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French Fry Fascination Brings Big Business to Bonar

(Magazine)

March 31, 2000, ... states Barrett. "It provides a consistently flat profile, accurate control over resin flow, and reliable deckle sealing. This means our operators don't need to tweak the die bolts in order to reach accurate ...

Negotiating an Acquisition: Nine Steps to Success

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March 31, 2000, ... the free flow of information, make it your business to be there. When an acquirer wants to meet these parties, ascertain what they are trying to learn. Then you should adequately prepare these parties ...

Tape Converter Stands Up to Goliath with New Press

(Magazine)

March 30, 2000, ... roll itself was a "big improvement, since it controls ink flow and laydown better than previous systems. That not only saves money by applying a much thinner layer of ink, but it also allows much greater ...

Curtain Coating Technology Can Mean Big Benefits

(Magazine)

February 29, 2000, ... Hwet, does not depend on physical fluid properties nor geometrical process parameters but solely on the ratio of volumetric flow rate/width, Q, to web speed, U, according to the equation below: (See ...

Clean Room Environment Makes Excellence a Priority

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January 31, 2000, ... machine, which runs at 150 fpm and can sheet up to 60 in. wide, was rebuilt three years ago. "We put in a jogger table," notes production manager Jeffrey M. Rupp. "We redesigned and put airflow in to keep ...

Integrated Information System Can Boost Profits

(Magazine)

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

(Archive)

December 31, 1999, ... boasts two silos alongside the railroad track, a pond, and a landscape of prairie wildflowers that machine tender Greg Welhouse planted and tends on his own. Equipping for Long-Term Service Arndt and ...

Static electricity can be a very costly problem

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August 31, 1998, Static electricity is described as a nonflowing electrical charge that builds up on nonconductive or ungrounded conductive materials. The most common Static electricity is described as a nonflowing electrical ...

Anilox roll advancements raise the quality of flexo

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November 30, 1996, ... suggests. "The advantages those two technologies have had historically is that they control their ink film very well. As we define the delivery and better control the flow of ink, flexo will become more ...

Partnering launches future growth in laminations

(Magazine)

August 31, 1996, ... to the atmosphere; controls for the natural gas required to fuel the ovens and to burn the emissions; monitoring devices and controls for ducts and dampers for appropriate air flow and volumes; monitoring ...

Something new under the sun

(Magazine)

June 30, 1996, ... with our pressmen to perfect the colors and exact flow rates." Waldorf Corp., St. Paul, MN, used Chamelacolors to print an interactive kids game on the back of 2.5 million Lucky Charms cereal boxes ...

Coextrusion: making the equipment fit the need

(Magazine)

June 30, 1996, ... of individual melt flows and separate heating; and a central cooling air supply for internal air exchange. The Optifil P-2 automatic film gauge control ensures minimum film tolerances by precisely controlling ...

International Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

May 31, 1996, ... Pfleiderer Teisnach is a producer of specialty papers such as chlorine- and acid-free tissue in 20-30 g/m2; colored tissue for flower wrapping in 28 g/m2; recycled offset in 50-120 g/m2; greaseproof qualities ...

Web-guiding systems are tailored to your applications

(Magazine)

May 31, 1996, ... An air-flow sensor sends a low-pressure signal to the servo controller, which converts the signal to a higher actuator pressure. An all-air system uses no electricity, is tied into the plant's air supply, ...

Paper characteristics: starting the job right

(Magazine)

April 30, 1996, ... that affects ink gloss is absorption. Ink films transfer from surface to surface by "splitting" which produces a split pattern within the ink film and is present until the ink flows or levels. If the absorption ...

Innovation is a winner in FPA competition

(Magazine)

March 31, 1996, ... via the various holes between them, which direct the flow of the components into a thorough mixing. In about 20 seconds, the adhesive is fully mixed and ready to dispense through the precut dispensing ...

Custom coating operation is a clean winner

(Magazine)

February 29, 1996, ... vehicle enters on a track from the clean room, picks up the designated roll-stock, and returns to the intermediate area. The Class 1000 clean room itself has a high-volume, low-velocity cross-flow air ...

"Partnering" helps get press up to spee

(Magazine)

November 30, 1995, ... to be working fine. However, when operators began running at a production speed of 200 fpm, the ink fountains foamed up and quickly overflowed. Viking solved the problem and got the press up to speed with ...

KAPCO hits grand slam in pursuing custom markets

(Magazine)

November 30, 1995, ... adhesive flow from the coater extruder head is determined by the adhesive pressure applied by the adhesive supply unit pump, and the thickness and width are determined by the pattern insert located in ...

Training is the key to success in '90s corporate climb.

(Magazine)

August 31, 1995, ... in the process. "Once both sides learn how to communicate, ideas can flow in both directions," says John Wynn. "If a guy is afraid of losing his job he won't speak up, even if he has a suggestion that will ...