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- WebHandlersQuiz #19: Advantages of a Nipped or Gap-Controlled Roller
- (Web Handling)
- September 30, 2012, ... materials. Winding gap rollers can reduce inter-layer slip in the top layer of a winding roller, discouraging the slip "knot" buckling defects. Winding nip rollers will reduce entrained air, especially ...
- Sun Chemical To Showcase Ink and Plate Technologies at SuperCorr Expo
- (Carton Box)
- September 25, 2012, ... to 50% less photopolymer—eliminating solvents, VOCs, and PVC materials. Printers using the SunLite plates can take advantage of accurate color-to-color registration and improved safety in handling and ...
- Web Lines | Why Avoid Nips?
- (Web Handling)
- September 24, 2012, ... material until it folds over and passes through as a wrinkle. Non-uniform nips want to feed non-uniform amounts of web per revolution. If you have good web but uneven nips (either off left to right or ...
- Winding Technology | Now Directly in the Drive
- (Controls)
- September 19, 2012, ... diameter using several system variables to control the motor speed and keep the tension of the material web constant. To achieve this, the velocity of the web and the winder shaft speed must be known at ...
- Appleton Offers Entry-Level Core Cutter
- (News | New Products)
- August 13, 2012, The A301 automatic core cutter is designed to reduce material use and costs in entry-level use, and features are upgradable as needs change NEENAH, WI | Appleton Mfg. Div. reports its A301 automatic ...
- Meese Orbitron Dunne Table Has Wings
- (News | New Products)
- August 05, 2012, ... table from material handling product manufacturer Meese Orbitron Dunne Co., is now available with molded-in wings rising from all four sides of the table to help secure instrumentation, packages, machines, ...
- In-Mold Decorating Flaunts Features & Efficiencies
- (IML/IMD)
- July 31, 2012, ... material. When OtterBox said it would like the ability to add more color to its product line, Rolco suggested in-mold labeling. OtterBox contacted Serigraph to develop a label with excellent adhesion that ...
- Coating | The Movement Toward Thinner Films and Coatings
- (Coating/Laminating)
- July 30, 2012, ... for these products. For example, where a 4-mil film used to be standard, an application may now require half that thickness. There are two primary drivers for this trend: the desire to reduce material ...
- Labelexpo Americas | Mission Possible
- (Label/Tape)
- July 12, 2012, ... The company will be exhibiting various materials on its machinery to demonstrate suitable applications. For labelstock, the new Model 900 duplex center winder for 32-in. rewind diameters offers versatility, ...
- Atlas Confirms Order for Titan ER610 at drupa
- (News | New Products)
- July 10, 2012, ... suppliers of specialized printed and composite films and flexible packaging materials, mainly used in the food processing sector. “We decided some time ago that we needed to improve our productivity ...
- Splicing/Rewinding | Samsung Gumbak Invests in Third Martin RMAP
- (Carton Box)
- June 11, 2012, ... to make manual splices. Such stoppages incur wasted production time, labor, and material waste. This material waste is generated from two primary sources: substrate that is lost due to slowing down, stopping, ...
- Wausau Paper Invests in RollMover from Appleton Mfg. Div.
- (Disposables)
- May 22, 2012, ... line will further benefit because we’re able to get more undamaged and finished materials off of our rolls using Appleton’s HDLR than with our previous system. Workers appreciate how useful the RollMover ...
- Rotoflex Redesigns VLI Finishing System
- (News | New Products)
- May 09, 2012, ... system, reportedly impacting material waste and time waste, operator interaction, and web path access. The new design is driven by the Rotoflex eDrive 2.0 web handling system, which company says increases ...
- DuPont Awards | Packaging that Reduces Food Waste Captures Top Prize
- (Carton Box)
- May 09, 2012, ... markdowns/waste than store-wrapped meats, less landfill waste and reduces packaging materials up to 75%, compared to other case-ready formats, thereby improving sustainability. Gold winners Pepperidge ...
- Duncan Print Group Adds New Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105
- (Carton Box)
- March 27, 2012, ... XL 105 comes with full logistics materials handling, Inpress Control spectrophotometer and automated color adjustment and semi-automatic plate changing. The order includes the Pressroom Manager workflow ...
- Slitting/Rewinding | Trim Loss as Low as 3%
- (Slit)
- March 14, 2012, How to improve performance and reduce material waste beyond trim loss. Reducing waste is always a smart idea. When “waste” happens to be your material and product, it is as much a matter of real ...
- AIMCAL: Tidland Gives Blades a ‘Sharper Image’
- (Film Mfg.)
- March 10, 2012, ... roller imperfections minimizes film finish irregularity problems like gloss and haze and reduces rejected material and waste. Fewer roller flaws are said to mean fewer roll changes and associated downtime ...
- Smokin' Hot Cigarette Cartons Are Top Product of the Year
- (Coating/Laminating)
- March 08, 2012, ... also demonstrated the compatibility of metalized material with high-speed production. Bag Is Dog’s Best Friend Taking a marketing award in the Food Packaging Category is Uflex Ltd., Moida, India, for ...
- drupa Preview | Exhibitors Launch New Products
- (Carton Box)
- March 08, 2012, ... (Hall 12/Stand 12-D67) will present its new CW Series technology platform for ATLAS primary and secondary slitter/rewinders for film & flexible materials, which introduces the next generation of more compact ...
- Amcor Partners with Velcro for Flex-Pack Closures
- (Flexpack)
- March 06, 2012, Partnership to bring a new easy-to-open and re-seal innovation to the fresh and dairy flexible packaging market Amcor Flexibles and Velcro Europe have formed a strategic partnership to bring an innovative ...
