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Model TA1 True Tension Amplifier

(News | New Products)

August 06, 2020, ... eliminates pot adjustments and associated drift making calibration easy, fast, and dependable. The TA1’s compact size is designed for DIN rail mounting but can easily be converted to screw mount. Rugged ...

Maxcess Launches the Versatile Fife DSE-45 Digital Wideband Sensor

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July 30, 2020, ... the DSE-45 is reportedly able to operate in harsher environments using existing mounting and cable systems, while eliminating the need to remove it for machine washdowns. Due to its digital Industry 4.0 ...

Static Control for Flexographic Printing

(Flexography)

July 05, 2020, ... pad with the pattern to be printed. This flexible pad, which is wrapped on a roller, prints by pressing against the web. An anilox roller delivers ink to the pad from the ink supply. The limited amount ...

Flint Group, Soma and Marvaco present: A Sustainable Way of High Quality Package Printing Through Soma’s Online Product Launch Seminar

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July 03, 2020, ... opaque whites. Soma: Introducing the next generation of OPTIMA2 SOMA CI flexo press with new Intelligent Features as well as S-Mount automatic plate mounter. The Intelligent Features Package contributes ...

Plastics, Packaging and the Environment

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2020, ... can are PET, LLDPE and OPP. Source Reduction While PCR may not be viable for a given application, another way to reduce overall waste is to reduce the overall amount of packaging that a product requires; ...

Beyond the Roll: Dry Ice Blasting for Maintenance and Cleaning

(Web Handling)

June 24, 2020, ... of 185 CFM (cubic feet per minute) air volume is needed. Most plants we work with own compressors large enough to produce this amount. If you do not know your CFM, you can also calculate this value if ...

Smurfit Kappa Replaces EPS Frozen Food Packaging With Sustainable Paper-Based Alternative

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June 22, 2020, ... Antilles Islands in the Caribbean using EPS boxes. However, a rise in the amount of litter that was washing up on the idyllic beaches in the region had led to a future ban on plastic waste so the company ...

First Complete Remote Installation of a Comexi Laminator During COVID-19 Pandemic

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June 17, 2020, ... sectors. The Comexi SL3 could be an ideal flexible packaging laminator designed for converters starting out or already performing a large amount of work which does not require high voltage. Reportedly ...

HERMA US Introduces Self-adjusting System for High-precision Top Labeling

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June 06, 2020, ...  With an output of up to 250 products per minute, the aesthetics-minded 452E Top Labeler is ideally suited for applications in which final presentation and appearance is paramount. HERMA is the first ...

The Back Page: Taking it back 80 years

(The Back Page)

May 27, 2020, ... the United States as a whole the number of agencies which have independent jurisdiction with respect to sanitary matters mounts high up in the thousands. It is plain that those who have made these proposals ...

Davis-Standard’s Packaging Solutions Deliver Consistency and Quality

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May 24, 2020, ... integrity while boosting outputs has been paramount. Davis-Standard’s flexible packaging solutions are not only built for reliable outputs, quick changes and minimal waste, but are proven in terms of rigorous ...

Belgian Company Invests for Added Quality, Productivity and Sustainability

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May 24, 2020, ... of the equipment is required.” CPP is currently using IMPRIMA WA plates that require pretreatment involving a small amount of chemicals – 5 ml/sqm – to make the upper coating soluble. “To eliminate even ...

How Flexo Printers Can Help Brands With Green Initiatives

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May 21, 2020, ... have used heat, which can end up using a high amount of energy. But, air compression offers a way to dry ink without the need for gas or burners, which naturally lowers energy consumption. This method ...

Labeling Productivity: Overcoming Common Obstacles

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May 13, 2020, ... at the point of application. This type of conversion reduces SKU count, handling and inventory costs in addition to increasing the amount of valuable data on the labels. It also allows for barcoding, QR ...

Addressing Adhesive Build-up on Blades

(Slit)

May 06, 2020, ... amount of contact between the knife edge and the material, which will produce less build-up. Polished Top Blades - If a different bevel does not handle the problem sufficiently, the next step is the ...

Coating on Trial

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May 05, 2020, ... they are ready to be mounted and by controlling as far as possible the environmental workplace. Cleanliness of all coating applicator components and of various modules and processing zones, i.e., unwind, ...

FTA Announces Virtual Innovation Central

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April 29, 2020, ... Solutions 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.: “tesa Twinlock: The Sustainable and Reusable Plate Mounting Solution,” presented by Steve Molinets of tesa tape Inc 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.: “DuPont Cyrel FAST: More ...

Bockatech and Westfall Technik Solidify EcoCore License Deal

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April 28, 2020, ... for low cost reusables. This has the potential to cut the amount of packaging made and create a step change reduction in key environmental impacts such as greenhouse gas production and ocean pollution." ...

The Back Page: Taking it back 54 years

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April 23, 2020, ... surface, thus aiding adhesion. In fact, properly annealed aluminum foil is free of oil and direct printing on the mounted foil bonds very well if the proper inks are used. On unmounted foils, no wash ...

Plastics, Packaging and the Environment

(Flexography)

April 22, 2020, ... can are PET, LLDPE and OPP. Source Reduction While PCR may not be viable for a given application, another way to reduce overall waste is to reduce the overall amount of packaging that a product requires; ...