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Web Line Knowledge Offers a Competitive Advantage

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January 31, 2002, ... material. We must consider the web's mechanical behavior and limits, surface characteristics, and interaction with the environment. Roller Design: The primary “hand” on the web is the simple rotating ...

What's New in Narrow We

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January 31, 2002, ...  holmtec@erols.com Totally Seamless Technology (TST) was designed to assist companies that have to contend with shim lines in converting holographic film. TST is shim-driven rather than roll-based, thus ...

Shaft Collar Decisions Can Be Momentous

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January 31, 2002, ... rewinding or unwinding, it is essential to hold cores and rolls firmly in place on shafts during converting applications. A number of shaft collar systems are available to do this. It is extremely important ...

Converting Industry News

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December 31, 2001, ... and by broadening the scope of our company name.” PCMC Div. Opts out of Mechanical Anilox Rolls GREEN BAY, WI, USA—Northern Engraving and Machine. div. of Paper Converting Machine Co. will no longer ...

What's New in Narrow We

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December 31, 2001, ... opto-electronic technology. A convenient sensitivity control is provided to ensure compatibility with virtually any type of label, co. notes. Transducer Displays Tension on Roll End Dover Flexo Electronics ...

Products

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December 31, 2001, ... Features include productivity-enhancing Visual Pallet software and PC-based simulation packages. Spreader Roll System Is Improved Converter Accessory Corp., Wind Gap, PA; 610/863-6008; converteraccessory.com ...

Workhorse Winders Do More Than Ever Before

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November 30, 2001, ... changes include new control systems that use servo drives and PLC units as a means of controlling speed and machine sequencing functions, explains Don Rush, national sales manager at Elsner Engineering ...

Wide Web Handling and the Problems It Can Bring

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November 30, 2001, As new film casting machines have grown in width during the past several years, so have casting machine windups. One problem that arises with wider rolls As new film casting machines have grown in width ...

Products

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November 30, 2001, ... grades. The preset knife cassettes and finished roll unloading system are designed to maximize production uptime. Blanket Production System Is Easy to Use Gerber Innovations, Manchester, CT; 877/447-7637; ...

Polymers / Laminations / Adhesives / Coatings / Extrusions

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October 31, 2001, ... Web Is The Place To Be Panel” to explore the roll of the Inernet for converters today. Yolanda J. Simonsis, Paper, Film & Foil CONVERTER magazine, talked on the use of web sites for trade magazines to ...

MD Wrinkle Formation Causes and Cures

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October 31, 2001, ... called “tin canning”) still plague many converters and/or film suppliers. The two main contributing parameters are: (1) at least two persistent MD gauge bands must be present in the winding roll; and (2) ...

European Conference Draws Large Audience

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September 30, 2001, ... areas such as roller design; calendering, embossing and laminating; slitting; spreading; winding and unwinding; as well as drive, nip, and draw/tension controls. I will explain the underlying mechanics ...

Slitting Adhesive-Coated, Low-Strength Films

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September 30, 2001, Low-strength films, such PE or cast PP, sometimes are coated with an adhesive and slit into customer-sized rolls. Low-strength films do not have sharply Low-strength films, such PE or cast PP, sometimes ...

Web Guides Bring Positive Results to Negative Sleeves

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September 30, 2001, ... rolls of film every year! The original business was established in the early 70s. King Size Photo operated kiosks all over the West Coast, where customers would drop off film for processing. The company ...

Making Choices for Coating with a Laminating Adhesive

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September 30, 2001, ... over many idler rolls and undergo the tension necessary to pull it through the laminating operation. The secondary substrate experiences only unrolling, laminating in a nip, and rewinding. Because it travels ...

Reporter Clips

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August 31, 2001, ... roll loading and unloading, and patented differential rewind shaft system. Primarc UV Technology, Slough, England, will highlight UV curing lamps, including label lamps said to be suitable for the majority ...

New Product Digest

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August 31, 2001, ... option for idler roll tension transducer pairs: an integrated interface/amplifier that outputs a 10 VDC signal proportional to tension. Transducers with the special option are powered by 24 VDC. With the ...

UCB Films Invests in Valmet Atlas Slitter and Millions for Belgium BOPP Plant

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August 28, 2001, ... computer-controlled systems that produce consistently high-quality slit rolls and accurate winding. In addition to the Valmet Atlas slitter, the facility also includes a robotic end-of-the-line packing ...

Coaters and Primers: Should You Apply In- or Out-of-Line?

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July 31, 2001, ... necessary. Then the substrate with applied coating or primer is rewound. In a subsequent operation, the roll is unwound. The coating or primer is activated and used by combining to a substrate or extrudate. ...

Slitting Survey

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July 31, 2001, ... process and indicating the following converted package types: flexible packaging; unprinted rolls or sheets; office products; and sanitary products. We received a 24% response rate, with 237 completed ...