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Cast Film Lines for Barrier Films

(The Place)

October 31, 2003, ... or other polymer. Barrier films require highly sophisticated winding systems that provide sensitive web tension control and give a choice of different wind modes. The industry predominantly uses center ...

Small Flexing, Big Benefits

(Magazine)

October 30, 2003, ... flexible flutes with your thumb, you will notice they deflect laterally. The grooves are machined intentionally at an angle so the tensioned web will deflect the flutes away from the machine centerline. ...

Mamata Develops the Vega 800 F with HP Teknik; 'Flower Sleeve' Bag Machin

(News | New Products)

October 26, 2003, ... and at every stroke, produces two bags—running at a [maximum speed of 240 bags per minute]," reports co. The Vega 800 F also is equipped with servo tension controls, edge guides, a motorized roll-lifting ...

Converting Equipment Mfrs. Assn. Sets Slitting/Rewinding Seminar in Philadelphia This Fall

(News | New Products)

October 23, 2003, ... Craig, Tidland Corp. 10:05-10:20 am—Break 10:20-11:15 am—Web Tension and Tension Control Systems John Campbell, Nexen 11:15 am-12:10 pm—New Closed-Loop Tension Control Technology Mike Zlatic, Magpowr ...

Converter Panel Attracts Interest at Conference

(The Place)

September 30, 2003, ... Products.” They discussed the replacement of desiccant sachets in a package by incorporating the desiccant in the sealant or product contact layer of a packaging material. This is an extension of the well-known ...

Where Does a Spreader Spread?

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... rollers, empirically demonstrating their ability to prevent wrinkling and spread a slit web. Ron's simple spreading test started with a 12-in.-wide web, under controlled tension and speed, tracking from ...

Products

(Magazine)

September 29, 2003, ... motor, reducing the tension range for thin-gauge products. Treaters Yield High-Dyne, Long-Lasting Treatment Sigma Technologies Intl. Inc., Tucson, AZ; 520/575-8013; sigma-technologies.com Atmospheric ...

New Harper Div. Provides Tech Support and Service for Flexo

(News | New Products)

September 15, 2003, ... of America announces the launch of its Harper Graphic Solutions (HGS) division to provide additional technical support to the flexographic printing industry. According to HGS, the division acts as an extension ...

The Long & the Short of Web Bending

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, ... wrap (1.57 radians), coefficient of friction of 0.25, and 2 PLI of tension over a 60-in. width? Do you have an intuitive feel for this question? The frictional force on this roller will be 47 lb of friction. ...

Products

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, ... print quality for registration, line bleed, line density, edge sharpness, and much more. Choose Brake Tension Controls You Need Dynaspede, North Brunswick, NJ; 732/822-7909; dynaspede.com Powder brakes ...

Let's Talk Trend

(Tapes)

August 28, 2003, ... Improvements in tension controls and drying methods are among the many improvements that have made film a more press-friendly substrate. The film/paper price differential also has become negligible, further ...

Labelexpo Europe: Unparalled Access to Latest Label Trends

(News | New Products)

August 07, 2003, ... cassettes, automated register controls, web tension systemsm, and remote inking systems. Times of 10 minutes or less for complete job changes involving a minimum of four process colors in register—including ...

Going with the Parallel Flow

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, ... winding the leading edge around your pencil. Rotate your pencil, winding on the pencil “core” while the tape dispenser provides back tension. If you hold the pencil perpendicular (a.k.a. normal) to the ...

Products

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, ... integration costs dramatically because of its universal connectivity. A flexible triggering system supports the most complicated data exchange rules, co. notes. Control Tension Now with Digital System ...

A Slippery Answer to Web Scratching

(Magazine)

June 30, 2003, ... and calculate a Traction Safety Factor (TSF), an indicator of how close each roller is to slipping. The TSF is the ratio of driving torque (wrap*tension*COF*radius) to drag torque (bearing drag torque ...

Size Doesn't Always Matte

(Magazine)

June 30, 2003, ... in.; 60-in. standard rewind diameter; ability to handle all materials, including nonwovens; shafted and shaftless rewind; and programmable tension and density controls. Gearless Press Allows Quick Changeover ...

Retrofitting Older Sheeters

(Archive)

June 30, 2003, ... These changes are relatively simple and inexpensive. The best possible cut accuracy cannot be achieved without proper web tension control. Either a load cell or swing arm dancer can provide web tension, ...

Cyclic-Olefinic Copolymers as Non-Migrating, Polymeric Slip Additives in LDPE Cast Films

(Magazine)

June 30, 2003, ... dynamic mechanic analyzer (DMA) determined the dynamic moduli. Dynamic mechanical measurements used film fixtures in a tension mode (E’, E’’) as a function of temperature at constant frequency of oscillation. ...

Can't Touch This (Web): Part

(Magazine)

May 31, 2003, ... of a backside-only web handling system where the magnetic coated face is the “untouchable” side. A videocassette unwinds, transports, guides, tensions, and rewinds the tape without faceside contact (not ...

Fit for Use

(Materials)

April 30, 2003, ... of your converting process, and your principle methods of control are film temperature and tension level. The molecular differences of various polymers, due to the molecular structure and intermolecular ...