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Division Conference Offers Varied Program

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May 31, 2001, ... increased line speeds and the drive to increase production coupled with the effect of down gauging polymer coating to decrease costs is the detrimental effect on final coating adhesion. By increasing line ...

International Converting Industry News

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April 30, 2001, ... touchscreen control system, flux vector AC, three-motor drive, and hug drum. The installation was easy, says BP Amoco production manager Paul Cooke, and he is impressed with the performance features ...

Products

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April 30, 2001, New from: Ashe Converting Equipment, Automatän, Azco Corp., Bardac Drives, Contech, Converting Solutions Ltd., Energy Sciences, Davis-Standard, Dusenbery, Fusion UV Systems Inc., MAN Roland, Maxson Automatic ...

Products at CMM

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March 31, 2001, ... Applications Alpha Gear Drives, Elk Grove Village, IL; 847/439-0700; alphagear.com SP high-speed gear reducer is said to be very efficient and designed for a wide range of dynamic and continuous high-speed ...

When It Comes to Positioning, Do Rulers Really Measure Up?

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March 31, 2001, ... systems are very easy to use,” he says. “They are typically menu-driven. An operator loads in a new menu of slit widths, and every time they want to run that product request, all they have to do is call ...

Web Handling...Making a Slitter/Winder Upgrade Work for You

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March 31, 2001, ... be used to determine the size of tension transducers and motor drive systems. Sometimes multiple range controls are necessary when the machine is expected to operate on many different product types ...

Converting Industry News

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March 30, 2001, ... Royal Dutch/Shell Group by Ripplewood Holdings LLC, a US-based private investment firm. John Georges is chairman of the new Kraton business and former VP Steve Wood is CEO. Yaskawa Buys MagneTek Drives ...

International Converting Industry News

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February 28, 2001, ... A job changeover took only 15 min. The EG 400 Series presses are available in widths to 1,400 mm. According to Rotomec, features include all-digital AC vector drive motors; an automatic washing system ...

Products

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February 28, 2001, ... the roll on the tabletop at the proper location. The table is controlled from a pendant-style station that can be mounted on the drive side of the unwind stand. The table also has a stand-alone hydraulic ...

Core Cutter a Boon to Independent Tube Company

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February 28, 2001, ... they are more balance-sheet oriented and maybe not as customer-driven. Nobody is really working for themselves anymore. They have to answer to other people, like shareholders. “Here, it's a lot more ...

Reporter Clips

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February 28, 2001, ... for the RFID industry. TI was awarded the number one ranking for the company's identification of market challenges, drivers, and restraints, as well as its strategy development and methods of addressing ...

Products

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February 28, 2001, ... making it an easy swap, mfr. says. The entire changeover takes less than 30 min. The Ko-Pack module comes in right- or left-hand configuration and prints from 96 — 146 teeth. The unit is gear-driven from ...

Reporter Clips

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January 31, 2001, ... debt. Mark Andy, MPS Partner to Deliver Technology Globally CHESTERFIELD, MO, USA—Mark Andy Inc. announces that its Model 7000 press with Fine.Dot and Accu-Drive technology is the result of a long-term ...

Products

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January 31, 2001, ... optimized and features shaftless drive technology said to offer excellent print quality and high speed. Modular units move automatically into position for blanket and plate changes. The device, called ...

Innovative Problem-Solving: Advances in the Industry

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January 31, 2001, ... back to the system and adjusts the drives for torque and speed. Once they're set, the CPU maintains that tension and speed." The machinery at TCI consists of one 62-in. coater/laminator, two 80-in. coater/laminators, ...

Products

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December 31, 2000, ... allow the addition of coating capabilities and simple integration into production lines. Electronic speed pacing, following, or ratioing available. Coating rolls are independently driven with digital servo ...

Printer Helps Customers Manage Printing Needs

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December 31, 2000, ... Keim, VP of engineering research and new market development at Wallace. "The bulk of printing costs is often overlooked. For example, stagnant inventory and ordering jobs too early or too late drive up ...

A Glossary of Descriptive TermsThird Installment

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November 30, 2000, ... more than 1,000x/sec. The encoder is one of the essential components responsible for the vast improvements in precision speed control of today's motor drive systems. Feedback : A signal that is used ...

Products

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November 30, 2000, ... Development, LMI, MagneTek, Maxson Automatic Machinery, Norcross, Proven Designs, Simco Industrial Static Control, Valmet, and Wintriss Engineering. Machinery, Accessories, Services AC Drive Bypass ...

Pouchmaking Equipment Adapts as Materials Advance

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November 30, 2000, ... the film, and then stack the film, all mechanically, with multiple servo drives. "If you don't have the system in place," he adds, "you just don't get a good quality stack, so you either slow down or you put ...