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Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

December 13, 2006, ... of holograms. By incorporating two of the hologram inserting units, the converter can insert a total of 12 hologram strips across the web. In addition, a hologram paper unit allows the in-line production ...

How to Drive a Winding Roll

(Web Lines)

November 30, 2006, What is the best way to drive a winding roll? You have three choices: from the surface, from the center, or both. Web Lines What is the best way to drive a winding roll? You have three choices: from ...

CONVERTER CLIPS

(Magazine)

November 30, 2006, ... of communication. The annual fall meeting is not for scientifically faint of heart; for those looking for a broad education on vacuum web coating or web coating/laminating, it's difficult to find a better ...

What's Ne

(Magazine)

November 30, 2006, ...  PFFC-ASAP 403 Customizable Web Sensing Roll Montalvo Corp., Gorham, ME; 800/226-8710; montalvo.com The TNT Series web tension sensing roll features a highly sensitive strain gauge system and a ...

the PLACE

(Magazine)

November 30, 2006, ... relative melt strengths of HMW-HDPE resins and would be useful in making resin selections. For information about the PLACE Division of TAPPI, access the TAPPI web page at tappi.org. To obtain ...

Dancer Rollers: Trust but verify

(Web Lines)

October 31, 2006, ... am I “dissing” dancers? Web Lines In last month’s tension quiz, I gave out five points if your process had a calibrated tension transducer roller. Those of you with dancer rollers might have wondered ...

Challengers Press On

(Tapes)

October 31, 2006, ... the web with a spot varnish, the solar flare utilized a 300-line screen. Suppliers include RotoMetrics dies and Fasson matte litho label stock. Energizer Beer In the category of Roll to Roll (line ...

New Products

(Magazine)

October 31, 2006, ... smooth out wrinkles by inducing a spreading or widening action on the moving webs. Said to be especially valuable when running multiple lightweight webs, when a fixed bowed roll is placed before each decurl ...

Pilot/Lab/Technical Facilities

(Archive)

October 30, 2006, ... operated independently or as a tandem coater. Handle web widths of 18 or 36 in. to 3,000 fpm with tension range of 0.25–200 PLI. Can laminate in the wet or dry bond configuration. Film trials to 60 in. ...

What's Ne

(Magazine)

September 30, 2006, ... for low-torque applications is designed for use in unwind tensioning on web processing machinery including bag machines and narrow web and label presses. Brake is said to mount easily and is capable of ...

CPP: Season Two

(Magazine)

September 30, 2006, ... more info on CPP, contact H.A. Bruno at 201/543-5060 or visit www.cppexpo.com. The Conference Program Monday, October 30 Web Handling: Rollers Part I — Effects on the Web — 9:00-9:50 A.M. This ...

What's Ne

(Magazine)

September 30, 2006, ... the bottom. Holes are punched in the web prior to folding to form the bottom of the bag. Folding is done from single web using dual folding boards, resulting in less trim/slitting than conventional, multiweb ...

Data in Detail

(Magazine)

September 30, 2006, ... optimal required speed for a specific job, while comparing it to the actual speed at which the job is being run. Web tension is noted, as is the length of downtime. The production history of any job can ...

Maxcess Launches Online Video Log

(Archive)

September 27, 2006, ... as well as practical ways to improve the web handling process. To access the video logs, visit maxcessintl.com. Maxcess also has unveiled the comprehensive Web sites of Fife, MAGPOWR, Tidland, and Maxcess ...

What's Ne

(Magazine)

August 31, 2006, ...  Fischer & Krecke, Fairfield, NJ; 973/882-9465; www.fischer-krecke.de The Flexpress 6S is a smaller addition to the mid- and wide web Flexpress Series of gearless, sleeve-based, servo-driven CI flexo ...

LABELEXPO new product digest

(Magazine)

August 31, 2006, ...  Fife Corp., Oklahoma City, OK; 800/639-3433; www.fife.com Enhancements to the InPrint video web inspection system are said to help operators identify printing errors quickly while the press is running. ...

Upgrade the Old, Bring in the New!

(Unprinted Rolls)

August 31, 2006, ... with a CDP-01 web guide controller and integrated into the DCS touchscreen control system. Tidland's cantilevered shafts were changed from button and lug styles to the external element design, and Performance ...

Automatic Roll Change

(Magazine)

August 14, 2006, Web Exclusive Large converting machines may have as many as two or more unwinds besides the rewind. In such a machine, the operator will be kept quite busy just changing rolls, if operator intervention ...

LabelExpo

(Magazine)

July 31, 2006, ... Engrave Plates and Sleeves Carey Color, Sharon Center, OH; 330/239-1835; www.careyweb.com Offers direct digital laser engraving of flexo and embossing (2D and 3D) plates and continuous sleeves, dry ...

What Makes Winding Difficult?

(Archive)

July 31, 2006, ... larger rolls mean more pressure, more stress, and more diameter differential from crossweb thickness variations. On the good side, when Et/Er is high, roll compression reduces diameter variations and ...