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Eliminating Boundary Layer Air During Winding

(Web Handling)

July 15, 2013, ... nearly-tangential (1-10 deg) or 180-deg. These options keep the web tension perpendicular to the winding nip load, making the nip load independent of tension and keeping high tension from opening the winding ...

Web Lines | Curl Mechanics Pt. 1—Machine Direction Curl

(Coating/Laminating)

July 08, 2013, ... toward the side with the shorter dimension. Machine direction (MD) curl is the easiest to understand. Tension will elongate a web. The percent elastic strain in a web will be proportional to the web ...

Labels | Market Update on IML & Sleeve Technologies

(Label/Tape)

June 03, 2013, AWA reports on latest developments in print and hardware technologies for in-mold labels and sleeves Two relatively recent extensions to the world’s portfolio of packaging technologies were the subject ...

Flexo Printing | Middle East Label Converter Adds Gallus ECS 340

(Label/Tape)

May 28, 2013, ... includes corona treater and web cleaning, chill drums, three die-cutting stations (including the sheeter), laminating, web tension control, and automatic registration. This was followed in 2008 by a Gallus ...

CPP Conference Program Registration Is Open

(News | New Products)

May 27, 2013, ...  • Waste reduction and cost?savings in web handling, tension control, registration • Hybrid printing • 3-D digital decorating • Digital printing and finishing in packaging and labels • Intellectual ...

Coating Matters | Fluid Flow Phenomena

(Coating/Laminating)

May 14, 2013, ... of the interfacial tensions between a fluid, the displaced air, and the substrate being contacted. Whether the fluid wets the surface of the substrate and spreads, or de-wets and retracts, is determined ...

Web Lines | Winding Process Fundamentals, Pt. 3

(Web Handling)

May 08, 2013, ... this four-part series, web handling expert Tim Walker discusses internal stresses and strain. Most wound rolls are held together with the friction. The tensioned (elongated) layers create pressure pushing ...

ITW Muller Offers Robotic Pallet Wrapper

(News | New Products)

May 07, 2013, ... at completion of wrap cycles and minimizes risk of operator injury. Optimized for use with company’s oriented film, the film tension can be adjusted electronically from the control panel. The technology ...

Skipnes Enhances Print, Finishing with Martin Splicers

(Label/Tape News)

May 07, 2013, ... tension control on the ABG machine. Installed in the mid-90s at the company’s Trondheim plant to handle RFID tags, the Omega line was moved to Strömstad in 2008 and fitted with the MBNT splicer to run ...

Basics: What Are the Key Process Variables of Winding?

(Web Handling)

May 02, 2013, Basic definitions of tension, nip, and torque help describe what variables are important when winding a roll. Have you ever heard of the TNTs of winding: Tension, Nip, and Torque? I'm not necessarily ...

Martin Splicer Improves Efficiency of ABG Line

(Label/Tape News)

May 01, 2013, ... grown from 20 million to 48 million labels per year because we can run non-stop with higher production speeds. And, the quality has improved too because the Martin has given us better tension control on ...

CEMSA & OMET Choose Martin Automatic on New Cup Press

(Carton Box News)

April 29, 2013, ... automatic roll unwinding, splicing, and importantly, web tension control. Speaking for Martin Automatic, Ed Pittman said: “We are delighted to have supplied another splicer to CEMSA and know that it ...

PFFC & CPP EXPO Collaborate on Conference Sessions

(Yo's Yarns)

April 28, 2013, ... alike. His sessions include: WH1: Tensioning and Mis-Registration: Did Tension Control Mess Up My Registration?–September 9: 8:30 A.M. to 10 A.M.; Understanding Nips: Tuning Up Your Nipped Rollers ...

CPP EXPO Taps PFFC To Collaborate on Conference Program

(Coating/Laminating News)

April 21, 2013, ... to printers and converters alike. vivasex His sessions include: WH1: Tensioning and Mis-Registration: Did Tension Control Mess Up My Registration?; Understanding Nips: Tuning Up Your Nipped Rollers ...

Maxson Roll Stand Feature Aids Production

(News | New Products)

April 17, 2013, ... of rethreading a sheeter rather than splicing the leading edge of the new roll to the end of the old web. The automatic tension system uses a proportional control design. A sensor fixed on the roll stand’s ...

Plastic Connections Expands with Titan Compact Slitter

(News | New Products)

April 17, 2013, ... control system. A pneumatically controlled braking system provides accurate web tension control and a digital edge-guide system controls lateral movement of the unwind reel to +/- 2 in. (50 mm). Slitting ...

Tim Walker Seminar to Cover Web Handling Basics

(News | New Products)

April 12, 2013, Columnist will offer tools to diagnose and remedy defects such as tension variations, bagginess, curl, scratches, misalignment, and wrinkling   ST. PAUL, MN | Tim Walker, PFFC “Web Lines” columnist, ...

REM Mfg. Slitter Processes Narrow Webs

(Narrow Web)

April 07, 2013, ... center surface rewinding for processing webs at speeds to 1,000 fpm with tension ranges down to 0.25 PLI. Slit widths are ¼ inch minimum. Available with rewind diameters to 24 in. Programmed differential ...

Bringing Theory into Focus

(Coating/Laminating)

April 04, 2013, ... (rheology, viscosity, surface tension, etc.). But what is important? What can you use daily as an applications individual in the fluid coating world? So let’s start with the most important concept to ...

Goss Demonstration Week Features Offset Press

(Carton Box News)

March 19, 2013, ... in.) and print at speeds to 457 mpm (1,500 fpm). Key features include quick-change sleeve adapter technology said to provide efficient, cost-effective size changes, and advanced offset inking, tension, ...