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Slitting Debris: Cracking the Case

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... and equipment downtime. When you slit your product, you use knives to concentrate stress mechanically, breaking the web along a narrow line. The product splits when a crack forms. When the stress is ...

Materials

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, New material products from: Ashland, BBA Fiberweb, CYRO Industries, Dow Corning, Flint Ink, International Paper, Klöckner Pentaplast, MACtac, Novacel, Prisco, Trident, and Vinamul Polymers. Substrates, ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Archive)

September 29, 2004, ... inert UV curing module with special web transport features. Because the line, from Polytype, was intended to coat unsupported films with a thickness as low as eight microns, the maximum in heat management ...

Can This Lamination Be Saved?

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... web handling, the excitement usually happens at the web-roller interface. Going around a roller should be an elastic experience. When your flat web is forced around the cylinder of a roller, the curved ...

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 ...

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 ...

Omet Reports a Successful Drupa

(Archive)

June 14, 2004, ... without gears on the printing plate cylinder (gearless & shaftless system technology); moreover it was the first narrow-web machine to use sleeve technology, with the printing plates directly mounted on ...

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 ...

Heidelberg Begins Construction for Drupa 2004

(News | New Products)

March 22, 2004, ... Haaf. The M 600 web offset press alone highlights the enormity of this challenge. The press, which can print up to 70,000 copies per hour in top quality, was recently dismantled at Heidelberg's Montataire ...

W&H to Showcase Its Latest Flexo Technology at Drupa with Primaflex and Novoflex Demos

(Archive)

March 09, 2004, ... central impression (CI) flexo press, the Novoflex CM—a ten-color, wide-web, sleeve press with a "new and innovative sleeve-handling system"—will be demonstrated in Düsseldorf with a print width of 51 in. ...

Gidue to Launch Unipro Packaging Press at Drupa; OEM Also to Showcase Other Converting Machinery

(News | New Products)

February 23, 2004, ... first 730mm wide, in-line, mid-web packaging press." Says the OEM, "[Drupa will be the] official European launch of the Unipro, and it will be demonstrated as a full packaging press using print cylinder ...

OMET to Show Converting Equipment for Folding Carton Packaging and Napkin Production at Drupa

(Archive)

February 16, 2004, ... at the upcoming Drupa Print Media Trade Fair, Düsseldorf, Germany. According to the Italian press and converting equipment manufacturer, it will be showcasing its in-line narrow-web rotary machines as ...

Darwin Would Approve

(Unprinted Rolls)

January 30, 2004, ... while Greenfield concentrates on the development and production of specialty coatings. The Greenfield operation features a two-station Polytype gravure coater capable of handling webs to 86.5 in. wide ...

Products and Materials

(Magazine)

December 30, 2003, ...  Converter Accessory Corp., Wind Gap, PA; 800/433-2413; handleyourweb.com The Rol-handlR Model PH-1 handles rolls to 1,000 lb in a wide range of widths and diameters. Self-contained, floor-based, movable ...

Harper Urges Flexographic and Converting Industry to Sponsor Phoenix Challenge

(News | New Products)

December 09, 2003, ... across the country to bring some of the latest flexographic technologies to your door," states Harper's web site. February 10, 2004, Nashville TN March 9, 2004, Los Angeles CA April 6, 2004, St. Louis ...

Products

(Magazine)

October 30, 2003, ... helical gears to complement its line of plate cylinders and roll cores for mid- and wide web flexographic printers. Offset Technology with Sleeve Benefits Drent Goebel, Eerbeek, The Netherlands; +31 ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... NY, USA—Rochester Inst. of Technology (RIT) recently held the formal dedication of the new Heidelberg Web Press Laboratory. The centerpiece of the lab is a gapless Sunday 2000 web press, consigned to ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... Narrow Web Converting Industry News Tesa Opens Subsidiary In Mexico CHARLOTTE, NC, USA—P-s tape manufacturer tesa AG has announced the launch of a new subsidiary in Mexico. The new operation, Technical ...

Producing Coextruded High Barrier Heat-Shrinkable Packaging Films

(The Place)

September 30, 2003, ... of a complete paper available on the TAPPI web site at tappi.org. On the page, click "the PLACE" in the section designated "Journals." Email the author(s) at jstobie@macroeng.com Application: Examining ...

Pay Attention to Tension

(Archive)

August 31, 2003, Our web handling expert reveals the subtle secrets of the slitting/rewinding process. Our web handling expert reveals the subtle secrets of the slitting/rewinding process. Slitter/rewinders are the ...