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Tension: The First Thing We Must Get Right

(Converting Expert)

April 08, 2024, Web tension is arguably the most important parameter for any web process. By Neal Michal, Principal, Converting Expert, LLC Web tension is arguably the most important parameter for any web process.  ...

Release Coatings for Curing Oven Components

(News | New Products)

April 24, 2023, ... the demand of speed and efficiency in manufacturing, any interruption creates major frustration. Web defects, inconsistent tensions, and sheet breaks are often at the top of the list. Most web substrates ...

Maximizing Labor, Time and Safety with Slitter Rewinder Automation

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

October 09, 2022, ... slitter operation. Auto web cut and transfer – Cutting the slit roll tails and transferring tails to the next core is automated, saving time cutting webs and taping, and aligning webs to the next set ...

Material Properties, Testing & Applications: Part 3

(Converting Expert)

September 26, 2022, ... a 10” wide web with a thickness of 10 mil. (Target Tension = 8700 psi x 25% x 10” x 0.010” = 218#.)  Adjust Tension Based on Width The benefit of calculating target tension in intrinsic units of N/m ...

Material Properties, Testing & Applications: Part 3

(Coating/Laminating)

July 17, 2022, ... web with a thickness of 10 mil. (Target Tension = 8700 psi x 25% x 10” x 0.010” = 218#.) Adjust Tension Based on Width The benefit of calculating target tension in intrinsic units of N/m or PLI is ...

Taking Control of Static

(Surface Prep)

February 13, 2022, ... higher on the list charges positively after it touches and separates from a material lower on the list. For example, when a polypropylene web touches an aluminum idler roller, which is typically covered ...

Bosch Rexroth Presents I/O Portfolio for the First Time

(News | New Products)

November 01, 2020, ... app programming technologies, web-based engineering and a comprehensive IoT connection. On the field level, ctrlX I/O smoothly facilitates flexible machine topologies and the seamless integration on ...

Roberts Mart Acquires Comexi S1 DT Slitter and Remains at the Forefront of the Flexible Packaging Market

(News | New Products)

October 13, 2020, Roberts Mart & Co Ltd, the leading independent company in the British market for high quality packaging printing, has acquired a Comexi S1 DT slitter. Roberts Mart & Co Ltd, the leading independent ...

ICE USA Unveils Conference Program

(News | New Products)

February 14, 2019, ... like “Data Analytics for Roll-to-Roll Processes”, “Web Tensions Control Fundamentals”, “Static Electricity: Causes and Cures in Converting” and many more. On the show floor, the Future of Converting ...

Slitting Rewinding | Waste Not, Want Not

(Slit)

May 13, 2018, ... speed, product quality, reduced waste and reduced down-time to be achieved. We methodically troubleshoot web issues, such as wrinkles, baggy edges, product consistency, uneven coating, print station coordination ...

Coating Matters | The 6 C's of Roll-to-Roll Coating System

(Coating/Laminating)

January 18, 2018, ... nature allowing for impregnation of the fluid into the substrate, or a rigid nature, such as glass. The key to successful coating is to deliver the fluid in a precise manner (cross-web) consistently ...

Medical Patches | Faustel Meets Challenge of Hydrogel Pad Production

(Coating/Laminating)

October 23, 2017, ... requirements of each application and medical device. Others are designed for use as first-response wound dressings. To ramp up hydrogel production, Katecho wanted to double web widths to 23 in. all while ...

CTC Splicer Is Semi-Automatic

(News | New Products)

May 19, 2017, ... material handling equipment, by using a turreting roll lifting concept. A built-in web festoon allows the operator to load rolls and make manual splices while the process is running, providing nonstop ...

AGL Custom Designs New Laminator

(Coating/Laminating)

January 05, 2017, ... are aligned utilizing an AccuWeb wide-array ultrasonic Electronic Web Guide Control System.  Other features include a low-tension feedback system via a dancer controlled feedback to the product unwind, ...

CTC Splicer Offers Nonstop Production

(News | New Products)

November 12, 2016, ... automatic splicer with controls for splicing printed web in register. This new machine is said to allow nonstop production via high-speed automatic roll changes.  Company says space-saving design allows ...

Show Preview | K 2016 To Reveal How Plastics Shape the Future

(Trends/Management)

September 21, 2016, ... Masters from four Competence Centers dedicated to flexible materials technology will take visitors through their options for achieving process performance excellence, whether it be in vacuum web coating ...

Telstar Announces Multi-Lane Unwind

(News | New Products)

June 12, 2015, ... and very light tension. Lanes can be spaced as close as 1 in. apart. Company also offers an unwind/rewind designed for bridge mounting on a press to supply hot/cold foil and laminate webs. The unwind ...

Control Static on a Winding Roll

(Static-Beat)

September 05, 2014, ... control nip facing the web surface that touched the polymer nip roller. With SBSPAN and SBROLL installed, measure EROLL again. Reading EROLL should now be steady and less than ±2 KV/cm. The goal is ...

Coating Matters | Steam Remoisturizing Technology for Paper-Based Labels, Pt. 1

(Coating/Laminating)

July 21, 2014, ... buildup, web brittleness, and curl. All of these conditions can negatively affect product quality and production throughput. In the current economy, label producers need to coat efficiently, effectively, ...

Rheology, Math, and Coating Equipment Design

(Coating/Laminating)

August 30, 2013, ... In our case we are interested in fluid flow of materials between 1-100,000 cP for most coated products in the roll-to-roll web industry. The math behind rheology is explaining the function of applied stress ...