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- Electrically Heated Rollers Are Top Technology Choice
- (Magazine)
- March 31, 2000, ... and RI200 electrically heated rollers enable converters to improve product uniformity and quality, while increasing production rates and reducing scrap. Judges were impressed with the widespread application ...
- Partnering launches future growth in laminations
- (Magazine)
- August 31, 1996, ... Massachusetts, to achieve proprietary colorant systems for our requirements." Other advantages to using 100% solids adhesives are the lack of odor and reduced scrap - both of which have a positive impact ...
- Gauging system lights the way
- (Magazine)
- August 31, 1996, ... the time we discovered the problem, we had already generated at least 35 feet of scrap." Given the high cost of the materials used in EL lamps, even a small amount of scrap could be costly, notes Durante. ...
- Coextrusion: making the equipment fit the need
- (Magazine)
- June 30, 1996, ... a simple thing," he explains. "Now they want that line to be exactly like the larger ones, with air knifes, scrap winders, edge-trimming systems - everything that's used to make precision film. That's because ...
- Gravure gets easier
- (Magazine)
- April 30, 1996, ... are eliminated, and efficiency improved, with the angle blade, according to Weeks. "The straightest line to efficiency is scrap reduction," he says. "That's what this blade does." (See Paper, Film & Foil ...
- Bagmaking operation refuses to stand still
- (Magazine)
- September 30, 1995, ... current president. Bill is a plastics industry veteran, having started Rainier Plastics, also in Yakima, in 1966 to reclaim process scrap. Rainier now processes about 12 million lb. of reclaim annually, ...
- Winders/Unwinders: Gettting Better Every Day
- (Magazine)
- August 31, 1995, ... on the creation of all kinds of roll defects, defects that can easily result in a roll being devalued, culled or scrapped. Take a look at a single-station unwind/rewind stand and it appears relatively ...
- Consider film cores when analyzing costs.
- (Magazine)
- July 31, 1995, ... were using before," says Berndt. Scrap recover is another issue Sonoco is investigating for the Pottsville facility. Presently, Sonoco takes back scrap, processes it and reuses it in its cores. According ...
- Vinyl film eliminates layer of polyethylene
- (Magazine)
- February 28, 1995, ... less scrap and up to 25% more linear feet for a given outside roll diameter. Longer rolls can lead to faster, more efficient production as film changeovers and the down-time they require are reduced, according ...
