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Web Guiding | Lateral Motion Causes

(Web Lines)

March 31, 2010, ... forces that promote centerline tracking. First, tension will tend to pull a bad web straight. Second, the web tracking rule promotes centerline tracking on well aligned rollers in traction with the web ...

Multipack Juices It Up

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2010, ... step toward a fully compostable package. Bryce adjusted printing inks along with web tensions, process temperatures, and bonding processes to deliver a lamination that would provide adequate snack food ...

AIMCAL Awards

(Coating/Laminating)

March 21, 2010, ... step toward a fully compostable package. Bryce adjusted printing inks along with web tensions, process temperatures, and bonding processes to deliver a lamination that would provide adequate snack food ...

Flexible Packaging: Narrow Web's Leverag

(Flexpack)

March 21, 2010, ... extensions are opportunities for meeting the needs of today's fast-paced lifestyles. Everything from suitcases and lunch boxes to cars and hotel rooms are filled with portable packages. It's all about products ...

Flexible Packaging: Capital Commitments

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2010, ... the difference on the production floor has been tension control and the adhesive mixing system. “The tension control the machine offers is very good. You want to have good tension control between your ...

Technical Report: Thin Coating Challenges

(Coatings)

January 31, 2010, ... is a function of the base thickness, tension, and air velocity. The result is an operating window for web stability (Figure 2). The thinner substrate will require lower tension and adjustments of the slot ...

Why so Tense?

(Tension)

December 31, 2009, ... Rolls According to David Brownell, mill superintendent, “The U-Series is used on our slitter/rewinder for tension control. We require constant and reliable tension because we run lightweight papers. The ...

AIMCAL & PFFC Partner in Free Encore Webinar Series

(News | New Products)

December 03, 2009, The Assn. of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters & Laminators (AIMCAL) partners with Paper, Film & Foil Converter (PFFC) to host an encore series of three free webinars designed to meet the diverse tension ...

Films 101: Back to Basics

(Archive)

November 30, 2009, ... efficient and economical dispensing; however, it becomes stiff at high calipers, and its temperature and tension must be closely controlled during converting. BOPP films can be difficult to print because ...

Press Has Options

(Narrow Web Products)

October 31, 2009, ... capacity by as much as 50%. Can be supplied with up to 12 printing units for UV or water-based inks and is equipped with PLC controls, touchscreen, automatic web tension, equal-height print and die station ...

Cores | The Foundation of Winding

(Web Lines)

October 31, 2009, ... of winding. Instead of building upon the core with bricks and lumber, we build atop a core by wrapping hundreds or thousands of tensioned layers. Like a stack of bricks, each layer may add to the pressure ...

Engineer's Playgroun

(Coating/Laminating Main)

October 31, 2009, ...  The MCF's four largest pieces of equipment are a 57-in. “combined wide machine,” used in film and paper winding experiments, that runs up to 3,000 fpm; a “thin web rewinder” for low tension, low traction ...

Get a Grip on Your Web

(Tension)

October 31, 2009, Whether a converter needs to isolate tension at various zones in a web line, reduce web slippage over a roll, or pull the web at increased speeds and Whether a converter needs to isolate tension at various ...

Digital Label Press Has Wider Web Width

(News Eclips)

October 13, 2009, ... ideal for pharmaceutical, nutriceutical, and hang-tag applications, system is claimed to deliver excellent print quality via advanced grayscale printhead technology and wide-gamut UV inks. Improved tension ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCT

(New Products)

September 30, 2009, ... technology. Spartanics | 847-394 5700 | www.spartanics.com Circle 417 or visit www.freeproductinfo.net/pff Get Measurement Options Expanded measurement options on the HAAKE CaBER extensional ...

A Torque Devil Is in the Details

(Web Lines)

September 30, 2009, ... up with in calculating high and low torque requirements. Let me know if you see anything wrong with this specification: Wanted | Center winder and unwinder Tension range | 0.5-3.0 lb/in. (6:1 range) ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS: Narrow Web & Labe

(Narrow Web)

September 30, 2009, ... with web widths to 510 mm and a maximum speed of 200 mm. Edale | +44 01489 569230 | www.edale.com Circle 324 or visit www.freeproductinfo.net/pff Measure Tension on Narrow Webs New line of ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS: Carton & Bo

(Carton Box Main)

September 30, 2009, ... line shaft flexo presses is designed for the North American folding carton and mid-to-wide web paper industries. Standard features include closed loop tension system, fault diagnosis, touchscreen control ...

Rewind Equipment: Chic & Sleek

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

September 30, 2009, ... indexing for winding tension control. Larsson explains that the most recent Elsner machine allows Eco-Borastapeter to go from mill roll to finished product in one pass. As a result, the company is able ...

Time for Unwinding Upgrade?

(Archive)

August 31, 2009, ... an unwinding roll is small and speeds are slow, you may not notice the tension upsets that occur during acceleration and deceleration, but when was the last time your customer asked for smaller rolls and ...