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Human/Machine Interface Offers Best of Two Worlds

(Magazine)

March 31, 2000, ... and manual machine adjustment (causing variable accuracy, excessive downtime, waste materials, and astronomical maintenance costs) are a thing of the past. I/O modules, programmable logic controllers ...

Converters See Hurdles Ahead in Digital Printing

(Magazine)

January 31, 2000, ...  use three or four programs to make an image." -- VP Operations, Tapes, Labels, and Tags "It's a whole different type of maintenance. It's not your maintenance person in your plant. It's more like gear ...

Clean Room Environment Makes Excellence a Priority

(Magazine)

January 31, 2000, ... "They had the capability to do everything," says Lee. "The construction, certification, maintenance-it's all worked out well." Autotype does not use air extraction to remove trim from the clean room, Lee ...

Getting Off to a Smooth Start with a New Coater

(Archive)

December 31, 1999, ... equipment, and that way we'd only need two maintenance people for our whole facility. We have 95 percent uptime on our equipment." Coating Excellence serves the food and industrial packaging markets with ...

Narrow web adapts to multiple applications

(Magazine)

November 30, 1998, ... are taking place." Narrow web converting offers several advantages over wide web converting, including the ability to economically process short runs; fast changeover times; ergonomics; and ease of maintenance. ...

Static electricity can be a very costly problem

(Magazine)

August 31, 1998, ... charge can be eliminated at the unwind, but, due to friction downstream, static can rebuild. Where the ionizing system is placed is critical for efficient operation, as is the maintenance of the system. ...

Finding a simple solution to a shocking problem

(Magazine)

March 31, 1998, ...  are many different kinds, so it became a question of finding the product that was right for our application. "Based on ease of maintenance and durability, our engineers chose a system from Tantec. Al ...

Bag machine adds value to customer-oriented operation.

(Magazine)

November 30, 1996, ...  Plant manager Frank Rollins, finishing department manager Harold Wade, and maintenance manager Tommy Evans continually review customer requirements and All-Pak's production capabilities to determine ...

Laminator adds metallizing to the mix

(Magazine)

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 ...

Pressure-sensitive line utilizes all-vector drive system

(Magazine)

June 30, 1996, ... of the cost and maintenance benefits of AC motors and drives, as well as power efficiencies and utility rebates, while meeting the rigorous demands of a tension-controlled production process. Such precise ...

Coextrusion: making the equipment fit the need

(Magazine)

June 30, 1996, ... positioning; AC flux vector spindle drives that provide better speed regulation and reduced maintenance compared with DC drives; a lay-on roll of composite material construction for reduced mass; and electrostatic ...

Web-guiding systems are tailored to your applications

(Magazine)

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, ...

Court ruling on HMT may mean a tax refund

(Magazine)

March 31, 1996, ... thousands of American businesses, including some converters, the US Court of International Trade recently struck down the Harbor Maintenance Tax (HMT) as unconstitutional to the extent it is applied to ...

Today's printing presses are whatever you want them to be

(Magazine)

March 31, 1996, ...  rugged enough to hold up for a number of years without the need for a tremendous amount of maintenance." Future Trends Narrow web equipment is getting wider, says Eulich. "For some packaging application ...

Senate Republicans push amendments to Clean Air Act

(Magazine)

January 31, 1996, ... provisions of the Clean Air Act dealing with operating permit requirements, monitoring requirements, and vehicle and inspection maintenance mandates. Although they describe their proposals as "limited ...

Don't forget your unwind

(Magazine)

January 31, 1996, ... shaft inspection and maintenance should be part of the manufacturing routine. Of all the variables that can affect the performance of your core shaft - such as roll weight, core diameter, and web speed ...

Viscosity system saves ink and improves print quality

(Magazine)

December 31, 1995, ... Lally Pak's colors are more stable, and press operators spend much less time checking the ink with Zahn cups, which frees them up to work on other parts of the job. "Maintenance and downtime are important ...

Examining trends in drives and motors

(Magazine)

December 31, 1995, ... while maintaining the AC motor's inherent benefits of virtually no maintenance, ruggedness, small size, and low initial cost. However, for a long time, converters ignored AC motors because of their lack ...

Pollution prevention makes good sense

(Magazine)

November 30, 1995, ... a qualified team, ideally comprising a diverse group of company professionals with a wide range of responsibilities and expertise. Key personnel to consider are representatives from maintenance, production, ...

Bagmaking operation refuses to stand still

(Magazine)

September 30, 1995, ... dies. Rotating dies, notes Hanses, need more maintenance than stationary dies due to the more complicated construction and electrical connections and are simply not as efficient. Also, the Traversanip ...