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Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, ... Point, NC, announce a joint development agreement that synergizes the surface modification Plasma3 technology of Enercon with Ciba’s new nano-grafting PrimeIT technology. The agreement promises development ...

New Products, Part 2

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, ... Control Battenfeld Gloucester Engineering Co. , Gloucester, MA; 978/281-1800; bge.battenfeld.com The RollAir Collapser provides consistent control and quality regardless of film gauge or surface characteristics, ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

April 29, 2005, ... surface rolls. By definition spreader rolls are web transport rolls that are driven or idle that cause cross machine direction web movement while the web travels in the machine direction. Cross machine ...

Narrow Web New Products

(Magazine)

April 29, 2005, ... RFID systems operating in the UHF and microwave frequency bands. System’s cleaning, etching, and functionalizing surface treatment process enables manufacturers to optimize tag transmission levels while ...

Drawing Conclusions: Part 1

(Magazine)

April 29, 2005, ... and line-shafted presses drive two or more rollers with one motor. Each driven roller’s rpm is determined by motor speed and the gear ratio of the motor to the rollers. The rpm turns in to a surface speed ...

Which Ink for Which Substrate?

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, Every new ink project begins with an analysis of the substrate to be printed. In just minutes, the complexity of the project can be estimated from the surface tension characteristics of the substrate. ...

A King of Shrink Contender

(Flexpack)

March 30, 2005, ... doctor blade system. Capable of speeds to 500 fpm, the MSP also is equipped with Enercon corona treaters to assure appropriate surface tension levels for application of water-based inks. Heart and ...

On the Move

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March 30, 2005, News from: Flint Ink, Adhesives Research, Oasis Alignment Services, Parkinson Technologies, Progressive Color Media, ISRA Surface Fision, IIR, American Baler, American Envelope Co., Creo, Valéron Strength ...

New Product Digest, Part 1

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March 30, 2005, ... TAKK Industries, Cincinnati, OH; 800/792-8255; takk.com Ionstorm XR static elimination system provides an extended range of ionization at distances of 36 in. from target surfaces. Shockless, pulsed DC ...

New Product Digest, Part 2

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March 30, 2005, New products from: Ashe Converting Equipment, Maxson Automatic Machinery, AccuWeb, Siemens Energy & Automation, Enercon Industries, Waddington Electronics, Totani America, Creo, Futec Europe, ISRA Surface ...

New Products

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February 27, 2005, ... a standard in center-surface mode; optional pneumatic lay-on system allows operation as a center winder for increased sensitivity and the ability to wind a wide range of materials. Slitter is economical ...

E-Clips Top 10

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January 30, 2005, ... Teflon-coated surface allows film to float better with less air volume, company says, preventing a "pillowing" effect above the blade holder. This will reduce edge wrinkles and allow better layflat control. ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Magazine)

January 30, 2005, ... WrinkleSTOP linear, smooth surface, anti-wrinkle rolls; FOX TrimAway pneumatic trim, matrix, and waste-removal systems; patented Cor-Lok airshafts and chucks; and the new pinch point free Shaft-LOK safety ...

Profit for Printers

(Archive)

December 30, 2004, ... tobacco, chocolate, and food sectors. Says Olsson: "Odor can be generated at a number of points in the conversion process: in the substrate itself and via any surface coatings on it; through by-products ...

Narrow Web Reporter

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December 30, 2004, ... mounting nameplates and for bonding relatively smooth surfaces. The 2-mil tape exhibits minimum 180-deg peel and loop tack values of 40 oz/in. and 32 oz/in., respectively. The tape, which uses a 60# polycoated ...

Who Likes Film?

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, ... out. Smooth surfaces provide less "tread" and quicker onset of lubrication. To add to these problems, many films have naturally lower initial coefficients of friction to roller surfaces. When rollers ...

A Communication from the PLACE div. of TAPPI

(Flexpack)

December 30, 2004, ... between packaging and product, critical aroma volatile loss through scalping by packaging wall surfaces, and oxidation based odor quality degradation. As the application series shows, oxidation based odor ...

Rotogravure an Evolving Process

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... the ink pH, press speed, and formulation. Water-based rotogravure inks have higher surface tensions, which create a sharper dot but also lower its ability to wet the substrate. Commercialization ...

Slitting Debris: Cracking the Case

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October 30, 2004, ... Slitting debris also will go downstream, clinging onto the top, bottom, and side surfaces of slit edges. Rubber rollers downstream of slitting will develop dust rings aligned to the slit edge contact. ...

What's New in Narrow We

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September 29, 2004, ... kpfilms.com Pentaprint OT M276/41 vinyl shrink label film has a frosty matte surface for full-body shrink sleeve label applications. Pentaprint 45-micron PETG films are designed for full-body shrink sleeve ...