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Slit, Rewind with Sensitive Control

(Slit)

May 31, 2011, ... rewind tension. Sensitive contact pressure control with a measuring roller, developed as a contact pressure roller, guarantees excellent winding results and optimal rewind hardness. Sensitive materials ...

Do You Want Nips with That? Part 2

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

April 30, 2011, No nips, please. To qualify this statement, I just want to get rid of unnecessary nips, especially for preventing slip on tension controlling drive rollers. “No nips, please.” To qualify this statement, ...

Exclusive Research-Critical Trends

(Trends/Management)

April 30, 2011, ... amount of increase remained stable. (However, this survey preceded Middle East tensions.) An estimated mean increase of 7.0% was reported. Business Impact of Imported Converted Products The impact ...

Atlas Sells Titan Compact Slitter to Mexico-Based Plemsa

(Slit News)

April 19, 2011, ... 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: Would You Like Nips with That?

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

March 31, 2011, ... on driven pull rollers. To avoid these nips, we have to understand why they are used and how they can be bypassed or removed without upsetting our tension control. To wean you of “tension isolation” ...

INFO*FLEX Show Preview: Full Speed Ahead

(Flexography)

March 31, 2011, ... Products Tuesday, May 3 8:00-10:00 A.M. FIRST Forward: Leveraging FIRST for the Advancement of Flexography | Session Chairs: Lon Robinson, Tension Envelope Corp.; and Eric Ferguson, MacDermid Printing ...

Surface Treating: Promoting Adhesion

(Surface Prep)

February 28, 2011, ... (PE) and polypropylene (PP), are chemically inert and nonporous with relatively low surface tensions. This makes them non-receptive to adhesion with interfaces such as printing inks, coatings, and adhesives. ...

ICE-ing | The Best Part

(Trends/Management)

January 31, 2011, ... for Static Control.” Other contributions include thin film waste reduction, drive systems, nip mechanics, tension control, and splicing accuracy. A third track on package printing and converting will ...

Web Lines: Don't Flip Out - It's Just a Web Fl

(Web Handling)

January 31, 2011, ... especially with a baggy web or if the air turn is poorly aligned. If you try to force the web to make a 90-deg turn with improper geometry, the result will be severe crossweb tension variations, or ...

Webex Adds REM

(Slit)

January 31, 2011, ... handling solutions beyond rolls to serve those customers seeking to upgrade their slitting operations beyond new rolls and/or web tension solutions.” REM operations have been moved to Webex headquarters ...

Show Preview - Forecast for Orlando: ICE

(Trends/Management)

January 31, 2011, ... Pressure-to-Vacuum (ATV) Modules for Web Processing: Vincent Cannella, Energy Conversion Devices Improved Web Handling Through Precise Tension Control & Splicing Accuracy (or The Perfect Butt): Joseph ...

Core Savings

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

December 31, 2010, ...  Infeed Quality | The infeed must be able to absorb the temporary tension spike or disruption resulting from the hard stop. Typical applications for tailgrabbing would be general folding carton work ...

Coating Matters: Defects | Finding the Cause

(Coating/Laminating)

December 31, 2010, ... Once particles have been eliminated as a defect causing agent, you need to review the equipment setup. Is the slot opening narrower at the site of the defect? Is the web quality or tension poor in that ...

Reflections on Deflection

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

November 30, 2010, ... tension, and nip loads will tilt the out cuts inward, leading to weave or full roll collapse. A solid steel shaft will have the lowest deflection, but it also will weigh you down (2 lb/in.). Many shafts ...

Process Troubleshooting

(Coating/Laminating)

October 31, 2010, ... include web cleaners, steering, tension, static control, and temperature control. The material characteristics to be measured include surface energy and substrate manufacturing data. The issues (typically ...

Treat Web Curl

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

October 31, 2010, ... to treat web curl automatically as the roll unwinds. In “Intelligent” mode, decurl movement is programmed from the start point to the end point. Rollstand's tension controller calculates the diameter of ...

Static Beat: Prevent Winter Static

(Static Elimination)

September 30, 2010, ...  Maintain film tensions within the range for good conveyance to minimize static. If the tension is too high, the contact pressure between the film and roller surfaces is higher than necessary, which ...

Coating/Laminating: Signed, Sealed, Delivered

(Coating/Laminating)

September 30, 2010, ... Faustel's PerfectStart winder auto-splice technology, the elimination of idler rolls in the drying oven, controlled cooling of the sensitive foils after drying, and the improved tension control made possible ...

Pilot Coaters: Small Volume, Big Advances

(Coating/Laminating)

September 30, 2010, ... of the coating solution and the shear rate sensitivity Solids concentration Surface tension of the coating solution Surface tension and physical quality of the substrate This data should be kept ...

Barrier Films: SiOx Barrier Benefits

(Coatings)

September 30, 2010, ... takes place in an environment of protective gas. The inside head space of the pack is filled with an inert gas. This gas replaces the oxygen and enables an extension of the shelf life. One SiOx product ...