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Machine Engineering to Address the Needs of Emerging Flexible Films

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October 27, 2020, ... run and bring films into registration more quickly. This helps produce quality pouches in shorter amounts of time – reducing scrap material. This not only offers cost-savings for the facility but also ...

HYBRID Software Releases Packz 6.0

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October 22, 2020, ... with push-button separation masking for staggered flexible packaging plates. It allows repetitions to be mounted on a cylinder in a seamless way simply by positioning the seam in between the printable ...

AIMCAL Hall of Honor Inducts First Five Members

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October 19, 2020, ... AIMCAL’s first two technical consultants, Dr. Edward D. Cohen and Dr. Eldridge M. Mount III; Chuck Larsen, AIMCAL president from 1995-1996 and chief executive officer of Celplast Metallized Products, Ltd. ...

SABIC Launches Innovative TF-BOPE Film for Frozen Food Packaging

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October 19, 2020, ... machines, which feature the newly-developed PHS 2.0 sealing technology. This technology reduces the amount of clamped film by 25% and increases packaging speed by up to 25%. The thin TF-BOPE film also ...

Brown Machine Group Announces Industry-Leading C-RUSH System for Reducing Manual Labor and Increased Productivity in Paper Cup Manufacturing

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October 08, 2020, ... to handle. This recipe data is automatically uploaded into the robot controller whenever the fixture is mounted onto the die-cutter. Using laser distance measuring sensors, the SMART-DOLA can automatically ...

Davis-Standard to Host Virtual “Basics of Plastics Extrusion” Seminar

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September 21, 2020, ... Davis-Standard. “Although the seminar will be in virtual format this year, it still contains the same amount of robust instruction and interaction with our engineering and technical teams. We look forward ...

Sustainable Packaging Delivers for All

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September 07, 2020, ... the amount of packaging used and reduce the carbon footprint of transportation. The new improved packaging is lightweight and provides a stable cushion which could be custom fit to suit all Xaar’s printheads. ...

Quick Roller Alignment Check

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August 20, 2020, ... If you are happy with how the web runs and want it to continue to do so, consider locking roller alignment by drilling and pinning the roller mounts in place. There are more expensive and more accurate ...

Model TA1 True Tension Amplifier

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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

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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 ...