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Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

February 27, 2006, ... mpm.The coater is said to form a significant part of the “open access” Flexible Electronics Substrate Facility being developed by the CPI. SUPPLIER INFO: General Vacuum Equipment—bobstgroup.com  ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2005, ... applications, and properties currently used to provide peelable seals in lidding and easy-open applications. A heat seal coating is an adhesive applied to a flexible substrate as a non-blocking layer ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, ... is opened, during food preparation, and during consumption. Pliant is a leading producer of value-added films and flexible packaging products for food, beverage, personal care, medical, material handling, ...

Drawing Conclusions: Part II

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, ... the biggest negative of draw zones. Where closed loop tension control and open loop torque control will get to their steady state quickly, draw zones take time. This is like waiting for the hot water to ...

Tech Specs

(Magazine)

April 29, 2005, ... dia 53 in. (1,346 mm) Speed 1,500 fpm (457 mpm) Features/options include cantilevered, gearless design; automated deck positioning and self-opening caps; and direct drive impression cylinder systems. ...

Drawing Conclusions: Part 1

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April 29, 2005, ... easiest option when tension is created by a brake or clutch. The third option, draw control, is the open loop alternative to tensioning the web between two speed-controlled rollers. What is draw control? ...

New Products

(Magazine)

April 29, 2005, ... PA; 800/753-6234; skfusa.com Sensor-bearing units are said to provide solutions to ascertain the precise motion status of rotating or axially traveling components in open and closed loop motion control ...

Mouse Roars BUY ME!

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... outer sheets, and a 900-gsm sheet at 48-pt caliper." A plastic cover and attached handle allow repeated opening and closing as well as portability. With 360 deg of billboard space for graphics, this package ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... Scope workflow environment and have printed output digitally converted by Esko-Graphics’ Kongsberg converting tables. Totani Opens American Sub. GREEN BAY, WI—Totani Corp., Kyoto, Japan, has established ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... all assets of Chapco Carton Co. The new company will operate as Chicago Packaging Inc., with Charles G. Kiolbasa Jr. as president and Brian Rujawitz as chief operating officer. OPENINGS SSCC Opens ...

New Product Digest, Part 2

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ...  Creo, Burnaby, BC, Canada; 604/451-2770; creo.com With Preps 5.1 imposition software, a JDF file containing imposition instructions is sent from MIS to prepress and then opened in Preps to create a job ...

Notable & Flexible

(Flexpack)

February 27, 2005, ... 33 awards. For the fourth consecutive year, two packages earn a Highest Achievement Award. Here’s a look at some of the top winners. Unique Opening Makes Pouch a Standout Curwood receives a Highest ...

Rotary Screen Printings Contribution to RFID

(Archive)

January 30, 2005, ... to print either the etch-resist or the silver ink. It has a distinct advantage over flatbed, which requires a back-and-forth movement. The doctor blade has to pass over the screen to fill the mesh openings ...

Mechanics of Tension Control, Part II

(Archive)

November 29, 2004, ... of mechanical parts, which will require maintenance. This is an open loop tension control. It does not control tension by measuring tension in the web. It controls tension by measuring roll diameter. ...

Converting Industry News

(Archive)

October 30, 2004, ... experience." Rossini, known today as a producer of pressure rollers for rotogravure printing and sleeves for flexo printing, has opened a plant in L’Aquila and a production unit in Atlanta, GA. Recently, ...

A TEXAS-SIZED Flexo Forum

(Magazine)

May 31, 2004, ... used their expertise to predict where flexo may go in the years ahead. Key points included the importance of speed to market in beating competitors; viewing flexo as a precision coating process to open ...

Embedded Control

(Magazine)

May 30, 2004, ... faster and lower-cost implementation. Coordinated drive applications benefit from the speed of virtual backplane communication and the flexible, open communication interface. In these architectures, a ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Archive)

May 30, 2004, ... players, especially with advent of open, fully digital workflows. For more info., contact GASC at 703/264-7200, or visit gasc.org. Medical Converting Defective Patch Cited in Death CHICAGO, IL, ...

Products and Materials

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December 30, 2003, ... fan works with finned rotor to cool the brake, while open-designed guard allows heat to dissipate away from machine quickly. Cross-drilled holes in the rotor increase air flow, adding a critical element ...

PFFC Moves 'Uptown

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November 30, 2003, ... coating at the Hyatt Regency in Santa Ana Pueblo, NM. Attended by 208 with 40 guests, the program was divided into concurrent sessions for web coating/laminating and vacuum web coating. An opening event ...