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Converting Industry News

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November 29, 2000, ... around the lollipop stick. His recommendations...improved wrapper efficiencies dramatically." Installations Adhesive Coater Adds Visual Inspection System CAMBRIDGESHIRE, U.K.—SJP (UK) Ltd. has ...

What's New in Narrow We

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October 31, 2000, ... rotoflex.com VSI 330 finishing system features automated print inspection said to eliminate the need for a strobe; state-of-the-art motion controls; an automated count accuracy and sensor setup; and autofault ...

International Converting Industry News

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September 30, 2000, ... awareness of its automatic inspection systems in the European and North American markets, and to continue its penetration of Southeast Asian and Latin American markets. Collano Posts Double-Digit Revenue ...

Hot Melt Symposium Covers Many Topics

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September 30, 2000, ... products, and the optical inspection of coating quality in real time. During the Awards Dinner, the Hot Melt Committee presented the prize for Best Paper at the 1999 symposium to Mark Connell of Nordsen ...

Nitrocellulose, Solvents, Recycling, and Safety

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September 30, 2000, ... it is imperative that no one attempts to open the inspection hatch of the distillation chamber under any circumstances, and that the room be evacuated and vented until the reaction is over and the room ...

What's New in Narrow We

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August 31, 2000, ... Reported to eliminate shutdown of the press to remove waste rolls and to have a short payback time. Count Accurately with Rewind/Inspection Unit Web Techniques, Fenton, MO; 636/343-0806; 800/327-9777 ...

More New Products for the Converting Industry

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August 31, 2000, ... With applications suited for R&D, quality inspection, failure analysis, and process control, the system is said to provide precise surface details on thick films as well as in other areas such as optics, ...

Press Adds Flexibility of Film to Paper Operation

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June 30, 2000, ... with an Enercon corona treater to enhance printability on even the thinnest webs, says Decker. He adds that a dual-camera web inspection system from TruColor Video Systems monitors print quality at ...

When Employees Become Owners... A Happy Ending

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May 31, 2000, ... for the primary unwind and a Measurex web inspection system. Denney says the Waynesville location supplies Blue Ridge's Diary-Pak converting operations with the coated board for the gable-top containers. ...

Latest Gravure Technology Launches Converter into Fray

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April 30, 2000, ...  For quality control, Kapak outfitted its new Toshiba press with a web inspection system from Nireco. "It's state of the art," says Bell. "Its four cameras can identify even a piece of dust. And it not ...

Selecting the Right Tensioning System for the Application

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April 30, 2000, ... factories. While limited to 1,800 rpm maximum speed, magnetic particle brakes function smoothly in slow-speed applications (below 100 rpm), such as filament coating machines, inspection machines, and ...

Managing Your Way Through a ''Green'' Futur

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March 31, 2000, ... that refuse to participate, EPA has threatened and, incidentally, made good on its threats, to perform multimedia inspections at nonparticipants' facilities. More of these programs are promised by EPA ...

Narrow web adapts to multiple applications

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November 30, 1998, ...  and can run in either configuration at the flip of a switch." Video inspection systems are available today specifically for narrow web systems. Jim Doerr, national sales manager for TruColor, offer ...

Czech retail developments could affect converters.

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October 31, 1996, ... inspection officials across the country received only 47 complaints about stores refusing to accept back returnable bottles. Six of those complaints involved Prague stores, and all cases were quickly resolved ...

Making Lemonade in the Converting Industry

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June 30, 1996, ... Certainly the situation is not quite as severe as Chicken Little would describe it, but I'm not alone in my concerns. Others, whose jobs require that they take a close inspection of bottom lines, have expressed ...

MSC Specialty Films reaches success down to the core

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May 31, 1996, ... Two proprietary coaters feature automatic splicing, fiber-optically linked drive packages, laser inspection, and ultraviolet coating capability. Off-line slitting is done in a separate department. "We ...

Flexo label printer grows by leaps and bounds

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April 30, 1996, ... with two full-time graphic artists and a full-time quality control department that features Arpeco inspection equipment. Two three-color Mark Andy presses have served Express Label since the early days ...

Custom coating operation is a clean winner

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February 29, 1996, ... thickness control and laser inspection 2,400 times a second. The facility is on its way toward achieving ISO-9001 certification for accountability, repeatability, and traceability of finished products ...

Senate Republicans push amendments to Clean Air Act

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January 31, 1996, ... provisions of the Clean Air Act dealing with operating permit requirements, monitoring requirements, and vehicle and inspection maintenance mandates. Although they describe their proposals as "limited ...

Don't forget your unwind

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January 31, 1996, ... shaft inspection and maintenance should be part of the manufacturing routine. Of all the variables that can affect the performance of your core shaft - such as roll weight, core diameter, and web speed ...