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Menges Offers Grinding and Plating Services

(News | New Products)

January 17, 2013, New services are said to be economical means to like-new roller finishes   WAUCONDA, IL | Menges Roller Co. announces the expansion of its service offerings to converting companies, which now include ...

Web Lines | Winding Process Fundamentals, Pt. 1

(Technical Reports)

January 13, 2013, Understanding winding, roll defects, and winding-related web quality begins with understanding how the web, winder design, and process conditions combine to create the stress and strains of the wound roll. ...

General Labels Increases Throughput 40%

(Label/Tape)

January 10, 2013, ... are two sides to that coin—one was the elimination of manual roll changes, which required us to stop every time we had to change a roll. The other was consistency in our ink lay-down. We’re now running ...

Show Preview | Graphics of the Americas

(Print)

January 03, 2013, ... innovations in flexography. The FlexoZone will feature a Nilpeter eight-color press with servo technology. It includes the clean inking system and quick release anilox rollers and plate cylinders. Also ...

CTP Flexibles Adds 3 Titan Slitter/Rewinders

(News | New Products)

January 02, 2013, ... screen control system, and an integral edge-trim extraction system. The pneumatically controlled braking system provides accurate web tension control and a digital edge-guide system controls lateral movement ...

Lattice Labels Increases Capacity with Gallus Press

(Label/Tape News)

January 02, 2013, ... 410 mm width and to convert into rolls and various sized sheets. The Gallus EM 410 was installed in October 2012. Lattice Labels specializes in the production of pre-printed products that can be over-printed ...

Readers Choice: Top 11 New Products of 2012

(Coatings)

January 01, 2013, ... a wide spectrum of materials and equipment necessary to produce its primary products—flexible packaging; tapes, labels, and tags; cartons and boxes; and unprinted rolls and sheets. So it came as no surprise, ...

WS Packaging Introduces LinerLESS Labels

(Label/Tape News)

December 26, 2012, ... labels from adhering to those wound underneath. By eliminating the liner, the number of labels per roll is effectively doubled, which means fewer roll changes, reduced labor costs, and less downtime for ...

POP Displays | Opaque Paperboard Solves Bleed-Through Problems

(Carton Box)

November 28, 2012, ... Opacity, and was created specifically to meet the needs of the digital print market. The availability of the product in sheets up to 70 in., as well as in rolls, makes it versatile to meet Rowell’s diverse ...

GOEBEL Supplies 11-m-wide Slitter/Rewinder to China

(News | New Products)

November 27, 2012, ... Within three months, several thousand parts were assembled and more than 3,000 m of electric cable were laid. A particularly impressive component is the grooved roller. It has a length of 11,370 mm. The ...

Another Review of Die Streaks

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

November 25, 2012, ... papermaking, etc., whenever there is a wound roll or any significant diameter, unless the thickness profile is VERY uniform, with very little point to point variation, die streaks are an issue. Why does ...

Chevron Phillips Updates Lab with Davis-Standard Winder

(News | New Products)

November 18, 2012, Adds new stationary knife winder and roll changer to its extrusion coating laboratory in Bartlesville, OK FULTON, NY | Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. (CPChem) recently added a new Davis-Standard stationary ...

Atlas, Titan to Show New Slitters in Dubai

(News | New Products)

November 13, 2012, ...  The new Atlas CW1040 & CW3600 Series is offered in web widths from 2.5–10.4 m (98–410 in.) and is said to deliver higher efficiency, increased productivity and reliability, higher quality rewind rolls, ...

Flexo Printing | Multiprint Installs Gallus RCS 430

(Label/Tape)

November 07, 2012, ... for self-adhesive labels, it soon became evident that something would have to change. It was at this point that Multiprint made the decision to invest in a roll label press, a Ko-Pack, which was then the ...

On Print | Digital Print at Labelexpo

(Label/Tape)

October 24, 2012, ... several integrators showed how they could retrofit existing label presses. The accompanying table represents the list I prepared of roll-to-roll machines being demonstrated or actively promoted. (I also ...

RFID Tags | Help Brand Owners Combat Diversion

(Label/Tape)

October 22, 2012, ... quality inspection process where each incoming roll of RFID inlays is checked for bad inlays. Each bad inlay is marked and later removed. In some instances, the bad inlay will be replaced on the roll. ...

Microwaveable Packaging | Robust Growth Predicted

(Carton Box)

October 16, 2012, ... and even temperature around the product to promote uniform heating. Food processors have come to terms with the steam issue by incorporating an integral vent, essentially a controlled-release feature ...

Rapidly Expanding Flexpack Converter Details Equipment Plans

(Flexpack News)

October 02, 2012, ... integral edge-trim extraction system and an integral shaftless unwind for a maximum 1000-mm diameter roll. The pneumatically controlled braking system provides accurate web tension control and a digital ...

Magazine Printer Expands into Packaging with Screen Flexo Device

(News | New Products)

September 26, 2012, Publishers Press Flexo Division Adds PlateRite FX87011 Plate Imaging Unit ROLLING MEADOWS IL | Publishers Press, a fifth-generation family-owned firm that ranks as North America’s fourth-largest publication ...

Winding Technology | Now Directly in the Drive

(Controls)

September 19, 2012, ... times, and also the implementation of that control scheme into the overall machine design to achieve greater efficiency. Electronically controlled AC drives offer an extremely efficient means of executing ...