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Dover Flexo Tension Controller Has New Features

(Controls)

April 18, 2012, The SteadyWeb5 digital tension controller from DFE is now offering new communications options   ROCHESTER, NH | Dover Flexo Electronics (DFE) reports new communications options for the SteadyWeb5 ...

Web Industries and Hexcel Sign Agreement

(Label/Tape)

April 03, 2012, A composites converting operation in Germany will supply the aerospace industry with slit tapes   MARLBOROUGH, MA | Web Industries, a provider of custom manufacturing and development services for ...

CGS Shows Off Software, Color Control

(Carton Box)

March 28, 2012, RealVue 3D Packager software and ORIS Color Tuner // Web from CGS Publishing Technologies offers color control for packaging prototypes   MINNEAPOLIS, MN | Workflow and color developer CGS Publishing ...

Static Beat | Control Static at the Corona Treater

(Static-Beat)

March 12, 2012, ... between the coated layer and the web. Static dissipaters have no effect on the treatment level. Corona treaters change the chemical composition by oxidizing the web surface. Static dissipaters provide ...

WHQuiz Answer #5 - Draw Control Pros/Cons

(Web Handling)

February 22, 2012, WebHandlersQuiz 5: Tension (Draw) Control – Name one advantage and one disadvantage of draw control (a.k.a. as speed ratio control)? Answer... WebHandlersQuiz 5: Tension (Draw) Control – Name one advantage ...

WHQuiz Answer #12 -Web Tracking

(Web Handling)

February 22, 2012, WebHandlersQuiz 12: Web Tracking – In a vertical span, which will cause the web to track off center more, a roller tram or level error?  Answer... WebHandlersQuiz 12: Web Tracking – In a vertical span, ...

WHQuiz Answer #13 - Web Wrinkling vs. Speed

(Web Handling)

February 22, 2012, WebHandlersQuiz 13: Wrinkling - If you see wrinkles at low speeds, but the wrinkles go away at higher speeds, what is the most likely reason?  Answer... WebHandlersQuiz 13: Wrinkling - If you see wrinkles ...

WHQuiz Answer #14 - Web Wrinkling and Deflection

(Web Handling)

February 22, 2012, WebHandlersQuiz 15: Wrinkling – If a roller is deflecting into a bowed shape due to gravity, which direction is it best NOT to approach that roller if you don’t want to wrinkle: vertically from above, ...

WHQuiz Answer #14 - Web Wrinkling and Deflection (2)

(Web Handling)

February 22, 2012, WebHandlersQuiz 16: Spreading - Name a spreader or anti-wrinkle roller that does NOT have a rubber surface?  Answer... WebHandlersQuiz 16: Spreading - Name a spreader or anti-wrinkle roller that does ...

WHQuiz Answer #2 - Crossweb Tension Variations

(Web Handling)

February 20, 2012, WebHandlersQuiz 2: Tension Control – Name three causes of tension variations across the web’s width (i.e. things would create a loose edge or center)?   WebHandlersQuiz 2: Tension Control – Name ...

Tim's Web Lines Blog Starts NO

(Web Handling)

February 20, 2012, This month marks the 10th anniversary of Web Lines column by T.J. Walker. Beginning our second decade, we are moving beyond the monthly column to share web handling process knowledge via this blog.  I ...

Web Lines | Test Your Web Handling Knowledge

(Web Handling)

February 14, 2012, Can you pass this 20-question quiz to prove you understand basic principles of web handling? Can you pass this 20-question quiz to prove you understand basic principles of web handling? What if a ...

Web Handling Workshops from TJWA & Optimation

(News | New Products)

January 26, 2012, Wrinkling, spreading, winding, tension control, and web defects are some of the topics on the agenda in a 2012 series of web handling workshops ROCHESTER, NY | Optimation and TJWalker + Assoc. have ...

Webex Slitter/Rewinder Has Many Features

(News | New Products)

January 23, 2012, ... Webex incorporates a number of innovative, custom features designed to produce uniform, narrow width, 40-in.-dia rolls from multi-substrate films run at tensions as low as 0.5 PLI. A closed loop system ...

Web Lines | Blocking in Rolls

(Web Handling)

January 12, 2012, ... it will concentrate all the available tension to one spot or the web’s edge, likely yielding or breaking the web. I’m not an expert is the chemistry of bonding, but I know from experience that there ...

Coating Matters | Down-Web Uniformity

(Coating/Laminating)

January 09, 2012, Sometimes there is a complex, multivariable solution to a coating defect and sometimes… If you'd like to hear from Mark Miller's own lips rather than read his column, titled "Coating Matters | Down-Web ...

Weber’s Label Printer/Applicator Offers Many Features

(Label/Tape)

December 27, 2011, Model 4300 Pro-Apply label printer/applicator offers a selection of thermal/thermal-transfer print engines for bar codes and graphic images ARLINGTON HTS., IL | Weber Packaging Solutions (formerly ...

Montalvo Offers Web Tension Upgrades on Wide Range of Equipment

(News | New Products)

December 18, 2011, Web control upgrades increase converters' productivity and profitability for printing presses, corrugators, laminators, slitters, and more GORHAM, ME | To increase converters’ productivity and profitability, ...

Web Lines | A Rant from Tim Walker

(Web Handling)

December 04, 2011, ... you send me this info for the slitter I bought In 1987? Web handling expert Tim Walker, president of TJWalker+Assoc., has 25 years of experience in web processes, education, development, and production ...

Fixed Point Web Gauge from NDC Suited for Entry-Level Use

(Controls News)

October 20, 2011, NDC Infrared Engineering’s new fixed-point 8000-F web gauging system, which is part of the TDi family, features architecture built upon intelligent measurements and controls and is said to provide a cost-effective, ...