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Wide Web Handling and the Problems It Can Bring

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

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 ...

Polymers/Laminations/Adhesives/Coatings/Extrusions

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July 31, 2001, ... three patents for his innovative work. Two involved winding technology and the other concerned chill roll technology. Assisting cast film and extrusion coating companies in designing the equipment that ...

Products

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June 30, 2001, ... and roll-handling unit is said to reduce operator lifting. Mfr. says unit is capable of winding 300 fpm (91 mpm) and produces finished rolls to 30 in. (750 mm) in dia. Includes automatic bi-directional ...

Cut-to-Register Sheeting Trims Time and Labor Costs

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May 31, 2001, ... shaftless rollstand of self-loading design with the capacity to lift 72-in.-dia rolls weighing 10,000 lb. The rollstand has automatic tension control and emergency stop braking with a 6-in. skew adjustment. ...

What Is Converting? It Helps to Ask That Simple Question

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May 31, 2001, Converting is unwinding a roll of relatively thin material, processing it in some fashion, and then rewinding it into a roll (unless it has been sheeted). Converting is unwinding a roll of relatively thin ...

Over-Tensioned Webs and What to Do about Them

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May 31, 2001, ... in some neckdown of the web width, even though there is high friction between the web and the drum. The neck-in usually occurs in the spans between the take-off point of the last tension isolation roll ...

Products

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May 31, 2001, ... WI; 920/434-5148The Pinnacle 700 Series enclosed flexographic reverse-angle doctor blade inking system is said to be a major improvement over existing fountain rolls, open pans, and conventional doctor/applicator ...

Division Conference Offers Varied Program

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May 31, 2001, ... on “The Web Is The Place To Be” will explore the roll of the Internet in converting today. Some areas of discussion will be development and use of a web site by a converter to enhance their business, working ...