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Flexible Packaging: Narrow Web's Leverag

(Flexpack)

March 21, 2010, ... variety, speed to market, and increased demand for short runs are the key drivers behind narrow web opportunities. Narrow web printers can produce smaller quantities of flexible packages at very competitive ...

Flexible Packaging: Capital Commitments

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2010, ... than we would have tackled in the past,” he says. “It's a very solid machine. It can handle high speeds, and it doesn't even look like its moving.” Packaging Personified also has added digital mounting ...

Click To Pick

(New Products)

February 28, 2010, ... combined with a polyurethane (PU) coating (with a hardness of 75 Shore D). Suitable for sleeve mounting on central impression flexo presses operating at speeds in excess of 1,000 mpm. Vibration dampening ...

Automated Color Functions

(Carton Box)

February 28, 2010, ... also can control registration, rotation speeds for the ink and water rollers, and ink ductor on/off function. Company says model cuts color adjustment time in half and reduces overall makeready times. ...

Optimize Assets

(New Products)

February 28, 2010, ... optimization when integrated with an asset management solution. Reported benefits include superior control through advanced sensor design; powerful, flexible transmitter; speed, ease, and security in the ...

Move Heavy Loads Safely

(New Products)

February 28, 2010, ... lb. Features a variable-speed throttle grip, programmable speed controller, and rugged steel frame construction. Appleton Mfg. Div. | 920-751-1555 | www.appletonmfg.com Circle 416 or visit www.freeproductinfo.net/pff ...

Reduce Gravure Waste

(News | New Products)

February 10, 2010, ... invited to move some of the gravure cylinders ready on the trolleys to show that indeed their random position does not affect the speed of the pre-register setting. One of the advantages of the TAPS ...

Technical Report: Thin Coating Challenges

(Coatings)

January 31, 2010, ... and if there is drying limitation, the line speed must be decreased in order to dry the coating. The speed reduction will reduce productivity and increase costs. It can result in decreased coating stability ...

South American Flex-Pack Converter Installs BST Defect Detection

(News | New Products)

January 13, 2010, ... the company prints on a wide range of extensible films at high speeds. Plant manager Said Alejandro Defrancisco comments, "The trial showed that BST Premius with automatic print defect detection is an ...

Web Lines: What Is a Tension Zone & How Many Are Needed?

(Editorial)

December 31, 2009, Tension and speed control are the two most fundamental purposes of any web handling system. Speed control is easy for most people to understand, since Tension and speed control are the two most fundamental ...

Proteus Adds Heidelberg VLF

(Carton Box)

December 31, 2009, Proteus Adds Heidelberg VLF KENNESAW, GA | Heidelberg reports the first US company to install its Speedmaster XL 145 VLF press is Proteus Packaging, Franklin, KENNESAW, GA | Heidelberg reports the first ...

AIMCAL & PFFC Partner in Free Encore Webinar Series

(News | New Products)

December 03, 2009, ... to have a defined benefit and a control strategy to meet that benefit. Also learn what a tension zone is and how many are needed in a process; how and when tension is best created by speed control or torque ...

Glue Cartons With Automation

(Carton Box Products)

November 30, 2009, ... automated, remotely controllable cartonmaker that can turn out up to 50,000 lockbottom cartons/hr at a speed of 1,000 fpm. Will process a wide range of materials and formats, reportedly with high quality ...

Films 101: Back to Basics

(Archive)

November 30, 2009, ... offer high clarity, strength, and heat resistance, and their smooth surface provides a no-label appearance in end use. With moderate UV stability, PET films have low caliper, high-speed dispensing, and ...

Software Aids Troubleshooting

(Inspection/Defect Detection)

November 30, 2009, ValcoLink software option is said to ensure equipment is used properly and at its highest level. Now available for Captor High-Speed Vision systems and/or ValcoLink software option is said to ensure equipment ...

Paperboard Packager Gets Results with AVT Inspection Solution

(News Eclips)

November 01, 2009, ... system. We inspect for color, registration, type and die cutting. Our client’s packaging often has small print and we must be confident that the type is in place and readable. The speed of Orion is truly ...

Digital Printing, Part 2 | Commercial

(Process Management)

October 31, 2009, ... dispenses drops of 80 picoliters dia at a speed of 8 m/sec and at a frequency up to 30,000 drops/sec. The SL-128 AA printhead is very small, measuring 4.5 × 4 × 0.25 in., thus allowing for compact print ...

Static, Be Gone!

(Static-Beat)

October 31, 2009, ... the maximum roller resistivity gives Equation 3. The maximum roller resistivity as a function of roller diameter and line speed is shown in Figure 2. For higher line speeds, the resistivity must ...

Engineer's Playgroun

(Coating/Laminating Main)

October 31, 2009, ... experiments on ultra-thin webs with a maximum web width of 55 in. and a line speed of 2,000 fpm; a 14-in.-wide laminator used for combining and peeling different combinations of webs; and a narrow-width ...

Get a Grip on Your Web

(Tension)

October 31, 2009, Whether a converter needs to isolate tension at various zones in a web line, reduce web slippage over a roll, or pull the web at increased speeds and Whether a converter needs to isolate tension at various ...