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Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... use of PDF for multi-page documents that may contain a mixture of text, raster images, and vector graphics. It will address the features and requirements that must be supported by reading devices that ...

Automation and Options Spell Opportunity for Converters

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... include the introduction of pneumatic differential rewind shafts and PLC-based control systems along with AC vector drives that offer excellent web control and feature flexibility throughout the slitter ...

Creo Updates Packaging Software & More

(News | New Products)

January 21, 2003, ... Powerpack v. 2.1: Includes new features for flexography, including vector distortion and 7.5i screening; enhanced trapping and color-management features; and integration with the Pandora packaging and ...

Digital Technology Evolution Clear at Graph/Converting Expo 2002

(News | New Products)

October 08, 2002, ... for flexography, including vector distortion and 7.5-degree screening; enhanced trapping and color management features; and integration with the ScenicSoft Pandora packaging and label step-and-repeat solution. ...

Products: Edited by Deborah Donberg

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, ... is web driven, which drives the bump roll so it's up to speed for splicing to eliminate scuffing. Control system is provided with PLC, AC flux vector drives, and color touch screen operator interface.  ...

Need New Equipment or Accessories? NPD Is the Place to Look

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April 30, 2002, ... with ranges from ⅛-1.5 PLI, reportedly making it suitable for a range of materials including light films, film laminates, nonwovens, and light papers. Two 10-hp motors are utilized in an AV vector drive ...

Ipex News: Creo's Workflow Features Enhanced Flexo Feature

(News | New Products)

April 11, 2002, ... 7.5 degree-shifted flexo angle screening and vector scaling as standard features. Optional flexo features include MaxTone™ screening that allows for high-quality highlight dot reproduction and solid screening, ...

Products

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March 31, 2002, ... AC vector control; controlled tension unwinding from roll start to roll finish; air loaded dancer or accumulator systems; standard converting speeds to 400 fpm (122 mpm); standard web widths to 80 in.; ...

The Unwinding Story

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March 31, 2002, ... unwinds with today's AC motor-driven unwinds. “With the development of the AC digital flux vector drive, higher speeds, wider tension ranges, and response of the control system to process changes are now ...

Belt Tracking Problems Require Careful Attention

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August 31, 2001, ...  Non-uniform internal stresses can prevent a belt from elongating uniformly as it is put under load, and the belt may experience greater narrowing on the tighter edge. The tracking vectors of the roller ...

More Causes, More Cures For Web Scratches

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July 31, 2001, ... rolls (more than 3 m). There is also a small displacement of the elastomer in the nip, and thus, the driving velocity vector for the elastomer roll is slightly smaller than the surface velocity vector ...

Products

(Magazine)

July 31, 2001, ... it to facilitate rapid job changeovers through easy access to all eight printing decks. Features include all-digital AC vector drive motors; running speeds to 350 mpm; fully automatic wash-up system with ...

Print 01 Will Showcase Converting Technologies

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July 31, 2001, ... potential growth area. Among the exhibitors targeting converters will be Butler Automatic. The company will feature its Zero Speed Automatic Splicer; a new vector drive for its existing 6000, 7000, ...

Products

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June 30, 2001, ... cut and transfer and an AC flux vector drive system. Available in widths of 44 in. (1,118 mm) to 84 in. (2,134 mm). Digital System Produces Consistent Color Matches Chromas Technologies, Boucherville, ...

International Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

April 30, 2001, ... touchscreen control system, flux vector AC, three-motor drive, and hug drum. The installation was easy, says BP Amoco production manager Paul Cooke, and he is impressed with the performance features ...

Web Handling...Making a Slitter/Winder Upgrade Work for You

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March 31, 2001, ... as it moves around the roll. All points on the roll surface run perpendicular to the roll axis at each cross-section plane. When the roll axis is properly bowed in the web path, the traction vectors of ...

International Converting Industry News

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February 28, 2001, ... A job changeover took only 15 min. The EG 400 Series presses are available in widths to 1,400 mm. According to Rotomec, features include all-digital AC vector drive motors; an automatic washing system ...

Products

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February 28, 2001, ... the coarseness of dot matrix, and the tracking capability enables the user to mark moving substrates, mfr. reports. It can image bitmap and vector graphics. Heat Shrink Roll Covers Resist Chemicals ...

Products

(Magazine)

January 31, 2001, ... packaging features a four-roll coating head with sleeved transfer roll for fast job changeover and roll-to-roll or continuous operation. All drive points are tension-regulated by AC vector drives. A "liquid ...

What's New in Digita

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January 31, 2001, ... including Brisque, PS/M, and iMPAct workflow systems. This Adobe Acrobat plug-in allows Brisque, PS/M, and iMPAct users to perform sophisticated, vector-based trapping tasks interactively, while retaining ...