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TAPPI's the PLACE to Sponsor Short Courses in Dalla

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November 29, 2000, ... participants to outline the layout and function of a resin handling and gravimetric weighing and handling system and identify an extruder, drive, and screw design that suits a specific application. Finally, ...

What's New in Narrow We

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October 31, 2000, ... PE, Mylar, vinyl, PP, and tamper-evident label stock. Servo-Driven Press Runs Many Thicknesses Propheteer Intl., Palatine, IL; 847/359-8988; propheteerintl.com In-line, servo-driven press runs materials ...

Converting Industry News

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October 31, 2000, ... MA, USA—GE Plastics has purchased 70 NetProfiler instrument management systems from GretagMacbeth, New Windsor, NY. This purchase was driven to meet corporate objectives of GE Plastics Colorxpress to maintain ...

Products

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October 31, 2000, New from: ABB Automation, Absolutely Micro Clean, Andantex, CreoScitex, Danfoss Drives, Dusenbery, Electroid, Electro-Tech Systems, Graymills, Hydra-Cell/Wanner Engineering, Keyence Corp., Paul N. Gardner ...

Digital Products for the Converting Industry

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October 31, 2000, ... with ink-management software, an ergonomic operator station, and digital control for the offset ink delivery ductor. Microprocessor control and highly accurate gear drive mechanism are said to allow a ...

Conference Features New Networking Opportunity

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October 31, 2000, ...  place in the plastics industry. Those who keep up with it will be the winners." Consumer demand and company needs will drive growth. Three items that influence customer demand are the need for convenience ...

Converting Industry News

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September 30, 2000, ... applications, and the End-of-Line is designed for production lines that introduce boxes on a conveyor at floor level. MagneTek Regroups to Focus on Key Markets NEW BERLIN, WI, USA—MagneTek Drives and ...

A Q&A on Remanufactured Equipment: Is It for You?

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September 30, 2000, ... equipment must be re-engineered by replacing all of the drive systems, tension controls, dryer systems, bearings, idlers, and 100% of the control wiring. The base components such as the frame and the iron, ...

More New Products for the Converting Industry

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August 31, 2000, ... and installation. Drive Series Is Expanded Danfoss Drives, div. of Danfoss Inc., Rockford, IL; 815/398-2770 The VLT 2800 Series of drives has been expanded to include the 5hp/230V and 7.5hp to 10hp/460V ...

Materials and Products for the Converting Industry

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August 31, 2000, ... industry, and the compact devices are designed with an integral digressive Bellville spring that disengages even digital drives at the speed of 2-4 msecs following an overload signal. Couplings also incorporate ...

Converted Flexible Packaging: Trends to Watch

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July 31, 2000, ... technological developments, and legal/regulatory issues also impact packaging demand. Efforts to reduce packaging costs and protect the environment will drive growth. Flexible packaging also has storage, ...

Press Adds Flexibility of Film to Paper Operation

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June 30, 2000, ... by repeat runs. "We put everything on this press that is available in technology today to allow us to run as thin a film as possible, including very low-inertia rollers and driven idler rollers so there' ...

Drupa 2000A Big Success Any Way You Count It

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June 30, 2000, ... even the most complex step-and-repeat arrangements. Wilhelm Kochsiek Maschinenbau GmbH announced digital solutions for conventional printing presses; the company presented a 100% digitally driven flexo ...

Latest Gravure Technology Launches Converter into Fray

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April 30, 2000, ... press, Kapak hit it at full speed. Big deal, you may say, buying a new press isn't exactly war. It may not be war, but it is a big deal. The Toshiba press--which incorporates innovative sectional-drive ...

Selecting the Right Tensioning System for the Application

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April 30, 2000, ... 6.0 hp. While the brakes are used primarily on unwind applications, electromagnetic clutches are typically used on small rewinders, which require constant web tension on rolls that are being driven ...

High-Barrier Packaging: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

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January 31, 2000, ... demand initially is what brought barrier films to the forefront in the packaging market, but he adds that cost was also a driver in the development of high-barrier films. "Getting foods to the consumer ...

Clean Room Environment Makes Excellence a Priority

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January 31, 2000, ... saw that we got what we ordered." "It's a simple design," Rupp adds. "All we did was take their nip roller and turn it into a laminator. Every machine has to have a nip and a drive, so we just put special ...

Integrated Information System Can Boost Profits

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January 31, 2000, ... return on assets is the lack of real-time information flow from the shop floor side of the business to the financial side. In price-driven, tight-margin industries, the keys to competitiveness are good ...

Getting Off to a Smooth Start with a New Coater

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December 31, 1999, ... polys." A proprietary moisture control system has allowed the company to achieve very flat, curl free sheets that are free of static. Arndt also is happy with the Eurotherm Link fiber optic drive control ...

Bag machine adds value to customer-oriented operation.

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November 30, 1996, ... with a choice of plain or printed sideweld or bottom seal/twin seal bags. It consists of split dual-lane infeed and dancer sections, dual-lane servo-driven draw rolls, and full-width seal bar. "One of ...