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The Great Span Length Debate | Part 2

(Web Lines)

March 31, 2009, Last month, we debated roller spacing (a.k.a. web span length) relative to cost, safety, out-of-plane deviations from gravity, bagginess, and misalignment. Let's continue the debate. Here a roller, there ...

Victory Lane

(Trends/Management)

March 31, 2009, ... the latest advancements in flexible packaging and narrow and mid-web converting. Also featured in the New Technology area of the Tech Center will be folding carton, digital print, and prepress equipment. ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS: April 200

(New Products)

March 31, 2009, ... is said to provide a simplified web path for easy film threadup and improved process control. Company says model handles a broad range of film gauges and blends, offers efficient production speeds to 600 ...

Celplast Metallized Products, Davis-Standard Host One-Day Course

(News | New Products)

March 25, 2009, Celplast Metallized Products, in cooperation with Davis-Standard, LLC, recently hosted a one-day course called “Challenges of Web Handling and Winding” for 15 companies and over 60 attendees. FULTON, ...

The Great Span Length Debate | Part 1

(Web Lines)

February 28, 2009, ... apart should rollers be? Is there a good rule of thumb on span length, such as “span lengths should be less than one (or one and a half) web widths?” Whether this rule sounds good to you will depend ...

Handle Unsupported Film Without Stretching

(Slit Main)

February 28, 2009, ... work, unsupported films, and meat labels.” To do so, the company utilizes the latest in converting equipment, including 14 Gallus narrow web flexographic presses with letterpress, silk screen, water-based, ...

Reader Reaction: Top Ten Products for Converters

(New Products)

February 28, 2009, ... “Servo mode” main drive and rewind tension inside the control system reportedly make perfect web control attainable. Remote diagnostics enable instant service and support. Mark Andy Inc. | 636-532-4433 ...

What's New Products: March 200

(Magazine)

February 28, 2009, ... points in the web path. Robust, dead-shaft idler roll has high-accuracy tension sensors built into each roll end. No assembly is required. Dover Flexo Electronics | 603-332-6150 | www.dfe.com PFFC-ASAP ...

How Much Misalignment Is Trouble?

(Web Lines)

January 31, 2009, ... the bending web lead to buckling and a gathered wrinkling web on the misaligned roller. Shear wrinkles have three prerequisites: a mechanism that causes the web to bend between span, usually roller ...

What's New Products: Februar

(Magazine)

January 31, 2009, ... trigger for web break prevention. ◆Dover Flexo Electronics | 603-332-6150 | www.dfe.com PFFC-ASAP 401 Brakes, Chucks Offer Safety The V-KL high-performance integrated brake/safety chuck package ...

How Much Misalignment Is Trouble?

(Web Handling)

December 31, 2008, ... achievable, measurable, and will eliminate unwanted roller-induced wrinkles, lateral shifting, and edge flutter in most webs. What problems will occur if roller alignment is only accurate to 10 mils/ft? ...

What's New Product

(New Products)

December 31, 2008, ... | www.bstpromark.com PFFC-ASAP 402 Winder Is Versatile Portable winder offers what is said to be a safe, nonelectric, “set-and-forget” efficient method of winding in either direction for any web, ...

Sensing Roll Combines Strain Gauge/Tube

(Tension)

December 17, 2008, The TNT-Series web tension sensing roll combines a sensitive strain gauge... The TNT-Series web tension sensing roll combines a sensitive strain gauge with a durable, high performance, lightweight aluminum ...

Wrinkle Removers

(Tension)

November 30, 2008, ... speeds. There are all kinds of things that can happen to a web, so having tension controls at more points throughout the process makes sense to help maintain quality.” Conversely, if the tension is ...

Who's Driving This Nip

(Web Lines)

November 30, 2008, ... web to overcome drag from bearings, inertia, and rubber hysteresis, not to mention whether your nips are used as part of a drag-creating process, such as calendering, embossing, or metering viscous fluids. ...

New Film Line Easy To Manage

(Substrates)

November 30, 2008, ... Control, cage and collapser adjustments, and web tension control. “Gloucester Engineering has been a critical partner in our success over the years; our relationship runs deep,” says Accutech president ...

Shifty Answers to Nip-Induced Tracking

(Web Lines)

October 31, 2008, Nipping rollers are used in many value-adding processes in web converting roll coating, laminating, embossing, calendering, high-speed winding, and more. Nipping rollers are used in many value-adding processes ...

Lab/Pilot/Technical Facilities Directory

(Archive)

October 31, 2008, ... Narrow Web 15500 28th Ave. North, Plymouth, MN 55447; 763-559-5911; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; www.narrowweb.flintgrp.com Coating | 6 coating stations; 10 in. press width; 510 fpm max. line speed; ...

Get a Grip

(Narrow Web)

September 30, 2008, One of WebCut Converting's customers is among the world's most well-known and respected companies, with facilities in 60 countries and more than $21 billion One of WebCut Converting's customers is among the ...

Do You Have a Need for Speed?

(Web Lines)

September 30, 2008, ... components to handle the speed increase. Just as an automobile can be designed to set land-speed records, a web line can be beefed up to meet just about any challenge. However, you likely already have ...