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- Techniques to Prevent/Minimize Die Lines
- (Tom’s Poly Ploys)
- April 28, 2010, ... controllers were not calibrated, and the actual temperature was 30?F (17?C) hotter than the readout indicated. They got the point, and changed their process conditions and maintenance procedures to my ...
- Narrow Web's Leverag
- (Label/Tape)
- March 31, 2010, ... as the inks are not absorbed but instead bond to the film surface. Higher airflow rates in the dryers will help reduce drying times. Because films demand lower heat levels, chill rolls can be used to keep ...
- Pilot Coating: Coater Clone
- (Coating/Laminating)
- March 31, 2010, ... business units. They typically sell labels made out of our material,” he says. “They'll do the printing and the die-cutting of the labels locally, but the rollstock they use in the process is manufactured ...
- Flexible Packaging: Narrow Web's Leverag
- (Flexpack)
- March 21, 2010, ... airflow rates in the dryers will help reduce drying times. Because films demand lower heat levels, chill rolls can be used to keep the web temperature low in addition to higher airflow. As with paper-faced ...
- What’s Up With Die Lines
- (Tom’s Poly Ploys)
- March 17, 2010, ... this phenomenon on the substrate. This is a carry over from “the old days” when wide gauge bands were seen on paper rolls. However, from experience, we know we don’t see them in rolls of incoming oriented ...
- Speaking of Productivity
- (Magazine)
- February 28, 2010, ... UV coating in-line; a six-color, 40-in. Heidelberg CD 102 with interstation UV capabilities and UV and aqueous coating in-line; and a seven-color, 30-in. Komori Lithrone LSX-729 featuring in-line roll-to-sheet ...
- Flexible Packaging: Capital Commitments
- (Flexpack)
- February 28, 2010, ... markets, Packaging Personified offers a host of flexible packaging solutions. Roll stock constructions, printed and unprinted, include laminated and both monolayer and three-layer coextrusion single-wound ...
- 2010 Year of Recovery
- (Trends/Management)
- December 31, 2009, ... our payrolls return to the peak levels seen in 2007. As this article is written, the economy is recovering. The natural economic cycle in conjunction with global monetary and fiscal stimulus have joined ...
- FFTA Unveils New Interactive Interface for Its TEST Virtual Campus
- (News | New Products)
- November 10, 2009, ... wings for the different courses they house (i.e. The Press Lab contains a wide web, a narrow web, and a corrugated wing.) Additional building wings include: Anilox Roll Manufacturing, Inks, Substrates, ...
- Apply Glue with Control
- (New Products)
- October 31, 2009, Robond PRO is a microprocessor-controlled fluid application system for fine-line gluing and precision fold softening. Features include automatic fluid Robond PRO is a microprocessor-controlled fluid application ...
- Cores | The Foundation of Winding
- (Web Lines)
- October 31, 2009, ... winding roll by losing both outer and inner diameter. Excessive inner diameter loss can make a roll impossible to remove from a shaft. Core compression is especially troublesome for stiff materials ...
- Digital Printing, Part 2 | Commercial
- (Process Management)
- October 31, 2009, ... said that anything that can go digital will, with the corollary, anything digital will go UV. Let's check back in ten years' time. 1PIRA Intl. 2007 (www.profitthroughinnovation.com/emerging-markets/the-future-of-uv-inkjet.html) ...
- Labeled for Success
- (Narrow Web)
- October 31, 2009, ... its decals for Red Rain energy drinks. The decals are intended for use inside drink cooler doors. They were entered in the Promotional category. The decals are flexo printed using anilox rolls from Harper ...
- Engineer's Playgroun
- (Coating/Laminating Main)
- October 31, 2009, ... without having to tie up their own high-volume machines. Sherer says, “Anybody that mass-produces product in roll-to-roll form could possibly benefit from the facility. Those folks could come in, work ...
- Get a Grip on Your Web
- (Tension)
- October 31, 2009, Whether a converter needs to isolate tension at various zones in a web line, reduce web slippage over a roll, or pull the web at increased speeds and Whether a converter needs to isolate tension at various ...
- WHAT'S NEW PRODUCT
- (New Products)
- September 30, 2009, ... cycles, lower purging material costs, and greater reliability in controlling the release of contaminants during production runs. Active ingredients are nontoxic, nonabrasive, and safe. Neutrex | 800-803-6242 ...
- Printed Linerboard: Big & Bold
- (Carton Box Main)
- September 30, 2009, ... 30 years of experience, says, “We contacted all the major press builders and let them know we were looking for versatility and high speed. We wanted the ability to crank out high quality rolls, day in ...
- Rewind Equipment: Chic & Sleek
- (Winding Unwinding Rewinding)
- September 30, 2009, ... says Larsson. “It allows us to run very fast. We feed mill rolls into it, and take pallets off the other end.” Printing and converting, which formerly were completed as separate processes, ultimately ...
- Foil Capsules Launch Sales
- (New Products)
- August 31, 2009, ... them roll-to-roll using an eight-color rotogravure press,” explains Tim Pletcher, VP of operations. “But as a secondary process, we slit the materials and then use specialized forming equipment to create ...
- Home Grown
- (Coating/Laminating Main)
- June 30, 2009, ... 65-in. MB coater/laminator, 15 slitters from Dusenbury, Deacro, and REM that produce finished rolls from 3/8 to 63 in. wide, and three sheeters — one custom-built, one from Rosenthal Mfg., and one from ...
