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WHQuiz Answer #3 - Dancer Roller Advantages

(Web Handling)

February 22, 2012, WebHandlersQuiz 3: Tension Control – Name one advantage of using a dancer roller has over a tension load cell roller in a closed-loop tension control system? Answer... WebHandlersQuiz 3: Tension Control ...

Catbridge Turret Offers Simplicity, Efficiency

(Flexpack)

February 14, 2012, ... shaft, reportedly saving time and simplifying webbing and operations. The company reports that in recent trials, the 324FP delivered rolls with excellent edge quality, roll build, and core alignment. ...

Sheeter Upgrade from Montalvo is Record-Breaker

(News | New Products)

January 17, 2012, With new equipment from Montalvo, including tension controls, brakes, and load cells, an eight-pocket sheeter set a world record for speed GORHAM, ME | The Montalvo Corp. reports a sheeter web control ...

Static Beat | How To Eliminate Hot Rolls

(Static-Beat)

January 16, 2012, Neutralizing static when unwinding a hot roll is difficult and almost always ineffective. So, what can be done? “Hot rolls” cause many static complaints. Winding a polymer web with static creates a hot ...

Maxson’s Sheeter Has Feature for Press-Ready Skids

(News | New Products)

January 03, 2012, ... is mounted prior to the cutter infeed. The detector senses a change in web thickness and signals the reject gate to divert the spliced sheet at speeds to 300 cuts/min. Controls for the splice detector ...

Slitting/Rewinding: Converplast To Add Two Titan Models

(News | New Products)

December 07, 2011, ... our capacity further with the addition of two more 1350-mm-wide Titan ER610 slitters, which will be installed before the end of this year." The Titan ER610 machine is available in two web widths--1350 ...

Sheeter Allows Production of Preprinted Holographic Material

(Sheeting)

December 04, 2011, ... Co. allows converters and printers to sheet preprinted holographic material that includes a web steering unit, slitter rig, and cut-to-registration system. A high resolution scanner that detects registration ...

CTC Intl. Rewinder Finishes Small Roll Labels

(News | New Products)

November 07, 2011, The Model STACRW2-6 automatic turret rewinder from CTC Intl. is said to have everything needed to automatically finish small roll labels without additional unwinding equipment. WEST CALDWELL, NJ | ...

Facility Tests Carbon Fiber Composite Materials

(News | New Products)

August 01, 2011, Web Industries opens a new 10,000-sq-ft Composites Automation Development Ctr. in the Atlanta area to help its customers test new and emerging carbon fiber composite materials for qualification and use ...

Understanding Non-Contact Laser Measurement

(Controls News)

June 22, 2011, Beta LaserMike, a global provider of precision measurement and control solutions, makes available its recorded 30-min free webinar titled, "Only the Accurate Survive: Understanding on-Contact Laser Measurement" ...

SVC Holds Ambitious Technical Conference

(Metallizing)

May 31, 2011, ... exploration include High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering (HIPIMS) for thin films for applications such as photovoltaics. In a technical session on Vacuum Web Coating, Klaus Schmidegg, head of research ...

Capacity Needed

(Slit)

May 31, 2011, ... control system and an integral edge-trim extraction system. The pneumatically controlled braking system is said to provide accurate web tension control, and a digital edge-guide system controls lateral ...

SVC Holds Ambitious Technical Conference

(Coating/Laminating News)

April 20, 2011, ... on Vacuum Web Coating, Klaus Schmidegg, head of research and development at Hueck Folien, a film converter in Baumgartenberg, Austria, presented a paper on “Optical and Magneto-Optical Properties of Thin ...

Atlas Sells Titan Compact Slitter to Mexico-Based Plemsa

(Slit News)

April 19, 2011, ... to customers in the US as well asCentral and South America. The Titan ER610 is available intwo web widths (53-in. and 65-in.) with a maximum rewind diameter of 24 in. It also features a 10-in.touch ...

Counting Clicks

(Magazine)

February 28, 2011, ... food packaging laminations as well as health care, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic applications. Henkel Corp. | www.henkelna.com Guide Web with Air The RS2-10 all-air web guide double roller ...

Mark Andy Surpasses 50 Years with Performance Series Press Sales

(Flexography)

February 21, 2011, Mark Andy, a global leader in narrow-web press manufacturing, has announced the sale of its 60th Performance Series press. The Performance Series took off after its initial launch at Labelexpo Europe 2009 ...

Pilot Coaters: Small Volume, Big Advances

(Coating/Laminating)

September 30, 2010, ... and web transport that are required to coat new products or to optimize exciting products. Often no pilot coaters are available. As a result, this step often is bypassed and experiments run on manufacturing ...

Flexographic Printing: Super Setup

(Inspection/Defect Detection)

September 30, 2010, ... press runs all solvent-based inks and has BST web guiding systems on the unwind and the rewind. It features Rossini sleeves and Praxair anilox rolls and recently was retrofitted with a new BST Pro Mark ...

Press Meets Demands for Short Runs

(Flexography)

September 12, 2010, ... extensive reduction of plate costs. Ink costs are also lowered due to the small amounts required for shorter production runs (as little as 6 oz ink per station). New web path designs and advanced registration ...

Davis-Standard Introduces New Coater at Labelexpo America

(Coating/Laminating)

September 05, 2010, ... and swapped out to simplify cleaning and reduce downtime. Mechanical drives are included and only require air and electrical connections. This coater is primarily designed for narrow web applications. ...