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Cutting to the Chase

(Magazine)

April 30, 2002, ... right now at Chase & Sons' Webster, MA, facility. Its employees generally work two 12-hour shifts four days a week, but recently their work week has been expanding. Currently in the design phase of an ...

The Third Wave: An Iron Tale about the Business of Print, Vol. 4

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March 31, 2002, Through our series of web articles in 2002, we hope to provide critical insights, specific industry examples, and thought-provoking ideas about how technology Through our series of web articles in 2002, ...

Mapping Your Way to Better Tension Control

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March 31, 2002, Web handling defects often can be traced back to a specific location in your web line. Web tension at that location is always a prime factor in understanding Web handling defects often can be traced back ...

PFFC Weathers Stormy Economy with Robust Creative Surge

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December 31, 2001, ... our news departments have changed to capitalize on our very popular “E-Clips” electronic newsletter. “Converter Clips” is the former “ConverterScope” department, and narrow web news falls in line with ...

Workhorse Winders Do More Than Ever Before

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November 30, 2001, ... explains. “That means that the geometry of the web path leading to the winding roll stays constant through the entire cycle and doesn't get lost during the transfer. It gives you a better roll.” Down ...

European Conference Draws Large Audience

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September 30, 2001, ... Ninth European Polymers, Films, Laminations, and Extrusion Coatings Conference will be in Italy in 2003. Details will be available in this publication and from TAPPI as they become available. “Web Words” ...

Polymers/Laminations/Adhesives/Coatings/Extrusions

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July 31, 2001, ... coating station deckling devices. This prevents over coating at the edge of the material. Critical elements are the tension isolating pull rolls that set the web tension in the coating nip. Beyond the ...

Reporter Clips

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June 30, 2001, News from: Fine Cut Intl., Labelexpo Europe, Propheteer, RadTech Intl., Seal-It Inc., TLMI, Universal Engraving, plus narrow web People & Places. Narrow Web Converting Industry News Propheteer Takes ...

Products

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May 31, 2001, ... Each chamber is custom engineered to suit specific requirements from narrow webs to wide webs of 100+ in., solvent-based, water-based, or UV. Thermal System for Silicone ApplicationsAir Preheater ...

Pellet Transfer: Preventative Measures Employed to Reduce Streamer Formation

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April 30, 2001, ... is an expanded summary of a complete paper available on the TAPPI web site at tappi.org. On the page, click "the PLACE" in the section designated "Journals." Polymer pellets typically transfer through ...

Show-Biz, E-Biz, and Taking a Break

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March 31, 2001, ... for examining your web site's customer suitability. It also reveals how to upgrade its usefulness, how to market your web site, and much more. Finally! The international Converting Machinery/Materials ...

Products at CMM

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March 31, 2001, CMM products from: Alpha Gear, American Baler, Badger Plug, Bernal, BST, Can-Am, Chesnut, CMR, Davis-Standard, DuPont, Dynaweb, EIT, Elite, Enercon, EngView, EDI, Faustel, Fife, F&K, Fusion UV, Great ...

A Glossary of Descriptive Terms - Fifth Installment

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January 31, 2001, ... axes, with at least one roll mounted on movable supports so that the roll faces can be pressed together (nipped) in order to give the rolls sufficient traction to pull the web through the machine at the ...

Converting Industry News

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December 31, 2000, ... Applied Films after capital increase. Coating technologies offered by this division include web coaters for food packaging. "LAC has an excellent portfolio of technologies that will expand our market ...

A Glossary of Descriptive TermsSecond Installment

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September 30, 2000, Bill Hawkins continues his glossary of web handling terms for readers who are new to the industry and for those who are not new but have questions about different versions of these terms. Last month I ...

The Vacumet Story Is a 30-Year History of Growth

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August 31, 2000, ... the CIE perfume carton. "From that success," Korowicki says, "we took a long look at the packaging market. Our 60-inch machine was not very compatible with the 36- and 42-inch webs used by packaging converters. ...

System Keeps Static Buildup Problems Under Control

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February 29, 2000, ... fail to test--for static buildup on a moving web press. Only by coming in contact with the substrate itself are they aware of a problem, and by then it's too late. Which is why Avery, like many companies, ...

Specialty Products Are Custom Made in the U.K.

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January 31, 2000, ... coater is designed to run web widths up to 1.55 meters [61 in.] and has an additional three-roll coating head prior to hot melt coating for printing single-color, priming, or siliconizing. "In addition," ...

NOVA and Union Carbide to build ethylene plant

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October 31, 1996, ...  Dusenbery Europe, Bedford, U.K., has exported the first audio tape slitter to Videolar in Brazil. The Model 809 for audio cassette tapes slits up to a 350-mm web into 84 tapes of 3.81 mm in width at ...

Paper characteristics: starting the job right

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April 30, 1996, ... process. Web-fed jobs, in particular, must be strong enough to withstand the stress of unwind and rewind operations. Therefore, uniform strength is necessary across and along the substrate. Paper strength, ...