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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 ...

Embedded Control

(Magazine)

May 30, 2004, ... greater flexibility, and cost-effective control. Increased demands for greater productivity and efficiency continue to spur advancements in control technology. Not only are today's converting processes ...

Get FREE Tech Tips on Closed-Loop Tension Control from Maxcess Intl.'s Magpowr E-Semina

(News | New Products)

April 08, 2004, ... on recent advances in the technology, and attendees will learn how to leverage techniques and technical aspects to make their processes more productive and trouble-free. Visit Maxcess Intl., and its companies, ...

Less Coating, More Control

(Magazine)

February 28, 2004, ... The basics are there. What's changed is how we control the process and use the technology.” Thick or thin, those uses are likely to continue evolving. Restrictions of time and space limit the number ...

Magpowr to Conduct Free Online Tech-Tips Seminar for Torque and Tension Control

(News | New Products)

November 09, 2003, ... mfr. "Attendees will learn how these new technologies can make the production process more productive and trouble-free." To learn more about the seminar and its presenter, Mike Zlatic, contact Magpowr ...

Doctor Blade Systems: A Cure for What Ails Your Printing Process

(Magazine)

October 31, 2003, ... tool in the slitting process, and it's stuck with me all these years. But in preparing to write this column, I've discovered doctor blades can do a lot more than just “fix” the ink. Advances in shapes, ...

Air Pollution Control Specs

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... air pollutant (HAP) emissions. These air pollution-control systems destroy harmful VOCs and air toxic pollutants contained in process exhaust fumes at elevated temperatures. The methods used (catalytic ...

Ink Quality Control Is Complex, But It's Worth the Troubl

(Magazine)

December 31, 2002, ... of an ink can be quite involved. For our purposes, let's segment the quality function into (1) Incoming QC of Raw Materials, (2) In-Process QC of the ink recipe in production, and (3) Finished Product QC. ...

Controlling Coater Gap Uniformity

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, ... uniformity of the coating deposited on the media. This “metrology table” gap setting method presented a variety of problems and challenges, including the following: The process was time-consuming, ...