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Extrusion Coating Line Audit Can Bring Big Benefits

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January 31, 2001, ... extrusion coating or film, the main controllable variables are pressure, temperature, and tension (P.T.T.). As the various sections of the line or lines are audited, the areas that can affect P.T.T. must ...

Products

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December 31, 2000, ...  BST Pro Mark, Elmhurst, IL; 630/833-9900; bstpromark.com AR400 monitors register color and cutoff in real time and also manages corrective action on press. A small sensing head detects deviation and ...

Products

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November 30, 2000, ... PE foam reinforced with white PVC film and a low-tack acrylic adhesive. It is designed for high press speeds and reportedly produces quality half-tone, solid, and combination work. FX50B tape has a high-tack ...

Converting Industry News

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November 30, 2000, ... for UV applications in the converting industry due to mounting environmental pressures, improved raw materials, and more sophisticated end-users. Opportunities will include industrial tapes, where a high ...

Converting Industry News

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November 29, 2000, ...  Says operations director Keith Thompson, "Further improvements will spin off from the huge amount of data we will be receiving from the system in the coming months." PPC Installs PCMC Gearless Press ...

What's New in Narrow We

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September 30, 2000, ... various sizes simultaneously and can be modified to clean hard steel press parts. Gears and bearings can usually stay on, making cleaning easier, says mfr. System is said to gently restore full cell volume ...

A Q&A on Remanufactured Equipment: Is It for You?

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September 30, 2000, ... it stems from the fact that most rebuilders only replace what needs replacing and, in the end, the press runs like it did originally. Older models, even on their best day, can't compete with today's machines. ...

More New Products for the Converting Industry

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August 31, 2000, ... for both large presses printing high-end graphics or for small-format, sheet-fed presses, inks are said to offer the "widest window of water tolerance" available. Product's strong lithographic tolerance ...

Pollution Control Innovation for Silicone-Based Coatings

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July 31, 2000, ... exchanger media. In addition, the coating also will reduce process flow and increase pressure drop and horsepower requirements. These conditions will remain until the system is cleaned out or replaced. ...

Coating Operation Cleans Up Its (Trim Removal) Act

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May 31, 2000, ... off of the feathered edges and would invariably get on the copper. When subjected to pressure during laminating, it would leave an unwanted impression on the surface. The result might mean a broken circuit, ...

Latest Gravure Technology Launches Converter into Fray

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April 30, 2000, ... press, Kapak hit it at full speed. Big deal, you may say, buying a new press isn't exactly war. It may not be war, but it is a big deal. The Toshiba press--which incorporates innovative sectional-drive ...

Bagmaking Operation Is There When Customers Call

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April 30, 2000, ...  In addition to the extrusion lines, Apollo also operates five one-color Bell-Mark presses and one two-color Manzoni press that are portable and can operate in-line on any of the film machines. The presses ...

Human/Machine Interface Offers Best of Two Worlds

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March 31, 2000, ... industrial automation and control markets for nearly 20 years. The views and opinions expressed in Technical Reports are those of the authors(s), not those of PFFC editors. Pleas address comments to ...

Shorter Turnaround Time Drives Move to CTP

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January 31, 2000, ... CD presses with aqueous towers. The electronics are processed through Mac systems and then downloaded into a Barco packaging system for full production layout. Until the introduction of CTP to the plant, ...

Narrow web adapts to multiple applications

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November 30, 1998, ...  eliminated is staggering, which is the primary reason the narrow web field is growing so rapidly. "Wide web is great for printing," says Chris Faust, marketing manager for Comco, "but on a narrow web press ...

UV/EB technology moves ahead with the times

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June 30, 1996, ... easily meet the speed requirements of the highest-speed presses and converting lines." According to Chrusciel, there are some processes you can only do with EB, or gain maximum benefit from, such as ...

Laser positioning system creates clean, productive environment

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April 30, 1996, ... short test runs showed some of the slit widths out of tolerance, They also had trouble setting the correct male/female knife relationships, such as side pressure, toe-in, etc., to achieve clean cuts across ...

New hot stamper does more for short runs

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February 29, 1996, ... image on Linotronics equipment at Huntington Valley Press. This is then taken to Santa Ana Engraving to produce a magnesium die for stamping purposes on the Franklin. Stamping foils, provided by West Foils, ...

In-house sheeting promotes growth and quality

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February 29, 1996, ... equipment ranges from an eight-color, 40-in. press to several multicolor 55- and 60-in. presses. (Information regarding suppliers is proprietary.) The next step was in-house sheeting, and Hammer was ...

Core selection - the difference between success and failure.

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January 31, 1996, ... roll weights exceeding five to six tons." For their part, the pressrooms and converters then expect these rolls of paper to run trouble-free, with no vibration, web flutter, or breaks at speeds that ...