is based on total confidence ...

Products, Part 2

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September 29, 2004, ...  PFFC-ASAP 432 Cut Labels with Precision Körber PaperLink North America, Windsor, CT, USA; 860/687-9911; kplna.net The LabelCut 102 precision cutting machine features a direct-drive system and runs ...

St. Paul Coater Ups Release Liner Production after New Coating Line Install

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September 16, 2004, ... from UV Technology and UV Process Supply; three-roll offset gravure coating head, made by Egan; flexo printing the back side of the web; flexo equipment from Wolverine; Mitsubishi AC vector drives and ...

The 411 on RFID, Part 1

(Archive)

August 30, 2004, ...  The joint venture’s new identity signals the launch of the not-for-profit organizations’ efforts to drive global, multi-industry adoption of the EPCglobal Network, based on RFID technology, which reportedly ...

The 411 on RFID, Part 3

(Archive)

August 30, 2004, ... driven by technology will ultimately mean fewer jobs. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson praises mandatory moves toward bar codes on drugs at the annual meeting of the Biotechnology ...