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Walnut Packaging Inc. Invests in an Often-ignored Way to Improve Packaging Productivity: A New SOMA Pluto Slitter

(Flexography)

August 03, 2023, ... area where printers/converters can be more efficient is slitting. The Pluto III.2 slitter/rewinder with automatic knife/ blade positioning and automatic laser core guiding ensures quick and precise knife ...

AZCO Corp.'s Innovative Blister Cutter ...

(News | New Products)

June 14, 2023, ... machine modifications. Precision Cutting: Equipped with shear cut knife assemblies, the system achieves precise cutting of blisters, ensuring consistent quality and accurate sizing. Enhanced Safety: ...

Thin and Accurate is Slot Die Coating Standard

(News | New Products)

May 30, 2023, Roll-to-roll slot die coating has become the industry standard for extremely thin and extremely accurate coating. By Scott Zwierlein, Coating Engineer, FRONTIER – a Delta ModTech Company Roll-to-roll ...

EDGE Industrial Technologies Announces New Vice President of Sales and Global Vice President Marketing

(News | New Products)

May 02, 2023, ... exceed our goals.” EDGE Industrial Technologies is comprised of three industry leading brands – TGW International, Pearl Technologies Inc., and Leverwood Knife Works. EDGE companies are leading producers ...

New Product Alert – Stripper Plates and Gloucester Blades at TGW

(News | New Products)

April 24, 2023, ... experience to bring a unique understanding of machine knife composition, providing superior-quality material grades, hardness and finishes, and precise dimensional tolerances to help maximize your production ...

A New Slitter

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

April 23, 2023, ... whether the film is laminated or complex, printed or unprinted, adapting to both the width of the reel and the weight of the substrate. Automatic knife/blade positioning can ensure quick and precise knife ...

US-Based Converting and Printing Innovator EDGE Industrial Technologies Expands Platform Offerings, Eyes New Acquisitions

(News | New Products)

March 22, 2023, ... Inc. Together, these three companies serve the packaging, food processing, converting, plastics and printing industries. In 2021, EDGE acquired Leverwood Knife Works of Red Lion, PA, and with an eye ...

Your Creation. Our Know How.

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

January 23, 2023, ... remains the world’s leading precision supplier in the fields of knives, knife holders and cutting systems for industrial applications. Founded in 1954, DIENES USA operates from a modern 40,000 sq. ft. ...

Rust to Tech: Part 5

(Converting Perspectives)

January 01, 2023, ... over the past couple of years center on what automation options exist for the slitter/rewinder and what downstream automation is available. On the slitter/rewinder, options can include automatic knife ...

SOMA releases next-generation Venus III.2 and Venus III.2-Turret, slitters

(News | New Products)

November 13, 2022, ... electronic platform of precise control, increased safety, and boosted efficiency with energy savings. Venus slitters deliver exceptional productivity with automatic knife/blade positioning to ensure quick ...

Methods for Closed Loop Coating Thickness Control

(Coating/Laminating)

November 13, 2022, ... substrate. This gap can take several forms including between two rolls or a roll and another metering device such as a knife blade. In certain cases the gap between the two members is used to pre-meter ...

HOW TO: Combine the Capabilities of a Duplex Center Winder with the Productivity Gains of a Turret

(Coating/Laminating)

November 06, 2022, ... can be precisely controlled for roll alignment. Additionally, this machine offers proven technologies that increase production including auto knife positioning and auto core loading. For ease of use, the ...

Maximizing Labor, Time and Safety with Slitter Rewinder Automation

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

October 09, 2022, ... intervention. Digital knife positioning – By using a digital operator, knife positions are saved in a file recipe database and a digital tape measurer shows the correct position. No manual measurement ...

Pros and Cons of In-line Slitting

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

April 17, 2022, ... cores. Stationary knife transfer concepts provide roll change consistency approaching 100 percent, regardless of web width or operation speed. They also provide clean web starts on new cores. Scrap generation ...

The Fundamentals of Adhesive Coatings

(Coating/Laminating)

March 27, 2022, ... speed of the roll. This type of coating is very commonly used to add moisture back into a web, especially papers, to control the curl of the finished product. In Knife-Over-Roll coating, the web has ...

The Discovery, Development of Glitter

(Roll Handling)

December 12, 2021, ... be applied to metal, wood, paper, fabrics, plastics, inks, paints, other materials. It would be sprayed, knife coated, roller coated, screen printed, rotogravure printed, cast, extruded, injection molded, ...

The Discovery, Development of Glitter

(News | New Products)

November 28, 2021, ... be applied to metal, wood, paper, fabrics, plastics, inks, paints, other materials. It would be sprayed, knife coated, roller coated, screen printed, rotogravure printed, cast, extruded, injection molded, ...

Baldwin Brings New Connected Technology to FEFCO Technical Seminar

(News | New Products)

October 14, 2021, ... while allowing full-speed printing. The system offers an optional integrated hot-air knife with temperature control to provide better surface drying. Taking safety into consideration, the FlexoDry2 comes ...

Methods for Closed Loop Coating Thickness Control

(News | New Products)

August 19, 2021, ... can take several forms including between two rolls or a roll and another metering device such as a knife blade.  In certain cases the gap between the two members is used to pre-meter the coating prior ...

Nu-Maber Updates Its Flexo Plate Processing Line to Include the Latest Asahi Photoproducts Technology

(News | New Products)

July 18, 2021, ... flagship generation automated inline processor designed for AWP-DEW water-washable CleanPrint plates. It is reportedly composed of an automatic punching device, a processor, an air knife and a light finisher. ...