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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Microwaveable Package Brings Home the Bacon with Top Product of Year Award

(Metallizing)

March 09, 2013, ... this product line extension, while the metallized gold interior differentiates and reflects the whiskey's rich maple flavor. Unifoil, Fairfield, NJ, earned a Marketing Award in the Nonfood Packaging Category ...

Davis-Standard Upgrades Coating & Pelletizing Lab

(Coating)

February 22, 2013, ... Pro SCADA system to support data collection, trending, and coordinated operation over a broad tension range with numerous web path selections. On the production line, the unwind has been replaced with ...

Web Lines | Winding Process Fundamentals, Pt. 2

(Technical Reports)

February 18, 2013, In Part 2 of this four-part series, web handling expert Tim Walker tackles tension control from the first to the final lap of the winding roll Understanding winding, roll defects (e.g. tin-canning), ...

Show Preview | ICE USA 2013

(Trends/Management)

February 04, 2013, ... drive web path rollers, and running speeds up to 4,920 fpm (1,500 mpm) with more precise web tension control. Electrical cabinets are fully integrated into the machines to reduce the space required for ...

AIMCAL Organizes ICE Europe Conference Program

(Coating/Laminating News)

January 27, 2013, ... control, and barrier properties. The Web Handling track, led by Dr. Dilwyn Jones of Emral Ltd., Yarm, U.K., will provide a tutorial on winding with sessions devoted to roll defects, web tension, nips, ...

Web Industries Acquires CAD Cut

(Die-Cutting News)

January 26, 2013, ... and what they do is a natural extension of what we’re best at doing.” Commenting on the acquisition, CAD Cut’s president Ward Osgood says, “I’m extremely pleased by the advantages brought to our customers ...

Maxson Offers Accumulating Festoon

(News | New Products)

January 20, 2013, ... of downline processes, thereby maintaining accurate sheet length. The system provides a closed loop tension control for the roll stand, accommodating immediate speed changes that company says would otherwise ...

Web Lines | Winding Process Fundamentals, Pt. 1

(Technical Reports)

January 13, 2013, ... the stress and strains of the wound roll. To understand the stresses and strains within a wound roll, we must understand four things: What determines the web tension as it makes first contact with ...

CTP Flexibles Adds 3 Titan Slitter/Rewinders

(News | New Products)

January 02, 2013, ... screen control system, and an integral edge-trim extraction system. The pneumatically controlled braking system provides accurate web tension control and a digital edge-guide system controls lateral movement ...

Web Lines | Why Bigger Cores?

(Technical Reports)

November 15, 2012, ... and core crushing. A smaller change from core diameter to final roll diameter means a smaller torque range requirement for a given roll and a winder with a wider tension range able to handle a great ...