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A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

July 30, 2005, ... coating methods such as roll coating. Slot dies are premetered coating heads in which all the fluid fed to the die is applied to the substrate. This differs significantly from roll coating where the amount ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

July 30, 2005, ... for Swedcut printing and coating doctor blades. Keco develops engineered coatings to reduce cleanup, friction, and wear of press parts such as ink pans, rollers, chambers, and more. Omron Briefs Editors ...

PRINT & CONVERTER 05 New Product Digest

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, ... more affordable and easier to install than the standard live shaft idler roll. Facilitates installation, reduces labor, and allows shaft replacements without buying an entire idler roll, the company reports. ...

"Small Guy" Equipped for Mega Growt

(Archive)

May 30, 2005, ... bags, bags on rolls, as well as tamper evident and plain zip lock bags. Films are available in widths from 6-in. to 120-in. The Varex extruder is a modular blown film system for monolayer and coextrusion, ...

One Stop Shop

(Flexpack)

May 30, 2005, ... addition, a ten-color Schiavi, is state of the art. The design and efficiency of the company’s internally designed Rotoflex presses appear quite efficient with complete controlled registration and complete ...

New Products, Part 2

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, ... to deliver optimum performance in any environment. It is compatible with Micro 1000 and Micro 4000NET controllers, which select ultrasonic or IR detection modes automatically. Repair Bladder in ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

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 ...

Advances in Coating

(Magazine)

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 ...

Communication from the PLACE div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... structures. The results of these experiments show that the rheology of the coextruded structures used in these experiments was controlled by the material used as the 10% skin layer in the structure. These ...

New Products

(Magazine)

February 27, 2005, ... Technologies. Also provides more than 280 sales, production, and financial reports; improved credit check process; advanced RMA and returns of rolls, boxes, film and bags; and more. Reposition Manual ...

Rotary Screen Printing's Contribution to RFID, Part

(Archive)

January 30, 2005, ... Passports - these are becoming a requirement to enter the USA. They will be rolled out in Australia in 2004, followed by Thailand and Europe, especially Belgium, Sweden, UK, and the Netherlands. The latter ...

Why Tension?

(Magazine)

January 30, 2005, ... more. Web Lines What is the first step of most converting processes? Tensioning the web. When a slitter operator splices in a new jumbo roll, the smart ones will back tension the newly spliced web, ...

E-Clips Top 10

(Magazine)

January 30, 2005, ... extremely light tensions. With a web width to 10 in. (254 mm) and unwind/rewind diameters to 24 in. (610 mm), unit operates at speeds to 1,500 fpm (450 mpm) with roll weights to 200 lbs (90 kg). Powered ...

New Product Digest, Part 1

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, ... new size will save in material and labor. Reduce Roll Changeover Times Converter Accessory Corp., Wind Gap, PA; 800/433-2413; handleyourweb.com Inflation toggle valve Cor-Lok airshaft option TVCLAS ...

New Product Digest, Part 2

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, ... for high-speed slitting and winding of large-diameter rolls on small-diameter cores. The Advanced Technology SurfaStart (ATS) winds materials that can be surface-wound, including films, nonwovens, papers, ...

Who Likes Film?

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, ... The very film properties we like in product design come back to haunt us in film handling. Nonporous means air is trapped between the web and roller. Low tension means less driving force to squeeze air ...

Lamart Approved for Phase II of NASA Project

(Archive)

December 12, 2004, ... company reported that the ultimate objective will be to develop an extremely thin, exceptionally strong, and highly flexible material for the unmanned blimp—controlled by a computer on Earth. According ...

Eliminate Pesky Bubbles

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, ... a face roll all have been mistaken for bubbles when examined by the unaided eye. Bubbles frequently arise from air introduced during solution preparation. Try to prevent this from happening (see "Coating ...

The Harms of Harmony

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, ... are usually a bigger problem than tension variations. For roll coating methods, a roller’s speed is a key variable to control coating thickness. For extrusion coating, precision in coating flow and web ...

New Product Digest, Part 1

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, ... or shear blade. Slitting is provided by score, razor, or shear cutting. Options are available for perforating, rewinding, and stacking. PFFC-ASAP 409 Wind Large Rolls Davis-Standard, Pawcatuck, ...