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- FTA Gets Flexo Engines Started at Forum/Info*Flex
- (Flexography)
- May 03, 2011, ... these plates are not widely used. Fronczkiewicz says, “Only a handful of people are using very thin plates. I’m surprised they haven’t been scrapped altogether.” However, the plates offer ecological and ...
- Coating Matters: Steam-The Cure for Curl
- (Surface Prep)
- March 31, 2011, ... key contributors to positive cash flow include incremental sales of products meeting lay-flat specifications, reduction in material scrap, and increased production efficiencies with improvements such as ...
- Checking a Security Breach
- (Print)
- February 28, 2011, EUCLID, OH | InterGroup Intl., a recycler of post-industrial scrap plastic, reports a recent investigative mission to India had two purposes. InterGroup EUCLID, OH | InterGroup Intl., a recycler of post-industrial ...
- Coating Matters: Defects | Finding the Cause
- (Coating/Laminating)
- December 31, 2010, ... company has been slot die coating a polyester substrate with a 50% solids fluid at room temperature. Unfortunately, a third of the coated web is scrap due to a consistent streak being coated in the machine ...
- Converter Industry Events
- (News Clips Archive)
- December 31, 2010, ... FL; www.flexpack.org 16 | Laminated Flexible Packaging Scrap Prevention Workshop, Henkel & Nordmeccanica, Edgewood, NY; www.nordmeccanica.com or www.henkelna.com/liofol 17-19 | Dscoop Digital Solutions ...
- Erema's K Show Success Shows Confidence in Recycling Futur
- (Print News)
- December 16, 2010, ... recycling systems during K2010. The TVEplus is the latest version of Erema’s vented TVE series designed to process heavily inked and otherwise contaminated scrap into useful near virgin quality material. ...
- Films Meet VOC Directives
- (Label/Tape)
- November 30, 2010, ... low static in unwinding operations to help rollstock laminators and label printers achieve high productivity, low scrap, and reduced machine adjustments. Print surface is compatible with hot and cold foil ...
- Cut Cores Cleanly
- (Slit)
- November 30, 2010, ... air-assisted knife reportedly produces clean, burnished cuts every time and minimizes unwanted scrap due to operator error. Appleton Mfg. Div. | 920-751-1555 | www.appletonmfg.com Circle 428 or visit ...
- Coating/Laminating: Signed, Sealed, Delivered
- (Coating/Laminating)
- September 30, 2010, ... reducing costs. Selig's laminations require multiple passes through the line, and the new equipment allows extremely high-speed splices with minimal scrap. One unanticipated side benefit turned out to ...
- Davis-Standard Promotes Green Initiatives at K 2010
- (Flexpack)
- September 07, 2010, ... that offer greater energy savings, reduced scrap and improved processing for both extrusion and converting operations. This includes the display of a 2.5-in. direct drive extruder, ProCone die mandrel, ...
- Plastics Recycling: Reclaim & Reuse
- (Coating/Laminating)
- August 31, 2010, ... we require.” In the basic EREMA system, scrap material is fed into a vertical densifying unit that uses friction to compress and preheat the plastic. The preheated, densified material is then fed directly ...
- Adhesive Helps Reduce Waste
- (Adhesives)
- August 31, 2010, ... also helps manufacturers improve the sustainability performance of their lines, since the high quality reduces scrap rates and bonding failures. This reduces costs for waste disposal and repackaging. Lower ...
- James Sanfilippo
- (Trends/Management)
- August 31, 2010, ... customers with innovative packaging solutions. What sustainability efforts has your company made? We employ a closed-loop manufacturing process at our plants to ensure scrap is reused, and our air-conditioning ...
- Blade Coatings: Prolong Blade Life
- (Slit)
- May 31, 2010, ... knife and razor edges; tool breakage; scrap rates by holding close tolerances and finishes; and tool costs by decreasing the need for replacement blades. This translates to increased productivity, speeds, ...
- System Aids Recycling
- (Coating/Laminating)
- May 31, 2010, ... available as a standard feature, increases the amount of print and other contamination that can be efficiently removed from plastics scrap. It is said to facilitate recycling heavily inked and additive-laden ...
- Art Yerecic
- (Trends/Management)
- May 31, 2010, ... drawings to expand our previous location and avoid the pain of moving. Later we scrapped those plans and built a new facility featuring cellular offices and manufacturing. What do you most enjoy ...
- Flexpack: Slider Bags
- (Flexpack)
- May 20, 2010, ... layer. Eliminating a production step also means less scrap and downtime. The new structure is suitable for use on a variety of bag structures including multiwall paper, polywoven sacks, laminates, or ...
- Simplify Waste Data Collection
- (Carton Box)
- April 30, 2010, Version 10 of the Scrap Trakker waste data collection and reporting system adds new tools and enhanced reports to identify high-waste areas within a corrugated Version 10 of the Scrap Trakker waste data ...
- Driving Speed
- (Drives/Motors)
- April 30, 2010, ... for the 21st century. Instead of scrapping their investment, Amgraph's senior management decided to prepare their equipment for the needs of tomorrow by upgrading its analog control system to high-efficiency ...
- Trends in technology
- (Coating/Laminating)
- April 30, 2010, ... expand in the coming decade. These systems are needed to determine defects rapidly and accurately on the product as it is coated. It is a necessary technology to improve quality and reduce scrap losses. ...
- QC for Nips
- (Controls)
- December 31, 2009, ... quickly and accurately detected and corrected — improving yield, decreasing scrap, and increasing productivity. By examining pressure variations in the nip, corrections in alignment and crown profiles ...
- Get a Grip on Your Web
- (Tension)
- October 31, 2009, ... like Girardi often appreciate the improved safety, reduction in scrap, and savings in operator time that come from replacing a nip with a vacuum roller. “The feature I like most about vacuum rollers is ...
- Aluminum 2008 Statistical Review Available
- (News Eclips)
- September 16, 2009, ... cycle of aluminum production process from primary aluminum markets for finished foods to the recovery of aluminum scrap. Designed to support members of the industry, financial analysts, government agencies, ...
- Foil Capsules Launch Sales
- (New Products)
- August 31, 2009, ... says Pletcher. “Because we want to ensure that the quality is consistent and that we're not creating scrap material by printing defective product, it's just a standard way of doing business for us.” Setting ...
- WHAT'S NEW PRODUCT
- (New Products)
- August 31, 2009, ... extrusion through to printing, laminating, and converting. Users can construct custom or stock product specifications, including raw materials, run and scrap rates, and labor and overhead costs. Capable ...
- Pack Expo Co-Locates with CPP and Other Events for Value
- (News | New Products)
- August 30, 2009, ... Uses Less Scrap The 750 Servo Pouch Machine from Hudson-Sharp Machine Co. (Booth # S-5649) uses a single web of film to produce two-up, stand-up resealable pouches. Single web pouch production uses less ...
- The Bag Cycle
- (Bag Pouch)
- July 31, 2009, ... is said to use less scrap than multiple web machines and to offer greater production efficiency with faster changeover and excellent print registration. Options include fold-over and glued bottom, ...
- WHAT'S NEW PRODUCT
- (New Products)
- July 31, 2009, Pouch Machine Saves Scrap The 750 servo pouch machine uses a single web of film to produce two-up, stand-up resealable pouches. Uses less scrap than multiple Pouch Machine Saves Scrap The 750 servo pouch ...
- Next Generation Films Meets Increased Film Demand
- (News Eclips)
- July 20, 2009, ... film technology complements Next’s status as a net-zero scrap producer for operating a 100,000-sq-ft wind-powered recycling center where scrap is repelletized and used in-house. Frecka explains, “W&H ...
- Enhance Quality Assurance for Adhesive Lamination
- (News Eclips)
- June 23, 2009, Mica’s CurePrime technology is a water-based primer and adhesion promoter that can be applied to plain and printed films prior to the adhesive lamination process. SHELTON, CT | Mica’s CurePrime technology ...