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- AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition
- (Metallizing)
- March 31, 2011, ... Analytics, Greensboro, NC, for its SpecMetrix Systems coating thickness and film weight measurement technology. SpecMetrix serves as an optical interference technology to combine state-of-the-art optics, ...
- INFO*FLEX Show Preview: Full Speed Ahead
- (Flexography)
- March 31, 2011, ... of Technology Reproducibility of Active Anilox Volume Measurement Methods — Daniel Reilly, Flint Group Flexo Printing with Ultra-Thin Plates (0.030 in.) — P.J. Fronczkiewicz, Flint Group Flexographic ...
- Henkel, Nordmeccanica Host Scrap Reduction Workshop
- (Adhesives)
- March 27, 2011, ... measurement, analysis, improvement and control. “For the supervisors, operators and decision-makers who run flexible packaging operations, scrap is a big issue,” says Perkins. “Henkel’s philosophy is ...
- AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition
- (Coating/Laminating)
- March 17, 2011, ... Technology of the Year Award is Sensory Analytics, Greensboro, NC, for its SpecMetrix Systems coating thickness and film weight measurement technology (12). SpecMetrix serves as an optical interference ...
- How To Measure Charge Performance
- (Magazine)
- February 28, 2011, ... had high static from previous operations. We need good measurements to guide our decisions. Figure 1 shows one way to measure static charging performance using a sheet of new product. To develop a procedure ...
- Color Control Brings Business to 3C
- (Print)
- February 28, 2011, ... and transition process for an aspirin company and its various brands. The aspirin company's goal was to reach a uniform look across its full product line and to apply the same level of precise measurement ...
- Improve Coating Process Control
- (Thickness Gauging)
- February 28, 2011, ... thickness as low as 0.5 microns. Can monitor multiple layers of coating (including UV and adhesives) simultaneously on or across a web at up to 20 measurements/sec. System helps manufacturers identify ...
- ICE-ing | The Best Part
- (Trends/Management)
- January 31, 2011, ... coating track has 12 sessions devoted to methods, advancements and innovations, measurement and process control, as well as developments in the growing flexible electronics field. Web handling sessions ...
- Nonwoven Laminations: Absorb Profit
- (Controls)
- January 31, 2011, ... medical cleanup, wound dressing, manufacturing, and other operations where absorbency is needed. In the lamination area at the Gelok operation, the company was experiencing inconsistent length measurements ...
- Show Preview - Forecast for Orlando: ICE
- (Trends/Management)
- January 31, 2011, ... In-Process Coating Thickness Measurement Tools: Greg Frisby, Sensory Analytics LLC Robinson, Electrostatic Answers Industry: David LeMaistre, Crafts Technology 10:30-11:00 a.m. Film Inspection: The ...
- Measure Accurately
- (Controls)
- December 31, 2010, The OptiMike OM190 optical micrometer provides direct, noncontacting, single-sided thickness measurement. Technique does not penetrate the product surface The OptiMike OM190 optical micrometer provides ...
- Rheometer Now Features USB Connectivity
- (Controls News)
- December 22, 2010, ... features of a rheometer with the yield stress measurement capability of company’s YR-1 Yield Test Rheometer. The company reports that this “all-in-one” tool is the most powerful and versatile value in ...
- Sensor Helps Produce Flat Film
- (Controls)
- November 30, 2010, ... of clear, filled, voided, and pearlized films with a patented optical design, selection of discrete near-IR wavelengths, and sensor algorithms. Measurement capability reportedly helps produce flat film ...
- Using Electrostatic Voltmeters
- (Static Elimination)
- November 30, 2010, ... When using an electrostatic voltmeter to diagnose a static problem, or when selecting a voltmeter for a specific application, three performance measures are important: measurement range, spatial resolution, ...
- Static Beat: How To Use Electrostatic Fieldmeters
- (Static Elimination)
- October 31, 2010, ... 1 shows three measurement locations: EMIDDLE, taken midway between rollers; ENEAR, taken near a roller; and EROLLER, taken directly over a roller. The electric fieldmeter reading EMIDDLE is the most ...
- Measure Multiple Components
- (Controls)
- October 31, 2010, The InfraSpec VFA-IR spectrometer is well suited for handling multiple flexible film measurements with one instrument. This spectral range analyzer utilizes The InfraSpec VFA-IR spectrometer is well suited ...
- Process Troubleshooting
- (Coating/Laminating)
- October 31, 2010, ... and is defined as defect levels below 3.4 defects per million opportunities. It is important that the defect and the opportunity are correctly defined or the measurement is useless. Six Sigma doctrine ...
- Flexographic Printing: Super Setup
- (Inspection/Defect Detection)
- September 30, 2010, ... with our X-Rite [color measurement] unit. It is a very reliable system for color management and has helped us a lot,” Abascal says. He also has seen improvement in other areas. “We are producing more ...
- ICE USA Stirs Up More Activity
- (Yo's Yarns)
- September 20, 2010, ... be given between 10–12 P.M. each day, running on four different tracks: Measurement/Quality; Package Printing/Converting; Process; and Web Handling. Pricing for the conference sessions will be $79 for ...
- Static Beat: Monitor Process with a Control Chart
- (Static Elimination)
- August 31, 2010, ... the minimum and maximum average measurements that are expected from a process that is running normally. The Xbar control chart shows that high electric fields measured on rolls 6, 7, and 8 exceed the UCL, ...
