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New Product Digest, Part 1

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, ... organizations with large volumes of waste solvent. Recycler is built into the process system, automatically accepting waste solvent flow. Cleaned solvent is then returned to the process. Recycler can produce ...

PFFC Worldwide Special Report on Release Liners, part 1

(Archive)

October 30, 2004, ... success. Participants identified three major topics they consider the release liner industry needs to address: Its image — particularly in relation to waste management concerns; The cost/performance ...

Converting Industry News

(Archive)

October 30, 2004, ... printed with elaborate color coding, necessitating more than 100 plate changes. Security personnel were present throughout the print process, and all waste was secured and not allowed to leave the plant ...

CSR Must Be a Balancing Act

(Magazine)

July 31, 2004, ... movement takes on added importance. Commitments to specifying packages and packaging systems to minimize impacts on the environment and waste streams often are part of CSR pledges by companies or industry ...

The Signs of Shear Wrinkle

(Magazine)

July 31, 2004, ... '04, p26). Of the many wrinkle causes, shear stress wrinkles are the most studied, due to their widespread waste and the ease of creating them in a lab. Shearing probably creates images of cutting ...

Extreme Makeovers

(Magazine)

June 30, 2004, ... more than 1,600 different colors. “There's no waste. We reuse everything,” says Murphy. “It's incredible what we can do.” Interior Redesign Retrofitting its equipment to achieve optimal performance ...

Flex-Pack & Recycling in Japan

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2004, This third article in a series on the impact of international solid waste laws on converters examines Japan's recycling requirements for container and This third article in a series on the impact of international ...

The Latitudes of LEAN

(Magazine)

June 29, 2004, ... a consultant at the Kaizen Inst. (kaizen-us.com), the global consulting firm that helps organizations achieve their strategic goals and improve business performance by eliminating waste and building a ...

New Products for the Converting Industry, PFFC, June 2004

(Magazine)

May 30, 2004, ... depositions, company reports. Allows for cleanroom compatibility and modularity. Track Waste for Each Machine RTC Technologies Racine, WI; 262/884-4488; rtctech.com Version 5.0 of Scrap Trakker software ...

Bio Break Down

(Flexpack)

March 30, 2004, ... based on these criteria, it is necessary to understand how products biodegrade or degrade. Most of the technologies fit into one of three categories (described below). For simplicity, organic waste collection ...

Drupa New Product Digest

(Magazine)

March 30, 2004, ... eliminating a source of wrinkling and material waste. Unit uses a lay-on roller for greater winding control, company adds. Visit Hall 3, Stand E47 at Drupa. Gravure Press Changeovers Are Quick Uteco ...

Products

(Magazine)

February 29, 2004, ... times as well as minimum waste during startup and production. Modular design allows the selection of either a three- or four-roll system. Temperature-controlled laminating roller and high contact pressure ...

Products

(Magazine)

January 30, 2004, ... and DLL file. Reclaim Plastic Waste Faster Erema North America, Ipswich, MA; 978/356-3771; erema.net The RGA 21 T system reportedly reclaims plastic waste into pellets of near-virgin quality at rates ...

CMYK=RGB - The Digital Color Revolution

(Technical Reports)

January 30, 2004, ... $360,000* *This figure hasn't even taken into account the reduced anilox inventory, ink savings, and make-ready waste. Which pocket you put the savings into is entirely up to you. How much you pass ...

Products and Materials

(Magazine)

December 30, 2003, ... up to 16 printheads. Convert Waste into Bricks Precision AirConvey, Newark; 302/999-8000; precisionairconvey.com Briquetting system converts trim, loose scrap, and other flexible plastic waste into ...

Exercising Environmental Responsibility: Part 3

(Unprinted Rolls)

November 30, 2003, ... frequently do such double duty. Packagers have not concentrated on finding second uses for flexible packages. Most flexible packaging material simply goes into the waste stream. An innovation would ...

Dual-Deckle System for Trouble-Free Web Width Variation

(The Place)

November 30, 2003, ... to reduce edge bead size to minimize expensive waste Precise control of coating weight uniformity to achieve desired physical properties with the least amount of coating material. This precise control ...

Doctor Blade Systems: A Cure for What Ails Your Printing Process

(Magazine)

October 31, 2003, ... source of lost press time, labor costs, and printed waste.” Much time and effort are needed to tighten them without distorting the blade holder jaws and wrinkling the doctor blade. Today's equipment ...

Products

(Magazine)

October 30, 2003, ... reregister at each press stroke, at production rates to 165 strokes/min. Doctor Blade Holders Cut Waste Allison Systems Corp., Riverside, NJ; 856/461-9111; allisonblades.com Advanced doctor blade ...

Pay Attention to Tension

(Archive)

August 31, 2003, ... obvious value is added to your product, but once the value is in, every downstream process should be treated with equal respect. Waste created on slitter/rewinders has the same or greater value than waste ...