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Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... GA, USA — In the ongoing integration of LASORSystronics and NANOSystems, ISRA Vision Systems announces two new appointments for the company’s web inspection division. Werner Goeckel has accepted the position ...

The Signs of Shear Wrinkle

(Magazine)

July 31, 2004, Your web is talking to you. Not out loud but in a form of sign language. It's saying, Oh, I'm shifting to the right (or left) in this span, or Ouch, I'm Your web is talking to you. Not out loud but in a form ...

Shear Slitting Can Provide Advantages

(Archive)

July 30, 2004, ... in effect, the action that takes place with rotary knives in shear slitting. Returning to our slitting environment, if the web is running slower than the knives, effectively the knife will close in ...

Products

(Magazine)

July 30, 2004, ... Kurz, Maxson Automatic, TAKK Industries, and Webex. Machinery, Accessories, Services Rolls Bear High Loads Webex, Neenah, WI; 920/729-6666; webexinc.com FeatherLight carbon fiber composite idlers ...

The Word on Winding

(Magazine)

July 30, 2004, ... wound, processing requirements such as tension, speed, diameter, and web widths, shafted vs. shaftless operation, types of drives, and of course, location and space requirements. To this list Thompson ...

Steering Directions Made Simple

(Magazine)

June 29, 2004, ... ride than a bicycle. Simple in design does not always mean simple in use. Steering guides are web benders. If the web is off target laterally, the steering guide will shift a roller to bring the web ...

Products

(Magazine)

June 29, 2004, ... Co., New Era Converting Machinery, Omet, Rotatek, Rotocolor, Sherman Treaters, Tesa AG, and W&H. Machinery, Accessories, Services Guide Webs Easily BST Pro Mark, Elmhurst, IL; 630/833-9900; bstpromark.com ...

Tracking Wrinkles: Part II

(Magazine)

May 31, 2004, The easiest way to explain roller diameter variation tracking is to walk you through the chain of events. Diameter variations create web strain variations. The easiest way to explain roller diameter variation ...

A Recipe for Flexo Printing Success

(Flexpack)

May 30, 2004, ... resistant, heat resistant, lamination…I won’t begin to name them all. However you would not want an ink with a high nitrocellulose content to be run as a lamination ink. The two webs would never stick. ...

New Products for the Converting Industry, PFFC, June 2004

(Magazine)

May 30, 2004, ... been minimized to 3 scfm of compressed air at 5 psig for normal operation. Web Coater Runs Thin Films Applied Films, Longmont, CO; 303/774-3200; appliedfilms.com The Smartweb sputter web coater focuses ...

New Products, Part 1

(Magazine)

May 30, 2004, ... advanced controller series. The technology is available with an X-3400ce web tension controller, a D-3400ce dancer controller, or a DTI-3400ce dancer controller with tension indicator. Features an optimized ...

Tracking Wrinkles: Part I

(Magazine)

April 30, 2004, ... the cars on either side of you diverge, there is no problem. But if they begin to converge — look out. A fender bender is imminent. Think about your web similarly. Imagine the wide web as a series of ...

IR Industries Invests in ABB Motor Brake System for Retrofits on Coating Machines

(Rolls/Sheets)

April 29, 2004, ... went with an ABB [because] it’s a direct motor drive that will actually increase and decrease the speed of the coater, and it works very well.” Stasko says when working with narrow web machines, ...

Unique Issues of Laminating Inks

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... involves cooling the web quickly and stabilizing the film dimensionally. The first criteria of a good laminating ink is that it will have good adhesion to the substrate. Special resins are chosen that ...

Products

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... a wide range of sizes and print on a broad range of substrates. Can run at maximum speed of 1,500 fpm and is offered in web widths of 26.5 and 38.5 in. in infinitely variable repeat sizes from 24-36 in. ...

Fast & Flawless

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... equipment — a 40-in. (web width) Model 142 LT Doctor Machine and a 70-in. (web width) Model 3038 slitter/rewinder — has greatly enhanced Spectratek's ability to maintain product quality while converting ...

Products

(Magazine)

March 30, 2004, ... sophisticated web-based products. Lay Down Precision Patterns Applied Films Corp., Longmont, CO, USA; 303/774-3200; appliedfilms.com Company offers an advanced pattern module as an option for its ...

High & Low

(Magazine)

March 30, 2004, ... by machine operators who monitor and test product quality. Operators periodically make their tests by cutting a strip from the web, having it analyzed in the lab, and measuring the consistency of the repeat. ...

Drupa New Product Digest

(Magazine)

March 30, 2004, ... very rapid job and format changes. Visit Hall 10, Stand A44 at Drupa. Inspect Entire Web in Real Time Futec Europe, Hertfordshire, UK; +44 (0) 1442 241700; futec.co.uk The EasyMax inspects the entire ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

March 30, 2004, The PLACE div. of TAPPI reports this month: The 2004 PLACE conference will feature "Flexible Film Web Handling and Winding," a tutorial and panel discussion chaired by Black Clawson Machinery's R. Duane ...