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Selecting the Right Tensioning System for the Application

(Magazine)

April 30, 2000, ... machines use tension control to provide a constant pull of a web or filament through the machine, thereby ensuring consistent product quality. Printing and converting industries account for most web ...

French Fry Fascination Brings Big Business to Bonar

(Magazine)

March 31, 2000, ... and a bag machine from Windmoeller & Hoelscher. French Fries and More Bonar's Calgary facility, which opened its doors in 1976, is one of eight packaging plants operating under the name Bonar Inc. The ...

Clean Room Environment Makes Excellence a Priority

(Magazine)

January 31, 2000, ... machine, which runs at 150 fpm and can sheet up to 60 in. wide, was rebuilt three years ago. "We put in a jogger table," notes production manager Jeffrey M. Rupp. "We redesigned and put airflow in to keep ...

Finding a simple solution to a shocking problem

(Magazine)

March 31, 1998, ... that converting machinery will not work as designed when static is present. "The film has a tendency to stick together and resist unwinding. Our customers use the film we manufacture for all sorts of applications, ...

Coextrusion: making the equipment fit the need

(Magazine)

June 30, 1996, ... But all want "a better film." "It really all goes back to the individual customer," explains Hellmuth. "We do an awful lot of custom machines. Some customers push some heavy film output rates, others are ...

French plastic bag imports continue to outpace exports.

(Magazine)

January 31, 1995, ... A Swiss company has been supplying machines specially designed for production of laminated packaging materials, using solventless, 100%-solids adhesives. Polytype AG's, Fribourg, Switzerland, latest ...