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Eliminating Boundary Layer Air During Winding

(Web Handling)

July 15, 2013, Eliminate boundary layer air  while winding rolls of film, in most cases, by using a lay-on roller. For coating and extrusion technology, vacuum boxes or electrostatic pinning can sometimes–though infrequently–be ...

Labels | Market Update on IML & Sleeve Technologies

(Label/Tape)

June 03, 2013, ... slower than hitherto, but still ahead of other label technology growth rates. Growth continues to be driven by heat shrink sleeves (with roll-fed machine-direction shrink sleeves showing potential in North ...

Harper Corp. Offers New Anilox Sleeve Feature

(News | New Products)

May 27, 2013, Synthetic rubber used to seal and protect layers in the anilox roll is said to withstand many stresses inherent in flexo printing   CHARLOTTE, NC | Harper Corp. of America announces the use of synthetic ...

Web Lines | Winding Process Fundamentals, Pt. 3

(Web Handling)

May 08, 2013, In Part 3 of this four-part series, web handling expert Tim Walker answers the question: How do dimensional changes within a roll (e.g., compression) change roll strains and stresses? In Part 3 of ...

Pregis Introduces Form-It Foam Strips

(Carton Box News)

April 29, 2013, ... product types via self-adhesive polyethylene foam strips. Users can quickly cut the desired length from the roll, peel off the release liner to expose the adhesive, and affix into position—typically ...

Gerber Innovations Appoints Haire Group as Distributor

(Carton Box News)

March 11, 2013, Will sell new GERBERcutter GT3000 System for corrugated packaging applications TOLLAND, CT | Gerber Innovations, a manufacturer of computer-controlled cutting systems for the packaging and graphics ...

Microwaveable Package Brings Home the Bacon with Top Product of Year Award

(Metallizing)

March 09, 2013, ... converter and metallizer for the Bacon Microondas Espina package while it also assisted with design. QuiltWave susceptor rollstock comprises a dual lamination of polyethylene terephthalate (PET)/paper, ...

Show Preview | ICE USA 2013

(Trends/Management)

February 04, 2013, ... and patented Instant Diameter Change System. The machine automatically cuts and advances the cores with precise accuracy within +/- 0010 in. All settings can be controlled by an intuitive LCD touch panel ...

Coating Matters | It’s a Turbulent World

(Coating/Laminating)

January 10, 2013, ... surface energy, and viscosity of the individual layers are controlled to maintain distinct thicknesses and separation. Now that you can grasp the fluid flow versus extrusion difference, what can be done ...

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, ...

Sigma Buys New Gloucester Film Line

(Film Mfg.)

December 19, 2012, Can produce up to nine rolls of stretch film at a time GLOUCESTER, MA | Gloucester Engineering Co. Inc. (GEC) has announced that Sigma Plastics Group of Lyndhurst, NJ, has purchased a new GEC 9-up ...

Nordenia Film Wins Packaging Award

(Flexpack)

November 27, 2012, ... on technologies that make the manufacture of intelligent, sustainable films possible.” By using a physical, controlled foaming process, the Nor®Cell technology is said to reduce the weight of flexible ...

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 ...

Web Lines | Why Bigger Cores?

(Technical Reports)

November 15, 2012, Bigger cores avoid many winding defects. Fewer layers mean less near-core pressure buildup and high-pressure defects. Bigger cores avoid many winding defects. I like to joke that the ideal wound roll ...

Davis-Standard Upgrades Technical Center

(Coating/Laminating)

November 06, 2012, ... winder capable of producing rolls of various diameters; gravimetric blending stations with in-line drying; coextrusion capabilities with a coextrusion feedblock and available microlayer technology; thin-gauge ...

Appleton Core Recycler Can Be Customized

(Green)

October 21, 2012, ... Core Recycler is now available for customization by roll widths, weight, power source, and more. The recycler is a blade-free, slabbing, and core recycling solution said to safely and automatically remove ...

Web Lines | Why Avoid Nips?

(Web Handling)

September 24, 2012, ... here is a quick refresher on those topics. Avoid nips? Why? Nipped rollers are a top source of wrinkles and creases. Nipped rollers have the friction and pressure needed to shift, buckle, and fold ...

Teknor Apex PVC Film Suited for Medical Uses

(Flexpack)

September 05, 2012, ... company fuses flexible vinyl compound and passes it through a series of synchronized nip rolls. “The advantages of calendering include thickness uniformity, consistent physical properties, thermal stability, ...

Workshop on Nipped Systems & Laminating

(Web Handling)

September 04, 2012, A workshop focusing on nipped rollers offers a better understanding of the underlying engineering principles and design considerations that lead to improved profitability in your value-added web processing ...