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Creative Problem Solving

(Magazine)

November 30, 2000, ... such as baggy webs, wrinkles, and wound roll problems. What makes the approaches creative is not the methods or tools because they have had use elsewhere. Rather, the creativity comes from selecting the ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

October 31, 2000, ... by any conventional method for high-viscosity hot melt adhesives, including slot (die) or roll. Typical deposition ranges from 1-2 mils. Cushion Mounting Tapes Improve Performance Rogers Corp., Rogers, ...

Some Causes of Blocking in Heat Seal CoatingsPart II

(Magazine)

October 31, 2000, ... when using heat seal coatings. The problem primarily addressed concerned processing conditions involving coating weight, drying conditions, and pressure of the coated roll as it was wound. This month' ...

Pilot Coating Line Aids Both R&D and Production

(Magazine)

October 31, 2000, ...  The company, a div. of Material Sciences Corp., was founded in 1977 as a converter of roll-to-roll sputter metallized coatings. Using this exacting technology, metals are broken into atomic-sized particles ...

Directory of Pilot Lines/Labs A-L

(Magazine)

October 31, 2000, ... Services: Coating (adhesives,ultraviolet), laminating Substrates: Film, foil, foam, paper, nonwoven, tissue Coating processes: Slot die, spray, roll, pattern coating Coating techniques: Spray Annual ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, ... media. These systems are used for cleaning gravure cylinders, anilox rollers, doctor blade holders, ink trays, and an assortment of other printing press parts. The operation of the equipment is said to ...

A Glossary of Descriptive TermsSecond Installment

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, ... began a glossary of terms used frequently to describe equipment, process events, and product quality problems in the converter industry. The second installment follows: Dancer roll : A roll that usually ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, ... schedule a visit. Harper's Anilox Roll Inventory Sets Records CHARLOTTE, NC, USA—Harper Corp. of America reports it now maintains the world's largest and most comprehensive inventory of anilox rolls ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, ... Systems. Clean Anilox Rolls Ultrasonically Sonic Solutions, Yorkville, IL; 877/654-7800 A six-roll, multifunction ultrasonic system will clean ceramic anilox rolls with face lengths to 20 in. Cleans ...

Common Causes of Blocking in Heat Seal CoatingsPart I

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, Heat seal coatings are formulated materials that are applied to a substrate on a coater and then wound into a roll. In a subsequent operation, the coated Heat seal coatings are formulated materials that ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... from job to job. Handles a range of materials from 1-mil film to 18-pt board. Do-It-Yourself Program Offered Avery Dennison/Fasson Roll North America, Painesville, OH; 440/358-4936; averydennison.com ...

A Glossary of Terms to Help Avoid Failure to Communicate

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... of all rolls in the machine parallel to one reference roll. Asperity: The roughness of the film surface, usually expressed in microns (one micron is one millionth of a meter) or micro inches (one micro ...

Specialists in Interior Packaging Branch Out

(Magazine)

June 30, 2000, ... Bell's first foray into the slitting/rewinding realm was in the form of narrow rolls; the company was providing unprinted paperboard stock to other converters. But the company's relationship with Westvaco ...

Experts Scan the Future for Technologies with Impact

(Magazine)

May 31, 2000, ... says finished rolls have to maintain their quality for longer lag times, because they're held in warehouses or shipped overseas. "There are ways to make the product stand up. Some people can't believe that ...

Decorative Films Served by Multilayer Structure

(Magazine)

May 31, 2000, ... overseas, also is claimed to be superior to the tinted PP film on the market. Allied sheets, slits, rolls, prints, and forms the decorative film using proprietary, in-house-built equipment up to 60 in. ...

French Fry Fascination Brings Big Business to Bonar

(Magazine)

March 31, 2000, ... Canfor, Eurocan, Tolko, and several other paper suppliers. The Coextrusion Course Bonar's process on its two Black Clawson lines starts with an individually adjustable turret unwind. Handling rolls ...

Human/Machine Interface Offers Best of Two Worlds

(Magazine)

March 31, 2000, ... and manual machine adjustment (causing variable accuracy, excessive downtime, waste materials, and astronomical maintenance costs) are a thing of the past. I/O modules, programmable logic controllers ...

System Keeps Static Buildup Problems Under Control

(Magazine)

February 29, 2000, ... buildup on the webs and rolls was not uncommon, and operators at Avery were experiencing static charges while working on various parts of the line, explains Don Hoffmann, process engineering manager. He ...

Clean Room Environment Makes Excellence a Priority

(Magazine)

January 31, 2000, ... receives coated jumbo rolls from its U.K. parent at the 67,000-sq-ft Schaumburg facility. It converts the rolls into sheets and smaller rolls and ships to customers in the US, Canada, and Latin America. ...

Getting Off to a Smooth Start with a New Coater

(Archive)

December 31, 1999, ... were very responsive." The line arrived at the end of July 1997, and six weeks later the line was running and the company sold its first roll. More Top-Notch Suppliers Nowak credits the CMR die bolt ...