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Goldilocks and the Three Bears Deal with Traction Problems

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July 31, 2002, ...  Also, wider, higher-friction webs are more prone to wrinkles. Reducing wrap angles and lowering web-to-roller friction often can prevent wrinkles. However, if traction is lowered too far, we can be ...

Products: Edited by Deborah Donberg

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May 31, 2002, ... flow pore size, pore distribution, and gas permeability. Turret Winder Cuts Difficult Materials New Era Converting Machinery, Hawthorne, NJ; 201/670-4848; neweraconverting.com Automatic turret winder ...

Cutting to the Chase

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April 30, 2002, ... will allow Chase & Sons to coat, as well as laminate, on its 60-in.-wide Geometric machine, and the company will gain added flexibility with a new 55-in.-dia Geometric rewind and a bigger (45-in.) Geometric ...

Products at CMM

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March 31, 2001, ... Northern, Independent Machinery, Laser Machining, MacDermid, Macro, Mario Cotta, Martin, Nim-Cor, Novaflex, Novaflow, Pillar, Retroflex, Roberts Poly Pro, Scapa NA, Sherman Treaters, Sterling, Tidland, ...

Web Handling...Making a Slitter/Winder Upgrade Work for You

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March 31, 2001, ... product/machine issues to review before spending money on new slitting and winding equipment. Listed below are a few of the more prominent ones. 1. Breaking Strength The ultimate breaking strength ...

Converting Industry News

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February 28, 2001, ... laboratory. The dancer includes low-inertia extruded aluminum and graphite composite rollers for ultra-low-tension applications. As a result, the laboratory now can run rolls to 36 in. dia and web widths ...

Controlling Your Web from Beginning to End

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November 30, 2000, ... motors have enabled them to reduce motor slip and keep the web taut on the guide rolls when mild eccentricity exists and the line speed is low. For success when using a load cell sensor on the unwind ...

Press Adds Flexibility of Film to Paper Operation

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June 30, 2000, ... of the Bobst Schiavi Rigel press developed specifically for printing both high- and low-density PE, as well as PP, as thin as 0.5 mil thick. The 65-in. press runs at speeds to 1,200 fpm and is equipped ...

Selecting the Right Tensioning System for the Application

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April 30, 2000, ... the magnetic coil causes a magnetic field that pulls the rotating armature and stationary magnet into contact. The resulting friction between the faces slows rotation of the shaft on which the unit is ...

Brake and clutches improve to meet industry demands.

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December 31, 1995, ... to replace water-cooled brakes. This revolutionary design, which is the basis of many of the tension control braking systems available today, was the critical development that allowed converters to run ...

Change is the only certainty, so make it work for you.

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September 30, 1995, ...  How can you adapt to change? The following should help. First, try, to understand it. Compare your own reaction to thunder to that of a small child. You ignore it, but a child displays signs of anxiety ...

Idler rolls respond to web movement

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February 28, 1995, The company's line of large lightweight idler rolls is designed for use with wide webs in low-tension applications. The low inertia of these precision The company's line of large lightweight idler rolls ...