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2006 RFID What's News, Part

(Archive)

July 29, 2006, ...  language. The platen and feed rollers each are designed for easy removal from the front side of the print engine and replaced in under five minutes without removing the print engine from the applicator ...

Holding the Dot

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May 30, 2006, Combination printing continues to evolve due to technical advancements in the fast-paced flexographic environment. However, there are a handful of issues our industry faces on a daily basis. Anilox Rolls ...

If Not Rough, How About Groovy?

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February 27, 2006, ... air or liquid lubrication. But is rough the best solution? Creating a rougher roller surface from machining or bead blasting is effective and inexpensive, but rough surfaces do have drawbacks. Rough ...

Under Pressure

(Archive)

January 30, 2006, ... her career with Smith & McLaurin as a senior chemist focused on the development of imaging coatings. In 1997 she joined Avery Dennison Roll Materials Europe and served as director of business development ...

Take Control

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January 30, 2006, ... In short, the GAMMA line marks our entry into the market of ‘specialty’ roll coaters.” Fighting Fraud According to the Federal Reserve, about 39 billion checks are processed in the US banking system ...

Narrow Web New Products

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October 30, 2005, ... printing offers nonstop unwinding technology. Patented rolling shear splice unit guarantees a clean cut, no overlap, and a tight bond. Tension control system features inertia compensation for consistent, ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

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September 29, 2005, Controling of aerosol contamination, heat transfer rolls, what aluminum foil has to do with hot tack in packaging, and thermal process imaging permits a real time view of your extrusion process. Providing ...

New Technology Guides Web

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September 29, 2005, ... area in web guiding where we will see absolute, recognizable change is communication. Historically, you got a web guide with a controller, you hooked it up to electricity, and they talked to each other. ...

A Menu for Thickness Control

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August 30, 2005, Some applications require a heavy coating weight of an adhesive, coating, or primer, but others might require a lower coating weight. The choice depends on the particular adhesive, coating, or primer in ...

The Converting Relay Race: Part II

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August 30, 2005, Our rolls are loaded, spliced, and ready to run. To complete the unwinding relay, we need to finish strong with our plan for web alignment and tension control. Web Lines We are halfway through our roll-to-roll ...

The Terminology of Testing

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July 30, 2005, ... probably is only two decimal places. In the case of the temperature of a nip roller, the number of significant figures probably is only one decimal place. Finally, let us mention calibration briefly. ...

Heat Transfer Gets More Precise

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June 29, 2005, Talking to suppliers of heat transfer rolls is a little like listening to the weatherman. They both talk about temperatures quite a lot, but there is one big difference: When these suppliers talk about ...

Drawing Conclusions: Part II

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May 30, 2005, ...  I set out a scenario where I asked you to predict the web’s strain in a draw zone. I eventually gave out three data points: the web speed at roller #1, the web speed at roller #2, and the strain of ...

Truth or Myth?

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May 30, 2005, ... believe they maintain the slide angle within ±2 deg. Myth. We tested more than 25 samples of printed beverage board under environmentally controlled conditions. We determined the measurement capability ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

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April 29, 2005, ... path methods employed with razor slitting are a wrapped, supported web over a grooved anvil roller and an unsupported web with the blade bursting through the material. Choice of blade material and employment ...

Mouse Roars BUY ME!

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... substrate to Crown Roll Leaf, Paterson, NJ, for embossing and metallizing. Dazzling Pearly Whites Communicating the whitening capabilities of Oral-B/Rembrandt Whitening Pen from Gillette, South Boston, ...

Giving JDF Content a Great Send-off

(Archive)

March 30, 2005, ... (JMF). JMF allows production workflow hardware and software systems in a JDF workflow to communicate with administrative components and system controllers. It helps to swap dynamic data in real time, such ...

Brave New Slitting World

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February 27, 2005, ... that roll once it’s slit?’" He says some of the most significant changes in slitting are in the automation of material handling. "We’re seeing a lot more customers who don’t want their operators to actually ...

Technology - The Great Equalizer

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February 27, 2005, ... both domestically and internationally. To remain competitive, most already have invested in waste-reducing technologies such as fast job changeover capabilities and automatic roll changing and splicing ...

Web Tension 101

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November 29, 2004, ... with all machine idler rolls and driven rolls to ensure proper web handling and control. The web handling principle states a web will seek to align itself perpendicular to an idler or driven roll. This ...