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Mondi Stresses Innovation in Corrugated

(Carton Box)

February 29, 2012, ... and puts the customer at the center of strategic orientation. The corrugated portfolio comprises three clearly defined product lines: ECO, for efficient material use and waste reduction to help conserve ...

WHQuiz Answer #5 - Draw Control Pros/Cons

(Web Handling)

February 22, 2012, ... allowing it to fit where driven rollers must fit into a tight space. . Draw control lets you set a percent stretch of processing your material independent of tension, which can be important to products ...

WHQuiz Answer #14 - Web Wrinkling and Deflection (2)

(Web Handling)

February 22, 2012, ... material, including aluminum or steel. A hyper-crowned roller, where the diameter variations are several times greater than web strain, can induce spreading, similar to a D-shaped bar pushed into the ...

WHQuiz Answer #1 - The Right Tension

(Web Handling)

February 20, 2012, ... the force per width tension that damages your product, either yielding (for ductile materials) or breaking (for brittle materials). Set you average tension to 10-20% of the level that damages your product. ...

IPACK-IMA 2012 to Offer Exciting Guest

(Flexpack)

February 14, 2012, ... material handling, is coming up soon. The event, organized by Ipack-Ima spa, is scheduled for February 28–March 3 at the Fieramilano in Milan.  One of the highlights will be the appearance of astronaut ...

Contract Converting Services Directory

(Uncategorized)

February 12, 2012, ... custom converter of most non-metallic materials • • • • • • Davis-Standard; Pawcatuck, CT; 860-599-6187; www.davis-standard.com | Company Buyers Guide ...

Web Lines | Blocking in Rolls

(Web Handling)

January 12, 2012, ... roll’s width, the highest pressures will be aligned with thick lanes of material that form hard bands, especially when gauge oscillation is off or low. Regarding contact area, blocking is most common ...

Slitting/Rewinding: Converplast To Add Two Titan Models

(News | New Products)

December 07, 2011, ... and managed by its president, Victorio Murer, and his son, Mauro. Their business has expanded rapidly in recent years with the production of flexible packaging materials predominantly for the domestic ...

CTC Offers Smaller Version of Clamshell Splicer

(News | New Products)

December 05, 2011, The CS12214 version of CTC’s clamshell splicer fits in compact areas, minimizes material handling, and makes it easier to prep the splice WEST CALDWELL, NJ | CTC Intl. introduces the CS1214 splicer, ...

Release Liner Market: Growth Projected, but Threats Remain

(Label/Tape)

November 10, 2011, ... as challenges due to environmental issues. Sustainability, raw material costs, and the relative use of paper- and film-based liners (http://pffc-online.com/search?searchword=release+liner) were the topics ...

CTC Intl. Rewinder Finishes Small Roll Labels

(News | New Products)

November 07, 2011, ... roll eject with integral roll tray. Company’s Tricycle gear caster system is also included standard. The tail labeler has the ability to make its own labels from label strip material that has not previously ...

Fluid Coating & Extrusion Coating: What Is the Difference?

(Adhesive Coating)

November 03, 2011, ... onto the paper, film, or foil to form a film--imagine a wax-coated paper. So the main difference between fluid coating and extrusion coating starts at the raw material handling. The liquid in a fluid ...

Acucote Installs Martin Automatic Splicer

(News | New Products)

October 26, 2011, ... variety of substrates, including paper, paperboard, film, and fabric. With many jobs averaging only about 5,000 ft, frequent material changes are necessary. “When we are adding adhesive to this range ...

Winding Film: How COF Properties Affect TNT

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

October 17, 2011, ... for consistently producing quality rolls of film materials. The amount of inwound tension or residual stress wound into the roll is obtained by using one or more of the TNT. (tension/nip/torque) winding ...

Web Lines: Take the Laminator Quiz

(Coating/Laminating)

October 16, 2011, ... hygroscopic expansion coefficients in your laminating process, and do you know the Poisson’s ratios of your laminated materials? 3 pts. 15. Does your web exit the nip tangentially, not wrapping either ...

About PFFC's Contributing Editor

(Uncategorized)

October 16, 2011, ... and product decoration industry that identify "what's next," and "how to get there" to serve customers with the materials they need. She specializes in innovative brand enhancements, growth, and unique product ...

Package Design: Make an Impact

(Flexpack)

July 31, 2011, ... & Gamble partnered with Be Green Packaging to repackage Gillette's Fusion ProGlide razor with a formable pulp tray made of renewable bamboo and bulrush fiber-based material to move away from the clamshell ...

Brake Has Long Life

(Controls)

July 31, 2011, The MagnaShear motor brake employs oil shear technology, providing longer service life even in demanding applications such as material handling equipment. The MagnaShear motor brake employs oil shear technology, ...

Education Training: School's in Sessio

(Trends/Management)

July 31, 2011, ... that seeded Gordon Graydon high school (and others) in the mid-1990s with matching funds, and Belanger gets inks and materials donated by supportive suppliers. But big-ticket items like presses are different. ...

Retail-Ready Packaging To Grow Says Pira Intl.

(Carton Box News)

July 25, 2011, ... liners. Accounting for almost 75% of consumption, corrugated RRPs dominate and technology, says Pira, is enabling improved graphics and performance. However, the material is expected to lose 0.5% market ...