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Wide Web Handling and the Problems It Can Bring

(Magazine)

November 30, 2001, As new film casting machines have grown in width during the past several years, so have casting machine windups. One problem that arises with wider rolls As new film casting machines have grown in width ...

Materials

(Magazine)

November 29, 2001, ... because the antimicrobial additive can be placed in a controlled manner where the material is needed. Also, the coating can be applied in a later step, minimizing the exposure of the product to contamination. ...

MD Wrinkle Formation Causes and Cures

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, ... called “tin canning”) still plague many converters and/or film suppliers. The two main contributing parameters are: (1) at least two persistent MD gauge bands must be present in the winding roll; and (2) ...

One-Dimensional Converter Expands Its Reach

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, ... is a Spark Sparking that growth: Multi-Color's Batavia, OH, facility, acquired in December 1999, gave the company the ability to convert p-s, clear in-mold, continuous roll feed, and shrink labels for ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, ... News Roll-Fed Labels Decorate Nestlé's Nescafe Brands HARTSVILLE, SC, USA—Sonoco Flexible Packaging has been selected to provide roll-fed labels for two of Nestlé Canada Inc.'s popular instant beverage ...

What's New Product

(Magazine)

September 30, 2001, ... hold-down clamps, steeper/sharper blade angles, special blade materials, and sensors. System Offers Crown Correction, Roller Alignment Sensor Products, East Hanover, NJ; 973/884-1755 Improved version ...

European Conference Draws Large Audience

(Magazine)

September 30, 2001, ... areas such as roller design; calendering, embossing and laminating; slitting; spreading; winding and unwinding; as well as drive, nip, and draw/tension controls. I will explain the underlying mechanics ...

BIG Fish Bows Out, Turning Tide for the Little Ones

(Magazine)

September 30, 2001, ... are certain applications in which they work better, we've continued making our product, Seal-Coat.” Unlike Scotchban, Seal-Coat is applied to a finished paper roll by a converter, not manufactured into ...

Die-Hard Creativity Keeps Converter Growing and GROWING

(Office Products)

September 30, 2001, ...  broadening our spectrum; as things roll along, we go with them.” Jannel, these days, is doing much more than just “rolling along.” With ample to room to grow, a vital and creative executive team, an ...

Slitting Adhesive-Coated, Low-Strength Films

(Magazine)

September 30, 2001, Low-strength films, such PE or cast PP, sometimes are coated with an adhesive and slit into customer-sized rolls. Low-strength films do not have sharply Low-strength films, such PE or cast PP, sometimes ...

Prime Labels Are More Than a Family Affair

(Magazine)

August 31, 2001, ... with two or three rolls of each SKU going to hundreds of stores across the country. Tropper sees this as the future of the label business for many converters like Prestige. “Eventually, I don't think ...

On the Move

(Magazine)

August 31, 2001, ... unit at Nordson Corp., Duluth, GA. C.A Litzler Co., Cleveland, OH, has hired Bill Hopps as a sales engineer for Perfect Float flotation dryers and roll support converting dryers. Kurt Oegerli has ...

Vacumet Makes Metallizing Dreams Come True

(Magazine)

August 31, 2001, ... customers, each roll is sealed in a moisture-resistant plastic. McGarel recalls a large shipment of wrapped rolls sent to a customer in Europe. “The rolls arrived with sea salt on them. We don't know how ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

August 31, 2001, ... roll loading and unloading, and patented differential rewind shaft system. Primarc UV Technology, Slough, England, will highlight UV curing lamps, including label lamps said to be suitable for the majority ...

The Parts and Performance of WEB CONVECTION DRYERS

(Magazine)

August 31, 2001, ... commonly used for converting: the roll support dryer and the floatation dryer. Each design has its own characteristics and advantages. In the roll support design (Figure 1), typically a roller is mounted ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

August 31, 2001, ... Ste. 1903, New York, NY 10001; 212/268-4160; cmmshow.com. Supplier News DuPont Buys DFE's Longest Tension Roll FLORENCE, SC, USA—DuPont Teijin Films has purchased a TR Tension Roll transducer with ...

Hot Melt Symposium Offers Varied Program

(Magazine)

August 31, 2001, ... C. McGhee, Nordson Co. In “Packaging and Hot Melt Packaging Adhesives — Fundamentals of Hot Melt Roll Coating” by Robert S. Forsyth, retired, he observed that the trend in hot melt markets is a 6% yearly ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

June 30, 2001, ... P-S Films Added to Roll-Stocking Program Wausau Coated Products, Wausau, WI; 800/345-8039 New family of p-s prime label films is stocked in 39-in., ready-to-slit masters for turnaround of 24-48 hr. Films ...

Polymers/Laminations/Adhesives/Coatings/Extrusions

(Magazine)

June 30, 2001, ... may be in statistical control but not able to meet specifications due to excess common cause variation. Application of the gauge data STMD variation cannot be controlled by an on-line gauging system ...

All Zipped Up: Hard-to-Beat Valley Packaging Tackles New Zipper Technology

(Magazine)

June 29, 2001, ... which was two or three years ago,” recalls Lance, “and we didn't understand who would ever buy that ‘zipper-on-a-roll’ stuff. But a year ago last spring, we became convinced it was a keeper. There seemed ...