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Printer Uses Water or UV Inks

(New Products)

February 28, 2010, The Cooper Miniflex off-line flexo web printer is said to be simple and compact and can be run with water-based or UV inks as well as varnish or digital The Cooper Miniflex off-line flexo web printer is ...

Hot Melt PSAs Are 'Green

(New Products)

February 28, 2010, The Acrynax adhesives line of acrylic polymer hot melt PSAs is said to be good for both the environment and costs. This environmentally safe alternative The Acrynax adhesives line of acrylic polymer hot ...

Offset Inks Set Quickly

(Carton Box)

January 31, 2010, SunPak Diamond inks are said to provide high-definition print resolution, low misting at high speeds, and fast setting properties that reduce waste. Can SunPak Diamond inks are said to provide high-definition ...

Bagmaking: Cleaning Up on F/F/S

(Substrates)

January 31, 2010, ... oxygen-barrier substrates. The substrates produced are both durable and 100% recyclable. Plastixx operates 72-in. Varex blown film lines from Windmoeller & Hoelscher (W&H) and also has eight-color printing ...

Technical Report: Thin Coating Challenges

(Coatings)

January 31, 2010, ... technical challenges that must be solved to efficiently coat thin products on a web coating line. The overall coating process, coating methods and operating variables, solution handling, drying, and web ...

Proteus Adds Heidelberg VLF

(Carton Box)

December 31, 2009, ... US company to install its Speedmaster XL 145 VLF press is Proteus Packaging, Franklin, WI. The folding carton converter chose a six-color press with in-line aqueous coater to replace two aging machines. ...

Achieve Quality Display Graphics

(New Products)

December 31, 2009, The Onset S20 delivers POP quality production at speeds to 2,690 sq ft/hr or 50 full bed sheets/hr on substrates to 2 in. thick. Said to produce high The Onset S20 delivers POP quality production at speeds ...

Flying High

(Flexography)

November 30, 2009, ... Food Industry Ultimate Packaging creates dynamic flexible packaging for the food industry; 65% of its product line is delivered into the fresh produce sector. Located on a green field site on the outskirts ...

Software Automates Die-Cutting

(Narrow Web Products)

October 31, 2009, ... tool and other features for defect-free cutting as fast as 100 mpm. Station reportedly can be built into print lines of all types and/or positioned at any point in an assembly chassis. Stations are available ...

Static, Be Gone!

(Static-Beat)

October 31, 2009, ... the maximum roller resistivity gives Equation 3. The maximum roller resistivity as a function of roller diameter and line speed is shown in Figure 2. For higher line speeds, the resistivity must ...

Engineer's Playgroun

(Coating/Laminating Main)

October 31, 2009, ... praise from a company executive. But Walker (PFFC's “Web Lines” columnist) is CEO of TJWalker+Assoc. As a nationally recognized leader in web handling, consulting, and training, he knows a good thing when ...

Get a Grip on Your Web

(Tension)

October 31, 2009, Whether a converter needs to isolate tension at various zones in a web line, reduce web slippage over a roll, or pull the web at increased speeds and Whether a converter needs to isolate tension at various ...

Inks Yield High Def Print Resolution

(News Eclips)

October 13, 2009, ... low misting at high printing speeds, and fast setting properties that reduce printing waste and increase uptime. Heat resistant and UV coatable off line, inks can also be laminated and laser imprinted. ...

Digital Label Press Has Wider Web Width

(News Eclips)

October 13, 2009, EFI offers an even larger digital label press, the Jetrion 4830 UV Inkjet System, with a wider web width and faster linear speeds that more than double throughput of the previous Jetrion 4000. FOSTER CITY, ...

North American debut for the :Dotrix

(News Eclips)

September 30, 2009, ... two new features on the modular digital UV inkjet press. The Express Print Mode is designed to increase productivity from an already impressive 4,800 linear ft/hr to 6,300 ft/hr. This new feature also ...

Digital Printing, Part 1 | Technology

(Process Management)

September 30, 2009, ... DoD technology allows printing of full color images at line speeds of commercial interest. Printheads can be configured to function in a scanning mode in which the substrate is static during the print ...

Carton & Box Reporter

(Carton Box Main)

September 30, 2009, ...  The Strata Enfold 3D CX plug-in allows users to create professional folded 3D designs directly in Adobe Illustrator. Users can link Photoshop graphics to 2D Illustrator artwork, define die-cut lines ...

Pulsed LED Lights Suited for Stroboscopic Inspection

(News Eclips)

September 16, 2009, ... substrates or on high-speed lines. Pulsed LED lights can replace strobe lights with Xenon lamps, where inspectors sometimes need to dial down the intensity or use frosted glass to avoid harsh reflections. ...

Sun Chemical to Highlight Narrow Web Advances at Labelexpo Europe

(News | New Products)

September 15, 2009, Sun Chemical will be highlighting its fully upgraded line of core products within the Solaris system at Label Expo Europe. LONDON, UK | Sun Chemical will be highlighting its fully upgraded line of core ...

Time for Unwinding Upgrade?

(Archive)

August 31, 2009, ... calculate; just multiply the total tension force by the roll radius. This will increase linearly with tension and radius. It also will increase with web thickness, as many products run at a tension proportional ...