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Market Growth Is Forecast for UV and EB

(Magazine)

September 30, 2002, ... more. According to David Diehl of PPG, incoming president of RadTech, “UV and EB are fast, automated processes that contribute to the bottom line by greatly increasing productivity, reducing scrap and ...

May 1993 - 1994

(News | New Products)

September 19, 2002, ... new. Better extrusion technology leads to better film and offers several related benefits: easier, faster converting; better cost-performance ratios; better barrier properties; and lower scrap rates and ...

Standing the Test of Time: A Look at PFFC's 75-Year Histor

(Magazine)

August 31, 2002, ... future. You are full of fears. You have half the gold of the world and half of the machinery and most of the automobiles and all the skyscrapers. You have the greatest home market in the world and the ...

Products

(Magazine)

August 31, 2002, ... its material feeds with either a two- or three-axis correction system. Automatic registration feeds reportedly will help converters improve quality and reduce scrap while increasing throughput when die-cutting ...

1950s

(News | New Products)

August 27, 2002, ... the first Doctor Machine, a salvage rewinder designed to reclaim scrap rolls of material due to defective printing. March 1950 Crawford Inc. offers a quick-change rotary press. Company says press can ...

Turning Standard into Specialty

(Magazine)

July 31, 2002, ... the scrap rate can reach 50%. Wegmann says this fact makes advanced converting technology critical to many applications. “The customer may need four holes die-cut,” he says, “but if they're only twenty-thousandths ...

Need New Equipment or Accessories? NPD Is the Place to Look

(Magazine)

April 30, 2002, ... to improve quality and uniformity, reduce scrap, and enhance operating efficiency, co. says. The EC100 monitors film extrusion, extrusion coating, and lamination processes; the ES100 subdivides a thermal ...

Converters Strike Back

(Magazine)

March 31, 2002, ... of the business, it adds some additional dimension to the whole design of the package.” Coming Attractions We have only scraped the surface of the many security applications available to converters. ...

The Unwinding Story

(Magazine)

March 31, 2002, ... possible while eliminating DC motor brush replacement.” Adolpho Edgar, area sales manager at Macro Engineering, says, “The focus has always been on longer run lengths with higher speeds and less scrap. ...

Pyramids and Wound Rolls: Long-Lasting Quality

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, ... core matches the web's stack behavior. Build-up ratios can be high or low. A manufacturing plant usually has a low build-up ratio, one story high, and a large footprint. A skyscraper has a high build-up ...

Is Your VFD Clean, Dry, and Tight?

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, ... wire can cause the drive speed to fluctuate, resulting in scrap, machine damage, or personnel injury. Re-Torquing — A Screwy Practice Although “re-torquing” as a way of checking tightness is common ...

Through Thick and Thin, Gauging Controls Perform for You

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, ... considerably, he says. “On a coating or converting line,” adds Marchand, “there are very few lines today that can't justify the cost, because if you make any scrap, you can't recycle the material. Now ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

January 31, 2002, ... it is more conducive to large-scale production, says mfr. Can be used for security and packaging applications. Also said to minimize film scrap. Free-Standing Unwind Slitter Offered CTC International ...

Fundamentals Keep the Converting Industry Strong

(Magazine)

December 31, 2001, ... more seasoned employees and sees things in a different light. In a similar vein, a cleaning person may notice that he discards a large amount of scrap during certain runs. Reporting this observation ...

PFFC Weathers Stormy Economy with Robust Creative Surge

(Magazine)

December 31, 2001, ... gold of the world and half of the machinery and most of the automobiles and all the skyscrapers. You have the greatest home market in the world and the largest corporations that the world has ever seen. ...

One New Treater, Many New Benefits

(Magazine)

November 30, 2001, ... “Because the new treater is easier to operate, it allows for more consistent operation, reduced scrap, and less downtime. Spend time with the cute anime girls. You just have to go to our website and choose ...

Web Guides Bring Positive Results to Negative Sleeves

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September 30, 2001, ... us to cut scrap in the extrusion department by two-thirds, we have also tracked a 10 percent reduction in pressroom waste. We clearly saw that not all web guides are the same, and that a higher quality, ...

The Miracle of Coextrusion Makes Believers of Many

(Magazine)

August 31, 2001, ... use with in-mold label applications. The inside and outside layers might be virgin polymer. Sandwiched between these layers would be a layer of coextruded material that would be reground scrap or reject ...

Polymers/Laminations/Adhesives/Coatings/Extrusions

(Magazine)

July 31, 2001, ... desired stripe pattern. The applicator roll then transfers the hot melt to the web. Unused hot melt returns to the reservoir pond above the nip. The stripe scrapers typically use a high temperature polymer ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

June 30, 2001, ... and scrap.” The end result is a retrofit unit that is mounted between the unwind stand and the folding board on the f/f/s unit. “The application takes place at line speed with no adverse effect on production ...