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Flexography Comes of Age and Keeps on Growing

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August 31, 2000, ... Rolls Lead the Way The quality of flexo continues to improve as finer anilox rolls are developed. Whereas the standard anilox was in the range of 360-440 line screen only a decade ago, today it is 800 ...

What's New in Narrow We

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August 31, 2000, ... from job to job. Handles a range of materials from 1-mil film to 18-pt board. Do-It-Yourself Program Offered Avery Dennison/Fasson Roll North America, Painesville, OH; 440/358-4936; averydennison.com ...

More New Products for the Converting Industry

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August 31, 2000, ... dry film, adhesives appear clear and colorless. Analyze Anilox Rolls with Kit Harper Corp. of America, Charlotte, NC; 704/588-3371; 800/438-3111; harperimage.com Lab-In-A-Box anilox surface analysis ...

Materials and Products for the Converting Industry

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August 31, 2000, ... and Transilwrap. Machinery, Accessories, Services, Materials Roll Turner/Lifter Minimizes Injury Risk Schlumpf Inc., Windham, ME; 877/460-4535; schlumpf-inc.com ERH-1000-P portable, 24-v DC, battery-powered ...

Converted Solutions Slitter/Rewinder Boosts Productivity on Laminating Line

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March 31, 2000, ... drum roller. The equipment can run at speeds to 300 mpm. A Package That Smooths the Way According to Dr. Les Squires, production director of Web Dynamics, several factors influenced the purchase of ...

FPA Winners Prove Again How to Do More with Less

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February 29, 2000, The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, DC, presented its 1999 Top Packaging Awards to seven companies for flexible packages that broke The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, ...

Laminator adds metallizing to the mix

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August 31, 1996, ... laminated substrates to customers throughout the US and Canada. "We are a primary supplier," says CEO Ralph Goldman. "We don't do any printing. We supply either sheets or rolls of laminated foil on paper ...

A rather narrow-minded view of wide web printing.

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May 31, 1996, ... lightweight plate and anilox cylinders that can be exchanged in less than one minute per roll. The press runs at 800 fpm and has a 10- to 24-in. repeat length. Rotating on precision bearings, the cylinders ...

Paper characteristics: starting the job right

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April 30, 1996, ... Flexographic Technical Assn. "And moisture content varies tremendously from roll to roll. It doesn't really affect the printing characteristics that much, unless it's really moist, but it has a tremendous ...

Innovation is a winner in FPA competition

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March 31, 1996, ... every day," says Glen E. Braswell, FPA president. It's a very exciting field out there right now." The Green Globe Award for environmental achievement was awarded to Rollprint, Addison, IL, and Kapak, ...

In-house sheeting promotes growth and quality

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February 29, 1996, ... Ray, plant manager for J. MacKenzie Ltd., "The decision to sheet in-house was driven by two factors-service and quality. As an advocate of just-in-time, we saw an advantage in sheeting from roll inventory ...

Deciphering the complexities of the core/shaft/unwind relationship.

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January 31, 1996, ... application, there are many factors to consider. What are these considerations, and how do you get past them to start rolling out quality product? In examining the relationship among cores, shafts, ...

Core selection - the difference between success and failure.

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January 31, 1996, ... and dynamic load strength must also be considered for a variety of reasons: * Dimensional consistency is critical to roll quality and to the operation of automated core-handling equipment. * End-cut ...

Doctor blades are the right Rx for gravure

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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 ...

Winders/Unwinders: Gettting Better Every Day

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August 31, 1995, ... on the creation of all kinds of roll defects, defects that can easily result in a roll being devalued, culled or scrapped. Take a look at a single-station unwind/rewind stand and it appears relatively ...

Company develops line of cost-saving packaging

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March 31, 1995, ... is gravure applied to the printed web which is then dry bonded to the secondary web. After the webs are laminated, the rolls are placed in a warm room to allow the two-part adhesive to cure for several ...