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New Product Digest, Part 2, PFFC, April 2003

(Magazine)

March 30, 2003, ... downtime, less material scrap, improved registration control, and reduced or eliminated rewinding. Water-Based Ink for Towels, Napkins, Tissues Flint Ink, Ann Arbor, MI; 734-622-6362; flintink.com ...

Products

(Magazine)

September 30, 2002, ... Helps Reduce Scrap Ashe Converting Equipment, Suffolk, England; +44 1473 710912; ashe.co.uk Co. says new developments in its Emerald Series of reversible rewinders reduce high-value scrap levels. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Products at CMM

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, ... said to eliminate scrap by leaving no tail on the new core that can damage the material as it winds around the core. According to co., units can be used for a wide variety of material types, thicknesses, ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

March 30, 2001, ... scanning system to measure coat weight consistency as part of an initiative to maintain quality while reducing scrap material. The site has two IR gauges on different lamination lines. Before the gauges ...

Products

(Magazine)

February 28, 2001, ... It is positioned in front of the flat film die, and exchangeable feedblock inserts facilitate the production and reproducibility of multilayer structures. A scrap layer can be added on one or both sides. ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

November 29, 2000, ... leave any plastic residue, says Biocorp, adding that, when composted, the products biodegrade completely into carbon dioxide, water, and biomass in 30-60 days, just like food scraps and yard trimmings. ...

Coating Operation Cleans Up Its (Trim Removal) Act

(Magazine)

May 31, 2000, ... the rolls and even around the cutter blades. This would result in what we call 'a wrap.' When this occurs, we have to shut the equipment down. Scrap is incurred each time. We had an incredible amount of ...

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 ...