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New Products

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December 30, 2005, ... Machinery, Accessories, Services Redesigned Controllers Offered Montalvo, Danarota Technic Div., Gorham, ME; 207/856-2501; montalvo.com Company reports the next generation ...

Why Isn't Your Slitter Running

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December 30, 2005, ... of automatic unwind splicing or rewind roll starts. This makes for busy slitter operators. When the slitter stops, the operators go to work, cutting off and unloading the finished rolls, loading and starting ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

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October 30, 2005, ... the contents together. To the film producer, that vision drives an emphasis on gloss, clarity, toughness, and puncture resistance. To the packer, it requires adequate stiffness and controlled shrink.  ...

Measuring Force

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October 30, 2005, ... the tail of the sample is at 90 deg to the peel direction. This is an important aspect in the reproducibility of the results and in controlling the mode of failure in the sample. Of course the best ...

Linerless: The Compromise for VDP Labels?

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October 30, 2005, ... laminate, and finally, by the apparent process/packaging waste—the used release liner. Take away the release liner, it is argued, and you can get up to 50% more labels on each roll, which not only saves ...

New Technology Guides Web

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September 29, 2005, ... area in web guiding where we will see absolute, recognizable change is communication. Historically, you got a web guide with a controller, you hooked it up to electricity, and they talked to each other. ...

New Products, Part 2

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September 29, 2005, ... an unsupported simplex center drive system said to allow for a wide range of winding conditions. Slitting arrangement gives excellent narrow slits and roll separation at high speeds, company says. Machine ...

Brand Security & Authentication, Part 1

(Archive)

July 30, 2005, ... are willing to pay whatever is necessary to protect their brands with security labels—and roll-fed, self-adhesive technology is their first choice and the most flexible, variable, available option. A ...

New Products

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July 30, 2005, ... Microgage kit for machinery alignment includes a new laser squaring attachment called the 90-Line. Kit is said to be compact, easy to set up, and very versatile. Suited for aligning rollers on converting ...

18 Ways to Cut Coating Costs

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June 29, 2005, ... & Delivery #2 Make sure mixing equipment is correctly sized, properly agitated, and temperature controlled. Do whatever it takes to keep air bubbles out of the mix. Defects arise and time is lost if they ...

Converting Industry News

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June 29, 2005, ... for the converting and flexible packaging markets. The two ranges of equipment now available are the Eikon (pictured) and the Duo, plus a doctor machine for recovering and reclaiming faulty rolls, and ...

Converting Industry News

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May 30, 2005, ... atmosphere packaging, controlled atmosphere packaging, and case-ready meat packaging, as well as a wide variety of pouches, bags, and liners with improved barrier qualities. For more information on Specialty ...

Drawing Conclusions: Part II

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May 30, 2005, ...  I set out a scenario where I asked you to predict the web’s strain in a draw zone. I eventually gave out three data points: the web speed at roller #1, the web speed at roller #2, and the strain of ...

Truth or Myth?

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May 30, 2005, ... believe they maintain the slide angle within ±2 deg. Myth. We tested more than 25 samples of printed beverage board under environmentally controlled conditions. We determined the measurement capability ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

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April 29, 2005, ... path methods employed with razor slitting are a wrapped, supported web over a grooved anvil roller and an unsupported web with the blade bursting through the material. Choice of blade material and employment ...

Tech Specs

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April 29, 2005, ...  Max. print width 1,180 mm Repeat range 360-800 mm Max. print stations 10 Max unwind/rewind roll dia 800 mm Speed 300 mpm Features/options: Rexroth AC servo drives, CNC deck position ...

Advances in Coating

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March 30, 2005, ... hardware. They are being used to replace various roll coating techniques in both existing and new coaters because of superior characteristics. In this method, the coating solution is metered to the applicator ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

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March 30, 2005, News from: AGI/Klearfold, Hunter's Specialties, Windmoeller & Hoelscher, Flexicon, First Choice Packaging Solutions, Rollprint Packaging Products, Heartland Label Printers, BASF, Flint Ink, Scitex Vision, ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

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March 30, 2005, News from: KBA, FTA, Michelman, Scholle, Sonoco, Chapco Carton, Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., Sherwood Technology, Davis-Standard, UCB, Sun Valley Worldwide, Michele Raymond, Messe Stuttgart, Centrexpo, ...

Giving JDF Content a Great Send-off

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March 30, 2005, ... (JMF). JMF allows production workflow hardware and software systems in a JDF workflow to communicate with administrative components and system controllers. It helps to swap dynamic data in real time, such ...