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Web Lines | Air Bubbles in Your Laminate

(Web Handling)

August 31, 2015, ... that is automatically pierced, where low profile non-bubble web passes by freely. 4. Reduce the pressure at the web-roller contact, allowing the air to pass over the roller: a) Reduce tension or b) Increase ...

HP Indigo Spotlights Labels & Packaging at VIP Event

(News | New Products)

July 30, 2015, ... Spain. Better color management will be facilitated by a new in-line spectrophotometer that can be used from profiles or for day-to-day spot color needs. A plug-in extension is now available for SmartStream ...

Show Preview | CPP Expo 2015 Adds 3D Printing Pavilion

(Trends/Management)

July 29, 2015, ... The OmniFold 3000 Automatic Folding and Gluing System features modular alignment system, modular pre-break device, interchangeable bearing bed transports, automatic belt tensioning, modular auto-lock bottom ...

New Era Converting Machinery Develops Flexible Glass

(Materials)

July 24, 2015, ... web handling perspective,” says Paul Lembo, VP at New Era. “The ability to unwind and convey the flexible glass substrates with as little tension as possible, while still maintaining control of the substrate ...

The Effects of Surface Treatment at the Interface

(Coating/Laminating)

July 20, 2015, ... coating methods), the fluid surface deformation may vary across the substrate. This deformation results in concentration gradients and surface tension gradients. These surface tension gradients lead to ...

Pamarco Agreement with MarquipWardUnited Is Extended

(News | New Products)

July 15, 2015, ... in Walton, KY, and processes and procedures of the laser engraving facility in Atlanta, MWU has renewed its commitment to Pamarco as the preferred anilox roll supplier. This extension ensures a continued ...

Sun Automation Has a Long History

(Corrugated)

July 07, 2015, ... Langston, and then his son Samuel, were the earliest pioneers of corrugated manufacturing, creating approximately 50 patents for machinery including the double facer, variable voltage drives, and preconditioning/tensioning ...

Web Lines | When Do Small Rollers and Cores Cause Defects?

(Technical Reports)

July 07, 2015, ... Once we have a number, we can figure out what we do that could exert this excessive strain on the web. With no tension, the strain change from inside surface to outside surface is thickness/radius. The ...

Telstar Announces Multi-Lane Unwind

(News | New Products)

June 12, 2015, ...  stripe, foil, or reinforcement tape. Each lane is individually tensioned with a simple mechanical brake arm assembly. A grooved Teflon block rides over the edge of a backer plate providing lane guiding ...

Solvent-Free Lamination | Nordmeccanica Opens/Demos at New Permanent NA Home

(Coating/Laminating)

June 10, 2015, ... be treated properly on-line. Also, foil is heavier than film but much less extensible, so perfect web tension is an absolute requirement, meaning driven unwinds, smooth, aligned, free-turning idlers, and ...

Montalvo Adds Size to Idler Load Line

(News | New Products)

June 09, 2015, The new Size 1 ES Dead Shaft-Idler Load Cell reportedly allows users to replace existing load cells easily GORHAM, ME | Montalvo, international specialists in web tension control, has expanded its ...

Drytac Laminator Called Heavy-Duty Unit

(Coating/Laminating)

June 09, 2015, ... shafts with brake tension control on the operator side. Among the applications of interest to converters are floor graphics. According to product manager Nate Goodman, “The Pro XD was designed to last. ...

Web Lines | Unwritten Rules, Part 2

(Technical Reports)

June 08, 2015, ... almost always forget to include in web handling training. In Part 1 of this Web Lines column, I gave you three rules: Keep tension. Avoid rapid speed changes. The web should be narrower than the ...

Nordmeccanica Demonstrates Solvent-Free Adhesive Laminating

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

June 07, 2015, ... motor size and control; idler roll design, balance and fabrication; 4-roll laminator design and speed control; line tension control; and speed ramp-up protocol to produce a new structure heretofore unmade ...

Neenah Packaging Releases Swatchbooks

(Materials)

June 02, 2015, ... to feature premium print performance. Box wrap papers are called a natural brand extension for consistent color and quality. They are offered in what company says are the whitest whites, deepest blacks, ...

Static Problems with Metallized Webs

(Static-Beat)

May 31, 2015, ... is just plain wrong! Here are three situations where we found serious static problems with web structures having metalized layers. Tension Loss - In normal operation, web is under tension as it passes ...

DMS Offers Unwind/Rewind

(News | New Products)

May 30, 2015, System is said to deliver smooth, vibration-free operation to handle tension-sensitive thin films or foils LAKE ZURICH, IL | DMS, a supplier of products and services for rotary hot stamping, embossing, ...

Looking Behind the Curtain of Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

May 29, 2015, ... tension The Weber number provides us with the height of the curtain that allows for success. A good starting point is to look for the coating conditions that allow for We > 2. This is considered a stability ...

Coating Matters | The Effects of Viscoelastic Behavior, Pt. 1

(Coating/Laminating)

May 25, 2015, ... considerations with viscoelastic fluids. Roll coating techniques need to consider the film split of the fluid as rotational forces interact with tensioned web movement. Premetered coating techniques (like ...

Innovia Films Offers BOPP with Barrier

(Materials)

May 10, 2015, Propafilm RCU acrylic coated BOPP film is said to offer barrier to mineral oil migration, and a white version is on the way   CUMBRIA, UK | Innovia Films recently launched Propafilm RCU, its first ...