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Baggy Webs: Part I Nightmares

(Archive)

March 31, 2007, ... all baggy webs will have trouble running through nips without wrinkles. I hate to leave you with these nightmares, but you must face your demons before you can exorcise them. Over the next three columns, ...

Reader's Choic

(Magazine)

February 28, 2007, ... 306. webexinc.com Manipulate Rolls Easily Vertical Center Lifts grip rolls from inside the core for safe and easy roll handling with the assistance of overhead cranes or hoists while keeping roll ...

How to Drive a Winding Roll

(Web Lines)

November 30, 2006, ... improved by using a close-proximity gap roller or a nip roller controlling the web’s entry into winding. In pure surface winding, the core is idling. All the work to drive the roll is applied to the ...

Web Tension: A Pop Quiz

(Web Lines)

September 30, 2006, ... won't need a tenfold tension increase. Step 3: Bonus round (possible 10 points) Do you prefer unnipped or vacuum drive rollers over nipped drive rollers? (1 point) Have you used the belt equation ...

What's Ne

(Magazine)

August 31, 2006, ... positioning for manipulation and lithography. PFFC-ASAP 497 Accessory for Static Control Simco Industrial Static Control, Hatfield, PA; 215/822-6401; www.simco-static.com The Junction Box is for ...

New Products

(Magazine)

April 29, 2006, ... and other demanding multi- and monolayer film or thin-sheet applications. Features a high nip pressure option of 800 pli of force between the two primary rolls and includes a high-pressure lamination option ...

European Converting New Products

(Magazine)

March 30, 2006, ... or when frequent changes of core size are required. Coat at High Speeds Polytype Converting, Fribourg, Switzerland; +41 26 426 1211; polytype.com Vertical nip feed system reportedly offers higher ...

Digital Integration

(Magazine)

March 30, 2006, ...  SUPPLIER INFO: Nipson—nipson.com As global chief marketing officer of Nipson Digital Printing Systems PLC, Alain Flament oversees the global marketing and development activities for the ...

Slitting New Product Digest

(Magazine)

February 27, 2006, ... Productivity Mario Cotta, Cincinnati, OH; 800/792-9302; mariocotta-usa.com Gold Series knife holder is said to offer advanced slitting technology to optimize productivity, ensure maximum spatial nip-point ...

The PSA Process

(Magazine)

January 30, 2006, ... adhesive coating method employs several rolls to pick up PSA, meter the adhesive amount, and apply the adhesive to the web. Adhesive supply may be from a pan for lower-viscosity PSA or from a nip formed ...

Narrow Web What's Ne

(Magazine)

December 30, 2005, ... highly cavitated inner layers that cause multiple fractures when manipulated, producing delamination and providing strong visual evidence of tampering. Can be printed and converted by all conventional ...

The Secret Strain

(Magazine)

December 30, 2005, ... hard to get rolls tight enough, causing cinching and telescoping. How does strain help understand what happens between nip rollers? Nip rollers are the most complex strain analysis challenge. We use ...

New Products

(Magazine)

December 30, 2005, ... on the nip rolls prevents over-tensioning of film during sealing and minimizes the possibility of distorting and breaking the web, company reports. Servo control of head pressure and distance-of-travel ...

Testing Machines

(Magazine)

October 30, 2005, ... modular, employing a minimum of one to a maximum of four measuring heads connected to a controller unit. PFFC-ASAP 452 Measure Nips to 70 In. Sensor Products, East Hanover, NJ; 973/884-1755; sensorprod.com ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ... also a good design choice for nipping against rubber back-up rolls to keep the surface of the rubber cool. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY What Does Aluminum Foil Have To Do With Hot Tack In Packaging? by Gunter ...

New Products, Part 1

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ... at speeds to 500 fpm. Advanced features include a rolling nip splice head, simple nested vertical festoon, and microprocessor controls with adjustable tension control. Solid manufacture and simple mechanical ...

Mastering RFID, Part 2

(Archive)

September 29, 2005, ... and release liner. Ionizer 6 neutralizes the charge on the facestock with the inlays coming out off the nip after the vacuum applicator and cut-off unit. Ionizer 7 neutralizes the charge where the inlays ...

Without Boundaries

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ... and Faria explain, the films should not be stressed any more than necessary. Low-temperature adhesives were specified to minimize thermal expansion of the materials. Nip pressures were controlled accurately ...

The Converting Relay Race: Part II

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ... election. Surface unwinds eliminate the need for radial torque adjustments, but they are relatively rare due to their increased complexity and nip- related web defects. When inertial torque is more than ...

New Products

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, ... Automatic, Middleborough, MA; 800/544-0070; butlerautomatic.com The 1000 Series splicer combines zero speed technology with 99.9% reliability, says company. Features include rolling nip splice head, simple ...