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the PLACE

(Magazine)

July 31, 2007, Characteristics of flexible food packaging materials; new studies toward understanding adhesion of polyolefins to primed substrates; the effect of calcium carbonate concentrate base resin melt index on ...

Baggy Webs: Part III-Causes

(Magazine)

June 30, 2007, ... Second, we can work on a long-term plan to prevent baggy webs from happening. One of the hardest things to fathom about a baggy web is “Why would my web supplier send this material to me?” The answer: ...

Cut to the Quick

(Magazine)

June 30, 2007, ... Hankins says, “and we didn’t have any facilities for in-house roll converting. That meant we had to go to the market and shop around for the kind of machine that could handle our nonwoven materials.”  ...

New Products

(Magazine)

June 30, 2007, ... or to change web path by 90 deg. Available in multiple styles and configurations, turn bays are suited for most web materials at any speed range. Designed for easy installation and adjustable alignment, ...

Driving R&D

(Magazine)

June 29, 2007, ... which involves the physical mechanics related to the running and control of continuous strip materials through process machines. A primary goal of web handling is the transport of material through processes ...

Going Thin

(Slit)

June 29, 2007, Thinner gauge materials impact both on operating costs and the environment. The difficulty with going thin is that problems such as wrinkling, air entrapment, and tension control, and various other problems ...

Knowledge = Power = Success

(Magazine)

May 31, 2007, ... at its commissioned training facility. The staff and its 40+ vendor sponsors provide equipment, materials, supplies, and technical support. FTS has three presses that print up to eight colors and train ...

Converter Clips

(Magazine)

May 31, 2007, ... materials subject to counterfeiting is that the consumer can easily validate the authenticity.” Dow Acquires Bayer Business Group MIDLAND, MI — The Dow Chemical Co. and the Bayer Group have reached ...

Under Pressure (A Brighter Look)

(Archive)

May 31, 2007, ... the values of pressure in the table…specifically, that at constant load, pressure appears to increase with increasing roller diameter. For the general case with rolls of a solid single material, pressure ...

First Class

(Magazine)

May 02, 2007, ... Machinery/Materials Conference and Exposition will be making its first appearance at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL, near Chicago’s O’Hare airport. In addition, the month is new ...

Rules of the Roll

(Magazine)

April 30, 2007, ... requires equipment designers and installers to understand the best way to wind or unwind and transport rolls of material, how the material will behave in the process, and how to integrate roll handling ...

Q: What's New at CMM? A: Lots

(Magazine)

April 30, 2007, CMM Intl. Conference & Exposition (Converting Machinery/Materials) convenes for the first time at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Ctr. in Rosemont, CMM Intl. Conference & Exposition (Converting Machinery/Materials) ...

Baggy Webs: Part II Measuring

(Archive)

April 30, 2007, ... your bagginess. The trouble with unmeasured baggy webs is you can't decide if a particular roll of material will cause problems or not. Also, if you aren't measuring it, it is difficult to convince a supplier ...

Cause & Defect

(Magazine)

April 30, 2007, ... bearings in the coater web transport system. Contaminants also come from raw materials in the coating solution, coater dryer air and air-handling systems, and ambient air in the coating room. Chemical ...

Ipack-Ima Takes "Made in Italy" Products to Chin

(Archive)

April 10, 2007, PRESS RELEASE SHANGHAI, CHINA—Ipack-Ima is going to create an Italian "outpost" in the Chinese market for converting, packaging, and food processing companies. Beginning next July, it will provide ...

Converter Clips

(Magazine)

March 31, 2007, ... toughness, heat sealing, and more, as well as offer information from end-users, material suppliers, equipment builders, and associated vendors. The new blog, which joins three others sponsored by AIMCAL, ...

Leader of the Six-Pack

(Magazine)

March 31, 2007, ... The weather-resistant material, incorporating UV barrier additives, becomes an intrinsic part of the building, such as in sub-roofing applications, while permitting safe walking conditions even when wet. ...

What's Ne

(Magazine)

March 31, 2007, ... Register module; new routines for showing material allocations, purchase orders, and issues for selected production order; and a new web interface for the Production Manager shop floor data collection ...

First Class

(Magazine)

March 31, 2007, What's new at CMM 2007? Just about everything. For starters, the biennial Converting Machinery/Materials Conference and Exposition will be making its What's new at CMM 2007? Just about everything. For starters, ...

Conference Program

(Magazine)

March 31, 2007, ...  Alternative Materials for Sustainability Flexible Packaging Panel Advancements in Digital Prepress for All Printing Processes Digital's Impact on Flexo, Gravure & Offset Printing Tuesday, June 5 ...