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Green Bay gears up for specialty labels

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May 31, 1996, ... stainless steel convection oven is continuously monitored for web tension and temperature, so sensitive films won't be overheated and stretched. The machine runs at speeds to 500 fpm and has a web width ...

Independent Packaging: the "restart" of something grea

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March 31, 1996, ... inventory, customer service representatives talk with bakers daily. They regularly monitor customer inventory levels and historical data to stay on top of market conditions, production issues, and seasonal ...

Innovation is a winner in FPA competition

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March 31, 1996, ... the consumer to see the product before purchase and to monitor supplies without opening the bag. Construction of the package is 48-ga polyester/10# PE blend/48-ga polyester/7# PE blend/3-mil coextruded ...

Custom coating operation is a clean winner

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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 ...

Senate Republicans push amendments to Clean Air Act

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January 31, 1996, A group of Senate Republicans is seeking to amend provisions of the Clean Air Act dealing with operating permit requirements, monitoring requirements, A group of Senate Republicans is seeking to amend ...

Viscosity system saves ink and improves print quality

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December 31, 1995, ... it's too low, so he pours more ink in. In effect, the operator chases viscosity. "If you were monitoring this on a chart you'd see steep peaks and valleys. With an automatic system such as the Norcross, viscosity ...

Bagmaking operation refuses to stand still

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September 30, 1995, ... production monitoring and quality assurance; second, Shields can produce reports that more than satisfy customers with critical requirement specifications. While upgrading its technology, Shields Bag ...

Video web inspection: the view from the press floor.

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September 30, 1995, ... and to monitor critical perforations and registration marks. "Generally, I magnify the web to see exactly where all the dots are," reports Harrington. "At times a half a dot makes a big difference. We'l ...

Tissue converter accrues benefits of AC servo drives

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September 30, 1995, ... make adjustments, the operator simply enters the changes on the master control or computer keyboard. An extremely accurate status report is displayed right on the control monitor, eliminating the less ...

Voluntary environmental standards are on the way

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August 31, 1995, ... in ISO-14000, is the development of procedures to measure and monitor a company's success in carrying out its EMS and achieving its environmental policy and performance goals. Critical components of ...

Ceramic heater rollers an exciting new alternative.

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July 31, 1995, ... 30-60 min., depending on the processing temperature required. Temperature is monitored at the tank, not the roll, which makes temperature adjustment at the roller more art than science. Oil Systems ...

Future of video inspection systems seems bright.

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June 30, 1995, ... such as streaks, hickeys and missing print. These systems are also capable of sorting good material from bad. Aside from cost, passive inspection systems are limited in performing tasks such as monitoring ...

Clean air rules are changing & you can have a say

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May 31, 1995, ... based on gas chromatography - a method both expensive and time consuming. Industry is advocating using ink formulation data instead. In addition, industry is calling for a simplified means of monitoring ...

Buyer beware when comparing video systems

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May 31, 1995, ...  The PCI bus will have no impact whatsoever on image quality, color reproduction or image-processing speed for high-end features like color monitoring, bar-code monitoring and other forms of defect detection. ...

Interest in waste-disposal technologies at all time high

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May 31, 1995, ... have the highest demand at about $1.1 billion, followed by gaseous control equipment at nearly half a billion dollars and pollution monitoring at more than a quarter billion dollars. Bob McIlvaine, ...

Building quality into the web printing process

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April 30, 1995, ... is this done during the run? How is color consistency monitored and managed during the press run? Are there established acceptable color-variance tolerance standards? What about other measurable ingredients ...

Computerized dispensing provides ink management

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March 31, 1995, ... to the PCs maintains the system's databases and performs all scheduling and reformulation calculations. Operator PCs at dispensing and weigh-in stations monitor activities and record inventory additions ...

Solid-waste proposals still considerable at state level.

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March 31, 1995, ... monitored 186 state solid-waste proposals, of which 18 were enacted into law. The number of proposals monitored in 1993 was 204, of which 26 were enacted into law. The FPI said there appears to be a ...

Calibration fixture measures UV light source

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February 28, 1995, The SS5107 calibration fixture directly measures ultraviolet-light source performance on light-wand-equipped curing systems. The liquid light guide for The SS5107 calibration fixture directly measures ...

AIMCAL selects 3 finalists for technology award

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February 28, 1995, ... metallized printing (PMP) process. * Custom Fabrication & Service Co. Inc., Bloomfield, CT, optical monitoring systems (OMS) product line. * Deposition Technologies Inc., San Diego, CA, SecureClear ...