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Coating Matters | Designing Equipment for Fluid Flow

(Coating/Laminating)

April 22, 2014, ...  A polymeric fluid dictates a coat hanger (curved) cavity design. To feed the manifold cavity properly, you have to consider the pressure drop across the path traveled from the pump through the ...

DuPont and Mark Andy Report Distributor Agreement

(Label/Tape)

January 25, 2014, ... important segment,” says Peter Wilkens, president, Pitman. “Agfa has been a leader in the printing industry for many years, and we know that when technology leaders collaborate, our customers benefit.” ...

Web Lines | How the Open Loop Torque Control Sets Winding Tension

(Web Handling)

December 09, 2013, ...  These programs convert the calculated tension into motor torque applied at the torque to create the outer roll tension vector. Hopefully these open-loop torque control winding systems take care to consider ...

Ajanta Packaging Orders 3 Machines from Grafotronic

(News | New Products)

November 18, 2013, ... design with an innovative web path integrated inside the machine. This unique web path is very stable and allows the machine to run and stop in high speeds. The Ajanta Packaging machines will be equipped ...

Static Beat | Should Static Brushes Touch?

(Static-Beat)

November 03, 2013, ... there is little wear and tear. Draping the ionizing cord so that it touches the winding roll in Figure 2 offers an important advantage. The ionizing cord neutralizes the outside lap even as the winding ...

Jemmco Announces Web Cleaner

(News | New Products)

October 28, 2013, ... from the moving web, company says. The JemmTac Pre-Sheeted Adhesive Paper is nipped onto the backside of the JemmTac Sleeve, enabling it to clean the sleeve continually. The new JemmTac Component Style ...

Release Liner | What’s Next?

(Label/Tape)

October 24, 2013, ... convened in Brussels in late September. Considerable dichotomy surrounds label release liner today. Its quality and performance are not in question—as leading brand owners confirm through their continuing ...

Visualization for Improved Coating Performance

(Mark's Coating Matters)

October 17, 2013, ...  As an example, I have seen a fluid be coated against a quartz backing roll, where the camera is located inside the roll and captures an image of the fluid as it exits a slot die. Even without this unique ...

Menges Roller Expands Design & Engineering Capacity

(News | New Products)

September 30, 2013, ... transfer fluid data, roller dimensions, flow rates, and so on—to see the temperature and thermal profile of a roller before it is built. Matt Menges, president, explains, “With modern converting applications, ...

Rheology, Math, and Coating Equipment Design

(Coating/Laminating)

August 30, 2013, ... what was discussed in the past (here: http://www.pffc-online.com/coat-lam/9198-rheology-lesson-0201, here: http://www.pffc-online.com/coat-lam/11297-coating-matters-slot-die-design-considerations, and ...

Show Preview | CPP EXPO and PRINT 13 Share a Stage

(Print)

August 07, 2013, ... marketing strategies,” says Leo Nadolske, president of CPP EXPO. “Attendees of either CPP EXPO or PRINT 13 will gain access to the combined offerings of both events with a full entry pass to all of the ...

Show Preview | What’s Behind the Curtain at Labelexpo Europe 2013

(Label/Tape)

July 29, 2013, ... press. Martin Automatic (Booth 7K90) will have running demonstrations of the latest version of the MBS butt splicer with standard features that include ultrasonic sidelay sensors and spiral grooved ...

ROI for Fluid Coating Technology

(Coating/Laminating)

July 28, 2013, ... regarding the details of the products and process in question. An example of an ROI calculation is presented below for your consideration- The ROI calculation is a function of the gain from investment ...

Eliminating Boundary Layer Air During Winding

(Web Handling)

July 15, 2013, ... nip. Besides air management, the winding nip is helpful in preventing web shifting and wrinkling from the lumpy (non-cylindrical) winding roll pulling on a long free entering span. Free span winding ...

What does a Slot Die Cost?

(Coating/Laminating)

June 24, 2013, ... scope and technology advantage you are working to achieve. The questions I would ask when considering the breadth and depth of a vendor’s knowledge include- • How many people on staff have intimate and ...

Flexible Packaging | Precision Color Graphics Breaks Course

(Bag Pouch)

June 18, 2013, ... into new territory. In 1998, VP Dan Brulz joined the company, bringing with him a strong flexible packaging background to collaborate with PCG’s president, John Goeden, to expertly guide the business into ...

Flexo Printing | Middle East Label Converter Adds Gallus ECS 340

(Label/Tape)

May 28, 2013, ... and compacts matrix and side trim from all presses, was in its final stage of commissioning. It will reduce the company’s waste disposal from one or two containers a day, to one a week! Responding ...

The Future of Fluid Coating Technology

(Coating/Laminating)

April 30, 2013, ... defect libraries provide operators and process engineers with the insight required to attack a coating problem with a control plan. Currently outside the spectrum of statistical and simulation operations ...

Static Beat | How Do Passive Dissipaters Neutralize Static?

(Static-Beat)

February 24, 2013, ... or biologically active sensors. Static control expert Dr. Kelly Robinson, president of Electrostatic Answers, has 27+ years of experience in problem-solving and consulting. Contact him at 585-425-8158; ...

Show Preview | ICE USA 2013

(Trends/Management)

February 04, 2013, ... shafts for improved web control giving the highest possible side wall quality of rewind reels and also reducing the possibility of waste material. The SR9 Series is available in two widths—65 in. and 88 ...