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Fighting Flaws

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, A standard coating line requires different types of equipment to function effectively to produce a defect-free product. Often the main focus of defect reduction efforts is on the major equipment and on ...

New Products

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ... update and enhance existing extrusion lines. Examples are better gauge profiles, including fine adjustment of the thickness ratios using a modern gravimetric dosing system. Retrofits also can provide narrower ...

Stanford Expands Presence in Latin America

(Archive)

August 13, 2005, ... success of its recently-released line of finishing equipment for the shrink sleeve market. PRESS RELEASE SALEM, IL—Stanford Products LLC has established five new sales agencies in Mexico, Venezuela, ...

Mamata Open House

(Archive)

August 10, 2005, ... on with either soft loop or patch handle attachment. There will be a soft loop attachment on this machine at the Open House. Vega Zip, takes in string zip and seals it on line on the machine. Flower ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

July 30, 2005, ... Saini and Nicole Millick, OxySense Inc. APPLICATION: A new non-invasive method allows testing of packages in-line before shipment to the consumer. The method measures oxygen content within food packages ...

New Products

(Magazine)

July 30, 2005, ... Microgage kit for machinery alignment includes a new laser squaring attachment called the 90-Line. Kit is said to be compact, easy to set up, and very versatile. Suited for aligning rollers on converting ...

Seeking a Converting Superhero

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2005, ... coatings or laminate it to a heat-sealable film such as PE. Using polyester film with all its inherent advantages then would be easier and less expensive. Faster line speeds are important to many converters. ...

Heat Transfer Gets More Precise

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, ... a value-added product. "For example, you can chill a web quickly and shorten the length of the line. For some heating applications, you can eliminate an entire oven that might be 15 or 20 feet long. So ...

Globally Speaking

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2005, ... product companies throughout the US and Canada. Global Packaging, which employees 116 people and runs 24/7 in two 12-hr shifts, converts and prints on polyethylene, linear low-density PE, PET, polypropylene, ...

PRINT & CONVERTER 05 New Product Digest

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, ... runs with either UV or solvent inks at speeds to 1,000 fpm. Can be mounted virtually anywhere, company says, including in-line with a press or with a folder/gluer. Prints on paper, coated stocks, foils, ...

Materials

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, ... line of film-on-film p-s constructions, designated Insight, includes TC Clear Conformable BOPP, a 2.0-mil facesheet designed for applications requiring a full-squeeze, no-label look. It is said to be well ...

Concave Rollers Pros & Cons

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, ... into a wrinkle-stopping concave roller. Web Lines I’m always amazed when a wrinkle problem can be solved with a few feet of masking tape. Got some nasty wrinkles on a roller? Some tape here, some tape ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, ... from Prime UV Systems is at work at Ling Industries, headquartered in Warwick, QC, Canada. The lamps, installed after the in-line coating unit on a new BHS in-line flexo press, are being used to cure UV ...

You're Too Tense

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, ...  machines are just poorly built. You can put the world's best tension control system on a line, but if it's got a very poor brake, your tension will be no better than what it was." Which zones in the proces ...

Drawing Conclusions: Part II

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, ... Lines The principles of draw control usually create a good deal of confusion. Let’s pick up where we left off in my last column and see if we can move from drawing confusions to draw control conclusions. ...

Materials

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, ... Rx232V-60 is a soft, white PE foam, single- coated with a medical-grade acrylic PSA that carries a Drug Master File Number. Film is supplied on a 60# white kraft release liner. Acrylic adhesive is said ...

Narrow Web New Products

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, ... of amorphous material over a thicker layer of crystalline polyester, film’s physical properties allow it to be laminated, printed, or vacuum metallized easily, company says. In-Line Hologram Application ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

April 29, 2005, ... summaries appear in this section, go to the TAPPI web site at tappi.org., then click on "the PLACE" in the section designated Journals. Telephone inquiries are welcome at the TAPPI Service Line by ...

Under the Hood

(Magazine)

April 29, 2005, ... component in the vehicles they manufacture. Based in Center Line, MI, Whitlam Label is a member of the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) and one of only a few Tier I companies that produce labels ...

Narrow Web New Products

(Magazine)

April 29, 2005, ... narrow web inspection rewinder incorporates state-of-the-art line scan camera technology for full roll scan in one direction, with the ability to edit faults while running at speeds to 250 mpm (scan and ...