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Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, ... requirements. Switching to reusable Pak-Line roll suspension crates from Homasote Co. enabled the company to cut shipping material costs by 50% without putting its film at risk. Richard Martinelli, ...

Pyramids and Wound Rolls: Long-Lasting Quality

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February 28, 2002, ... layers, a wound roll's initial wraps are the foundation for subsequent roll buildup. In winding rolls we also create impressive performance through structure. Wound rolls are a package to store web materials ...

Products

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February 28, 2002, ... U.K.; +44 01 473 710 912; ashe.co.uk Sapphire 160-60 slitter/rewinder is suitable for narrow and wide web applications. Designed to handle a range of material such as PP, PET, cellophane, cellulose, and ...

The Buck Stops

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February 28, 2002, ... folding carton material is a one-side-coated SBS (solid bleached sulfate) board available from the company's Packaging Resource Group. White reports it isn't possible to provide statistics regarding flexo' ...

Converting Industry News

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January 31, 2002, ... flexible packaging materials. Covering an area of about 2,000 m2 (20,000 sq ft) and adjoining the existing production facility at Valmet Rotomec, the CTC will open in mid-March this year and have its official ...

Web Line Knowledge Offers a Competitive Advantage

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January 31, 2002, ... starts with web handling: how to unwind, transport, and rewind web materials. We must be able to handle the web before we can process it. Topics include: Web Properties: Tailor web processes to web ...

Reclosability & Flex-Packs

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January 31, 2002, ... is applied to the inside of the packaging by heat-sealing the zipper flange to the sealing layer of the base stock. Various blends of coextruded materials are used for zipper formulations, including ethylene ...

Products

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December 31, 2001, ... to 10 lb and can actuate every 4 sec. Initially designed for placing sterile plastic cups in an FDA clean room environment, the gripper has found application in small rolled materials and other lightweight ...

Control of Adhesion and Removal of Heat Sealable Tops on Polymer Containers

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December 31, 2001, ... peel is the real challenge. Peelable sealant materials rarely contain a single component or a single layer. A siingle component cannot meet the demands of food packaging — barrier to oxygen and moisture, ...

Post 9/11 Activities Continue to Affect Converting Industry

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November 30, 2001, ... efforts continue by both government and the private sector to adopt new procedures to protect people and property from future terrorist attacks. Hazardous materials transportation has been of particular ...

Automated Sortation System Boosts Customer Satisfaction

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November 30, 2001, ... bundle size, and spacing density. Once scanned, the label bundles are diverted to 1 of 26 sort lanes. Errors from scanning, spacing, or incorrect materials handling are tracked and diverted to one of two ...

Polymers / Laminations / Adhesives / Coatings / Extrusions

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October 31, 2001, ... separated into small groups to solve a practical problem from the presenter. Another innovation at the meeting was a session on “Styrenic Materials” that included papers on “Styrene Butadiene Copolymer ...

MD Wrinkle Formation Causes and Cures

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October 31, 2001, ... the area between the gauge bands, the wraps begin to fold into the undulating pattern of transverse compression failure of a thin web material. This pattern is known in the trade as MD wrinkles or “tin ...

What's New Product

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September 30, 2001, ... produced at equally high throughput rates, mfr. reports. Knife Assemblies Cut Range of Materials Azco Corp., Elmwood Pk., NJ; 201/791-1428 Stainless steel guillotine units are designed for cutting ...

European Conference Draws Large Audience

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September 30, 2001, ... 208 attendees. The conference at the Barcelona Hilton in Barcelona, Spain had five technical sessions: Polymers/Raw Materials I Polymers/Raw Materials II Process/Converting End Applications/Environment ...

Canadian-Based KT Holdings Licenses Spooling Technology to Tricon

(News | New Products)

September 30, 2001, ... its ongoing interest in the growth of spooling technology and the use of the Step-Pac spools worldwide. Step-Pac technology winds slit material spirally in one position for several revolutions before ...

Three Shows Make Autumn a Season of Innovation

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August 31, 2001, ...  Covering 120,000 sq ft of exhibit space will be 500 suppliers of machinery, auxiliary equipment, components, new materials, tool and dies, robotics, software, and other related products and services. ...

New Product Digest

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August 31, 2001, ... add-on unit is designed to supply ribbons of magnetic stripe material, tape, or hot stamping foil to the hot stamp or laminating system. The unwind holds multiple spools of material that are tensioned ...

Belt Tracking Problems Require Careful Attention

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August 31, 2001, ... satisfactorily for many processes without additional guiding. However, belts that are used for conveying materials in a programmed manner do not have the liberty of oscillating very far from the centerline. ...

More Causes, More Cures For Web Scratches

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July 31, 2001, ... occur during web processing, materials such as paper or plastic film sometimes can be used to cover the offending rollers that are generating the scratches, and this procedure will allow production to ...