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Getting the most value from your extrusion coater.

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November 30, 1996, ... interface. The PC3000 controls the extruder and die temperatures, monitors melt pressures, and provides an interface to the drive system. Precise temperature control of the barrel and die zones is achieved ...

Partnering launches future growth in laminations

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August 31, 1996, ... general manager of Chase & Sons, points out that the switch from solvent-based coating systems was a customer-driven decision. First, he explains, customers are consistently demanding reduced product cost. ...

Coextrusion: making the equipment fit the need

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June 30, 1996, ... to be the world's fastest in-line slitter/winder for extrusion lines. It features an overlapping turret design with cantilevered swing-out shafts; a servo-driven turret index for rapid, precise, and repeatable ...

MSC Specialty Films reaches success down to the core

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May 31, 1996, ... Two proprietary coaters feature automatic splicing, fiber-optically linked drive packages, laser inspection, and ultraviolet coating capability. Off-line slitting is done in a separate department. "We ...

Green Bay gears up for specialty labels

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May 31, 1996, ... digital drive system that can operate in either ratio or tension mode to allow processing both extensible and nonextensible substrates without distortion. Doing the Job with Paper Film liners such ...

Gravure gets easier

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April 30, 1996, ... on a mandrel, which can be cantilevered for use. High-pressure air injected on the drive end of the unit easily ejects the sleeve from the mandrel, resulting in a changeover time of just three minutes. ...

Today's printing presses are whatever you want them to be

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March 31, 1996, ... taking. And he expects the demand for quality labels to drive manufacturers of offset equipment to create products with lower tooling costs to make variable repeats on offset presses economically feasible. ...

The 1996 Metallizing Roundup: Experts Ponder and Predict

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February 29, 1996, ... in the industrialized countries, the trend is toward 80 inches and above." In North America, Raugei expects that squeezed profit margins and higher expectations of product quality will drive the market ...

Core selection - the difference between success and failure.

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January 31, 1996, ... diameter rolls; surface-center-drive, single-drum winders; and the elimination of metal pipes and ends. "All of these changes are aimed at increasing productivity for the pressrooms and converters - ...

Don't forget your unwind

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January 31, 1996, ...  Wilkes notes that, in general, there are five different types of unwinds: shafted, shaftless, center driven, surface driven, and turret. A typical shafted unwind has three main advantages, says Wilkes: ...

New measurement technology improves web control.

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January 31, 1996, ... tension in a format that is meaningful to the line's tension control system. That system, in turn, regulates tension through the drives or the use of brakes at strategic points in the line to match a preset, ...

Brake and clutches improve to meet industry demands.

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December 31, 1995, ... mechanical systems. Magnetic Power Systems, Fenton, MO, uses an electromagnetic field to couple drive components. Merobel USA, Merrillville, IN, utilizes magnetic particle technology. "The air gap between ...

Video web inspection: the view from the press floor.

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September 30, 1995, ... at 700 or 800 feet per minute. It was just too slow and complicated." He adds, "Even the cameras were slow. They used ball-drive linear movement that was extremely time-consuming. And, when I view the ...

Bagmakers add a strong link to quality chain

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July 31, 1995, ... machines provide the "degree of control needed" for the widths, gauges and thicknesses Sengewald USA is running. "We can fold without stretching." A power-driven unwind (available from Amplas as an option) ...

Hot melt applications continue to grow

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June 30, 1995, ... that many recent developments have been customer-driven. The customer tells the adhesive or application system manufacturer what is needed, and the manufacturer in turn nudges its R&D departments in the ...

Building quality into the web printing process

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April 30, 1995, ... every movement and function of the system as well as the quality of the data-digitization process. Software also drives the high-end features that require massive processing power, such as color monitoring, ...

Quick changeovers, quality top bagmaking demands.

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March 31, 1995, Manufacturers and suppliers of bagmaking machinery and equipment are finding that quick changeover, servo drives and computer controls are essential in Manufacturers and suppliers of bagmaking machinery ...

Computerized dispensing provides ink management

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March 31, 1995, ...  Driven by sophisticated software, the hatching systems are also designed to perform a variety of management and data-gathering tasks which Transprint saw as essential to preparing for the demands of ...

Familiarity with change no surprise in this industry

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February 28, 1995, ... He is located at the company's Hopewell, VA, manufacturing plant. "I do believe environmental protection is going to be more market-driven," he said. "You will see continuing proactive work by industry regarding ...

French plastic bag imports continue to outpace exports.

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January 31, 1995, ... a driven roll. All the webs are maintained in a relaxed condition so subsequent tunneling or delamination will occur as the substrates relax in the rewind reel, according to the company. The system ...