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Web Lines | Action Plan for CD Buckles, Part 1

(Web Handling)

March 05, 2017, ... (CD) buckles are a wound roll defect featuring crossweb ridges or corrugations running widthwise across a roll. They may form throughout a roll, but are more likely to form near the core or in lanes of ...

Product Measurement | Monadnock Reduced Length Losses with Accurate Sensors

(Controls)

February 28, 2017, ... may cause surface damage or impression. MNW wanted to reduce length losses through its conversion processes. It also needed to eliminate either product give away or the delivery of shorter-length rolls ...

Flexible Packaging | Bemis Earns Highest Achievement in FPA's 2017 Competitio

(Flexpack)

February 20, 2017, ...  Manufacturer: Printpack Printpack earns a Gold Award for Printing and Shelf Impact for its Cape Cod chips bag. Cape Cod rolled out a recent Bags of Cash sweepstakes with a change in bag graphics. ...

Coating Matters | Smart Glass Coating Technology

(Coating/Laminating)

January 25, 2017, ... to be balanced in pressure in order to create a flat, even coating bead for application. This means that the fluid delivery system is balanced, macro and micro bubbles need to be controlled, and the velocity ...

Goebel IMS & Achenbach Buschütteen Offer Foil Slitter

(Slit)

December 05, 2016, A joint collaboration of the two companies results in the NovaSlit S slitter for both hard-rolled and soft-annealed aluminum foils DARMSTADT, GERMANY | Goebel IMS and Achenbach Buschütteen report ...

Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2016

(Flexpack)

December 01, 2016, ... performance is controlled by printing a black graphic, or “shadow mask,” on the backside of the liner. The adhesive is then irreversibly modified by exposing it to a high-intensity UV light during conversion. ...

Coating Matters | Vacuum Systems Offer More Capability

(Coating/Laminating)

October 18, 2016, ... coating fluids thinner and thinner, you eventually run into some issues with equipment capability. The coating head can’t get much closer to the backing roll without interference or damage to the equipment. ...

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 ...

Show Preview | K 2016 To Reveal How Plastics Shape the Future

(Trends/Management)

September 21, 2016, ... 3B91) is celebrating its 40th anniversary as it presents its range of primary and secondary slitter/rewinders. Atlas slitter/rewinders can accommodate 10.6m wide unwind rolls and process them at speeds ...

Web Lines | Action Plan for Baggy Webs

(Web Handling)

August 16, 2016, ... longer lanes. When tension does not pull out the bagginess, baggy webs wrinkles at nearly any nipped roller process. Bagginess can contribute to other defects, including coating thickness variations, ...

Nordson Redesigns Extrusion Die

(Coating/Laminating)

August 08, 2016, ... the time for maintenance.  Rear view of the Nordson EDI Autoflex VI The adjusters in the Autoflex VI die include thermally actuated copper alloy translators that are linked to a computer-controlled ...

Show Preview | Labelexpo Americas 2016 Offers Technology in Action

(Label/Tape)

August 08, 2016, ... the ADSI iTech CENTRA 5 and ADSI iTech SPECTRUM (pictured). The iTech CENTRA 5 can print CMYK at 50  fpm or CMYK plus White at 41 fpm on roll stock up to 12.5 in. wide. The iTech SPECTRUM LED toner digital ...

Ampacet Reports Alternative to Paper

(Flexpack)

May 14, 2016, ... film,” says Linda Carroll, Ampacet director of Global Color Insight. “The result is packaging with shelf appeal that engages the consumer.” "With paper costs at an all-time high, Paper 2.0 offers a sustainable, ...

Show Preview | Focus on Industrial Printing at drupa 2016

(Print)

April 28, 2016, ... alternative to print on a range of substrates such as flossy and coated paper, plastics, foils, pharmaceutical applications, and packaging. Also launching inkjet systems. The Amica LR54 is a new roll-to-roll ...

ETI Converting Equipment Patents Die-Cutter

(Die-Cutting)

April 18, 2016, ... of liner waste Lowers shipping costs Lowers rewinding time since there are more labels per roll The technology guarantees that the die will not mark the liner during the die- cutting process and ...

Flexo Concepts Doctor Blades Suited for PCMC Chambers

(News | New Products)

April 02, 2016, TruPoint doctor blades now have adhesive-backed foam tape said to prevent ink leakage and reduce the need for cleaning PLYMOUTH, MA | Flexo Concepts is now applying foam tape to its TruPoint Orange ...

Coating | Solution Delivery for High-Precision Coating, Pt. 2

(Coating/Laminating)

March 21, 2016, ... power and speed so you don't degrade or coagulate the solution leading to poor coating quality. Control Temperature Part 1 of this article covered the importance of controlling the coating solution ...

AIMCAL Awards | Toothpaste Carton Is 'Touching' Winne

(Coating/Laminating)

March 16, 2016, ... #1833. Envirofoil transfer metallizing provides lay-flat and stay-flat characteristics and experiences no distortion when the poster is rolled into a tube. Although more likely to be treasured as a collector’s ...

Flexible Packaging | Bemis Takes Top Prize in FPA's 2016 Achievement Award

(Flexpack)

February 15, 2016, ... pouch, with easy cleanup. The microwave-friendly design includes cool touch zones, Magic Steam technology and controlled venting to eliminate hot or cold spots.    GOLD ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS The following ...

Coating Matters | Clean Coating and Fluid Preparation

(Coating/Laminating)

February 15, 2016, ... of areas that a converting and coating manufacturer needs to concentrate on to develop a clean product. These include the raw materials (substrate and fluid), the backing roll, the coating head, but most ...