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ARC Elects Officers, Directors

(News | New Products)

May 29, 2024, Members of the Association for Roll-to-Roll Converters (ARC), a global non-profit trade association serving the flexible metallizing Members of the Association for Roll-to-Roll Converters (ARC), a ...

Web Guide 101

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

April 24, 2024, ... serve as indispensable tools, allowing us to cut through the uncertainties and produce high-quality products consistently. By simply correcting web misalignments to improve roll-to-roll processes, web ...

Tension: The First Thing We Must Get Right

(Coating/Laminating)

April 14, 2024, ... induced troughs may form in open spans. Web breaks may occur during poorly controlled speed changes. High tensions will neck down delicate webs due to Poisson. Proper tension control is critical for coating, ...

Principles of Narrow Web Slitting

(Web Handling)

April 10, 2024, ... 'pancake' or narrow strait roll winding, traverse or parallel' winding is another factor." Universal Converting Equipment's X3 "is a narrow-width compact slitter that has equal capability to many much larger ...

Tension: The First Thing We Must Get Right

(Converting Expert)

April 08, 2024, ... Web breaks may occur during poorly controlled speed changes. High tensions will neck down delicate webs due to Poisson. Proper tension control is critical for coating, laminating, slitting and winding.  ...

Principles of Narrow Web Slitting

(Converting Perspectives)

April 08, 2024, ... or narrow strait roll winding, traverse or ‘parallel’ winding is another factor.” Universal Converting Equipment’s X3 “is a narrow-width compact slitter that has equal capability to many much larger ...

Green Bay Innovation Group hosts Converters Expo

(News | New Products)

April 01, 2024, ... Design, Inc., CPW,  PCS, Gain Control, LLC., EMT, International, Precision Roll Solutions, Infinity Machine, Baum Machine,  MVI,  Precision Die Systems, Robinson, Inc., Shemesh Automation,  Rol-tec,  Sure ...

Martin Automatic Displays Transformative Web Automation

(News | New Products)

March 18, 2024, ... narrower web applications that typify the digital print market.  It features a patented linear sheer splice unit that guarantees a single thickness splice with no overlap and an ergonomic integrated roll ...

Leaders in Converting

(Uncategorized)

February 25, 2024, PFFC's LEADERS IN CONVERTING program provides a perfect platform for converting and package printing suppliers to assert their expertise. 3DT ABBA Roller American Roller Anderson & Vreeland Applied ...

The Merits of a Repurposed Slitter Rewinder

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

February 18, 2024, ... the following four areas: Increased production, improved finished roll quality, increased reliability and improved machine safety. With these goals in mind, consideration should be given to the possibility ...

Leader in Advanced Sensing and Control Solutions

(Roll Handling)

February 12, 2024, Roll-2-Roll Technologies has revolutionized the roll-to-roll industry with its advanced sensing and control solutions. Roll-2-Roll Technologies has revolutionized the roll-to-roll industry with ...

Reducing Waste in the Production Line

(Surface Prep)

February 11, 2024, ... high speed. It occurs either via friction when the web makes contact with converting machinery, through “separation” – the unwinding of web rolls — or even via electricity from surrounding machinery. A ...

Pro Tapes: Cutting Edge Converting Solutions

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

February 10, 2024, ... of materials in the market today. How Pro Tapes Provides Value-Added Service Our newest converting equipment allow us to convert wider jumbo rolls, and faster cycle times equal increased output. Combined ...

End-To-End Solutions From Maxcess Keep You Running Better, Faster, Smarter

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

February 07, 2024, ... web handling product brands of RotoMetrics, Fife, Tidland, MAGPOWR, Webex, Valley Roller and Componex, offering customized end-to-end web handling solutions that help you work better, faster and smarter. ...

Label Industry Continues To Thrive

(Flexpack)

February 04, 2024, On rolls or sheets, in bulk or in specialty niches and across myriad materials, label production is healthy and thriving. By Susan Stansbury, Industry Consultant On rolls or sheets, in bulk or ...

Automating Flexo Closer to Digital

(Equipment/Machines - Printing)

January 21, 2024, ... no press downtime caused by improper mounting of printing plates. An Automatic Tune-up Controlling bounce on a flexo press is critical because it maintains job consistency, particularly when using ...

Do Not Ruin a Good Thing... Practice Good Static Control in Slitting

(Static-Beat)

January 14, 2024, ... control upstream to minimize static charges stored on the unwinding wide roll in slitting. The best that we can do in slitting is “not to ruin a good thing.” The two over-arching static control goals ...

Label Industry Continues To Thrive

(Converting Perspectives)

January 14, 2024, On rolls or sheets, in bulk or in specialty niches and across myriad materials, label production is healthy and thriving. By Susan Stansbury, Industry Consultant On rolls or sheets, in bulk or ...

ROTOMAC Awarded for Commitment to Sustainability

(News | New Products)

January 11, 2024, ... coreless roll of aluminum foil: the Sustainability Awards and the Sustainable Packaging News Awards. ROTOMAC’s commitment to a more sustainable future started with a simple, yet meaningful concept: LESS ...

R2R USA Conference Draws Biggest Crowd in Five Years

(Coating/Laminating)

December 21, 2023, The R2R USA Conference hosted by the Association for Roll-to-Roll Converters (ARC) in October, recorded the highest number of attendees in five years. The R2R USA Conference hosted by the Association ...