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Conference Features New Networking Opportunity

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October 31, 2000, ...  Coating Resins—Troubleshooting." He reviewed polymer properties, resin effects on processing, resin effects on the final product, and variables such as melt strength. In a session on "Extrusion Beyon ...

Common Causes of Blocking in Heat Seal CoatingsPart I

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September 30, 2000, ... as explained above for the case of insufficient drying. Another processing variable that can cause blocking is winding the coating into a roll with excessive pressure. Even properly dried heat seal ...

Bringing Together the Many Benefits of Film and Paper

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September 30, 2000, ... three 60-mm grooved feed throat extruders with the latest variable lead barrier screw technology, Wilson-North says. He adds that a dual-lip air ring is incorporated immediately after the 200-mm, three-layer ...

What's New in Narrow We

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August 31, 2000, ... variable information printing on corrugated boxes, plastics, glass, and more. Silicone Base Paper Is White and Smooth Cham-Tenero Paper Mills Inc., Fabrikstrasse, Switzerland; +41 417853333 Hi-Fi ...

Selecting the Right Tensioning System for the Application

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April 30, 2000, ...  Torque capacity variables include the friction coefficient of the friction material, the friction disc diameter, and the number of friction discs and air actuation elements in the brake. Air-actuated ...

Human/Machine Interface Offers Best of Two Worlds

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March 31, 2000, ... and manual machine adjustment (causing variable accuracy, excessive downtime, waste materials, and astronomical maintenance costs) are a thing of the past. I/O modules, programmable logic controllers ...

Negotiating an Acquisition: Nine Steps to Success

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March 31, 2000, ... between the parties; and the replaceability of a party in the case of deadlocked negotiations. However the most significant difference is the variables and factors that the parties use to generate leverage ...

Converter Plays Key Role in Mercosur Trading Group

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February 29, 2000, ... business that has been started this year with local and multinational companies; and the startup of a service to print variable information for promotion packs. As a service for its customers, ISMA ...

High-Barrier Packaging: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

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January 31, 2000, ... liners; they are used, he says, to keep in the Freon-type products. Activity in Variable Packaging "Active packaging" is also a trend in plastic-film packaging, though Mark Foote says that this "variable" ...

Movin' on up - a look at relocating a business.

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November 30, 1996, ... to the success (or failure) of an enterprise can depend less on what you sell than on where you sell it. There are many variables that may enter into the decision to relocate or expand a business, including ...

Temperature control helps ink customers optimize performance.

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November 30, 1996, ... paper." Ink temperature, paper temperature, and equipment temperature taken together are among the most significant dependent variables in the print equation, he stresses. Over the past several years, ...

Label converter controls quality from the inside out

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August 31, 1996, ... control of every critical material we use - such as inks - and tight control on every manufacturing step we perform," Keeney says. "Our key has been to eliminate as many variables as possible from the process ...

Bagmaking machines adapt to conquer new markets.

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July 31, 1996, ... being made, based on the bag length, machine speed, and programming variables. And finally, Helming reports that operator interfaces have evolved to the point where they actually guide an operator through ...

Pressure-sensitive line utilizes all-vector drive system

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June 30, 1996, ... and, with older AC, the variable-frequency technology used to have poor torque performance at low speeds," says Sherwood. "We realize comparable or better low-speed and low-torque control with MagneTek' ...

Coextrusion: making the equipment fit the need

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June 30, 1996, ... In fact, he says, "a lot of people are not able to run them." Variables such as screw design, temperature, and shear can all adversely affect the finished film. If metallocenes are overheated, for example, ...

A rather narrow-minded view of wide web printing.

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May 31, 1996, ... According to Schwemin, the Vision has raised the bar on print quality. "We are confident we can provide demanding process printing that rivals rotogravure in quality." The ability to control all variables ...

Gravure gets easier

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April 30, 1996, ... roll combined with the appropriate solvent- or water-based ink. Available in widths of 6 in., 12 in., and 18 in., variable-circumference print-wheels from 11 to 24 in. are easily changed for different ...

Laser positioning system creates clean, productive environment

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April 30, 1996, ... coated papers for unique applications, thermal papers for variable bar code information, carbonless papers for business forms, and ticket and tag papers for the entertainment industry and retail stores. ...

Innovation is a winner in FPA competition

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March 31, 1996, ... of the holes is adjusted to meet the variable respiration rates of a variety of produce, a solution that extends the shelf life of prepackaged, precut produce for days, in some cases, for more than a week. ...

New hot stamper does more for short runs

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February 29, 1996, ... fully adjustable 6x8-in. steel role die-cut station, electronic reregistration, and electronic web-feed control with laminating for web widths to 7 in. and lengths to 10,000 ft. A variable-speed controller ...