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A Q&A on Remanufactured Equipment: Is It for You?

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, ... to 11/44 of an inch. Now, traps are in the single-digit thousandths. Q: What is the criteria for determining whether to rebuild, remanufacture, or buy a new press? A: You need to determine your marketplace ...

Solving the Problem of Press Part Replacements

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, ... produces lidding materials for personal-sized packages of jellies, sauces, and cheeses, as well as laminates for "liquid packaging" such as condiments and single-serving juice containers. All product ...

Hologram in 3-D Makes Postage Stamp a Keeper

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... stamp the hologram stamps three across, so Crown delivered three separate 4-in., 2,500-ft-long webs to Gravure Choquet. When the accuracy slipped slightly over the separate webs, Crown produced a single ...

Eastern European Converter Continues Pioneering Ways

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... (35 MU 842), both barrier and esthetics reportedly are provided by a single film. The converted film was provided by Chemosvit and represents the first use of the new film in Slovakia. The printed 35 MU ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... in design, the jogger/aerator offers both ergonomic and economic benefits, the co. reports, explaining that push-button operation is key in creating a safe work environment, allowing a single operator ...

More New Products for the Converting Industry

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... units that collate, pattern form, and load cartons. Modular design allows for single- or multiple-load stations, and two Servo-Smart accumulation towers can be utilized to respond to product on demand. ...

Anilox Rolls Are Key When Printing Corrugated Board

(Print)

July 31, 2000, ... the application of glue, both single- and double-face. The sheets vary in width (from 1,850-2,200mm), thickness (A, B, E, BA, and EB flutes), and quality. The other department prints and converts the ...

Press Adds Flexibility of Film to Paper Operation

(Magazine)

June 30, 2000, ... top speeds. Four of Saugerties Packaging's five paper presses utilize TruColor single-camera video inspection systems. The dual-camera system allows the operator to monitor a particularly critical aspect ...

Snack Food Packaging: 100 Years and Counting

(Magazine)

June 30, 2000, ... to print napkins, paper, and wallpaper. 1930s (1933) Glassine paper waxed bag patented; especially useful for potato chip packaging. Single-color gravure press designed as part of continuous ...

Latest Gravure Technology Launches Converter into Fray

(Magazine)

April 30, 2000, ... technology and hollow, reusable cylinders--is the only one of its kind in the US, just one of seven installed in the world. And, according to Gary Bell, Kapak president and CEO, "It's probably the single ...

Bagmaking Operation Is There When Customers Call

(Magazine)

April 30, 2000, ... help us put a good-sized line in a pretty tight space." Single-Plant Advantage Glenn believes that operating a single plant is another key to quality control, allowing Apollo to offer more consistent ...

Selecting the Right Tensioning System for the Application

(Magazine)

April 30, 2000, ... (or dancer position or web tension); a controller; and an actuation device (brake). Examples of sensing devices include a dancer arm assembly with a position sensor; load cells (either a single cantilever-type ...

Negotiating an Acquisition: Nine Steps to Success

(Magazine)

March 31, 2000, ... strategy. Don't become obsessed with secondary issues. Many a negotiator has failed because they became obsessed with winning a specific battle. To achieve the ultimate success, you must remain single-minded ...

Specialty Products Are Custom Made in the U.K.

(Magazine)

January 31, 2000, ... coater is designed to run web widths up to 1.55 meters [61 in.] and has an additional three-roll coating head prior to hot melt coating for printing single-color, priming, or siliconizing. "In addition," ...

Bringing a New Dimension to 3-D Imaged Packaging

(Magazine)

December 31, 1999, ... further development. Rather than have two lenses, a single-lens camera used in the process would 'ride' on a little track. It would move and, let's say, take 25 shots, stepping each one. After making the ...

Bag machine adds value to customer-oriented operation.

(Magazine)

November 30, 1996, ... for All-Pak was more speed with no loss of quality. All-Pak reports that the SR-1400 servo draw bag machine has met all of its expectations. A single operator can produce four times as much product as ...

Video web inspection goes quickly from luxury to necessity.

(Magazine)

October 31, 1996, ... waste reduction in a single month." Doerr reports that the biggest objection to buying a video web inspection system used to be price. But he says that in the past 18 months to 2 years the prices of ...

PET supplies increasing as markets expand

(Magazine)

May 31, 1996, ... chloride in most soft drink and bottled water applications. The next major market PET is gearing itself up to conquer is the single-serving soft drink bottle, presently in the domain of the 12-oz aluminum ...

Gravure gets easier

(Magazine)

April 30, 1996, ... in diameters of up to 12 in. and lengths of 5 feet or longer yet still be easily handled by a single pressman. Used primarily in gravure coating applications, the thin-walled sleeves are easily mounted ...

Paper characteristics: starting the job right

(Magazine)

April 30, 1996, ... not only does whiteness vary from supplier to supplier, it also varies across a single roll of stock. And, not surprisingly, consistent whiteness is particularly important for color process jobs. For ...