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International Converting Industry News

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May 31, 1996, ... a dual-language Dusenbery touch-screen that can be switched between English and German at the touch of a button. Clear plastic guards enclose the slitting, autoload, and rewind sections. A safety key ...

Web-guiding systems are tailored to your applications

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May 31, 1996, ... uses very low air pressures, and requires virtually no maintenance. It's not powerful, in terms of moving heavy loads, but, according to Doug Fife of Coast Controls, when fitted with an 8-in.-diameter actuator, ...

A rather narrow-minded view of wide web printing.

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May 31, 1996, ... downloading of previously run jobs assures run-to-run consistency. Print quality is reportedly enhanced by a rigid deck that eliminates plate bounce. The fully electronic CLDP (closed-loop deck positioning), ...

Gravure gets easier

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April 30, 1996, ...  Doctor Blade Offers a New Angle Angle Blade Co. has developed a doctor blade design for gravure applications that offers spring load tension and high angle contact. This allows the printer and converter ...

Trim system in India to be first to handle sugarcane paper.

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March 31, 1996, ... capacity in the Netherlands by the year 2000, that country's contribution to total dioxin load will be reduced by 82% based on 1991 figures. William Seddon-Brown, chairman of EEWC, says, "With more commitment ...

Innovation is a winner in FPA competition

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March 31, 1996, ... reduces the volume of the packages by an average of 60%. Production line speed was increased as much as 50% over cartoning, and two hours are saved in the loading process. The package design was a team ...

Deciphering the complexities of the core/shaft/unwind relationship.

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January 31, 1996, ... manner as a shaftless operation. He adds, "Of course, when you go to a shaftless operation, loading of the rolls onto the machine becomes a consideration, because there is no extended shaft for hoist ...

New measurement technology improves web control.

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January 31, 1996, A new type of load cell uses an electromagnetic transducer to achieve more reliable tension measurement, reportedly resulting in improved machine performance, A new type of load cell uses an electromagnetic ...

Examining trends in drives and motors

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December 31, 1995, ... for DC but has not exceeded it." Just like AC, brushless DC motors offer near unity power factor at all speeds and loads. This technology delivers full torque continuously at any speed, offers precise ...

Die-cutting developments continue unabated.

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September 30, 1995, ... die. To solve this problem Southeastern Die Co. has developed a patented knife-holding system that uses spring-loaded ball bearings pressing against the base of the rule to not only hold it in place ...

Video web inspection: the view from the press floor.

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September 30, 1995, ... have to download itself. Eventually, it would start running the program that allows you to view the web. "But it took three or four minutes to get that program to run. Meantime, our press was printing ...

Doctor blades are the right Rx for gravure

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September 30, 1995, A new doctor blade design, offering spring load tension and high contact angle, reportedly makes the quality printing afforded by gravure even better.The A new doctor blade design, offering spring load ...

Retrofit brings older sheeters back to life.

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August 31, 1995, ... possible cut accuracy without proper web tension control. Either a load cell or swing arm dancer can provide web tension, the latter being preferred because it will compensate for egg-shaped rolls. The ...

Paperboard Packaging Awards bring out the best

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May 31, 1995, ... in the packages. The new categories include: hand-erected packages containing hand-loaded products, machine-formed packages containing hand-loaded products or machine-formed packages containing machine-loaded ...

Time-based competition strategy gains momentum

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May 31, 1995, ... clothing per day. A robot in the warehouse scans the bar codes and selects the right box and any other boxes being shipped to that Chicago store, picks them up, and loads them onto a truck. The overall ...

Film offers food packagers green marketing opportunity

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April 30, 1995, ... no film/pretreat overload resulting in an adhesive failure, which is a problem with some non-PET substrates. Melinex ECO film also delivers identical color performance versus standard 813 with no variations ...