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- Fieldmeter or Voltmeter?
- (Static-Beat)
- December 23, 2009, ... are complementary and can be added to the work stream if needed to help sort things out. Electrostatic fieldmeters are good, workhorse instruments for detecting static charge. Readings should be taken ...
- Paper or Plastic?
- (Archive)
- November 30, 2009, ... the industry's future. He highlighted waste management as a critical item. But, he said, this is particularly a challenge because “everything we do in relation to the sustainability issue comes back to ...
- Do It Yourself
- (Adhesives)
- November 30, 2009, ... with regulatory affairs as they continue to change rapidly, both domestically and abroad, as well as doing things that improve one's image from a sustainability standpoint,” notes Ragin, citing such issues ...
- Experience Speaks: David Premo
- (Experience Speaks)
- October 31, 2009, ... have to do it better, faster, and cheaper, and provide something cost can't compete with. That's where the custom solutions come in. What is the biggest mistake you made, and how did you fix it? We ...
- Cores | The Foundation of Winding
- (Web Lines)
- October 31, 2009, ... and “Cinching: Belt Tightening Gone Bad, Part 2”). However, some core compression isn't necessarily a bad thing. If the core doesn't give a little, core pressures will be many times the pressure elsewhere ...
- Static, Be Gone!
- (Static-Beat)
- October 31, 2009, ... resistivity, we need the roller charge to dissipate within one revolution. Taking the dissipation time to be 3τ so that 95% of the charge will have dissipated results in Equation 2. And solving for ...
- Engineer's Playgroun
- (Coating/Laminating Main)
- October 31, 2009, ... praise from a company executive. But Walker (PFFC's “Web Lines” columnist) is CEO of TJWalker+Assoc. As a nationally recognized leader in web handling, consulting, and training, he knows a good thing when ...
- Get a Grip on Your Web
- (Tension)
- October 31, 2009, ... a typical vacuum roll (see Figure 1), the rotating shell is driven around a stationary center tube that evacuates air. Figure 2 shows the stationary vacuum zone established within the shell. The vacuum ...
- Bobst Schiavi Press Brings 'New Wave" of Capabilitie
- (News | New Products)
- October 04, 2009, ... in exceptionally fast turnaround on new jobs (often within 10 days), particularly those with challenging graphics. New Wave typically develops highly customized solutions for each specific customer specification, ...
- New Roles for Converters
- (Archive)
- September 30, 2009, ... thin, discreet shapes, such as the letters of the alphabet and bar codes, while coating typically applies a continuous layer. The coating process can apply a wide range of coating organic or inorganic ...
- WHAT'S NEW PRODUCT
- (New Products)
- September 30, 2009, ... the adhesive lamination process. The adhesive cures up to 5x times faster than normal, company says, resulting in improved productivity, quality determination within hours after lamination, and fewer interactions ...
- WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS: Narrow Web & Labe
- (Narrow Web)
- September 30, 2009, ... Circle 322 or visit www.freeproductinfo.net/pff Liner Reduces Material Use Re-engineered THINflex PP 160 HC TC-332 includes a 0.92-mil PET liner, TRACrite 92. Company says 1.6-mil clear BOPP film ...
- How To Prevent Winter Static
- (Static Elimination)
- August 31, 2009, ... accumulates a little static charge every time it touches one of these surfaces. Tribocharging is a surface phenomenon. A thin layer of grease, dirt, or other contaminant on the surfaces can increase tribocharging ...
- Foil Capsules Launch Sales
- (New Products)
- August 31, 2009, ... anything but ordinary. “Actually, we are a lot like other converters in that we basically take materials, like polylaminates, heat-shrink PVC [polyvinyl chloride], and aluminum foil, and custom print ...
- WHAT'S NEW PRODUCT
- (New Products)
- August 31, 2009, ... www.freeproductinfo.net/pff Page 3 of 6 Print on Foil The 706 Hi-Print UV press with Inline Foiler Prindor automatically adjusts for substrates ranging from 0.04-mm thin paper to 1-mm cardboard. ...
- Gravure Versus Flexo Printing Part 2
- (Process Management)
- July 31, 2009, ... Technical Aspects of Gravure This is a very simple process with only a single impression to be set, so there are few inherent variables making for high quality print within the run and from run to ...
- Breaking Barriers
- (Digital)
- July 31, 2009, ... the ongoing improvements in inks, printheads, and image quality that inkjet can deliver. Says Skelly, “Those kinds of things have brought inkjet much closer to the mainstream than ever before. “Demand ...
- Seeing Clearly
- (Coatings)
- July 31, 2009, ... capture. The modular design allows for off-line cleaning and system modification, eliminating contamination within the coating room. Among its benefits, Phillips says the new coater/laminator “dramatically” ...
- Narrow Web & Label
- (Narrow Web)
- June 30, 2009, ... within the same cut file, allowing for perforations or multilayer applications. Allen Datagraph Systems | 800-258-6360 | www.allendatagraph.com Circle 341 or visit www.freeproductinfo.net/pff A Guide ...
- Home Grown
- (Coating/Laminating Main)
- June 30, 2009, ... and other commonly handled products. The surface protection of the specialty film remains on the product and doesn't wash off. “We're known for doing interesting things with films, creating that unusual ...