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Concave Rollers Pros & Cons

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June 29, 2005, Got some nasty wrinkles on a roller? Some tape here, some tape there—wrinkles be gone. Adding tape collars or bands to a cylindrical roller just under each of the web’s edges turns a cylindrical roller ...

Converting Industry News

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June 29, 2005, ... press is up and running in a new production plant belonging to flexible packaging converter Converflex Argentina, headquartered in Buenos Aires. The new plant, located near Buenos Aires in Lujan, is ...

Drawing Conclusions: Part II

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May 30, 2005, ... 1, click here. Timothy J. Walker has 20+ years of experience in web handling processes. He specializes in web handling education, process development, and production problem solving. Contact him ...

Materials

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May 30, 2005, ... to offer excellent quick stick and good adhesion yet remove cleanly from skin without trauma. Used in medical device manufacturing, ECG electrode fabrication, and for specialty bandage production.  ...

Narrow Web New Products

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May 30, 2005, ... Ink Jet Printer Offered Diagraph, St. Louis, MO; 800/722-1125; diagraph.com The IJ/3000 wax jet system can operate up to four wax jet printheads on up to two production lines. It utilizes a printhead ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

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April 29, 2005, ... designs. Flat dies have use for the extrusion of a wide range of flat products. In general, the main requirement for the die design is production of products with a good mass distribution. Common knowledge ...

Under the Hood

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April 29, 2005, ... of Whitlam’s 15 Mark Andy flexo presses, a 7-in., ten-color, full-UV press. After some fine-tuning of the programming, Whitlam now has an innovative in-line label production solution that is delivering ...

Narrow Web New Products

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April 29, 2005, ... Corp. , Menomonee Falls, WI; 262/255-6070; enerconind.com The Plasma3 atmospheric plasma treatment system can be integrated within the production processes of manufacturers of passive and long-range battery-tag ...

Double Up!

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April 29, 2005, ... and dry wipe production operation, Tufco invested in the Viper production line, custom designed and built by S & S Specialty Systems. Commenting on this latest investment within its contract manufacturing ...

Flexo Goes to Florida

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April 29, 2005, ... system. The Easy-Set is said to significantly reduce print setup time, material waste, and operator error at job startup. It promises a more efficient and effective production operation with an estimated ...

Drawing Conclusions: Part 1

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April 29, 2005, In planning the tension control for any web line, there are only three options: tension control, torque control, and draw control. Between any two rollers or rolls controlled by a motor, brake, or clutch, ...

New Products

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April 29, 2005, ... to provide instant connectivity with different fieldbus networks. System will communicate with the host PLC and store production run records related to static control. Using interchangeable slave interface ...

UV Flexo Press Eliminates Press Adjustments During Changeovers

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April 18, 2005, ... and anilox cylinders. The Combat press is said to be capable of handling a wide range of substrates from paper, films, and foils to plastics. Carton production also is a possibility. Available with ...

Communication from the PLACE div. of TAPPI

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March 30, 2005, ... coextrusion dies based on experimental rheology data for monolayer and multilayer structures. Production of many different types of monolayer and coextruded polymeric films and sheets currently uses different ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

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March 30, 2005, ... with thermal print systems and industrial blank labels for case ID selling to paper companies. Plant manager Don Van Roy says, "The Vectra is used in a number of production sites, primarily based on ...

A King of Shrink Contender

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March 30, 2005, ... offers a new level of control. What makes the Seammachine exceptional is its ability is correlate the solvent seaming process—or rate of solvent delivery—to the web speed during production, including ramp-up, ...

New Product Digest, Part 1

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March 30, 2005, ... Register Products, a div. of Aqua Measure Instrument Co., La Verne, CA; 909/392-5833; moistureregisterproducts.com Electronic instruments measure and control moisture in production processes. Continuous ...

Materials

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February 27, 2005, ... Adhesives, Polymers… Less Swell with UV Inks INX Intl. Ink Co., Elk Grove Village, IL; 800/631-7956; 847/981-9399; inxinternational.com INXFlex 2000 UV flexo inks are suited to high-speed UV production ...

Waste Trimmed Away!

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February 27, 2005, ... TrimAway Matrix system engineered specifically for matrix removal in web widths to 22 in. at speeds to 700 fpm. The new system eliminates both the need for rewinding matrixes and production interruption ...

Long-Run Liners

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February 27, 2005, ... for 17 million liners. In fact, the company reports its annual production of trayliners could circle the world four times over. Trayliners account for more than 90% of its annual sales. VOX prints on ...