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Pollution Control Innovation for Silicone-Based Coatings

(Magazine)

July 31, 2000, ... oxidizer and be exposed to the silica particulate. Quick access dramatically reduces downtime. By monitoring heat recovery efficiency (preheat temperature leaving the heat exchanger or stack temperature) ...

Bagmaking Operation Is There When Customers Call

(Magazine)

April 30, 2000, ... feeding is by gravimetric technology to assure high precision and constant monitoring of blending and feeding, according to Glenn. The in-line cylindrical filter screen is built into the section of the ...

Human/Machine Interface Offers Best of Two Worlds

(Magazine)

March 31, 2000, ... important is on-line monitoring to give operators a clear picture of what's going on in real time. Beyond simple totals that can be achieved easily with a batch counter, HMIs allow each part of the machine ...

Folder/Gluer Broadens Markets for Contract Converter

(Magazine)

March 30, 2000, ...  The Vesta 1100 folder/gluer has a touchscreen panel that operates the speed control, counter, kicker, and all other functions of the machine. An electronic fiber optic monitoring system is programmable ...

Getting Off to a Smooth Start with a New Coater

(Archive)

December 31, 1999, ... slips, and concentrates come from Ampacet, Techmer, and Spartech Polycom. The company uses mixing/blending equipment from AEC. Honeywell-Measurex supplied the web monitoring equipment. The laboratory features ...

Bag machine adds value to customer-oriented operation.

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November 30, 1996, ... employees greater responsibility for personally monitoring quality, explains Faletti. "We help them learn to take responsibility and find they get greater job satisfaction." Ongoing employee growth is ...

Temperature control helps ink customers optimize performance.

(Magazine)

November 30, 1996, ... printing. "You change the tack when you apply heat to the ink during transport. This is why some of our people in the field help our customers out by monitoring what kind of surface temperature of the ...

Partnering launches future growth in laminations

(Magazine)

August 31, 1996, ... some type of pollution control device that captures and destroys volatile organic compounds generated by the process; monitoring devices that measure and control the amount of solvent being used and emitted ...

UV/EB technology moves ahead with the times

(Magazine)

June 30, 1996, ... in a big way. UV Process Supply offers a variable power supply that allows the adjustment of lamp output from 25% to 100% of the rated value. And new lamp-monitoring devices measure the lamp's degradation ...

Green Bay gears up for specialty labels

(Magazine)

May 31, 1996, ... a personal computer-based information system used for machine setup and monitoring and also for recipe and report generation. By automatically setting and monitoring factors such as moisture levels, temperature, ...

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 ...

Viscosity system saves ink and improves print quality

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

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 ...

Future of video inspection systems seems bright.

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

April 30, 1995, ... every movement and function of the system as well as the quality of the data-digitization process. Software also drives the high-end features that require massive processing power, such as color monitoring, ...