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Can This Coater Be Saved?

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January 30, 2006, ... ft. $3,931,200   Thinner coating wt 60.0 M sq. ft. $12,000,000 New business Availability loss 65.5 M sq. ft. $7,862,400 Operational *Scrap material savings=$0.10/sq. ft., ...

Converting Industry News

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November 29, 2005, ... 100–120 tons annually of wood; eliminated an entire hazardous waste stream of aerosol cans; recycles 800,000–1 million lbs of scrap steel annually; and more. Chris Campbell, MEGtec’s manager of environmental ...

Testing Machines

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October 30, 2005, ... with three scales for testing various paper stock, cores and corrugated, and baled scrap paper. A 0–100 arbitrary scale obtains relative moisture indications on other materials. This electrical resistance-type ...

Winners Don't Stop Believing

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October 30, 2005, ... store managers came through the working ranks, scraping their way to responsible positions. That’s not to say this retailer doesn’t have some well-paid, highly trained, and educated corporate positions ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

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September 29, 2005, ... system including packaging scrap, machine speed, and packaging closure safety and the related costs require consideration. When sealing robustness and low reject quota are primarily required but higher ...

PLGA Request Entries for 2005 Technical Achievement Awards

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July 06, 2005, ... and its features and benefits no less than 50 and no more than 500 words. Each entry application must provide information about the benefits to the user (i.e. ROI, percent quality improvement, scrap reduction, ...

18 Ways to Cut Coating Costs

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June 29, 2005, ... requirements and capabilities. Can you loosen up some of your specifications to reduce the vendors’ scrap losses (and your material costs) by testing some of the "off-grade materials?" Fluid Mixing ...

You're Too Tense

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May 30, 2005, ... control loop and load cell calibration can speed setup and changeover by standardizing routine processes. Additionally, these automated processes ensure consistency and reduce scrap." Darrell Whiteside, ...

Truth or Myth?

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May 30, 2005, ... savings may result in more scrap or a claim, which is not a savings in the long run. Select a coating with a slide angle in the proper range, but understand the package COF will change depending upon the ...

Cleaning the Right Way

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March 30, 2005, ... will require scraping with a tool. Regardless of the cleaning method, the first step is for people doing the cleaning to don the necessary protective gear. Safety glasses always are necessary. Respiratory ...

Advances in Coating

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March 30, 2005, ... types and defects. Adding them to a web coating line will provide rapid defect detection and the ability to initiate troubleshooting procedures rapidly, thereby reducing the amount of scrap material produced. ...

CMM 2005 Exhibitors Listed by Product Categories Continued

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February 27, 2005, ...  X-Rite, 3525 TRIM HANDLING, WASTE, SCRAP, SALVAGE, BALING, BUNDLING Air Systems Design, 3055 AirTrim, 4470 American Baler Co., 3473 Ashe Converting Equipment, 1274 Automatic Handling Intl., ...

Technology - The Great Equalizer

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February 27, 2005, ... cost obviously enhances a competitive position both domestically and, eventually, internationally. Reducing Waste Reduces Cost Waste is not always scrap even though for years, "waste" has been used ...

In Defense of Control Freaks

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January 30, 2005, ... the information might have been written on a scrap of paper and stored in a file cabinet somewhere. These methods were crude, but they worked—they helped to make a product exactly the same each time. ...

Getting it Right, the First Time

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December 30, 2004, ... the moving web." Of web inspection systems in general, Durfee says, "Most converters are dealing with lower profit margins than ever before; they need to find a way to produce less scrap." And sorting ...

Die Options Explained

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December 30, 2004, ... die must be used with some sort of extractor or knock-out to remove the die-cut part from the scrap material. Once you are familiar with the advantages and disadvantages of each type of die that can ...

Converting Industry News

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December 30, 2004, ... features 0.5-mm hole size, intuitive Windows-based software designed for operators with no CAD expertise, and an intelligent system for beam shaping. It includes a wide array of options for scrap removal ...

Keeping it Clean

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October 30, 2004, ... stopping production and fixing abroken-down cleaner is a cheaper option than producing scrap. He continues, “As production processes add more statistical control, it is easier to get feedback data showing ...

New Clear Barrier Film Resin Technology Replaces Coated Films

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September 29, 2004, ... In addition, non-PVdC-coated films are environmentally friendly and completely recyclable. Converters can grind manufacturing scrap into resin pellets and consumer waste can be incinerated. Specifically, ...

Discoloration Resistant Polyolefin Films

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September 29, 2004, ... heat histories (recycle of edge trim and scrap), minimizing discoloration during warehouse storage (gas fading), maintaining low color during railcar shipment during hot and humid conditions, or resistance ...