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ARC Elects Officers, Directors

(News | New Products)

May 29, 2024, ... helped re-establish the product line’s position as a market leader. Today, he focuses on driving continuous improvement and product innovation. Mike Sellers has been involved with capital equipment sales ...

Static Charges: Production Mishaps and Product Misbehavior

(Surface Prep)

May 26, 2024, Reducing downtime and maximizing productivity is a key aim for any converter, but the generation of static on production lines poses a major threat to this. By Matt Fyffe, VP and General Manager, Meech ...

IDENTCO Highlights Automation Capabilities and PCB Labeling at PCB East

(News | New Products)

May 13, 2024, ... brands. Attendees of the show will have the opportunity for a live demonstration of the IPS-30 Slimline Label Feeder. At a mere 30mm (1.18 in.) wide – half the size of conventional feeders – the IPS-30 ...

HOW TO: Do in Register Coating

(HOW TO Guide)

May 02, 2024, ... to convert in register applications in line with the printing press; the last color of the press or a downstream station made for the solution. Of course the productivity was affected as the printing press ...

Surface Tension and Wettability

(Surface Prep)

May 01, 2024, ... outlined in the ASTM-D2578 specification, as summarized below. Using the lowest dyne solution level, lightly spread the dyne liquid over an area of approximately 1 in 2 of the test-substrate. Note ...

Why Cleaning is a Must in the Flexo Industry

(Equipment/Machines - Printing)

April 28, 2024, ... translates to defect-free products, which improves a company's bottom line. Putting off cleaning for even a brief time can cause damage as ink dries quickly. The ink can harden, which can make it difficult, ...

Web Guide 101

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

April 24, 2024, ... precision and accuracy. Depending on how your machine is de pending on how your machine is designed, you can elect to use an "edge" guide by employing one sensor or a "centerline" guide by utilizing two ...

Sandon Global to bring anilox excellence and technical know-how to drupa 2024

(News | New Products)

April 21, 2024, ... scorelines, tricky coating applications, excess anilox inventories and pinholing. These alternative engravings promise greater precision, quality, and consistency compared to standard 60° cell designs, ...

Innovation in Extrusion Barriers Can Reduce Brand Owners’ Dependence on Plastic

(Coating/Laminating)

April 17, 2024, ... both consumer demand and regulation withing the next decade. In 2023, the U.S. EPA shared its Draft National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution?2 and solicited public comment. This strategy outlines ...

SEI integrates Vetaphone on new Labelmaster KyoJet

(News | New Products)

April 14, 2024, ... further step to utilize Vetaphone technology on its bestselling Labelmaster range of narrow web converting lines.  Already the company’s preferred supplier of corona surface treatment, Vetaphone Web Cleaning ...

Tension: The First Thing We Must Get Right

(Coating/Laminating)

April 14, 2024, ... quality. A general guideline is to tension the web to 10-25 percent of its elastic limit. This requires knowledge of your web properties. (Refer to my previous articles that describe the importance of ...

Principles of Narrow Web Slitting

(Web Handling)

April 10, 2024, ... Corp of Fairfield, New Jersey, offers its narrow web slitter-rewinder designed for high-speed, precision cutting and rewinding while also removing trim and liner material. Elite Cameron, with U.S. and ...

Tension: The First Thing We Must Get Right

(Converting Expert)

April 08, 2024, ... Tension is the first thing we must get right.  What Tension? Selecting the right tension for your process will facilitate improved productivity and delivered quality. A general guideline is to ...

Principles of Narrow Web Slitting

(Converting Perspectives)

April 08, 2024, ... of Fairfield, NJ, offers its narrow web slitter-rewinder designed for high-speed, precision cutting, and rewinding while also removing trim and liner material. Elite Cameron, with US and UK locations, ...

Green Bay Innovation Group hosts Converters Expo

(News | New Products)

April 01, 2024, ... as well as nature friendliness of paper material. The surge in demand is driving significant growth in the converting paper markets and Wisconsin will have to provide more paper and pulp manufacturing ...

Distinguished Global Partnership Aims to Extinguish Lithium-Ion Battery Fires

(News | New Products)

March 13, 2024, ...  “We’re excited to introduce, recommend and sell the PACT Thermo Shield TM product line to our current clients and prospective customers as a unified effort to eliminate EV battery fires.” For more ...

HiFlow Solutions Releases Free Imposition App for Packaging and Commercial Print Applications

(Flexpack)

March 13, 2024, ... as well as other capabilities that will increase their productivity even more. But the bottom line is that estimating is where the process starts for generating a quote for a customer, and we want to enable ...

Sticking to Sustainability

(Flexpack)

March 03, 2024, ... the initial implementation of ultra-removable labels, the addition of linerless label technology can heighten a company’s sustainability efforts even further. Linerless labels omit the backing paper liner ...

The Importance of Ink Troubleshooting on Press

(News | New Products)

February 29, 2024, ... help printers achieve customers’ goals. Sun Chemical has also created an ink troubleshooting guide1 online, which provides a list of common problems and tested solutions for a wide variety of printing ...

ABB Delivers Microwave Consistency Meters to Greenfield Pulp and Paper Mill in Greece

(News | New Products)

February 27, 2024, ... minimum maintenance. The inline, dual-plate design is equipped with an optional retractable temperature sensor for hard processes. The flow-through model fits pipes up to 16" diameter for the most representative ...