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Can't Touch This (Web): Part

(Magazine)

May 31, 2003, ... are uncoated or to-be-trimmed. Undercut and sprocket rollers exert force on the web's edges, so they require a relatively stiff web to avoid buckling in the unsupported center. Movie film projectors ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

May 31, 2003, ... OH, USA—Tollamco Corp. has commissioned a new adhesive lamination pilot line said to be capable of laminating continuous flexible webs to 14 in. wide (untrimmed). Both full and strip lamination are possible. ...

New Products for the Converting Industry (2 of 2)

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... the risk of web breaks and offer higher quality output from a constantly high level of image registration, guaranteed by a smooth, uninterrupted process. A Quiet Trim Removal Solution Precision AirConvey, ...

Delivering Quality on Time

(Unprinted Rolls)

March 31, 2003, ... RiverCor realized its existing sheeting equipment would be hard pressed to keep up with demand. While the company had five existing sheeters, the equipment was old, slow, and inefficient. Secondary trimming ...

New Product Digest, Part 2, PFFC, April 2003

(Magazine)

March 30, 2003, ...  A Quiet Trim Removal Solution Precision AirConvey, Newark, DE; 302/999-8000; precisionairconvey.com The TrimPAC Whisper system features a multi-pronged attack on noise and is said to permit high-performance ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... edge trim removal; static charges; and many more. CRC says the book also addresses winding technology; gauge variation; cores and mandrels; speed and vibration; web thickness and strength; and more. All ...

Cinching Belt Tightening Gone Bad: Part Two

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... cinches, look to see if that roll is too uniform. Some products are designed with a knurl or other locking mechanism at the product edges that is trimmed off before the final product. Watch out for ...

Boxes That Rock

(Folding Cartons)

February 28, 2003, ... the coveted “Best of Show” awards, is slated to be made at NPA's 85th annual meeting, which will be held June 21-25 at The Westin Nova Scotian, Halifax, Nova Scotia. A Touch of Class Judge Jim Trimm ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, New from: ABB Inc., Ashe Converting Equipment, ExxonMobil, PCMC, and SATO America. Printer Is Rugged, Fast SATO America, Charlotte, NC; satoamerica.com The M-10e printer is designed for rugged dependability ...

Products

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... Machine, Matthews, IN; 756/998-2733; jennerjahn.com JLS-73 slitter/rewinder converts web widths from 24-73 in. A dual-web option, which can double machine's output for many trim-cut applications, is said ...

Differential Rewinding: Part Three

(Magazine)

December 31, 2002, ... shafts, let's review potential detrimental side effects. This month we continue our diagnosis of differential rewinding. The last two columns reviewed the whys and hows of differential rewinding, but before ...

Neither Boom Nor Bust

(Magazine)

December 31, 2002, ... to be detrimental. It takes money that could be invested in private enterprise and puts it into the government. “My gut feeling is that it will be a short war,” Lowney says, “with no more than a one- ...

Servo Savings

(Magazine)

December 30, 2002, ... utilizing a position trim value within the drive. This maintains consistent paper position throughout the coating and finishing process and allows for excellent registration. According to Adamson, in the ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

November 30, 2002, ... Amatco USA, exclusively handling knife trimmers. According to Colter & Peterson president Bruce Peterson, the acquisition was a natural fit. “Combining the resources and people at Amatco with those ...

Release Liners: A Worldwide Special Report: Release LinersPackaging Waste?

(Archive)

October 31, 2002, ... in relation to release liners. The release liner manufacturer and laminate manufacturer necessarily create waste during production. The label printer creates waste during conversion—offcuts and trim. The ...

What's Ahead for Bagmakers

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, Faced with competition from Asia and pressure from packagers to lower costs, bagmakers in Europe are finding ways to trim expenses and reduce downtime. Faced with competition from Asia and pressure from ...

Release Liners: A Worldwide Special Report

(Archive)

October 31, 2002, ... the North American label market—possibly to the detriment of self-adhesive technology and in favor of other product decoration methods. US-based Channeled Resources, with its increasing base of MaraTech ...

Retired PFFC Editor Authors Web Handling Guide

(News | New Products)

October 29, 2002, ... alignment in machines web tensioning use of web spreading and guiding devices use of razor slitters shear knife slitters edge trim removal trim disposal management of web electrostatic charges  ...

Bobst Aboard for IADD Diecutting Odyssey

(News | New Products)

October 22, 2002, ... a Technology Hall. "Featuring flatbed, multi-contour and rotary diecutting and diemaking for cutting and trimming all soft to semi-rigid materials, [the Technology venue] will showcase the latest in presses, ...

Five Questions and Answers on Lubrication

(Magazine)

September 30, 2002, ... the detrimental effects (scratching, tension, and tracking control problems) and take advantage of the beneficial effects (less wrinkling and less caliper-sensitive winding). Timothy J. Walker has 20+ ...