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How to Make Anilox Roll Improvements Work for You

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... to inconsistent ink laydown because of the poor meshing of gear teeth. Worn and sloppy bearings result in inconsistent impression with the plates. Plates that are removed repeatedly and remounted stretch ...

What's New in Narrow We

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August 31, 2000, ... photoelectric counting systems for exact label counts. Dry Flexo Plates Speed Up Process DuPont Cyrel, Wilmington, DE; 302/999-2065; dupont.com/cyrel Cyrel FAST dry flexo platemaking system reportedly ...

More New Products for the Converting Industry

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August 31, 2000, ... work-related back injuries, co. reports. Platen Printer Outputs Top Quality Graphics Adolph Gottscho Inc., Union, NJ; 908/688-2400 Flexographic platen printer 800 Series is said to be ideal for lines ...

Label Converter's Business Is Prime Labels & Prid

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August 30, 2000, ... shift at its 24,000-sq-ft facility. The company uses Kelleigh platemaking equipment, DuPont Cyrel plates, and inks from American Water Graphics, Water Ink Technologies, and Environmental Inks & Coatings. ...

Press Adds Flexibility of Film to Paper Operation

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June 30, 2000, ... plates. Decker reports that the performance features of the Bobst Schiavi press were designed to offer existing customers the same level of quality and service in its flexible packaging that they have ...

Snack Food Packaging: 100 Years and Counting

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June 30, 2000, ... engraving machines (for engraving of gravure plates) debut in US market. 1970s Advent of extrusion lamination; results in a thicker laminate with smoother appearance; more resistant to handling ...

Drupa 2000A Big Success Any Way You Count It

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June 30, 2000, ... developments. Some of the digitally oriented Drupa introductions PFFC encountered during our two-week visit included CreoScitex's Trendsetter Packaging Series—a series of platesetter models designed ...

Experts Scan the Future for Technologies with Impact

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May 31, 2000, ...  Millennium," but they are certainly technologies that bear watching. Peerless Machine: 1926 Technology with Impact A paper plate and tray forming machine introduced in 1926 was recognized as a "technolog ...

It's Definitely a Bull Market for High-Performance Film

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May 31, 2000, When I was in college, one of my classmates who lived in my dorm tried heating a pot pie on a plastic plate in the oven. Needless to say, the oven and When I was in college, one of my classmates who lived ...

On-Line Purchasing Saves Time, Money, and Space

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May 31, 2000, ... take little room to store, such as stickyback tape for plate mounting, can increase inventory costs significantly. For example, that tape may cost a much as $300/roll. Says Marquart, "If I can have them ...

Converter Can't Seem to Stay Out of Busines

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April 30, 2000, ... have measured our growth and tried not to bite off more than we could chew in any one area," stresses Curran. "For example, when we started the prepress department, we did plates first, then added the ...

Selecting the Right Tensioning System for the Application

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April 30, 2000, ... eliminate the causes of inconsistency, and minimize the possibility of web breaks. Air-Actuated Units Pneumatic or air-actuated brakes use air pressure to force stationary plates against rotating discs ...

Folder/Gluer Broadens Markets for Contract Converter

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March 30, 2000, ... a specialty packaging converter in 1978. That's when the company purchased its first new press, a Consolidated platen die-cutter, and earned a reputation as a finishing house for packaging printers. The ...

Cartonmarker Adds Flexo to Give Customers a Choice

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February 29, 2000, ... platen die-cutting model, so it's very similar to offset technology. The second press we brought in features rotary die-cutting. Now, added to Colbert's three offset presses, we've got five different avenues ...

FPA Winners Prove Again How to Do More with Less

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February 29, 2000, The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, DC, presented its 1999 Top Packaging Awards to seven companies for flexible packages that broke The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, ...

Shorter Turnaround Time Drives Move to CTP

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January 31, 2000, ... die-cut, and glue all products within a very short lead time in order to fulfill the just-in-time inventory requirements of its customers. A Heidelberg/Creo computer-to-plate (CTP) system is now part of ...

Converters See Hurdles Ahead in Digital Printing

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January 31, 2000, ... industry met in Chicago, IL, to discuss the emergence of digital prepress, computer-to-plate (CTP), digital proofing, and other related technologies. The following report highlights key perceptions ...

Vision-Based System Wins the Battle Against Defects

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December 31, 1999, ... separation, and platemaking. (Materials and equipment are proprietary.) Range Plus Speed Equals Value According to Zohar, the investment in the new system paid immediate dividends. He says the PrintVision/9000NT ...

Anilox roll advancements raise the quality of flexo

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November 30, 1996, ... in printing plates, inks, coatings, metering systems, and other critical components of the printing process. A sometimes overlooked - though no less critical - factor in flexo's ability to produce high ...

Bag machine adds value to customer-oriented operation.

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November 30, 1996, ... variety of prepress, printing/laminating, bagmaking, and finishing equipment. Its prepress operation uses a Bieffebi rubber platemaking system; the pressroom floor houses bagmaking machines from Battenfeld ...