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Processing Tips to Prevent Gauge Bands - Part 2

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

May 12, 2014, ... inner flow surfaces be cleaned.  You should have seen the reaction...  "But we haven't done that in years"!!!  I wasn't surprised.  They eventually took the die apart, and the first thing that happened when ...

Release Liner | Global Suppliers Must Meet Local Needs

(Label/Tape)

May 07, 2014, ... 2009, and China’s paper and board production capacity has grown exponentially, impacting trade flow. Nonetheless, the US industry has seen profits in 2013 rise to their highest for 14 years or longer at ...

McLoone Adds Digital UV-Inkjet Printer

(News | New Products)

May 05, 2014, ... offers a leaner and shorter workflow than McLoone’s existing flat-bed screen printing and thermal transfer machines. “The DSI has given us new levels of flexibility,” says Mr. Rosenthal. “We can print ...

Show Preview | INFO*FLEX Offers Gold Mine of Solutions

(Trade Shows)

April 10, 2014, ... GTT anilox roll with patented open slalom ink channel geometry that allows the ink to flow precisely onto a printing plate., especially in the case of expanded gamut printing. Also showing UltraCell and ...

Defects in Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

March 24, 2014, ... (including identification, analysis, and control). Similar to how we have approached understanding coating, equipment and fluid flow, we need to be systematic in the understanding of defects. Start this ...

Brotech Offers System for In-Mold Labels

(Die-Cutting)

March 07, 2014, Eurotech Cut and Capture System for die-cutting in-mold labels, said to be fast and efficient, is offered in North America   LISLE, IL | Converting machinery specialist Brotech Equipment has brought ...

Mark Andy Digital Series Features ProWORX DFE

(News | New Products)

February 15, 2014, Powered by the Esko Automation Engine, the Digital Front End is said to deliver complete workflow control of digitally printed labels and packaging   ST. LOUIS, MO | Mark Andy has unveiled ProWORX, ...

Maxson Sheeters Use Air to Aid Quality

(News | New Products)

February 11, 2014, ... allows monitoring of the pile quality. Typically, the air flow is maintained to allow the cut packet to slowly fall to the top of the pile, allowing maximum opportunity to jog the sheets into place. CONTACT ...

Slot Die DOs and DON'T

(Mark's Coating Matters)

January 30, 2014, ... attack angle, die to substrate gap, and lip gap); the critical flow surfaces (both inside and outside the slot die); and the connections between the components and surfaces. Preventive Maintenance With ...

EFI Forms Strategic Alliance with Landa

(News | New Products)

January 20, 2014, ... presses will be installed next to offset presses and use the same substrates, and the presses will integrate into a printer’s existing prepress, production, and business management workflow and finishing ...

Optimasmart Adds DuPont Exposure/Light Finisher

(News | New Products)

January 13, 2014, The Cyrel DigiFlow1000 ECLF features flexographic technology said to enable a flat top dot for quality printing   MOSCOW, RUSSIA | DuPont Packaging Graphics reports that Optimasmart, a trade shop ...

Coating Matters | The 3 Stages of Product Development

(Coating/Laminating)

January 07, 2014, ... complete, one of these chemistries would be run through the gamut of equipment, varying the process variables to understand the effect of line speed, flow rate, coating applicator mechanics, and curing ...

Static Beat | Static Dissipator Neutralization Efficiency

(Static-Beat)

January 02, 2014, ... the pin tips clean using air flow across the pins. Next, install the static dissipator in an effective location. Install your static dissipator to maximize the distance LION that the web in Figure ...

Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2013

(Coating/Laminating)

December 30, 2013, ... system organizes oscillating flows into one powerful stream and directs this stream onto the material. The company reports its customers have been able to increase web speed by 50% to 70% without compromising ...

Mokon Offers Heat Transfer Oil Systems

(Adhesives)

December 23, 2013, ... as well as longer heater and fluid life due to unique heating design flowing in a serpentine pattern. The cooling design has a separate cool oil reservoir that isolates heating loop from cooling loop. ...

Static Dissipator Performance

(Static-Beat)

December 23, 2013, ... let’s look at the flow of corona ions from the static dissipator to the charged web. The current density JION in Equation 2 is proportional to the electric field E. Equation 2: The current density ...

Coating Matters | Intermittent Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

December 16, 2013, ... a start and stop. In patch coating, this occurs more often than at the beginning and end of a roll. Of course the steady-state continuous flow in between starting and stopping has been discussed at length ...

Erema Introduces Plastics Recycling System

(Flexpack News)

November 19, 2013, ... easily used operator interface. With INTAREMA’s Counter Current technology, the material flow in company’s cutter/compactor system is reversed and moves against the direction of the extruder. The inverse ...

Coating Matters | Hot Melt Coating Technology, Part 2

(Coating/Laminating)

November 11, 2013, ... profiles from adhesive melting to coating head delivery is critical to maintaining rheological flow characteristics. A control system that maintains substrate tension and process speeds is also critical. ...

Frankston Packaging Chooses Heidelberg To Fuel Growth

(News | New Products)

November 05, 2013, ... “It took a little while to get our arms around the combined benefits of the automation and the 18,000 iph running speed,” Bullock said. For example, “We’ve had to adjust our workflow procedures to handle ...