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Sustainability | Label Impressions Builds on its “Green” Reputation

(Trends/Management)

June 23, 2015, ... sq ft of raw material is unwound from rolls for processing at Label Impressions’ southern California manufacturing plant. After processing, trim and matrix from the rolls need to be rewound and manually ...

Web Lines | Unwritten Rules, Part 2

(Technical Reports)

June 08, 2015, ... out-of-roundness and eccentricity. Don't change the product thickness, stiffness, friction, or other major winding process variable. Wound rolls know what you've done to them. Like the rings of a tree ...

PaperWorks Industries Acquires CanAmPac

(Carton Box)

June 06, 2015, ...  Strathcona Paper is reported to be the largest producer of CRB in Canada. The company produces clay-coated paperboard rolls and sheets in medium- to heavy-weight calipers. Boehmer Box is known for its ...

CPP EXPO Conference Agenda Covers the Industry

(News | New Products)

June 06, 2015, ... in typical printing and laminating operation. I review best practices for installing static dissipators to suppress sparks and wind charge free finished rolls. Finally, I present the measurements needed ...

CPP EXPO Reports on Conference Agenda

(News | New Products)

May 29, 2015, ... free finished rolls. Included will be the measurements needed to verify good static performance and review static management procedures needed to insure good, long-term static performance. C16 Single ...

Bobst Holds Open House in Mexico

(News | New Products)

May 23, 2015, ... medical. The live demonstration of the printing and converting line was set up for beer carrier box production destined for the domestic market. Starting from rolls of board, the boxes were printed in ...

Maxcess Completes Investment in Centers of Excellence

(News | New Products)

May 12, 2015, The optimized facility in Wisconsin is now capable of producing large quantities of Webex Precision Rolls   NEENAH, WI | Maxcess, a global supplier of products and services for the web handling industry, ...

ColorMasters Adds Two New Extruders

(Flexpack)

May 10, 2015, ... phase now, and the new extruders provide even more consistent output and gauge profile.” In addition to the converting operations, the company also sells both printed and unprinted rolls. The company ...

Giving Adhesive Coating Its Due Respect

(Coating/Laminating)

May 02, 2015, ... applications. Where the converting of the jumbo rolls are difficult, coating the width of the final product may need to be considered as a viable option. These include systems where the coated product ...

Sonic Solutions Launches Sleeve Cleaning System

(News | New Products)

May 02, 2015, ... new equipment for the cleaning of anilox rolls and sleeves for the wide web market. The company reports that, due to the demand from the show, it is now establishing an off-site cleaning service for the ...

Web Lines | Unwritten Rules, Now Written

(Technical Reports)

April 27, 2015, ... Rolls eventually run out of material or reach their maximum diameter and change must occur. Some processes simply stop, create waste during speed changes and lost time during changeover. Efficient operations ...

Apex Group of Companies Has New Name

(News | New Products)

April 12, 2015, Now known as Apex International, the organization sells to customers in more than 80 countries and believes the new name reflects that fact   HAPERT, THE NETHERLANDS | Apex Group of Companies, manufacturer ...

Drytac Offers Self-Adhesive Print Vinyl

(Materials)

April 11, 2015, Polar print vinyl with acrylic adhesive is said to provide consistent print surface and durability in both indoor and outdoor settings   RICHMOND, VA | Drytac announces Polar, an 80-micron (3.2-mil) ...

Show Preview | FTA’s 2015 Info*Flex and Forum in Perfect Harmony

(Print)

April 08, 2015, ... environmentally efficient Sanilox Anilox Roll Cleaning System, which features a new sleek look and bi-lingual touchscreen. It controls the cleaning of rolls in-line or off-line and helps monitor roll inventory ...

Maxson Board Sheeter Said to Enhance Productivity

(News | New Products)

April 03, 2015, ... loading to 1,000 lbs/3,300 sq ft (800 gpm2). Speeds to 1,300 fpm (396 mpm) can be achieved on machines to 90 in. (2,286 mm) wide. Two shaftless self-loading roll stands cradle rolls weighing to 10,000 ...

NPE 2015 Wrap-up

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

March 31, 2015, ... Maffei displayed an interesting horizontal cast sheet with multiple rolls, smaller than traditional calendar stacks, that promote heat transfer and thus more uniform physical properties, clarity, camber, ...

Should Unwind Tension Be Lower Than Winding Tension?

(Web Handling)

March 26, 2015, ... faster accel/decelerations (more inertial torque), or unwinding your rolls while they are cold, this may change their telescoping rate without any change in your process or product. What to do? 1. ...

Anilox Roll Cleaning Systems Is Turnkey Provider

(News | New Products)

March 21, 2015, Company offers services to clean all types of anilox rolls and provides cleaning equipment as well   HATFIELD, PA | Anilox Roll Cleaning Systems offers both roll cleaning services and roll cleaning ...

HP and KBA Joint Effort to Aid Corrugated Preprint

(Corrugated)

March 18, 2015, ... on a roll or across rolls for short, mid, or long runs. Unlike traditional analog preprint, every box can be different. Planned to print at speeds to 600 fpm (183 mpm) and produce up to 300,000 sq ft ...

AIMCAL Awards | Golf Balls & Ceramic Balls Are Game Winners

(Coating/Laminating)

March 18, 2015, ... number 25 accompanied by fireworks images. It’s printed with Lotto Quebec’s Celebration 25th Anniversary graphics and laminated on the non-metal side to a sealable PE. Resulting rollstock was shipped to ...