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Tension Control

(Tension)

November 30, 2008, ... tension to nearly any application. Magpowr | 800-624-7697| www.magpowr.com PFFC-ASAP 331 Tension Controller Combines Control, Keypad The compact WebHandler 3 combines automated closed loop process ...

Tension Control: Mag Particle Clutch/Brakes Provide Smooth, Clean Torque Control

(Archive)

November 30, 2008, There are many web tensioning and other manufacturing processes that require adjustable, smooth torque while maintaining a clean, dust-free environment. For these converting processes, magnetic particle ...

Graphics Four-Color Process Workshop at SGIA

(News | New Products)

November 23, 2008, Don't trust four-color process to trial and error. Learn how to consistently repeat the process at SGIA's Graphics Four-Color Process workshop, Nov. 3-6, 2008 FAIRFAX, VA | Don't trust four-color process ...

Web Coating: Process Characterization

(Coating/Laminating)

October 31, 2008, The web coating process has about 15 major components, and each of these components, in turn, has many hardware subsystems. All these hardware subsystems The web coating process has about 15 major components, ...

Adchem Uses Static Control String to Eliminate Contamination

(Static Elimination)

September 30, 2008, ... energy to ignite hazardous vapors in coating heads and gravure printing operations. An ESD event also can disrupt logic in PLCs and sensing equipment, causing processing errors and costly downtime. With ...

Static Control System Ionizes Air, Monitors Web

(News Eclips)

June 15, 2008, HATFIELD, PA | Simco Industrial Static Control introduces PerforMAX IQ intelligent air ionization system, featuring a new narrow profile static bar and microprocessor-controlled and monitored power supply ...

The Flexo Process: Be Careful

(Flexography)

April 30, 2008, Flexo process printing now is competitive in quality with other printing processes and can have advantages of cost and the ability to print a large number Flexo process printing now is competitive in quality ...

New Marking Process Is Patented

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

April 30, 2008, ... low-power CO2 laser. The process does not require inks, ribbons, or other consumables, reportedly making it cost-effective and more environmentally friendly than traditional printing techniques. What' ...

Thermal Processing Technology

(Archive)

March 02, 2008, ... baking, drying, preheating, degassing, dehydrating, aging, sterilizing, annealing, and more: High-velocity convection&8212;It is said to be ideal for processes requiring lower temperatures, cross-linking, ...

Property Control

(Coating/Laminating)

January 31, 2008, ... must be characterized and optimized at each step of the product development cycle to ensure that product and process properties are within specifications and will produce a high quality, low-cost product. ...

Unwind Tension Controller

(Archive)

November 14, 2006, Montalvos X-3400 unwind tension controller optimizes the combination of analog and digital features and reportedly provides accurate, readable tension control on all web processing machinery. PRESS RELEASE ...

Adopting a Process Model

(Magazine)

July 31, 2006, ... today, and it can lead to longer improvement cycles. For example, a lower-volume anilox roller could be tested, and the inks would print up weak. The first task of the FQC was to adopt a process model, ...

The PSA Process

(Magazine)

January 30, 2006, ... (for a tape), optional primer coat, adhesive, and silicone release coating on a protective liner. The construction is complex and undergoes several coating and laminating processes, including liner ...

Take Control

(Magazine)

January 30, 2006, ... tested it in liquid nitrogen for flexibility. One of the keys to processing film materials is getting total control over tension and heat. Too much of either can cause wrinkling. The envelope cannot have ...

In Defense of Control Freaks

(Magazine)

January 30, 2005, ... to show that control actually is a very normal pursuit today. Control freaks, you can come out of the closet. In the fields of converting and flexible packaging, control generally applies to any process ...

Mechanics of Tension Control, Part II

(Archive)

November 29, 2004, ... all types of tension controls because it relies completely on operator "feel" to set the proper tension. There is no feedback from the machine to verify any actual process tension levels. Often times they ...

Rotogravure an Evolving Process

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, Rotogravure printing evolved from the intaglio printing process, which still is used in specialty applications such as printing our currency. Rotogravure has been used since the beginning of the 20th century ...

The Stats on Static Control

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ... static control into the converting process,” says Scott Shelton, North American sales manager at Simco Industrial Static Control, Hatfield, PA (simco.biz). According to Shelton, the reasons for installing ...

Weight Control

(Magazine)

June 29, 2004, ... — maintaining line speed, uniform drying, raw material costs, and wound roll quality — are influenced by coating weight uniformity. The control of coating weight in a web coating process often is viewed ...

AVT Launches Prestige Automatic Press Control Package

(Archive)

June 13, 2004, ... in time and material span. Press vendors and printers have been looking for solutions to automate these tasks and to accelerate makeready while minimizing the material wastage in the process." For more ...