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On the Move...

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, ... Machinery, Rollprint Packaging Products, and Harper Corp. of America. People and Places in the Converting Industry Sun Chemical, Fort Lee, NJ, forms Sun Chemical Security, a new global business unit ...

Web Tension 101

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November 29, 2004, ... with all machine idler rolls and driven rolls to ensure proper web handling and control. The web handling principle states a web will seek to align itself perpendicular to an idler or driven roll. This ...

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, ...

Mechanics of Tension Control, Part II

(Archive)

November 29, 2004, ... refer to the term "drive." This term is being used as a purely generic term to describe a mechanical device that delivers torque to a roll of material or driven roll(s) in a converting machine. This device ...

Maxcess Intl. to Give Away Daytona 500 Trip at Pack Expo Intl. 2004

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November 01, 2004, ... Web Guide Controller and InPrint Video Web Inspection from Fife, CYGNUS Tension Control from MAGPOWR, as well as ergonomic air shafts and slitter positioning systems from Tidland control, can improve production ...

Coating Rods

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... and unpredictable. Some had spaces between the wire, and they would rust. In spite of these problems, rod coating was an improvement over the brushes and rollers used at the time, and the basic theory ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ... Series printing press that has 41½2x faster correction rate and higher resolution; and a pneumatically controlled nip roll for the print station impression cylinders. Electronic Ordering Expanded Avery ...

People & Places

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ... accounts at the Board Sales division of Smurfit-Stone, West Point, VA, assumes responsibility for noncorrugated and trim roll accounts. Brian P. McGurk, director, sales administration, for the division, ...

Products, Part 2

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ... with sheet offset printing using thermal lamination as a finishing process. Bag comprises three layers: one printed sheet and two rolls of company's film. Process is said to combine quality and durability. ...

Investing in Success

(Magazine)

July 31, 2004, ...  Webco Engineering; webcoeng.com Deacro Industries; deacro.com Concord Business Solutions; concord-solutions.com Getting a Handle on Rolls With the dedication CEI has shown in providing its ...

Products

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July 30, 2004, ... Kurz, Maxson Automatic, TAKK Industries, and Webex. Machinery, Accessories, Services Rolls Bear High Loads Webex, Neenah, WI; 920/729-6666; webexinc.com FeatherLight carbon fiber composite idlers ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

June 29, 2004, News from: AB Graphic Intl., Esko-Graphics, HP Indigo, Northwest Flexo, Tamar Labels, and Tapecon. Narrow Web Converting Industry News Platesetter Impresses Converter's Customers LYNWOOD, WA, USA—When ...

Converting Industry News

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June 29, 2004, ... Roll Inventory, and Credit & Collections modules. "We’re looking forward to the flexibility of CRC’s open database platform," says Bonita’s IT manager Garth Walker. "Easily accessing our data as well ...

Weight Control

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June 29, 2004, The quality and performance of a coated product depend on obtaining the desired coating weight and maintaining its uniformity in all the rolls of manufactured product. The quality and performance of a ...

New Products for the Converting Industry, PFFC, June 2004

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May 30, 2004, ... tension controller supported by a family of option modules. Modular concept reduces auxiliary equipment costs. Slim profile is said to optimize existing space and fit easily into a machine control panel. ...

New Products, Part 1

(Magazine)

May 30, 2004, ... 2 Machinery, Accessories, Services Controller Board Offers Accuracy The Montalvo Corp., Gorham, ME; 800/226-8710; montalvo.com The CB-64 controller board is the new engine inside company’s most ...

Using a Chemical Primer for High Bonds & Low Oxygen Transmission

(Magazine)

April 30, 2004, ... performance. The preferable coating technique for this product uses a roll coating technique that employs a “wiping” action to level hills and valleys and produce an even coating. Successful techniques ...

Converting Industry News

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April 29, 2004, News from: ABB, AIMCAL, American Roller, Bobst Group, Comexi, Extrusion Dies Industries, Freedonia Group, Green Printing and Packaging Co., GLFA, Group 360 Atlanta, Heidelberg, Latran Technologies, Lithographix, ...

Zapping Static

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... and fibers to stick to films. This dirty, charged roll then can cause production slowdowns and — even worse — poor product quality. For Pennsylvania-based Tolas Health Care Packaging, slitting was becoming ...