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Image This! Among the Acronyms, Flexo Finds Its Fit

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October 30, 2001, ... digital workflows (like computer-to-plate or CTP) are replacing conventional. These are a couple of things we've been hearing for a few years. With groups like the High Definition Flexo Consortium (HDFC) ...

Many New Players Join India's Flex-Pack Boo

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September 30, 2001, ... in India for packaging powders, granules, and viscous and free-flowing liquids. Leading names include Samarpan, Nichrome, Rollatainers, Wraptech, Mico-Bosch, and A.M.P. Rose. These machines are of high ...

New Product Digest

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August 31, 2001, ... or “bleeding” air to the output to correct any error conditions. Features include auxiliary control valve capability for increased flow requirements; no trim pots or other analog set-up adjustments; microprocessor ...

Converting Industry News

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August 31, 2001, ... on five continents.” Reverse Airflow on Treater Provides Uniform Corona Bachofen & Meier AG has installed a corona treater from Sherman Treaters Ltd. on its pilot line in Bülach, Switzerland. The ...

Slitter Savvy: Visual Roll Defects & Remedies

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July 31, 2001, ... Remedies: Check to ensure the air velocity at intake of trim removal system is greater than winding speed. Check to ensure laminator air flow at trim nozzles. Check edge guide unwinding roll or be ...

Polymers/Laminations/Adhesives/Coatings/Extrusions

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July 31, 2001, ... developed acrylics often use melting and transfer through an extrusion system. For low volume requirements, drum or grid melters have use. The ideal arrangement will provide a smooth flow rate and a minimal ...

Polymers/Laminations/Adhesives/Coatings/Extrusions

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June 30, 2001, ... of the polystyrene endblocks, the crosslinks release so the polymer flows like a thermoplastic. Dissolving the polymer in solvent allows processing as a relatively high solids content solution. When the ...

Products

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May 31, 2001, ... system is said to provide cost-effective technology for high-volume, low-concentration flows of VOCs. System reportedly can achieve flow volume reduction ratios of 1000:1 up to 10,000:1, allowing for several ...

RTO Technology Gives Best of Both Worlds to Converters

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May 31, 2001, ... optimized to minimize the exhaust flow, which would bring down the size of the capital equipment. Other services such as remote diagnostics, 24/7 call centers, and preventive maintenance programs are becoming ...

The Missing Link: Plastics History Leads to Packaging

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April 30, 2001, From fake flowers to hygienic-paper packaging, Germany's Böhme family has been in plastics for nearly 50 years. For almost as long, the company has linked its print quality to Fischer & Krecke presses. ...

Pellet Transfer: Preventative Measures Employed to Reduce Streamer Formation

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April 30, 2001, ... service life. Flexible hoses used in the loading and unloading of railcars should undergo inspection to ensure that product flows in the direction of the coils or spirals. The flow of product in the ...

Products at CMM

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March 31, 2001, ... Northern, Independent Machinery, Laser Machining, MacDermid, Macro, Mario Cotta, Martin, Nim-Cor, Novaflex, Novaflow, Pillar, Retroflex, Roberts Poly Pro, Scapa NA, Sherman Treaters, Sterling, Tidland, ...

Web Handling...Making a Slitter/Winder Upgrade Work for You

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March 31, 2001, ... consider. Razor Slitting One of the problems encountered when you are razor slitting is edge thickening at the cut edge. This occurs because the blade retards the flow of the web and slows some of ...

Converting Industry News

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February 28, 2001, ... could help each level maintain its relationship and increase its appeal to new markets. Supply chains tend to flow in one direction, with little feedback from the retailer or end-user reaching the suppliers ...

A Glossary of Descriptive TermsSixth Installment

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February 28, 2001, ... and negative ions (charged air molecules) close to the web surface. These ions flow from the point of generation to the film surface by the force of the electric fields generated by the static charges. ...

Products

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February 28, 2001, ... the Super Air Amplifier, which induces surrounding airflow at a ratio of 22:1. This carries ions to the target, allowing static to be eliminated in less than ½ sec. Co. adds that the volume and velocity ...

Cast Film Dies and Auxiliary Equipment

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February 28, 2001, ... trim. The design of most commercial dies produced today uses control volume methods. Such design breaks areas of the die into small segments and calculates flow in the combination of these segments to ...

Flex-Pack Operation Likes to Convert the Complex

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February 28, 2001, ... The Dutch aren't bogged in their clichés, even though bikes, dykes, windmills, and blazing flower fields are pretty much the norm outside the major cities. For travelers, the integration of the clog ...

Products

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February 28, 2001, ... for tape manufacturing are 100% solid. Said to offer a high-performance alternative to solvent-based systems, free-flowing, nonblocking pellets are available in a convenient form for vacuum feeding.  ...

Products

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January 31, 2001, ... to install and require no electrical hookup, products are permanently magnetized. Anilox Roll Screens Give Controlled Ink Flow ADI International, Matthews, NC; 704/845-1540 Laser Two Tone (LTT) screen ...