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Getting Off to a Smooth Start with a New Coater

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December 31, 1999, ... critical. Wrightstown was chosen carefully. Because it is centrally located between Green Bay and Appleton, CEI can draw personnel from both cities, and employees have relatively short (20-mile at most) ...

Narrow web adapts to multiple applications

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November 30, 1998, ... are taking place." Narrow web converting offers several advantages over wide web converting, including the ability to economically process short runs; fast changeover times; ergonomics; and ease of maintenance. ...

Need and innovation are driving digital printing.

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November 30, 1996, New substrates, laser die-cutting, and the increasing trend toward short runs all bode well for the future of digital printing.Peter Rigney, the publisher New substrates, laser die-cutting, and the increasing ...

Getting the most value from your extrusion coater.

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November 30, 1996, ... existing and prospective customers. A key to most R&D efforts or production trials, particularly if frequent short runs are involved, is flexibility. As a major supplier of polyolefin extrusion coating ...

Partnering launches future growth in laminations

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August 31, 1996, ... MA), the material was slit down to the specific widths required by their customers, using a Geometric duplex slitter. For a short time, serving the wire and cable industry in this manner worked, says Coulter. ...

Something new under the sun

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June 30, 1996, ... strength. These performance claims have been validated through tests conducted by customers and independent testing labs. The main shortcoming of photochromatic inks - their tendency to fatigue quickly ...

A rather narrow-minded view of wide web printing.

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May 31, 1996, Duralam lowers costs and adds efficiencies to its short runs with a narrow version of a wide web press from PCMC.In business for nearly 30 years, Duralam Duralam lowers costs and adds efficiencies to its ...

Green Bay gears up for specialty labels

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May 31, 1996, ... short-run business common to specialty labels - a coater that provides flexibility and quick changeover features and is able to effectively handle thin films. Because of its flexibility, the machine ...

Laser positioning system creates clean, productive environment

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April 30, 1996, ... short test runs showed some of the slit widths out of tolerance, They also had trouble setting the correct male/female knife relationships, such as side pressure, toe-in, etc., to achieve clean cuts across ...

Independent Packaging: the "restart" of something grea

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March 31, 1996, ... lock bag. Our reply was, 'Why not?' Because of the lack of bureaucracy, our decision-making chain is pretty short-one phone call." Today, just 18 months after a miraculous restart, Independent Packaging ...

In-house sheeting promotes growth and quality

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February 29, 1996, ... to shorten manufacturing turnaround times. This would make Hammer Lithograph more competitive in a marketplace that is constantly demanding shorter lead times." "When we relied on the mills for sheeted ...

Custom coating operation is a clean winner

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February 29, 1996, ... up to 30 different products. It is designed for relatively quick changeover of rollstock and coating heads to accommodate shorter runs. (Each can be changed in less than one hour.) The coater is composed ...

Flexo/screen proves to be a winning combination

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January 31, 1996, ...  newest presses, the "FP" Series flexible packaging narrow web press for printing on light films. The press, which was introduced in August at CMM International, is designed for short runs and can produc ...

Measurement technique improves metallized PP

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November 30, 1995, ... surface detail it is attempting to measure. In 1993 a new technique known as vertical scanning interference microscopy was developed. This technology specifically addresses the shortcomings of stylus ...

Die-cutting developments continue unabated.

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September 30, 1995, ... have automated another aspect of die-cutting that just a short time ago required skill and manual labor. Genline Systems, Conyers, GA, offers Windows-based software for the diemaker. Interactive packaging ...

Video web inspection: the view from the press floor.

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September 30, 1995, ...  color on foil very well, due to glare. This has not been a problem for us." He adds, "We do some short runs here, creating a lot of mounting of new jobs. Our system is especially good at picking up ai ...

Winders/Unwinders: Gettting Better Every Day

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August 31, 1995, ... perfected through years of testing, is becoming an increasingly popular option for short runs. Shelton wants to make it clear that, while none can be classified as quantum leaps, he has been witness ...

Reynolds subsidiary in Spain benefits from technology transfer

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May 31, 1995, ... terephthalate for house iusulation is being thwarted by the worldwide shortage of polyethylene-terephthalate film. This shortage is counterbalancing the European trend toward the substitution of plastic ...

Building quality into the web printing process

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April 30, 1995, ... short-duration Xenon strobe lights, fired at intervals precisely synchronized with the press speed. The strobes illuminate the web and act as a shutter, allowing the electronic camera to stop the action ...

Quick changeovers, quality top bagmaking demands.

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March 31, 1995, ... are what customers want to improve production." According to Jim Lepp, sales manager for Chadwick Inc., Green Bay, WI, "Customer concerns are quick changeover, shorter production runs, further brand ...