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Labels | Market Update on IML & Sleeve Technologies

(Label/Tape)

June 03, 2013, ... two installations. Victor Gomez of Durst dealt in the opportunities presented by narrow-web color inkjet print for in-mold labels—possible in CMYK and white and metallic inks, and now competitive with ...

Coating Matters | Fluid Flow Phenomena

(Coating/Laminating)

May 14, 2013, ... an active substrate, energy can be added to the web through corona, plasma, flame, vacuum, or chemical treatment. Too much excess energy, however, and the fluid may not know when to stop and not bead-up ...

Basics: What Are the Key Process Variables of Winding?

(Web Handling)

May 02, 2013, ... with two drum surface winders. Tension is the web tension upstream of the winder. Nip is the normal force between the winding roll and the surface drums. But what is torque? Torque is the ft-lbs (or ...

Eliminating Tin-Canning Rings on Your Wound Rolls

(Web Handling)

January 24, 2013, The elimination of roll rings that simulate rings on a tin soup can is a perennial problem for web handling experts. This list of possible solutions might work for you. Question: Why does my roll look ...

Labelexpo Americas | Mission Possible

(Label/Tape)

July 12, 2012, ... and WS Packaging. This award is sponsored by Labels & Labeling, Label & Narrow Web, and NarroWeb Tech. Finalists for the New Innovation award are AVT (Advanced Vision Technology), EFI, and IPE (Innovaciones ...

Wausau Paper Invests in RollMover from Appleton Mfg. Div.

(Disposables)

May 22, 2012, Tissue/towel provider increases productivity with battery-powered HDLR system NEENAH, WI | Appleton Mfg. Div. reports Wausau Paper, Mosinee, WI, has improved safety and its bottom line by investing ...

Mach III Clutch Reports New Models

(Controls)

April 06, 2012, ... identically sized counterparts with LOCO friction facings. This is an advantage for label printing and other narrow web converting applications where web tensions are low and the range of torque required ...

WHQuiz Answer #7 - Large Diameter Rollers

(Web Handling)

February 22, 2012, WebHandlersQuiz 7: Rollers – Which rollers in a process will likely have the largest diameters? Answer... WebHandlersQuiz 7: Rollers – Which rollers in a process will likely have the largest diameters? ...

Data Sheet Outlines Montalvo Indicator

(Controls)

February 01, 2012, ... the i4-HD, designed to provide accurate and repeatable web tension.  Features of the i4-HD indicator include a measurement range that accommodates most applications, an output that can interface with ...

Static Beat: Beat Winter Static

(Static-Beat)

November 22, 2011, ... using a simple spin-down test as described by Tim Walker in his June 2008 “Web Lines” column. The spin-down test itself is simple: Drive the roller to a given speed. Measure the roller speed with ...

Plotting Shear Wrinkles

(Web Lines)

August 21, 2011, The combined conditions of when roller misalignment is bad enough to wrinkle a web is a complicated mechanism. You have to combine concepts of roller misalignment, web buckling, and web-to-roller traction ...

Slit Thin-Gauge Films & More

(Slit)

May 31, 2011, Model SR7000 duplex slitter/rewinder is designed for thin-gauge films, foils, and packaging materials. Capable of running 84-in.-wide webs at 1,500 fpm, Model SR7000 duplex slitter/rewinder is designed ...

Do You Want Nips with That? Part 2

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

April 30, 2011, ... rollers — they create friction just like tires on the road. Nipped rollers are even able to pull when web tension on one side is zero, such as during machine threading. Nipping two rollers together ...

Surface Treating: Promoting Adhesion

(Surface Prep)

February 28, 2011, ... plasma discharge treatments of two dimensional web-based materials are rooted in observations that ion bombardment physically and chemically removes oxides and reducible compounds from surfaces, with many ...

Tobacco Packaging: The Final Billboard

(Carton Box)

November 30, 2010, ... to online is rising at an exponential rate. Today, social media is the number one activity on the web. Comparing the growth of social media to other communication channels, it took radio 38 years to ...

Static Beat: Prevent Winter Static

(Static Elimination)

September 30, 2010, ... slips and slides over low-wrap rollers. Check the bearing drag using a simple spin-down test as described by Tim Walker in “Web Lines” (June 2008 PFFC). The spin-down test itself is simple: Drive the roller ...

Laminating Corona Treating: Bond Boosting

(Corona, Flame, Plasma)

July 31, 2010, ... is designed to handle a 60-in.-wide web at speeds of 1,300 fpm. The primary structure Golden Eagle Extrusions will produce on the equipment is lidding film for fresh-cut produce used by food service ...

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 ...

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 ...