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- Magpowr's Online Tools Can Help Simplify Web Tension Contro
- (News | New Products)
- December 14, 2003, ... and select a model number. Web site links and references to current literature provide easy resources for more information. The summary sheet also can be saved in an HTML document for email, fax, or printing ...
- Producing Coextruded High Barrier Heat-Shrinkable Packaging Films
- (The Place)
- September 30, 2003, ... and comparing high barrier polymers and structures provides guidelines for matching film performance with application. The manufacturing process for high barrier heat-shrinkable packaging films is the ...
- Think Lean
- (Magazine)
- March 31, 2003, ... when the customer needs it, in the amount needed. If and When to Get Lean Who's thinking, “So, it's simple but not easy, counterintuitive, and it was developed to dig an automobile company out of a hole ...
- Controlling Coater Gap Uniformity
- (Magazine)
- October 31, 2002, ... probes in the set. The technique for creating “virtual” amplifiers with this program is linked to the sensor channel-to-amplifier calibration process required for each channel (sensor) of the dual-sensor ...
- What Is the Role of Tack in Printing Inks?
- (Magazine)
- September 30, 2002, Since the earliest attempts at transferring ink from one surface to another, the characteristics of a printing ink have been an important factor in print Since the earliest attempts at transferring ink ...
- Focus on Crosslinking in Fluid Ink Systems
- (Magazine)
- May 31, 2002, Crosslinkers are an important class of additives ink and coating formulators use to enhance properties. These materials must be selected carefully to Crosslinkers are an important class of additives ink ...
- Coating Control, Quality, & Paperboard Packaging
- (Magazine)
- April 30, 2002, ... dry speed. Since the offset ink can take several hours to cure, water-based coatings are used to provide a quick-drying, protective seal. The packages then can be handled without damaging the ink, reducing ...
- Mapping Your Way to Better Tension Control
- (Magazine)
- March 31, 2002, ... When complete, don't hide the map; post it for everyone to see and use. Creating the map is the first step in understanding your web line and thinking about ways to improve it. The tension control map ...
- Control of Adhesion and Removal of Heat Sealable Tops on Polymer Containers
- (Magazine)
- December 31, 2001, ... up to the point of failure. This deformation is subtle but extremely important since the mechanics of the deformation can link to that of the layers undergoing a simple tensile test. The deformation or ...
- Harmonic System Gets Tension Under Control
- (Magazine)
- October 31, 2001, ... look the customer wants.” Capital runs substrates from Fasson and uses inks from Environmental Inks & Coatings. Patel says he first became aware of the Nireco system at a trade show last year. Once ...
- The Missing Link: Plastics History Leads to Packaging
- (Magazine)
- 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. ...
- Tension Control
- (Magazine)
- March 31, 2001, ... with Alcoa this past year). The plant is considered to be a pioneer in water-based printing; all of the Reynolds Wrap cartons and most of the private label cartons are printed with water-based inks. (Ink ...
- Assessing Inks, Dealing with DigitalThe NPIRI Conference
- (Magazine)
- December 31, 2000, The National Printing Ink Research Institute (NPIRI) held its 44th Technical Conference in October in Pine Mountain, GA. The well-attended event included The National Printing Ink Research Institute (NPIRI) ...
- Controlling Your Web from Beginning to End, Part II
- (Magazine)
- December 31, 2000, ... Many older edge guides used in these positions have a small dead band or none, and they tend to overcontrol. Over control may cause wrinkles to form on the steering roll(s) or the following roll(s). ...
- The Formation of ''Microfoam'' in Water-Based Flexo Ink
- (Magazine)
- October 31, 2000, ... their existence. Unlike water, alcohols have low surface tensions. Foaming is rarely a problem in solvent-based inks, since the low surface tension does not support foam stabilization. Water-based inks, ...
- Estimating the Drying Rate of Flexo Ink in the Laboratory
- (Magazine)
- September 30, 2000, One reason the drying rate of flexo inks has become an important subject is the general trend toward the use of thinner ink films. In the narrow web sector, One reason the drying rate of flexo inks has ...
- What Is the Role of Additives in Water-Based Inks?
- (Magazine)
- August 31, 2000, The performance of water-based inks in flexographic printing is, to a large degree, based on additives that are incorporated into the ink to optimize The performance of water-based inks in flexographic ...
- Label converter controls quality from the inside out
- (Magazine)
- August 31, 1996, ... Walle makes its own oil- and vegetable-based inks and varnishes in-house and tests them in its own in-plant labs. "We can't go to an outside supplier who makes ink for hundreds if printers that use a wide ...
- Viscosity system saves ink and improves print quality
- (Magazine)
- December 31, 1995, ... single-service paper and plastic disposables. The company prints on a variety of substrates, including poylethylene, polypropylene, OPP, and shrink films. Materials are provided by Mobil, James River, ...
- Bagmakers add a strong link to quality chain
- (Magazine)
- July 31, 1995, Sengewald USA believes in high quality equipment all along the line. Amplas bagmakers fit perfectly into that philosophy.Sengewald USA, Marengo, IL, is Sengewald USA believes in high quality equipment ...
