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Get a Grip

(Narrow Web)

September 30, 2008, ... us.” They also come to WCC, says Weber, because of the 100 years of combined experience its slitter operators have, along with converting equipment that can deliver finished rolls from ⅛ -80 in. wide ...

Sheeter Enhances Productivity

(News Eclips)

September 17, 2008, ... speed on short cut offs, yet permit knife loading up to 1,000 lb/3,300 sq ft. Speeds to 1,300 fpm reportedly can be achieved on machines up to 90 in. wide. Two shaftless self-loading roll stands cradle ...

A Wealth of Accumulators

(Web Lines)

August 31, 2008, ... also can be used just for threading up a long web path tank or oven process. Accumulators store anywhere from a few inches to hundreds of feet of web by moving one or more rollers relative to other ...

FFTA Annual Forum Speakers Score High Marks

(News | New Products)

August 05, 2008, ... as well as the importance of loading pressure and blade material. Donato employed a cupcake tin to demonstrate the interaction between anilox roll, doctor blade, and cylinder. He explained that the relationship ...

August 2008 PFFC What's New Products: Part tw

(New Products)

July 31, 2008, ... placed start/stop buttons, and more data-gathering capabilities. Interchangeable laminating, die-cutting, and punching stations allow jobs to be completed in roll, zig-zag folded, or as single product. ...

What's New Product

(New Products)

June 30, 2008, ... | www.ctgraphicarts.com PFFC-ASAP 402 Measure Light Flexibly The flexOptometer light-measuring instrument is a radiometer/photometer designed to operate as either a stand-alone instrument or a computer-controlled, ...

Dyne Levels Part 2

(Process Management)

June 30, 2008, ... state. Ozone is generated during the process. It consists of a high-voltage electrical discharge across a fixed air gap between an electrode and a dielectric, usually a roller for web treatment applications. ...

What's New Product

(New Products)

May 31, 2008, ... resolver with a scalable emulated encoder output. Customers can choose their own level of control with drive's capability of controlling basic torque and velocity applications up through fully programmable ...

The Flexo Process: Be Careful

(Flexography)

April 30, 2008, ... However, in manufacturing, flexo process printing is something that often “just barely works.” All input elements of the process are interdependent, so they must be selected carefully and controlled to ...

Drupa New Product Digest

(Magazine)

April 30, 2008, ... rolls. A driven unwind and web guide dispenses inlays with precision onto a continuously driven carrier web. Dry inlays are applied in registration at high speeds on a continuously driven, hot melt, precoated ...

Web Exclusive: Cradles don't roc

(Materials)

April 24, 2008, Cleveland Plastic Films (CPF) was shipping rolls of film across North America using stacked plastic cradles, but sometimes the cradles would shift and open up. To solve the problem, CPF worked closely ...

What's New Product

(Magazine)

March 31, 2008, ...  Double Plug packaging systems reportedly speed pallet loading and unloading of slit rolls and protect rolls effectively during transit or storage. Plugs interlock each roll in a stack, and divider boards ...

Web Lines: Thinking About New Equipment?

(Web Handling)

January 31, 2008, ... web handling in the same order I cover the web handling process fundamentals in classes: web properties, tension control, rollers and traction, guiding, wrinkling/anti-wrinkling, winding and unwinding. ...

Slitter Meets Demands

(News Clips Archive)

January 31, 2008, ... machinery.” The slitter features a shaftless unwinding system that permits material widths between 1,000 and 1,600 mm, with a maximum outer diameter of 1,200 mm and a roll weight of almost 1,000 kg. ...

Brand Booster

(Print)

December 31, 2007, ... rotary screen printing, cold foiling, hot stamping, die-cutting, embossing, and laminating. Its enhanced features, such as new chill roll capabilities, now allow the company to expand far beyond its traditional ...

Products

(New Products)

December 31, 2007, Controller Has 60 Settings The MP2000 single-loop viscosity controller has 60 settings to accommodate solvent- or water-based products and level control. Controller Has 60 Settings The MP2000 single-loop ...

Differential Winding Limits: Part II

(Magazine)

November 30, 2007, ... twisting. Since the shaft is both solid and the maximum possible diameter to fit within the core's inner diameter, these systems will have the least shaft deflection, especially important for heavier rolls ...

Packaging Film for Thermoform/Shrink Systems

(Archive)

November 25, 2007, ... In addition, the rollstock offers easier product loading than shrink bags to minimize labor, and requires less shipping and warehousing space, reducing distribution costs. Form-Tite technology is available ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

(Magazine)

October 31, 2007, ...  Kevin Gold is general manager of the multi-plant company, a converter of custom and blank labels. He says, “We already had several turret rewinders, so we knew the advantages of automatic roll changing ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCT

(Magazine)

September 30, 2007, ... equipment or part of a new line. Unwinds can be center braked, center driven, or surface driven. Company says precise tension control is achieved with a tension roll or dancer roll system. Retroflex | ...