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An Uplifting Experience

(Flexpack)

November 30, 2002, ... operators can have an eight-color job ready to print on the Infiniti in about an hour and a half. “We're averaging 12 to 15 minutes per cylinder, depending on the complexity,” adds Chester. “We've standardized ...

Outsourcing Protects Trade Secrets

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, ... length of the coating line as his company's release liner is siliconized. Leaning over the coating operator's shoulder, O'Reilly checks the run speed and coat weight as he waits for sample results from the ...

1950s

(News | New Products)

August 27, 2002, ... is said to produce printing, embossing, and die-cutting cylinders faster and with semi-skilled operators. September 1951 Continuing developments in the use of high-frequency electronic heating equipment ...

Dead On Slit Rolls

(Unprinted Rolls)

July 31, 2002, ... check’ to make sure everything is running and set up properly. Then there's a thorough, three-to-four-day training session for the machine operators, getting them familiar with tensions, the setup, and ...

Converter's Niche: Innovatio

(Magazine)

July 31, 2002, ... the finest quality material required by our clients.” A fifth flexographic press, originally in the plant, was sent to the new Nordenia plant in Casablanca, Morocco. Operators from Morocco were trained ...

Unilux Adds Reps in Spain,Portugal, and Brazil

(News | New Products)

July 15, 2002, ... says its stroboscopic lighting enables operators and inspectors to see surface defects and imperfections in real time at full production speeds. "The light’s short-duration, high-intensity pulses make webs ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

April 30, 2002, ... BST VP of marketing John Thome. “We want to support DFI's efforts to grow the flexo industry by contributing to their effort to develop more thoroughly trained flexo operators.” Adds Vincent DiTrolio, VP ...

Diving into Pouches

(Magazine)

April 30, 2002, ... at the Stoke plant also has been a success. Parkside sent two employees, a trainer and an operator, to PDI for two weeks of intensive training. According to Stewart, the response to the machine by plant ...

Flexo Forum: Experts & Break-Out Session Top DiTrolio's Event Agend

(News | New Products)

April 07, 2002, ... press operators a first-hand look at the educational methods, curriculum, equipment, and procedures used at the institute. "In today's tight economy, is your company looking for ways to not only survive, ...

CONVERTER EVENTS - 2002

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, ... Packaging Training Course, American Society for Testing & Materials, Westpak Laboratory (610/832-9500). Dec. 12: Practical Course for Laboratory Operators, Brookfield Eng. Laboratories, Middleboro, ...

The Buck Stops

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, ... handling of tooling.” White's Final Analysis While short-run, just-in-time production is necessary, a narrow web printing operation will find it wise to invest in operator training to give flexo operators ...

Slitter Cuts Changeover Time

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, ... during roll changeovers. Even though the company's operators are said to be very experienced, human and physical limitations meant that typically a roll change would take from 4-5 min. That multiplied ...

Summer in the City: Sheetfed Conference Slated for June in Chicago

(News | New Products)

January 06, 2002, ... up to three of these ten optional seminars: Making Change a Good Thing; Dampening Issues and Fundamentals; Financial Measurement of Pressroom Operations; Pressroom Process Control; From Press Operator ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

December 31, 2001, ... The service program for the converting and pelletizing industries includes operator training, replacement parts, preventative maintenance plans, installation services, and project management. “The ultimate ...

Fundamentals Keep the Converting Industry Strong

(Magazine)

December 31, 2001, ... yourself for the problem. Note that many of the commandments relate to personnel. Unless operators, supervisors, mixers, cleaners, and everyone involved in the operation are functioning properly, disaster ...

Security in an Insecure World: Life After September 11

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, ... on all modes of transportation, not just airlines. DOT took action to control the movement of all vessels in the navigable waters of the US under the Ports and Waterway Safety Act. Pipeline operators were ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

September 30, 2001, ... using smaller presses, according to Fletcher. Press operators determine the tolerance levels for the job in each of five types of print defects, including spotting, streaking, misregister, color variation, ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

August 31, 2001, ... The electrode assembly is removable and incorporates a calibrated gap adjustment feature that enables the operator to adjust the gap accurately across the width of the web. The assembly is designed to ...

Doctor Blades: Making the Most of Mission Critical

(Magazine)

February 28, 2001, ... notes Foley. He explains, “There's definitely a lack of press operator training in terms of proper blade settings, adjustments, and so forth. The industry itself is so busy that people don't go through a ...

The Digital Advantage... More Than Just Printing

(Magazine)

October 31, 2000, ... they are so easy to run, it only takes the operator a minute or two to set up. They really have improved our quality and efficiency drastically." For Genesis Converting, accuracy and efficiency are ...