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- High & Dry
- (Magazine)
- January 31, 2002, ... tolerances of ±0.001 in. and closer. The Cranston, RI, converter can slit rolls to 54 in. wide, with finished slit widths to 0.0078 in. — just three times the width of a human hair. Metlon serves a ...
- Mark Andy/Comco Flexo Feast Feeds Minds of Converting Industry
- (News | New Products)
- January 01, 2002, ... labels off the press and migrate into unsupported film for roll label or shrink PVC, the MSP press would enable him to do that." Though presentations and discussions provided part of the education ...
- Polymers / Laminations / Adhesives / Coatings / Extrusions
- (Magazine)
- October 31, 2001, ... Web Is The Place To Be Panel” to explore the roll of the Inernet for converters today. Yolanda J. Simonsis, Paper, Film & Foil CONVERTER magazine, talked on the use of web sites for trade magazines to ...
- One-Dimensional Converter Expands Its Reach
- (Magazine)
- October 31, 2001, ... is a Spark Sparking that growth: Multi-Color's Batavia, OH, facility, acquired in December 1999, gave the company the ability to convert p-s, clear in-mold, continuous roll feed, and shrink labels for ...
- European Conference Draws Large Audience
- (Magazine)
- September 30, 2001, ... areas such as roller design; calendering, embossing and laminating; slitting; spreading; winding and unwinding; as well as drive, nip, and draw/tension controls. I will explain the underlying mechanics ...
- TLMI Awards: Hardworking Labels & Tags Reap Their Reward
- (Magazine)
- September 30, 2001, ... with the company's color separator to create proprietary Hexachrome density targets and ranges prior to the actual press run. New technology in anilox rollers was utilized to print fine dots, vignettes, ...
- More Causes, More Cures For Web Scratches
- (Magazine)
- July 31, 2001, Last month I wrote that idler rolls (in high-speed processes) do not always turn at web speed even though they have sufficient wrap and free-turning bearings, Last month I wrote that idler rolls (in ...
- Products at CMM
- (Magazine)
- March 31, 2001, ... Systems Inc., Prescott, Ont., Canada; 613/925-5926; novaflow.com Model N20 automated ink-blending system, controlled by co.'s proprietary software, reportedly offers cost savings on inks and improved color ...
- Flexo Inspection
- (Magazine)
- March 31, 2001, ... printing. Expanding the Process Window Flexography has undergone a multitude of process improvements in recent years — improvements that have made printing a 1% dot with 1,200-line anilox rolls on 0.5-mil ...
- Modifying Adhesives for Superior Performance
- (Magazine)
- February 28, 2001, ... occur that may contribute more to the toughness of the cured polymer than the chain extension itself. Effect of Moisture on Cure Properties All of these reactions should be controlled to produce a ...
- Products
- (Magazine)
- January 31, 2001, ... wide range of premoistened towelettes and pads. A single, common master roll of towel material feeds up to eight lanes, reportedly eliminating successive maintenance and changeover tasks required to stop, ...
- Creative Problem Solving
- (Magazine)
- November 30, 2000, ... such as baggy webs, wrinkles, and wound roll problems. What makes the approaches creative is not the methods or tools because they have had use elsewhere. Rather, the creativity comes from selecting the ...
- Specialists in Interior Packaging Branch Out
- (Magazine)
- June 30, 2000, ... Bell's first foray into the slitting/rewinding realm was in the form of narrow rolls; the company was providing unprinted paperboard stock to other converters. But the company's relationship with Westvaco ...
- Dixie Toga Continues to Make Its Mark as a Leader
- (Magazine)
- December 31, 1999, ... remain on Dixie Toga's payroll) in the plants of certain high-volume customers to aid in the production of their material. At present, the company has personnel in the Brahma and Kaiser bottling plants, ...
- Vision-Based System Wins the Battle Against Defects
- (Magazine)
- December 31, 1999, ... speeds, the warning lights allow us to make decisions about quality while the job is running. In the past, if there was a defect in the middle of the roll that we couldn't detect visually, it would end ...
- Static electricity can be a very costly problem
- (Magazine)
- August 31, 1998, ... surface that gains electrons will become positively charged. Converters who work with roll materials have a first-hand familiarity with static electricity, primarily from the occasional shock. These ...
- Perforating tear-resistant materials takes a big step.
- (Magazine)
- August 31, 1996, ... not to tear? New perforating technology reportedly has the answer. When we attempt to perforate tear-resistant materials such as plastic films, we are trying to create controlled tearing of materials ...
- Coextrusion: making the equipment fit the need
- (Magazine)
- June 30, 1996, ... The Yellow Jacket lines are supplied complete, including extruders, reconfigurable feedblock combining adaptor, flexible lip flat die, cast film takeoff with chill roll, air/vacuum knife, edge pinning, ...
- Unusual fiber packaging finding worldwide success
- (Magazine)
- 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, ...