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Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2014

(Flexpack)

December 29, 2014, ... our website. With a nod to today’s smart phone technology, this year’s batch of new products includes two apps created just for converters. Without further ado, here are the top ten products of 2014. ...

Macro Winder Suited for Geomembranes and Agricultural Films

(News | New Products)

December 15, 2014, ... where operators need to manually attach the sheet to the core. The machine accommodates webs with thicknesses between 30 and 2,500 microns and widths between 1.0 m and 6.2 m. It winds rolls to 800 mm ...

Coating Matters | Multi-Layer Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

December 11, 2014, ... by itself takes some chemical understanding of the fluid, but we haven’t even discussed the process details. In multi-layer coating, one option to consider for coating high speed is tensioned web over ...

Pringraf Winning Awards with Highcon Digital Cutting Machine

(Carton Box)

December 10, 2014, ... Upgrades include a new substrate handling system, enhanced creasing quality, and optimized cutting algorithms. Giuseppe has also founded a new startup called Packly, a web to pack platform for custom ...

Do Your Homework to Solve Telescoping Roll Problems

(Web Handling)

December 03, 2014, ... of a few layers)? Are there any trends of telescoping? (What machine, spindle, product, season does telescoping most likely occur?) What product variations have more telescoping, including web thickness, ...

Stampiton Labels Adds MPS Press

(News | New Products)

November 19, 2014, ... in-house coating facility for hot-melt and water-based acrylic adhesive laminates. Located in the heart of the Peak District, Stampiton Labels purchased an eight-color full flexo press with a web width ...

Stepwise Process Fluid Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

November 17, 2014, ... to one of three options: level and consistent fluid across the web, film advance or film retraction. In film advance, the liquid likes the substrate more than it likes itself and moves outwards on the ...

Coating Matters | Patch Coating for Precision Fluid Placement, Pt. 2

(Coating/Laminating)

October 20, 2014, ... average crossweb profile. These are final dried profiles, and not wet. The slot die was of uniform dimensions for all applications: Offset = 0 Lip face (upstream and downstream) = 762 micron (0.030 ...

Optimization of Fluid Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

October 16, 2014, ... is for success. But what should you concentrate on in the development of the process? Higher line speed? Decreased coat weight variation crossweb? Reduced production costs? These are all reasonable goals, ...

Printing Trends | The Market for UV Inkjet

(Print)

October 01, 2014, ... launched a low migration inkset for use on the Durst Tau narrow web press suitable for dairy lidding. The ink cannot penetrate into the substrate after curing, so there is no effect of color dry-back. ...

Raven Expands Product Range with New Blown Film Line

(Flexpack)

September 23, 2014, ... added value to end-use applications. Our customers have been pleased.” The seven-layer coextrusion system features in-line web-flattening capability, necessary for precise films used in lamination and ...

Coating Matters | Patch Coating for Precision Fluid Placement, Pt. 1

(Coating/Laminating)

September 22, 2014, ... in full web or lane coating, creating rectangles downweb from the coating source. The limit is based off patch control and reaction time. Why would someone be interested in coating a discrete patch of ...

Maxson Sheeter Is Suited for Lenticular Plastic

(News | New Products)

September 07, 2014, ... so the peripheral speed of the blades and the speed of the web are equal at the cutting point, reportedly maintaining sheet length accuracy and squareness. This cutting action eliminates the skive along ...

DUNMORE Offers Smartphone App for Label Converters

(Label/Tape)

September 02, 2014, Roll-to-roll calculator for processors of continuous web substrates quickly offers data including roll outside diameter, roll length, yield, and more   BRISTOL, PA | DUNMORE Corp., a global supplier ...

IMDA Awards | In-Mold Decorating Assn. Honors 2014 Winners

(Label/Tape)

August 07, 2014, Inland Label supplies labels for three of the winning packages The In-Mold Decorating Assn. (IMDA), Scottsdale, AZ, represents molders, printers, material suppliers, equipment suppliers, and others ...

Show Preview | Labelexpo Americas 2014 Enhances Focus on Package Printing

(Label/Tape)

August 04, 2014, ...    AccuWeb Introducing its Smallest Web Guide AccuWeb (Booth 837) will introduce the EVO 150 web guide control, a 24 VDC controller featuring 150 watts of power with the ability to control brushed ...

Slot Die Coating Technology

(Mark's Coating Matters)

July 16, 2014, ... supply of coating fluid and variations in coat weight are controlled by regulating the pumping rate to line speed ratio. 3. Cross-web distribution control. The slot die’s manifold geometry is designed ...

Converting Headaches? Get Relief at CPP EXPO's PFFC-Sponsored Technical Session

(Trade Shows)

July 13, 2014, ... is author of PFFC's "Web Lines" column and "Tim's Web Lines" blog. Tim is president and web handling consultant for TJWalker+ Associates with 25 years of experience and will present the following six sessions: ...

NDC Infrared Engineering Merges with Beta LaserMike

(Controls)

July 12, 2014, ... partners." NDC Technologies will offer four key product groups: • Web solutions for the converting, extrusion, calendering, and nonwovens industries, delivering real-time measurement and control of ...

Coating Matters | Everything You Wanted to Know about Coating But Were Afraid to Ask

(Coating/Laminating)

June 17, 2014, ... is the dynamic rheology of the fluid being coated? What variability is inherent in the fluid and substrates involved? How is the web controlled in the coating head position (tension or speed control)? ...