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Digital Products for the Converting Industry

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October 31, 2000, ... plates and PearlDry thermal plates. Features include semi-automatic plate loading, user-friendly software tools, and a compact design. One Instrument Provides Full Color Measurement X-Rite Inc., Grandville, ...

Synthetic Paper from Plastics

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September 30, 2000, ... low cost, and versatile processing possibilities of the polymers. Earlier work has described the process of making synthetic paper from plastics. This includes high loading with fillers. Plastic bags ...

Flexography Comes of Age and Keeps on Growing

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August 31, 2000, ... press speeds. This trend is difficult for water-based flexo systems, since it requires higher pigment loading and excellent transfer characteristics. Advances in computer-to-plate technology are changing ...

What's New in Narrow We

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August 31, 2000, ...  Label Rewinder Has Quick-Loading Feature Labelmate LLC, Henderson, NV; 702/435-8535 Model CAT-2-Chuck label rewinder, including the "Quick-Chuck" quick-loading core chuck, is designed for 24/7 continuous-duty ...

More New Products for the Converting Industry

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August 31, 2000, ... and to keep shafts true to the roll while minimizing bearing-side loading. Rod walls are precision machined to 1/8 in. and are balanced to operate at high speeds. Infrared Thermometer Series Is Upgraded ...

Materials and Products for the Converting Industry

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August 31, 2000, ... electric roll lifter/turner maximizes productivity and minimizes risk of operator injury, says mfr. Reportedly enables lifting, turning, loading, unloading, and palletizing rolls to 600 lb safely and efficiently ...

Pollution Control Innovation for Silicone-Based Coatings

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July 31, 2000, ... feature and a hot side bypass arrangement provide the flexibility of using high-efficiency heat recovery and the capability of a flexible solvent loading production operation range. In some cases, secondary ...

Converted Solutions Slitter/Rewinder Boosts Productivity on Laminating Line

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March 31, 2000, ... which put together a package of roll unloading and roll extraction to make the entire finishing end of the line as smooth and efficient as practical, says Squires. He explains that unloading of the ...

FPA Winners Prove Again How to Do More with Less

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February 29, 2000, The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, DC, presented its 1999 Top Packaging Awards to seven companies for flexible packages that broke The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, ...

Laminator adds metallizing to the mix

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August 31, 1996, ... from both sides, and this allows easy loading and unloading of the substrate. It also allows for easier maintenance of the crucibles and the aluminum wire feeders. Alubec also purchased a separate crucible ...

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), ...

Paper characteristics: starting the job right

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April 30, 1996, ... paper property that has a significant effect on ink gloss is the gloss of the paper itself. Ink density is a measure of the percent of pigment that is contained in an ink film. This pigment loading accounts ...

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 ...

In-house sheeting promotes growth and quality

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February 29, 1996, ... efficiency during roll changes, J. MacKenzie selected shaftless, self-loading roll-stands that eliminate the need for an overhead hoist when loading rolls. The operator simply moves the roll into place ...

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 ...

Core selection - the difference between success and failure.

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January 31, 1996, ... the type of loading placed on a film core. However, the technology had never been able to efficiently measure radial crush, much less design tubes to a known radial crush specification. Pleune says ...

Doctor blades are the right Rx for gravure

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September 30, 1995, ... will eventually exhibit enough normal machine wear to result in T.I.R. and limit the ability to wipe the cylinder with a precise blade load at the correct angle. Doctor blade loading systems have been ...

Company develops line of cost-saving packaging

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March 31, 1995, ... diaper bags require a slip agent in the polyethylene film to reduce friction when loading diapers into the bags. This can present a problem for many adhesives with certain polymer structures because they ...