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On the Move...

(Magazine)

January 30, 2005, ... car accident. The Printing Assn. of Florida (PAF), Orlando, FL, announces Warren Wilkins, president of Webcom Ltd., Toronto, ON, Canada, has been named the Graphic Arts Leaders of the Americas (GALA) ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Magazine)

January 30, 2005, ... is said to neutralize static charge on webs running at speeds to 3,900 fpm. Above: a three-bar Virtual AC system is installed at the rewinder on the Kampf 9-m primary slitter. EDUCATION Gifts for ...

New Products

(Magazine)

January 30, 2005, ... and rewinding in web and strand applications. Strain gauge and LVDT load cells measure the product tension, reportedly eliminating problems such as feathering, breaking, wrinkling, and blocking. Software ...

Maxcess Offers Training Modules for Fife, Tidland, and MAGPOWR Products

(Archive)

January 02, 2005, ... operation of MAGPOWR tension control, Fife line-scan camera sensors and web guide controllers, and Tidland modular slitter positioning technology, core shafts, chucks, and knifeholders. In addition to ...

Profit for Printers

(Archive)

December 30, 2004, Full-day seminars sponsored by ANI Printing Inks covered trends in the narrow web market. Full-day seminars sponsored by ANI Printing Inks covered trends in the narrow web market. Narrow web ink manufacturer ...

Who Likes Film?

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, ... tear resistance, and gas barrier performance. Process people like films because…wait. Do process people like films? Web Lines Customers like films because they are cool. Films can be clear, thin, shiny, ...

A Communication from the PLACE div. of TAPPI

(Flexpack)

December 30, 2004, ... g/m2 at 150 m/min to obtain stable processing conditions. The line speed was then increased in steps of 50 m/min until the web broke. The line speed at which the web broke (draw-down speed) and the neck-in ...

The Harms of Harmony

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, From a simple handling viewpoint, these harmonic motion hiccups may be no problem, but combined with coating, extrusion, slitting, or winding operations, they may lead to waste. Web Lines On Bravo network’s ...

New Product Digest, Part 2

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, Narrow web new products and materials from: AB Graphic Intl., KTI, Dover Flexo Electronics, Omet, ICI Imagedata, Dow Corning, Flink Ink, AET, Decorated Paper, Sherwood Technology, and Mitsubishi Plastics. ...

Maxcess Intl. to Give Away Daytona 500 Trip at Pack Expo Intl. 2004

(Archive)

November 01, 2004, ... will display new technology for web guiding, winding, slitting, inspection, and tension control at the Maxcess booth (S-2405). "Hands-on demonstrations will show how the latest innovations like the POLARIS ...

Rotogravure an Evolving Process

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... is consolidating and reducing the number of plants and employees, with current overcapacity in European industry as well as the US. There are fewer rotogravure presses running wider web widths and faster ...

Slitting Debris: Cracking the Case

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... and equipment downtime. When you slit your product, you use knives to concentrate stress mechanically, breaking the web along a narrow line. The product splits when a crack forms. When the stress is ...

thePLACE

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... of the presentation by Inge Roucourt, Johan De Clippeleir, and Spencer Hirata of Basell Polyolefins. WEB HANDLING Duane Smith of Black Clawson Conv. Mach. Inc. developed a session called “Flexible ...

Extrusion Dies

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... than the target gauge maintained in the rest of the coating, edge beads form because the machine-direction tension applied to the moving web causes it to “neck in” or become slightly narrower, resulting ...

A New Habit

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ... 330 modular UV platform press reportedly has short set-up and changeover times and automatically adjusts web tension, register, and other critical job functions, making it ideal for short- to medium-sized ...

10 Tips on Antiwrinkle Rollers

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ... returns. Try tape collars first. The secret weapon of an expert web handler is knowing how to apply simple masking tape bands on the edge of an idler roller to eliminate wrinkles. After doing this trick ...

Products, Part 1

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, New products from: Accuweb, Andantex USA, ATD Inkjet Systems, Battenfeld Gloucester, Catbridge Machinery, Danfoss Drives, Diversified Graphic Machinery, D.W. Renzmann, Esko-Graphics, Eurotherm Controls, ...

Aquaflex Introduces Gearless Servo Press at Labelexpo Americas

(Archive)

September 16, 2004, Aquaflex, now part of the F.L. Smithe Machine Co. Inc., introduced its new Servo FPC press to the narrow web market at Labelexpo Americas (September 13 - 16, 2004) in Rosemont, IL, USA. PRESS RELEASE  ...

Can This Lamination Be Saved?

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... web handling, the excitement usually happens at the web-roller interface. Going around a roller should be an elastic experience. When your flat web is forced around the cylinder of a roller, the curved ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... output directly from screen fax and e-mail and receive inquiries from a Web site. The system incorporates sales order processing and reporting to provide quick access to management information with facilities ...