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Converting Industry News

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September 30, 2002, ... converting equipment manufacturers. AIMCAL executive director Craig Sheppard says, “It is important to note that this merger is being driven by strategic opportunity, not economic need. Both organizations ...

Five Questions and Answers on Lubrication

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September 30, 2002, ... debris. Driven roller lubrication breaks down the first assumption of tension control, that the roller speed equals the web speed. When a coater's pacer roller slips, the web speed is uncontrolled, creating ...

Products

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September 30, 2002, ...  The D-15 Series of industrial pumps is horizontally oriented, either direct-coupled or belt-driven. The pump is easy to mount, self-priming, and can run dry without damage, co. says. Features classic ...

Well Done Tension

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August 31, 2002, ... processes. Setting tension correctly matches the strains to make curl-free laminate. Balancing the web tensions across driven rollers reduces the chance to slip and lose speed control. Pulsing tension ...

Turning Standard into Specialty

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July 31, 2002, ...  volume-and tolerance-driven,” Cleveland says of the equipment Budnick uses to finish a particular job. “But the nice thing is, we have so many different converting capabilities, we almost certainly hav ...

Products

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July 31, 2002, ... Driven by Air Cole Static Control, Akron, OH; 330/896-7373; 800/915-3535; colestaticcontrol.com Model 1526 pulsed DC controller and ionizing bars are used for long-range ionizing and dust control where ...

What's New in Narrow We

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June 30, 2002, ... labels (IMLs). Fully servo driven, the system unwinds preprinted roll stock, re-registers printed labels into a multi-cut impulse die system, downloads cut labels through stacking magazines, then shuffles ...

Products

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June 30, 2002, ... and Open Ends W+D Machinery Co. Inc., Overland Pk., KS; 913/492-9880; http://www.wdmachinery.com The Nova is a servo-driven, straight-web machine for the production of large envelopes and open ends. ...

Products: Edited by Deborah Donberg

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May 31, 2002, ... Equipment, Ipswich, U.K.; +44 1 473 710 912; ashe.co.uk The Sapphire DB slitter has been upgraded to run individual center surface rollers for 20 webs. Tension is controlled by motor-driven lay-shaft. ...

Converting Industry News

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April 30, 2002, ... trends. Independent business units will facilitate a customer- and market-driven focus, while still leveraging the technical and R&D resources of the whole Toray organization.” Each of the business ...

Need New Equipment or Accessories? NPD Is the Place to Look

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April 30, 2002, ...  The PerforMax static neutralizing system senses how high a static charge is on a surface and automatically adjusts the static neutralizing power to eliminate the charge. Servo-Driven Preprint Press ...

Products

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March 31, 2002, ...  CMD Corp., Appleton, WI; 920/730-6888;cmd-corp.com Center-driven unwinds are designed to handle large parent rolls to reduce changeover and increase production efficiency. Unwinder reportedly offers ...

Products

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February 28, 2002, ... PE, as well as all types of laminates and foils. Features include the driven “Hug Drum” that eliminates the need for nips, said to cause creasing and damaged material, particularly on coatings and laminates. ...

Products

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November 30, 2001, ... Maximum operating speed is 700 fpm. Servo-driven systems are available in modular formats offering glue, glueless, and coreless options. Tester Measures Adhesion of Coatings Paul N. Gardner Co., Pompano ...

Slitting Adhesive-Coated, Low-Strength Films

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September 30, 2001, ... Bleed trim must be removed properly from the inside cuts as discussed above. Custom-built, driven shear knives could be used in the same manner described above for rotary knives. Weak films tend to ...

Vacumet Makes Metallizing Dreams Come True

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August 31, 2001, ...  That growth, he says, is based on “our focus on quality. We are driven to get it right the first time. And when we've achieved the quality our customers need, we focus on ways to make our production ...

More Causes, More Cures For Web Scratches

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July 31, 2001, ... may result in these types of webs if they are under high tension (with measurable elongation) by a driven roller, even though the roller is very accurately speed controlled. There are other sources ...

Slitter Savvy: Visual Roll Defects & Remedies

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July 31, 2001, ...  Check to be sure that bottom knives have a close sliding fit with mandrel. On individually driven bottom knives, check run out of drive shafts. Other Slitter Defects Excessive slitter dust is caused ...

Products

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June 30, 2001, ... single cutting with one knife or twin knives placed in opposition; and CNC-driven cutting carriage for accurate cutting lengths. Splicing System Offers Versatility Martin Automatic, Rockford, IL;ph: ...

Over-Tensioned Webs and What to Do about Them

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May 31, 2001, ... place. Likewise, the drum take-off tension isolation roll should be located as near the drum surface as possible. A load cell roll should be mounted between the driven tension isolation roll and the ...