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Driving Speed

(Drives/Motors)

April 30, 2010, ... expenditures, and improve throughput, while boosting productivity. Improved Web Tension Initially, the machine had four different motors with analog drives and controls, each with their own wiring ...

Trends in technology

(Coating/Laminating)

April 30, 2010, ... calculate and optimize energy consumption, model dryers, and web transport systems. This should improve quality at a low cost, but in order to successfully achieve this goal, all personnel will have ...

Desai Adds Fourth K2 Flexo Press

(News Clips Archive)

April 30, 2010, ...  The K2-500 press features automatic web tension control and an electronic web guide to optimize print registration and die-cutting accuracy. What's happening at your company? Send your news to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. ...

Pilot Coating: Coater Clone

(Coating/Laminating)

March 31, 2010, ... the pilot coater is just 30 in. wide, “it's built essentially with the same oven configurations as our production equipment, so we can easily scale up from the narrow web to the wider width,” Maercklein ...

Multipack Juices It Up

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2010, ... Accessories category. The device moves haze measurement on line, measuring and mapping haze in real time and issuing an alarm if user-set parameters are exceeded. The full-web inspection system replaces ...

AIMCAL Awards

(Coating/Laminating)

March 21, 2010, ... step toward a fully compostable package. Bryce adjusted printing inks along with web tensions, process temperatures, and bonding processes to deliver a lamination that would provide adequate snack food ...

Flexible Packaging: Capital Commitments

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2010, ... is that it can print large web widths. “We haven't found too many competitors who can run at 110 inches wide. It's more than double the width of the web size in our industry,” he says. In addition to ...

Technical Report: Thin Coating Challenges

(Coatings)

January 31, 2010, A major trend in the development of new web coated products is the requirement to coat thin, functional coatings on a thin substrate. The advantages of A major trend in the development of new web coated ...

AIMCAL Offers Nip Roller Workshop & Drives Course

(News | New Products)

January 12, 2010, ... on Drives in Web Handling & Converting FORT MILL, SC | The Assn. of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters & Laminators (AIMCAL) offers its Converting School February line-up of classes for converters, including ...

Why so Tense?

(Tension)

December 31, 2009, Putney Paper is located on the same site where papermaking has been a continuous process since 1818. In addition to its long-standing mill, Putney has Putney Paper is located on the same site where papermaking ...

Make Bags, Pouches

(New Products)

December 31, 2009, ... of making four types of bags. Plastic Equipment Co. | 604-277-1176 | www.peccanada.com Circle 426 or visit www.freeproductinfo.net/pff PFFC ON THE WEB For more products subscribe to our FREE e-newsletters. ...

Marsh Labels Goes Digital

(Narrow Web)

December 31, 2009, ... label converter in the UK to West Sussex-based Marsh Labels. The system is a compact label finishing solution used to convert digitally printed webs. The unit includes a 500-mm (20-in.) unwind with automatic ...

Films 101: Back to Basics

(Archive)

November 30, 2009, ... minimal web breaks while maintaining an excellent die-cutting surface. However, PET films often are stiff, unconformable, and expensive to manufacture. PET films are used in a variety of overlaminate applications, ...

Press Has Options

(Narrow Web Products)

October 31, 2009, ... capacity by as much as 50%. Can be supplied with up to 12 printing units for UV or water-based inks and is equipped with PLC controls, touchscreen, automatic web tension, equal-height print and die station ...

Engineer's Playgroun

(Coating/Laminating Main)

October 31, 2009, ...  pilot lab facility: “There are no equivalent options that combine equipment, human, and IP [intellectual property] resources for web handling development work.” Sure, you'd expect to hear such boastfu ...

Montalvo Corp. Closes In On 20,000th Load Cell

(News | New Products)

October 08, 2009, The Montalvo Corp., international specialists in industrial web control systems, is closing in on T-Series load cell number 20,000. GORHAM, ME | The Montalvo Corp., international specialists in industrial ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCT

(New Products)

September 30, 2009, ... with simple and intuitive menu-driven operator controls. Embedded web pages allow managers to monitor and access operations remotely, including interactive test parameter updates. Offers real-time display ...

A Torque Devil Is in the Details

(Web Lines)

September 30, 2009, ... winder that works. Coming next month: How cores can reduce defects. Web handling expert Tim Walker, president of TJWalker+Assoc., has 25 years of experience in web processes, education, development, ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS: Carton & Bo

(Carton Box Main)

September 30, 2009, ... line shaft flexo presses is designed for the North American folding carton and mid-to-wide web paper industries. Standard features include closed loop tension system, fault diagnosis, touchscreen control ...

Time for Unwinding Upgrade?

(Archive)

August 31, 2009, ... from a driven unwind is whether your web loses most or all of its tension during deceleration — something that commonly occurs on braked unwinds of a slitter/rewinder. Stopping a large diameter unwinding ...