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What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

October 31, 2000, ... offers a combination of processes brought together in one station. Unit will edge guide and tension control the web; splice material; edge trim and center slit a reel of material; remove contamination ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

October 31, 2000, ... is added, the excess air is extracted, and the shroud is sealed to the base sheet. The foil materials used reportedly are tough in construction for durable handling and have the lowest known moisture vapor ...

Some Causes of Blocking in Heat Seal CoatingsPart II

(Magazine)

October 31, 2000, ... heat seal coatings sometimes opt to formulate materials they purchase from suppliers to achieve special properties that are proprietary to their product. This may work well, or it may cause serious problems. ...

Takin' Care of Business: How the Industry Does It

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, ... growth," she reports. In nondurable manufacturing (which includes converted paper products; pulp, paper, and paperboard mills; paperboard containers; and plastic materials), the overall number of jobs ...

Nitrocellulose, Solvents, Recycling, and Safety

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, ... throughout the converting industry. The amount of nitrocellulose used in a typical ink system ranges from 2%-30%, based on total solids content. Nitrocellulose is a flammable material that becomes unstable ...

More New Products for the Converting Industry

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... kit contains all the materials necessary to view anilox inventories accurately, mfr. says. Kit includes either 10 or 25 Echocheks[TM], a metallized laboratory tape that, when applied to the face of an ...

Anilox Rolls Are Key When Printing Corrugated Board

(Print)

July 31, 2000, ... any misprints prior to the die-cutting stage. Naturally, this is not the case when working in-line. Although off-line printing requires more manpower and in-between storage of the printed material, we ...

Innovation Drives Converter of Pressure-Sensitive Labels

(Magazine)

June 30, 2000, ... strictly to the production of p-s labels, capturing almost 15% of Spain's market. Out of a total of approximately 200 million sq m of roll-fed, p-s material used in Spain, the Caposa Group converted 25 ...

Drupa 2000 Celebrates Change on a Global Scale

(Magazine)

February 29, 2000, ... to Messe Dusseldorf, that "printers and managers from all over the world will see the production of printed material in its entirety and diversity, including each production step-from pre-media to print ...

FPA Winners Prove Again How to Do More with Less

(Magazine)

February 29, 2000, ... at the FPA's Fiftieth Anniversary Annual Meeting, held February 29 through March 3 at the Westin La Paloma in Tucson, AZ. FPA reports that the winners improved product protection, reduced costs and materials, ...

Integrated Information System Can Boost Profits

(Magazine)

January 31, 2000, ... service processes such as materials procurement, order entry and release, planning and scheduling, and overall financials; automated software tools with which a company can optimize resource utilization, ...

Temperature control helps ink customers optimize performance.

(Magazine)

November 30, 1996, ... Raytek Raynger PM portable noncontact thermometers to help its customers get the most out of their presses. Any printing process is difficult to maintain without a good sense of the raw materials and ...

Partnering launches future growth in laminations

(Magazine)

August 31, 1996, ... manufacturers eliminated the tapes from the outer jacketing, replacing them with extrusion-processed materials. Other parts of the cable eventually incorporated extrusion processes as well (to reduce tape ...

Trim system in India to be first to handle sugarcane paper.

(Magazine)

March 31, 1996, ... to successfully use this material as its principal fiber source. The system is capable of coping with a maximum of 160 mm of trim coming off each side of the Voith winder, and the winder is expected to ...

Pay attention to flash points, and you won't get burne

(Magazine)

March 31, 1996, ... A Material Safety Data Sheet always provides the flash point for a material, if it has a flash point. Flash point influences container, shipping, storage, and use. The flammability of a product may ...

Innovation is a winner in FPA competition

(Magazine)

March 31, 1996, ... Material is available as either films or bags and can run easily on any kind of filling and packaging equipment. Films are available with an antifog feature, and they comfortably withstand microwave ...

Custom coating operation is a clean winner

(Magazine)

February 29, 1996, ... the plant, from checking incoming raw materials through in-line monitoring using Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM), to final off-line quality checks. CIM facilities include infrared and beta-gauge ...

Core selection - the difference between success and failure.

(Magazine)

January 31, 1996, ... Ovality is especially critical for very thin materials, as any core that is out-of-round can stretch the substrate, producing an inconsistent product or even a web break. * Straightness is critical ...

Flexo/screen proves to be a winning combination

(Magazine)

January 31, 1996, ... that range in size to 13 inches," says Brown. "We're anxious to look at this new Mark Andy system for converting thinner materials in a narrower format. It should prove a valuable complement to our CI presses." ...

Consider film cores when analyzing costs.

(Magazine)

July 31, 1995, ... scrutinize their costs. Every aspect of production - from raw materials to packaging - is being carefully weighed to ensure that all the costs involved in the manufacturing system are understood and are ...