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Z-Flute Boxes for Kitty Litter are Purr-fect

(Coating/Laminating)

March 08, 2014, ... solid bleached sulfate (SBS) and sheeted the material into 24x36-inch sheets. OlymPak Packaging & Printing prints the sheets in register and converts the folding carton. The combination of holographic ...

Web Lines | War on Bagginess

(Web Handling)

February 26, 2014, ... of process and material properties that create bagginess forms—bagginess continues to plague many web producers as an uncontrolled variation in product quality. I have worked closely with Dr. Kevin Cole ...

Carestream Tollcoating Expands Services

(Coating/Laminating)

February 23, 2014, ... material solutions onto flexible substrates. The new pilot coaters feature proprietary coating techniques, enhanced drying methods, and streamlined solution delivery systems. • Expanded product and process ...

Web Lines | The Case for Shorter (and Longer) Acceleration Times

(Slit)

February 04, 2014, ... at low speeds. The case against rapid acceleration Many advocates of rapid acceleration do so in the name of machine output. Obviously, any time spent at lower speed does not process as much material ...

Pro Mach Acquires Ets. André Zalkin & Cie

(Flexpack)

January 13, 2014, ... Ets. André Zalkin & Cie. Pro Mach manufactures and supports solutions for primary and secondary packaging, flexible packaging, processing, end of line, material handling, and identification and tracking. ...

Chinese Label Converter Adds Second Martin Splicer

(News | New Products)

January 05, 2014, ... the first MBSC and STR helped reduce their defect rate on that press by 2 percent and their material waste by over 1.6 tons in less than a year." With a compact size, the company reports the MBSC and ...

AIMCAL Offers Online Courses

(Metallizing)

December 02, 2013, Video recordings, which offer the same information as classroom courses, include adhesives, web handling, winding, slitting, and more   FORT MILL, SC | The Assn. of International Metallizers, Coaters ...

AIMCAL Honors Technical Presentations

(Coating/Laminating News)

November 18, 2013, ... Honorable Mentions: • “R2R Processing for Flexible Display Applications” by Neil Morrison, Applied Materials • “Barrier Packaging in the Real World” by Dante Ferrari, Celplast Metallized Products • ...

Splicing | Nonwovens Converter Opens New Markets

(Nonwovens)

November 18, 2013, ... with manual roll changing, I estimate we save 208 hours per year with the Martin, and each splice also saves us around five meters (16 feet) of material. Expressed in percentage terms, the Martin MBS has ...

Esko Digital Finishing Platform Aids Turnaround Times

(News | New Products)

November 11, 2013, ... system said to answer the need for faster turnaround times on an increasing variety of materials in the wide-format digital printing market.  “This is not scaled up from a light-duty finishing table,” ...

Centrexpo/Ipack-Ima Unveil Extensive Event Program

(News | New Products)

November 05, 2013, ... equipment and materials in the food and nonfood industries. Converflex serves the package printing, converting, labeling, and tissue industries. Grafitalia is dedicated to technology evolution in the ...

MTi-Polyexe Reduces Downtime, Improves Quality

(News | New Products)

November 03, 2013, ... continues to run today. While the line runs well, one constant issue the company had was the shafts supporting the rolls of material on the machine were extremely heavy—over 300 lb each. This made it very ...

Mark Andy Unveils New Digital Series

(News | New Products)

October 24, 2013, ... 13 in. (330 mm) and handles a range of substrates from sophisticated packaging materials to films to traditional p-s label stocks. With beta sites identified, the first Digital Series will be installed ...

Kampf Slitter Has Many New Features

(News | New Products)

October 20, 2013, The Autoslit III is said to provide high productivity for flexible materials with ease of operation   WINDSOR, CT | Kampf reports the new Autoslit III is a “high-productivity” dual turret slitter/rewinder ...

Coating Matters | Hot Melt Coating Technology, Part 1

(Coating/Laminating)

October 15, 2013, ... at the site, improving turns in inventory, and reducing environmental impact, they are running into the edge of material, expertise, and equipment capability. Hot melt adhesive coating is a great option ...

TAPPI Extrusion Coating Short Course

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

September 25, 2013, ... from the USA, but with several from overseas, including Southeast Asia.  As basic science and engineering doesn't really change much, the material covered was largely the same from the previous course, ...

Web Lines | Winding Process Fundamentals, Pt. 4

(Web Lines)

September 23, 2013, ... biggest non-linear factor in winding is the stack modulus. A stack of most materials loaded with minimal pressure is initially soft and easy to compress. However, as a stack is pressed into a tighter stack, ...

Colordyne to Showcase New Digital Printing System

(News | New Products)

September 20, 2013, ... Laser System to kiss-cut, slit, or perforate label materials. The Laser Pro may be equipped with a complete flexographic print/coating station with UV curing, a lamination tower for applying over laminate, ...

AVT and HP Indigo Offer Integrated Solution

(Inspection/Defect Detection)

September 18, 2013, ... says. The system automatically records all quality information for process improvements, quality assurance, and downstream automatic defective material removal. “We are delighted to launch our integrated ...

Destination CPP EXPO: Solve Your Technical Questions

(Trade Shows)

September 06, 2013, ... edge. Building the system from the material up to the process sets the stage for a high precision tool designed around the process needs. This material up building process begins with the rheology of the ...