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Maxcess Adds Language Support to Web Guide

(News | New Products)

June 28, 2014, The FIFE-500 web guide for narrow and medium applications now supports 16 languages with the addition of Czech and Vietnamese   OKLAHOMA CITY, OK | Maxcess, a provider of products and services for ...

PPC Announces Webinars

(Carton Box)

June 21, 2014, Webinars address the issues of social media strategy and the benefits of rigid boxes for luxury merchandising   SPRINGFIELD, MA | The Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) recently released new webinars ...

Globe Trekking Adventures in Web Handling, Winding & Slitting

(Web Handling)

June 02, 2014, Follow Tim Walker on his adventures as he treks the globe solving web handling, winding, and slitting problems in Japan, the UK, and back home in the good ol' USA. While I'm based in St. Paul, MN, I ...

Web Lines | Wrinkling?

(Web Handling)

May 18, 2014, ... They can look at your product geometry, mechanical and frictional properties (of your rollers), roller factors, web path geometry, and process conditions (speed/tension), then predict wrinkles from roller ...

Is There a Doorman at Your Winder or Do You Let Just Any Web Get In?

(Web Handling)

May 15, 2014, Web handling expert Tim Walker of TJWalker + Assoc. and author of "Web Lines" describes the function and benefits of a nipping roller at winding. I was just reviewing a lab coater line the other day. ...

PFFC WEBINAR: How to be Successful at Solventless Laminating—Best Practices

(Yo's Yarns)

May 11, 2014, An on-demand  Solventless Laminating webinar moderated by PFFC's Yolanda Simonsis addresses best practices. Did you know that variables such as machine design, adhesive mixing, and surface treatment ...

Webex To Manufacture Carbon Fiber Bridge Mandrels

(News | New Products)

May 06, 2014, In addition to in-house manufacturing, company will refurbish and repair mandrels for hydraulic mount flexo presses   CHICOPEE, MA | Webex, a supplier of cooling rolls and mandrels for the web handling ...

Web Lines | Why Is Winding Optimization Difficult?

(Web Handling)

April 21, 2014, Winding is hard work—hard on your brain. Are you ready to get your Ph.D. in web handling? Winding is hard work—hard on your brain. In your education of web handling, nearly all learned out of the university, ...

Webex Will Introduce Seamless Vacuum Roll

(News | New Products)

March 25, 2014, Company will display new roll, which is said to provide consistent grip across the web, at ChinaPlas 2014   NEENAH, WI | Webex, a Maxcess company, will introduce a new seamless vacuum roll designed ...

IMDA Announces New Website

(Label/Tape)

March 23, 2014, Site is said to offer easy navigation and a functional member directory   SCOTTSDALE, AZ | The In-Mold Decorating Association (IMDA) has launched a new website and invites all to check it out. This ...

Web Lines | War on Bagginess

(Web Handling)

February 26, 2014, ... of process and material properties that create bagginess forms—bagginess continues to plague many web producers as an uncontrolled variation in product quality. I have worked closely with Dr. Kevin Cole ...

Maxcess and Webex Will Merge

(News | New Products)

February 12, 2014, ... equity firm will merge Maxcess and Webex. The merged company will operate as Maxcess and will retain the brands of Webex, Fife, Tidland, and MAGPOWR, which together represent more than 200 years of history. ...

Web Lines | The Case for Shorter (and Longer) Acceleration Times

(Slit)

February 04, 2014, Should you change the acceleration time on your slitter/rewinder? Web handling expert Tim Walker offers the pros and cons I recently visited a converting operation where the slitter/rewinder was set ...

Maxcess Offers FIFE-500 Web Guiding System

(News | New Products)

January 27, 2014, The web guiding system, now available in expanded sizes, is said to be a low-cost solution for mid-web applications   OKLAHOMA CITY, OK | Maxcess, a global supplier of products and services for the ...

Davis-Standard Unveils New Website

(News | New Products)

January 01, 2014, With information on its 16 product areas, site is said to offer a broad range of information in a succinct format   PAWCATUCK, CT | Davis-Standard announces the launch of its new website. Visitors ...

PC Industries Offers Upgraded Web Viewer

(Inspection/Defect Detection)

December 28, 2013, ... web viewers are easy-to-use systems designed with industrial, high-performance parts. These digital web viewers feature long-lasting, high-frequency LED lighting, reportedly making them perfect for high-speed ...

PPC Upgrades Its Website

(Carton Box News)

December 09, 2013, Said to offer easier access to data, including white papers on industry issues, government affairs documents, and industry benchmarking report samples   SPRINGFIELD, MA | The Paperboard Packaging ...

Web Lines | How the Open Loop Torque Control Sets Winding Tension

(Web Handling)

December 09, 2013, ... wound rolls. It would be great to be able to verify the system performance with a tension measuring roller. A feature of many slitter/rewinders, including this one, is a short web path from slitting ...

AIMCAL Web Coating & Handling & 2013 Charleston

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

October 30, 2013, After two days rest on return from the K-Show in Dusseldorf, I just attended and returned from the 2013 AIMCAL Web Handling & Coating conference in beautiful Charleston, South Carolina.  I have to say, ...

Webtech Labels Orders Grafotronic Re-Inspection Machine

(Inspection/Defect Detection)

October 29, 2013, Signed order for Pharma 380 R during Labelexpo Europe GURGAON, INDIA | After more than a dozen unidirectional label slitter/rewinders with inspection systems, comes the next step forward for Webtech ...