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What's Ne

(Magazine)

September 30, 2006, ... trays allows ink and starch to be hosed off easily; CSP 2224 for treating double-backer hot plates shortens board scoring and production downtime due to scraping; and CSP 310 is a water-based lubricant ...

If China Were Not To Blame

(PLC Probe)

August 31, 2006, ... sufficient effort to ensure that the coating machine runs at 100% efficiency and capacity. Generation of excessive scrap due to poor coating weight control, improperly wound rolls, etc., readily can cause ...

What's Ne

(Magazine)

August 31, 2006, ... extruders in North America. Product enables plastic film processors to capture trim and roll scrap, convert it to pellets, and re-introduce it into the extrusion process. Throughputs are to 1,000 lb/hr ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

May 30, 2006, ... of scrap although this is unavoidable during product start-ups, transitions, or shut downs. Another possibility is to increase plant capacity, but most converters have probably already exhausted their ...

NPE Conference Discusses Cost Savings

(Archive)

May 10, 2006, A conference at NPE 2006 will discuss the says plastics processors can use commercial purging compounds to lower costs, reduce scrap, and cut downtime. PRESS RELEASE With the rising prices of raw materials, ...

Can This Coater Be Saved?

(Archive)

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

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

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 ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

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 ...

18 Ways to Cut Coating Costs

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

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?

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

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

(Archive)

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., ...

In Defense of Control Freaks

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

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 ...

Products

(Magazine)

July 30, 2004, ... the slitting and rewinding steps for most processes as well as scrap, company says, reporting an increase in the winder's use for niche applications in diaper film, breathable film, and nonwoven coating ...