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Can't Touch This (Web): Part

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, ... control of a web without roller contact. Using directed, pressurized air streams, air flotation systems shape the moving web into planar, sinusoidal, cylindrical, or helical forms. Air foils, the gentlest ...

Pillowing Puzzle

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, ... needed to solve a nagging problem in its Charlotte, NC, forms, labels, and envelope production facility. The problem was pillowing, which occurred while converting polyester linered material with a clear ...

Going, Going... Gone

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, ... were printed marketing materials (flyers, brochures, etc.) and packaging. This was followed by low-complexity products, such as one-to-two ink color products, business stationery, and forms. What proved ...

Tetra Recart Wins EAFA Award Makes Inroads for Retort

(News | New Products)

April 01, 2003, ... retailing cycle. For the consumer, a tear-off laser-perforated closure strip provides easy opening. Thanks largely to the key part the aluminum foil barrier performs in the laminate, there is now a strong ...

New Products for the Converting Industry (2 of 2)

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... PLCs, PCs, or other BUS communications systems. Software Reduces Waste, Improves ROI Integrated Technology & Research Services Alexandria, VA; 703/922-9123; forms-q.com Q-DISKe, based on the Q-DISK ...

A Clear Winner

(Tapes)

March 31, 2003, Thirsty for new business, forms converter BBF Printing Solutions finds success in the private label beverage market with help from material supplier Raflatac. Thirsty for new business, forms converter ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... among the manufacturers as well as carrying out extensive beta tests in the working world. We want to make sure CIM performs flawlessly under real operating conditions.” The interface shown at Graph ...

Is the Retort Pouch Really Ready to Replace the Metal Can?

(Flexpack)

March 31, 2003, ... at the now-mainstream success of the stand-up pouch, a concept also developed over 40 years ago, you can draw parallels between both forms. But Dr. Heiss's comments still seem to ring true. The huge ...

Some Things to Remember About Dynamic Surface Tension

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... liquid surface. The pressurized gas forms bubbles in the liquid, and the differential pressure of the bubbles is measured and equated to the liquid's surface tension. In practice the actual interface ...

New Product Digest, Part 2, PFFC, April 2003

(Magazine)

March 30, 2003, ... Alexandria, VA; 703/922-9123; forms-q.com Q-DISKe, based on the Q-DISK product, is the enhanced version of the software that operates on Microsoft Windows-based PCs and simplifies obtaining specification ...

Environmental Compliance Compendium for Printers

(News | New Products)

March 16, 2003, ... for printers." It includes: more than 900 pages more than 250 illustrations 40 tables 42 appendices with vital information computer disk with templates for forms, letters, and programs Environmental ...

DuPont Proofing & Cyrel Distribution Ctr. Opens in NY Metro Area

(News | New Products)

March 09, 2003, ... technology for quick, accurate ordering and response, co. adds. DuPont Color Proofing produces products for digital, film, and new high-quality inkjet proofing platforms, including Cromalin, CromaPro, ...

Movin' on Up into New Markets

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... Venture's new, fully automated Guzzetti slitter includes a variety of in-line functions: It slits a master roll of up to 83 in. into rolls as narrow as 1 in.; performs carton assembly; shrinkwraps converted ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... Forms Cutter Designed for High Volumes Energy Saving Products, Burlington, CT; 860/675-6443; espcorp.com ESP703 rotary forms cutter can process pin-fed and pinless forms at speeds to 350 fpm, or more ...

Cinching Belt Tightening Gone Bad: Part Two

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... If the spoke line turns into a spiral or forms a step, your roll is cinching. At winding, this is a little trickier. If the speed isn't too high, try snapping a chalk line in the spoke direction. A more ...

Is There a Great Discovery in the Mess You're about to Trash

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... in 1935, was called Monastral Blue. Copper phthalocyanine is made up of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and one copper ato and exists in two crystalline forms: a red shade, called Alpha, and a green shade, ...

From Concept to Completion

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... is another tremendous challenge for packaging prepress. Ideally, we could define various sets of print specifications and electronically confirm that our digital data conforms to those specifications each ...

Graphics of the Americas Reports Strong Numbers

(News | New Products)

February 24, 2003, ... school in São Paulo. "The 700-square-meter facility will house leading-edge Xerox digital color and monochrome printing platforms. It will be equipped with classrooms, permanent workshops, and auditoriums ...

PCI Publishes European PET Supply-Demand Report

(News | New Products)

February 23, 2003, ... national markets [in Europe] are Italy, France, and the U.K.; Russia is number four. The report profiles 500 companies that convert PET into preforms, bottles, and sheets. The five largest converters ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... Cebal Americas Div. of Pechiney Plastic Packaging has installed a BST Pro Mark Genius detection system in its Shelbyville facility. In addition to automatic print defect detection, the system performs ...