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March 31, 2007, ... width. If the seal making the connection between the web and the vacuum isn't secure, the power of the vacuum, as well as the uniformity, can be compromised significantly. For this reason, off-the-shelf-design ...

Two's Better than On

(Materials)

November 07, 2006, ... and excellent layer uniformity. These are critical attributes for barrier co-extrusions.” The seven-layer extrusion line purchased by Atlantis Plastics has a maximum layflat width of 86.6 in. and ...

Specialty Blades Gain Performance and Supply Chain Advantages

(Archive)

June 07, 2006, ... ensures custom, repeat edging to maintain blade-to-blade consistency in terms of uniformity, appearance, and performance integrity. Hardened and tempered, custom edged steel is offered in the traditional ...

Will Food Laws Be Uniform?

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March 30, 2006, ... under which states may not enact regulations unless they are identical to federal law. H.R. 4167, the National Uniformity in Food Act, is intended “to provide for uniform food safety warning notification ...

Can This Coater Be Saved?

(Archive)

January 30, 2006, ... such as the need to coat thinner substrates and coatings and the need to improve coating weight uniformity. Sales and marketing can identify customer quality concerns and future demand. In conducting ...

IP Transitions from Whiteness to Brightness Measurement

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October 31, 2005, ... regard to the human perception of shade. For uniformity across all uncoated white paper grades, IP has set its standard at CIE 145 whiteness. For more information, visit internationalpaper.com.  ...

Measuring Force

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October 30, 2005, ... the uniformity of a coated, metallized, or laminated product between different lots, or differences in a coating, metallizing, or lamination process between manufacturing campaigns. So, what is done most ...

Fighting Flaws

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ... temperature. Maintain optimum applicator settings. Use surface treatment—flame, corona, or plasma—to improve wetting. Physical uniformity refers to the overall esthetic or visual appearance of the ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

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July 30, 2005, ... in costly production trials to make the same determination. The slot die approach provides many benefits such as higher line speed capability and greater coating weight uniformity over other converting ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

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May 30, 2005, ... direct real time measurement of melt temperature variations. These tools analyze cross web temperature uniformity with and without a static mixer. This paper expands on earlier work by using this technology ...

Chromalox Partners with Ohmcraft

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April 27, 2005, ... and temperature uniformity. Applications include semiconductor manufacturing, medical equipment, laboratory and analytical equipment, plastics processing, food processing, gas/fluid heating, and digital ...

Advances in Coating

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March 30, 2005, ... at increased speed, with an improved coating weight uniformity and the ability to apply coatings as thin as 0.025 micron. The overall quality, uniformity, and precision of the applicators have increased, ...

Communication from the PLACE div. of TAPPI

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March 30, 2005, ... of the physical properties of the polymer or composite being processed. Because isothermal conditions rarely exist in application and polymer temperature and viscosity uniformity are rare, cast film dies ...

New Product Digest, Part 1

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December 30, 2004, ... source and highly polished reflector generate high light intensity and uniformity. Strobes come in 10- and 15-in. models to accommodate webs to 36 in. wide. Two or more units can be combined for continuous ...

The Harms of Harmony

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November 29, 2004, ... speed combine to create thickness uniformity. For many coating methods, tension variations won’t cause a significant problem until the web slips on drive rollers and fails to hold the line speed setpoint. ...

Products, Part 2

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September 29, 2004, ... the same precision daylight simulation. Offers multiple light sources to check for metamerism and color uniformity. Meets or exceeds all national, international, and industry-specific standards for visual ...

The Rx for RH

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... dry stock sucks up excessive ink, uniformity is lost, quality suffers, and ink costs can go sky high. Result: More stops, more tweaking and adjusting, plus problems with waste, on-time delivery, overtime, ...

The Signs of Shear Wrinkle

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July 31, 2004, ... thickness, modulus, and uniformity) is a complex engineering problem, but it is predictable with advanced web wrinkling models. If you see clockwise-angled troughs or wrinkles in your process, understand ...

Roots & Realized Dreams

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July 30, 2004, ... of board stacks; moisture profile uniformity; uniformity of bond between the medium and the liners; and accuracy.” Though Burrows Paper's Franklin-based packaging division will continue to produce clamshells, ...

Weight Control

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June 29, 2004, The quality and performance of a coated product depend on obtaining the desired coating weight and maintaining its uniformity in all the rolls of manufactured product. The quality and performance of a ...