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Industry Predictions | TESTing Your Imagination

(Trends/Management)

December 27, 2017, ... in from overseas. More converting processes will be surrounded by cages or walls to keep employees away from the hazards of moving webs and rollers. Even though this makes it more difficult to get ...

Tangent Shear Slitting | Reduce Edge Defects in Shrink Sleeve Film

(Slit)

December 04, 2017, When slitting shrink sleeve films, "razor sharp" may not be good enough. When slitting shrink sleeve films, "razor sharp" may not be good enough. Slitting is really just a controlled crack. When we ...

Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2017

(Flexpack)

November 29, 2017, ... of converters in our annual roundup of new products. Barrier films, coatings, core chucks, and roll lifters — these are just a few of the tools in a converter’s toolbox. To help them find what they need ...

Drug Packaging | Holography Gets in on the Act

(Carton Box)

November 06, 2017, ... can be controlled through a total system solution involving security authentication features, tracking mechanisms, and investigative services. Of notable value to the brand owner (and a strong financial ...

Medical Patches | Faustel Meets Challenge of Hydrogel Pad Production

(Coating/Laminating)

October 23, 2017, ... as EEG and EKG devices. It also includes wound dressings for treating first-response injuries. Katecho’s latest hydrogel pad production required a unique and entirely custom solution. From controlling ...

Gallus Unveils New Version of Press

(News | New Products)

September 28, 2017, ... The press can be controlled centrally via an HMI touch panel, although manual intervention is also supported, with operators being able to make changes with ease and, more importantly, very quickly, company ...

Heaford to Unveil Automated Plate Mounting

(News | New Products)

September 05, 2017, ... dual-axis closed-loop controls, and then completing the process by means of an integrated lay-down roller. Overall control is maintained via a simple, multi-lingual graphic interface, and set-up can ...

Martin Automatic to Display Web Handling Units

(News | New Products)

July 02, 2017, ... company’s laser assist tape alignment system for easy splice preparation. The LRD is a two-spindle transfer rewind that winds, changes, and automatically offloads rolls, without any need for carts or ...

Coating Matters | The Critical Variable—Slot Die Lip Gap

(Coating Matters)

May 16, 2017, ... the fluid is being controlled as it passes through the slot die to exit onto the substrate. While the manifold of the slot die distributes the fluid uniformly within the slot die, the lip land and slot ...

Nordson Announces New Die Design

(Coating/Laminating)

March 12, 2017, ... the lips against the roll.  In this rear view of a dual-layer model of Nordson’s Premier fluid coating die, offset blocks, with offset shims protruding, are located across the width of the die. Visible ...

On Print | Value Proposition for Thermal Transfer: Printed Electronics

(On Print)

March 08, 2017, ... printing, changeover effort and time is now dependent on chip attachment, which is digitally controlled so can be quick, and die-cutting, which with laser is also immediate. Waste need be only a few repeats ...

New drupa Global Trends Report on the Way

(News | New Products)

March 03, 2017, ... printing: digital inkjet roll-fed color. The full report will be released soon in English in at this link for €249; the Executive Summary will be available in seven languages (German, English, French, ...

AWT Labels Adds W&H Miraflex Press

(Print)

February 08, 2017, ... provide automated sensing of visual defects while printing. The press can accept roll widths from 31.5 in. to 52 in. and can print an image up to 50 in. wide. The large repeat capabilities up to 31.5 in. ...

Flexible Packaging | Biodegradables Are From Mars

(Flexpack)

February 06, 2017, ... launched in the European market with no date finalized for a full-scale rollout. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Trina Tan Ker Wei is a Singapore-based packaging journalist and editor of Packaging Business Insight ...

PROTON Sensors Feature Small Footprint

(Controls)

November 12, 2016, ... control between various machine processes to assist drying a while avoiding on-line product breaks. Accurate length measurements are required throughout the converting processes for roll-length matching, ...

Show Preview | Pack Expo Intl. 2016 Largest Show To-Date

(Trends/Management)

October 02, 2016, ... for nearly 100 percent extraction of contents so that food waste is virtually eliminated. Colordyne Technologies (Booth #N-6169) will show the 2600 Series Mini Press, a mid-range roll-to-roll printing ...

Fujifilm Press Has Automated Finishing Features

(News | New Products)

September 25, 2016, ... of the sheer slitting and back scoring by positioning blades based on preprogrammed positions. Also said to offer a higher level of accuracy. Provides servo-driven outfeed drive roller with nip; mounting ...

SUN Automation Partners with CleanPrint

(Carton Box)

September 08, 2016, ... equipment by removing dried ink from the internals quickly and efficiently. It is said to improve traditional methods of cleaning anilox rolls and associated equipment, saving users hundreds of thousands ...

UPM Raflatac & Baumgarten Collaborate on LCA

(Label/Tape)

September 07, 2016, ... because PET liners are thinner, they can yield more labels per roll and offer fewer roll changes on-press, allowing printers, converters, and end-users to achieve greater productivity. By using UPM Raflatac' ...

BOBST to Showcase Digital Flexo Process

(News | New Products)

August 29, 2016, ... partners and boosts the advantages of a production-driven, repeatable, and controllable digital process. ECG is one of several technologies, including digital press automation and standardization of the ...