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Pollution and politics: how green will the new year be?

(Magazine)

January 31, 1996, ... Currently, the Republican-controlled House and Senate are considering similar bills aimed at easing the perceived unfairness of Superfund's retroactive liability scheme and streamlining the clean-up process ...

New measurement technology improves web control.

(Magazine)

January 31, 1996, ... area of measuring the web tension. If tension is not controlled, product quality and plant productivity almost inevitably will be affected. Distortions in a material that has been stretched as a result ...

Flexo/screen proves to be a winning combination

(Magazine)

January 31, 1996, ... Even films as thin as 1 mil can be controlled through multiple printing and converting-with tight register and minimal waste-by using light-tension features and chilled drums built into the Mark Andy "FP" ...

Examining trends in drives and motors

(Magazine)

December 31, 1995, ... memory and faster processing capability, software that was specific to the needs of converters could be produced. "We put mathematical models inside the controllers that allow you to precisely control torque ...

Measurement technique improves metallized PP

(Magazine)

November 30, 1995, ... microscope objective, a beamsplitter (partially reflective mirror) and a reference mirror, all mounted on a piezoelectric (PZT) driven motor. This motor is automatically controlled by the computer and ...

Doctor blades are the right Rx for gravure

(Magazine)

September 30, 1995, ... appear first. Controlled air pressure, expressed in P.S.I., should not be construed as controlled blade load. If it were, press operators would not have to "tweak" doctor blades during a production run ...

Training is the key to success in '90s corporate climb.

(Magazine)

August 31, 1995, ... longitudinal dynamics and tension control; lateral dynamics and control; out-of-plane dynamics; wrinkling; measurement of tension and wound roll stress; and a variety of special topics such as air films ...

Czech converter pursues new free-market direction

(Magazine)

August 31, 1995, ... aluminum foil converting plant of Kovohute Bridlicna. With bauxite coming from Russian Siberia, Kovohute rolls, anneals, coats, prints, laminates and embosses foil for a wide variety of industries throughout ...

Adapting flexible system in trim-recovery operations.

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July 31, 1995, ... as dictated by their changing product wrap needs." Most of the PE film processed at the plant is slit in-line and wound onto a fiber board core. The rollstock is sent for printing and converting into ...

Future of video inspection systems seems bright.

(Magazine)

June 30, 1995, ... tool in the converting industry primarily because of the cost value. One application where they are used sporadically is roll-to-sheet gravure operations in which the $200,000 to $500,000 expenditure is ...

Educate the consumer to become a better customer.

(Magazine)

June 30, 1995, ... departments of bakery suppliers providing such items as freeze-and-thaw batters to bake high quality cakes, breads and rolls. The increased efficiency of convection ovens, radar ranges, and microwaves ...

Quick changeovers, quality top bagmaking demands.

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March 31, 1995, ... "Over the past few years, we've been getting requests for programmable-logic controls. We've had a machine that, when a roll depleted, we had electronics tied into a programmable-logic control and it ramped ...

Familiarity with change no surprise in this industry

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February 28, 1995, ... Inc. and Associates, a consulting firm, Streamwood, IL, believes the impact of the Republican-controlled Congress overall will be positive. "We may see some relief in taxes and positive impact in the area ...

Unusual fiber packaging finding worldwide success

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December 31, 1994, ... OH, from chipboard rolls supplied by Sonoco Products Co., Hartsville, SC. When the bottoms are glued in place, the tops and bottoms of the drum wells are curled in. The net result is the walls are stronger, ...