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Gralex Unwind Stands Allow One-Person Changes

(News | New Products)

March 04, 2012, SRS Series unwind stands have self-adjusting friction brakes, lightweight shaft and core chuck assembly, and require no tools for changeovers   LEWIS CENTER, OH | Model SRS stationary unwind stands ...

Flexo Printing | Colbert Packaging Installs Nine-Color Primographic Press

(Flexography)

February 28, 2012, ...  Designed for efficiency, the new press can run at speeds of 500 fpm. It includes an in-line Kempsmith flatbed die-cutter as well as a rotary embossing station to streamline the printing and die-cutting ...

Maxson Sheeter Suited for Digital Press Sizes

(News | New Products)

February 24, 2012, Designed for digital sheet-fed presses, sheeter offers quick setup, energy-saving drives and troublefree sheet flow at higher speeds  WESTERLY, RI | Maxson Automatic Machinery Co. announces a sheeter ...

WHQuiz Answer #5 - Draw Control Pros/Cons

(Web Handling)

February 22, 2012, ... shifts in printing and die-cutting registration. Disadvantages: Draw control is widely misunderstood, especially their dependence on upstream tension and strain as baseline for draw zone tension. ...

WHQuiz Answer #13 - Web Wrinkling vs. Speed

(Web Handling)

February 22, 2012, WebHandlersQuiz 13: Wrinkling - If you see wrinkles at low speeds, but the wrinkles go away at higher speeds, what is the most likely reason?  Answer... WebHandlersQuiz 13: Wrinkling - If you see wrinkles ...

Catbridge Turret Offers Simplicity, Efficiency

(Flexpack)

February 14, 2012, The 324FP turret winds on a single shaft, said to offer an approach to slitting that saves time and simplifies operations  PARSIPPANY, NJ | The 324FP turret from Catbridge Machinery winds on a single ...

On Print | Inkjet and Beyond

(On Print)

February 13, 2012, ... For well-equipped and busy shops, the decision often is determined by line availability, and the crossover quantity might be more than an order of magnitude and not merely a factor of two or three. From ...

Grieve Offers Conveyor Oven

(Coating/Laminating)

February 12, 2012, The 500-deg-F No. 853 electrically heated belt conveyor oven has insulated walls, variable speeds, safety features, and more ROUND LAKE, IL | Grieve Corp. offers the No. 853 500-deg-F, electrically ...

Soft Signage Printer from EFI Is at Work

(News | New Products)

January 29, 2012, The VUTEk TX3250r fabric printer is making production speedier and more reliable, raising quality, and adding new markets for an Indy printer INDIANAPOLIS, IN | Indy Imaging, specialist in wide-format ...

H.B. Fuller Offers New Laminating Adhesive

(Adhesives)

January 20, 2012, Flextra Fast SFA 8600/XR 1500 adhesive solventless laminating system speeds up processes in high-performance applications such as snack pouches  ST. PAUL, MN | H.B. Fuller Co. introduces the next generation ...

Sheeter Upgrade from Montalvo is Record-Breaker

(News | New Products)

January 17, 2012, With new equipment from Montalvo, including tension controls, brakes, and load cells, an eight-pocket sheeter set a world record for speed GORHAM, ME | The Montalvo Corp. reports a sheeter web control ...

Slitting/Rewinding | Arkwright Improves Output with Shaft Upgrade

(Slit)

January 17, 2012, ... shafts,” said Girardi. Expansion in the Works In its continuing effort to improve and streamline operations, Arkwright is in the process of expanding the facility. A new warehouse for storing product ...

Schober’s Embossing System Protects and Enhances Packages

(Embossing)

January 05, 2012, ... rotary heat embossing and hologram technology to eliminate product counterfeiting and piracy while enhancing the esthetics of product packaging. Available for in-line or off-line applications, product ...

Maxson’s Sheeter Has Feature for Press-Ready Skids

(News | New Products)

January 03, 2012, Precision sheeters produce stock free of splices with splice detector mounted prior to the cutter infeed and conveniently located controls  WESTERLY, RI | Maxson Automatic Machinery Co. offers a feature ...

Colordyne’s Digital Printer Runs Roll to Roll

(Label/Tape)

December 27, 2011, The CDT-1600 PC system for continuous digital web printing, powered by Memjet and with servo web control from AzTech, prints at speeds of 32 in./sec SCOTTSDALE, AZ | Colordyne Technologies offers ...

Weber’s Label Printer/Applicator Offers Many Features

(Label/Tape)

December 27, 2011, ... Weber Marking Systems) introduces the Model 4300 Pro-Apply label printer-applicator, an in-line unit said to merge economy with the functionality often associated with higher- production labeling equipment. ...

Slitting/Rewinding: Converplast To Add Two Titan Models

(News | New Products)

December 07, 2011, ... rotary razor (burst), or razor slitting in air or groove. Optional features include an antistatic control system, laser (line) core positioning, and a new option for shaftless unwind roll pickup from floor. ...

Slot Die Coating | The Pressure Is On

(Adhesive Coating)

December 01, 2011, ... in coat weight are controlled by regulating the pumping rate to line speed ratio. Cross-web distribution control | The slot coating die’s manifold geometry is designed to uniformly distribute the ...

Winding Film: How COF Properties Affect TNT

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

October 17, 2011, Your ability to apply tension/nip/torque winding principles to produce the desired roll hardness is affected by the film’s layer-to-layer coefficient of friction properties Your ability to apply tension/nip/torque ...

Inspection: Lighting the Way

(Controls)

August 21, 2011, ... entire substrate width and each and every print repeat—every time. It also must work in-line and on-the-fly at high speeds, sometimes up to 900 mpm. Essential features include a high-resolution camera ...