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Fun with Force Gauges

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February 28, 2004, In today's world of high-tech electronic gadgets, a force gauge may seem unglamorous, but I hope to convince you a force gauge is something you should have and use. In today's world of high-tech electronic ...

Products

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January 30, 2004, ... yet avoids the sacrifice of melt-flow streamlining. High UV Output, No Added Heat Nordson Corp., Amherst, OH; 440/985-4385; nordson.com The QuadCure UV lamphead provides high UV output with reduced ...

Friction Circles on a Winter's Da

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December 31, 2003, Doing doughnuts — this was the term my high school friends called the art of driving around in snow-covered parking lots, spinning your back tires during a hard turn to get your car to fishtail in a circle. ...

Products and Materials

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December 30, 2003, ... to install easily in-line with AB Dick and other small-format, sheet-fed presses. Transports sheets through UV unit for the immediate, total cure of inks and high-gloss coatings. With this, company says, ...

Products

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September 29, 2003, ... Corp., Menomonee Falls, WI; 262/255-6070; enerconind.com Flame plasma surface treating system is described as reliable at high speeds. System can process a wide range of materials and features burner ...

Pay Attention to Tension

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August 31, 2003, ... quality? A: To have a consistent slitting process, the tension should be constant. This is especially true for stretchy and thin materials. Stiffer products (thicker, high modulus) will be less sensitive ...

Products

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August 31, 2003, ... high stamping quality, press's rotary principle allows the application of extremely fine fonts to be placed next to large solids. Decelerates foil web and pulls it back, reportedly reducing stamping foil ...

A Slippery Answer to Web Scratching

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June 30, 2003, ... and inertial torque). The result: Bad idlers are repaired, and marginally driven rollers are modified with more wrap, higher friction, or better bearings. Also, an idler roller minimum performance is identified ...

Winding Better Rolls

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May 31, 2003, ... many cases, the non-cylindrical winding roll and the long span formed during indexing will cause wrinkling or tracking error. For faster processes and thicker products, this will cause a high percentage ...

Products

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May 31, 2003, ... unit or in conjunction with a portable stand and Air Binz replenishing containers. Miniature Gearhead Offers High Precision HD Systems Inc., Hauppauge, NY; 631/231-6630; hdsi.net The CSF-1U size 5 ...

What's New in Narrow We

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April 30, 2003, ...  FLEXcon Co. Inc., Spencer, MA; 508/885-8200; flexcon.com OptiFLEX Conform White, available in four constructions, is a 2.5-mil, conformable, white PP film with high gloss, excellent opacity, and good ...

Products

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April 30, 2003, ... heavy loads or high nip pressures. Film, Paper Gravure Presses Are Shaftless International Machinery Inc., Alpharetta, GA; 770/442-9264; intermach.com The Novagraf S.A. RH-35 and RH-50 are shaftless ...

Products

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February 28, 2003, ... Software Offered in Upgraded Version ErgoSoft, Merrimack, NH; 703/464-0876; ergosoftus.com PosterPrint 10 RIP solution for large-format display is described as a highly intuitive professional-level software ...

Cinching Belt Tightening Gone Bad: Part Two

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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 ...

Minimize Slip of AC Induction Motors

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February 28, 2003, ... of supply voltage. The traditional way to control the speed of a wound rotor induction motor is to increase the slip by adding resistance in the rotor circuit. The slip of low-horsepower motors is higher ...

Products

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January 31, 2003, ... ion.com/industrial Virtual AC Intelligent static neutralizer is said to provide highly effective, long-range static neutralization on bagmaking machinery where automatic wicketers restrict the placement ...

Differential Rewinding: Part Three

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December 31, 2002, ... you design for high torque requirement, you give up the low end, and vice versa. Absolute high-end torque, like any clutching system, is limited by heat dissipation. A differential shaft's clutch is trapped ...

Products

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December 31, 2002, ...  Electric Motor Brakes Cut Downtime Force Control Industries, Fairfield, OH; 513/868-0900; forcecontrol.com Magna Shear motor brakes are said to eliminate lost production time and high maintenance ...

Differential Rewinding: Part Two

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November 30, 2002, ... from both sides. Other potential concerns of axially loaded shafts include core dust, heat dissipation, and frictional torque variations. At high torques and speeds, both dust and heat are generated ...

Products

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November 30, 2002, ... unwinds with diameter to 84 in. (2,000 mm); automatic splicing; and zero reject skid change at running speeds to 480 fpm (150 mpm). The paper version will include delivery features to aid high-speed delivery ...