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Takin' Care of Business: How the Industry Does It

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, ... its employees. "We have a lot of people that really strive to do a good job, and sometimes they're limited in what they can do because of a maintenance problem or a particular type of order they can't run ...

Nitrocellulose, Solvents, Recycling, and Safety

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, ...  The benefits of a steep cone design are enhanced by the use of self-adjusting, low-maintenance scrapers, which continually sweep the inside surfaces to help the solids fall to the bottom and prevent buildup ...

A Q&A on Remanufactured Equipment: Is It for You?

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, ... may be adequate. Then look at what you want to achieve both today and tomorrow. If you are looking for higher quality, faster speeds, and more efficient maintenance, you probably want a remanufacturing ...

How to Make Anilox Roll Improvements Work for You

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... control, it is critical to maintain the integrity of the system. This only happens with proper maintenance and upkeep of all press components. You likely will find significant gains in print quality ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... maintenance, and cleaning while using minimal floor space. Change Colors with New Products Davis Liquid Crystals Inc., San Leandro, CA; 510/351-2295; 800/677-5575 Co. specializes in color-changing ...

More New Products for the Converting Industry

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... and has no wearing parts for reliable, repeatable, maintenance-free operation, co. says. Brakes Deliver Power-Off Holding Capacity Warner Electric, Dana Corp., South Beloit, IL; 815/389-3771 The ERD ...

Anilox Rolls Are Key When Printing Corrugated Board

(Print)

July 31, 2000, ... periodical cleaning service for which it uses its mobile, on-press BioJet cleaning system. Says Da Silva, "Clean anilox rolls are extremely important to us. This preventive maintenance arrangement keeps ...

Latest Gravure Technology Launches Converter into Fray

(Magazine)

April 30, 2000, ... control, high-voltage pneumatic switching device, remote-control capabilities, and a 1,000-scfm blower. For service on the press, Kapak utilizes an ISDN line that provides it with a remote-maintenance ...

Bagmaking Operation Is There When Customers Call

(Magazine)

April 30, 2000, ...  "is that it combines reliability and cost control, such as minimal maintenance and downtime, with extremely high quality film. We have the tightest possible tolerances for gauge and layflat, and that's wh ...

Managing Your Way Through a ''Green'' Futur

(Magazine)

March 31, 2000, ... the proper care and maintenance of these controls. The continued viability of these programs will need to be monitored in the coming years as these revolutionary risk-control concepts are put in place ...

Electrically Heated Rollers Are Top Technology Choice

(Magazine)

March 31, 2000, ... energy savings, improved process control, and reduction in maintenance more than make up for the difference in purchase price, American Roller notes. For applications in which an external ceramic covering ...

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 ...