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Goss Software Improves Ink Key Accuracy

(News | New Products)

December 23, 2017, The upgrade is said to ensure an ink key will move to exact position required through improvements that are made automatically DURHAM, NH | Goss International offers a software package developed to ...

Flint Reports New Family of Sleeves, Bridges

(News | New Products)

December 23, 2017, ... resistance in a series of sleeves and adapters that are lighter and easier to handle. The rotec Lightweight Premium plate mounting sleeve is said to offer weight savings up to 40% compared to similar premium ...

Maxson Tag Inserter Is Called Dependable

(Carton Box)

December 17, 2017, Tag inserter is said to be easily mounted, to offer high reliability, and to be free of jams WESTERLY, RI | Maxson Automatic Machinery Company offers an pneumatically actuated tag inserter said to ...

DFE Offers Total Tension Indicator

(News | New Products)

December 10, 2017, ... works with a Tension Roll transducer or a pair of company’s standard tension transducers to measure web tension. The shaft-end transducers are mounted one on each end of a dead or live shaft idler roll. ...

Uflex Gives Makeover to UK’s Veetee Rice Packaging

(Flexpack)

December 10, 2017, ... through the rice packed inside and make an informed choice. The re-closable feature of the bag allows consumers to retrieve only the required amount of product at a time and using the rest later without ...

Constantia to Expand Pharma Plant

(Flexpack)

December 05, 2017, ... euro amount in the expansion of production capacity at its manufacturing site for pharmaceutical packaging, Constantia Patz, in Austria. The company will install one double-sided lacquering machine for ...

Tangent Shear Slitting | Reduce Edge Defects in Shrink Sleeve Film

(Slit)

December 04, 2017, ... are under control will minimize the amount of side force required. Most converting materials can be slit with as little as one to three pounds of side force, so avoid excessive side force when slitting ...

Sticking With It | Going Green

(Label/Tape)

December 03, 2017, ... label adhesives. Over the past many months, climate change and global warming have been the topic of many news stories. Scientific evidence continues to mount that supports claims that greenhouse gases ...

Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2017

(Flexpack)

November 29, 2017, ... level. The iCorona Film Tester 1000/600, for which a patent application has been made, is designed to analyze the amount of surface treatment required for any given substrate before the job is started, ...

Nexen Brakes Come in Three Models

(Controls)

November 13, 2017, ... additional caliper brakes on each disc.)  Torque ranges from 8,000 to 23,000 in-lbs., with disc diameters from 12–24 in. Actuators mount on either side of the brake. Connections can be rotated 360 deg ...

Static Beat | Control Static on a Winding Roll

(Static-Beat)

November 07, 2017, ... possible. However, even with good charge control upstream of the winder, the web entering the winding roll will carry some static. This small amount of static accumulates in the winding roll causing ...

Cold Foil | How To Be Successful When Choosing a Vendor

(Print)

November 01, 2017, ... really keeps me up at night is the amount of incorrect information in our industry concerning foiling applications and the foiling process. Too often, especially when it comes to cold foil applications, ...

Toray Films Touted as Foil Replacements

(Flexpack)

October 23, 2017, ... Increased footage also enables converters to lower the number of required roll changes, thus reducing the amount of scrap and providing even greater cost savings and another sustainability advantage. MET ...

Medical Patches | Faustel Meets Challenge of Hydrogel Pad Production

(Coating/Laminating)

October 23, 2017, ... — they operate either in a “full on” setting or in “stand-by” mode during non-production times. A sensor runs down the length of each UV lane to make sure each is generating the amount of UV energy desired. ...

Avery Dennison Shows Sustainable Solutions

(Label/Tape)

October 16, 2017, ... verified by third party companies that a significant amount of the product’s content comes from sustainably sourced materials. Reduction of material—a product must offer comparable or superior performance ...

HYBRID Software Has Record Labelexpo

(News | New Products)

October 06, 2017, ... on other stands including AV Flexologic, where HYBRID’s PACKZ and PatchPlanner software provided automated workflows for high-precision plate mounting equipment “We are on the radar screen of many large ...

TRESU Coater Aids Folding Carton Operation

(Coating/Laminating)

September 29, 2017, ... language versions,” says Summersby. "Our ability to supply exact amounts of small quantities at short notice reduces inventory levels, reducing costs as well as the risk of stock going out of date and having ...

Protective Packaging | Add Value with Vapor Corrosion Inhibitors

(Flexpack)

September 26, 2017, ... the metal and secondly by forming a protective layer against any H2S, oxygen, or moisture that still might reach the surface of the metal. When the paper has absorbed a large amount of H2S gas, it turns ...

Flexible Packaging | Fighting Food Waste

(Flexpack)

September 25, 2017, ... worldwide is lost every year. Americans throw out about 40% of the food they produce annually, the equivalent of $165 billion.1 When one in six Americans lack food security, the amount of food discarded ...

Show Preview | Labelexpo Europe 2017 is its Largest Exhibition To-Date

(Trade Shows)

September 08, 2017, ... to eliminate the need for skilled operators in plate mounting by combining a series of failsafe automatic procedures with unique machine ergonomics. HERMA (Booth#5C14) will showcase its innovative multi-layer ...