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Tim Walker Answers your Questions Live

(Archive)

February 27, 2006, ... on March 3rd from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM EST. Click the following links to see some of the comments from the last 'live' blog: Web Guiding: convertingblog.com/archives/000073.html Tension Control: ...

New Products

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January 30, 2006, New products from: Agfa, Diamond America, Pual N. Gardner Co., Spinnaker Coating, Kodak, DuPont, Webex, Enfocus, Appleton, Enovation Graphic Systems, Nordmeccanica, GretagMacBeth, ADM Tronics, and GMG. ...

Take Control

(Magazine)

January 30, 2006, ... beam (EB) web coating system. It is used to deposit three-color shift layers on plastic film with EB evaporation. The three-color shift layers, when seen from different angles, change their reflected ...

Converting Rx: Bowed Roller Dosage

(Magazine)

November 29, 2005, ... little diagnosis and diagramming to see how to find the proper prescription. Web Lines Last month we picked up our prescription for a bowed roller and read the instructions and warning label. But what’s ...

The Converting Relay Race: Part 1

(Magazine)

July 30, 2005, ... a series of runners. Like a relay, we need to pass baton from roll to roll so each roll can run their leg of the race. Web Lines Converting productivity is a race to see how much material we can get ...

Concave Rollers Pros & Cons

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, Got some nasty wrinkles on a roller? Some tape here, some tape there—wrinkles be gone. Adding tape collars or bands to a cylindrical roller just under each of the web’s edges turns a cylindrical roller ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

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April 29, 2005, ... and disadvantages for film and foil applications; and web spreading. Providing practical information to the converting and packaging industries EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Role Of An Uneven Temperature Distribution ...

New Product Digest, Part 2

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, New products from: Ashe Converting Equipment, Maxson Automatic Machinery, AccuWeb, Siemens Energy & Automation, Enercon Industries, Waddington Electronics, Totani America, Creo, Futec Europe, ISRA Surface ...

Why Tension?

(Magazine)

January 30, 2005, Why is tensioning such a crucial first step? What are the benefits of a well-tensioned web? What is the right amount of tension for your product? Don’t slack off now...keep reading for these answers and ...

E-Clips Top 10

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January 30, 2005, ... Web Rewinder for a Wide Range of Products Stanford Products, Salem, IL; 618/548-2600; stanfordproductsllc.com Designed for the narrow web market, Model 142 Jr. is capable of winding a wide range of products ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Magazine)

January 30, 2005, ... is said to neutralize static charge on webs running at speeds to 3,900 fpm. Above: a three-bar Virtual AC system is installed at the rewinder on the Kampf 9-m primary slitter. EDUCATION Gifts for ...

Who Likes Film?

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, ... tear resistance, and gas barrier performance. Process people like films because…wait. Do process people like films? Web Lines Customers like films because they are cool. Films can be clear, thin, shiny, ...

the PLACE

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November 30, 2004, ... snack foods, confectionary items, and dry powered goods. For information about the PLACE Division of TAPPI, access the TAPPI web page at tappi.org. To obtain the complete papers whose expanded summaries ...

thePLACE

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... of the presentation by Inge Roucourt, Johan De Clippeleir, and Spencer Hirata of Basell Polyolefins. WEB HANDLING Duane Smith of Black Clawson Conv. Mach. Inc. developed a session called “Flexible ...

10 Tips on Antiwrinkle Rollers

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ... returns. Try tape collars first. The secret weapon of an expert web handler is knowing how to apply simple masking tape bands on the edge of an idler roller to eliminate wrinkles. After doing this trick ...

Products, Part 1

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, New products from: Accuweb, Andantex USA, ATD Inkjet Systems, Battenfeld Gloucester, Catbridge Machinery, Danfoss Drives, Diversified Graphic Machinery, D.W. Renzmann, Esko-Graphics, Eurotherm Controls, ...

The Signs of Shear Wrinkle

(Magazine)

July 31, 2004, Your web is talking to you. Not out loud but in a form of sign language. It's saying, Oh, I'm shifting to the right (or left) in this span, or Ouch, I'm Your web is talking to you. Not out loud but in a form ...

Steering Directions Made Simple

(Magazine)

June 29, 2004, ... ride than a bicycle. Simple in design does not always mean simple in use. Steering guides are web benders. If the web is off target laterally, the steering guide will shift a roller to bring the web ...

New Products, Part 1

(Magazine)

May 30, 2004, ... advanced controller series. The technology is available with an X-3400ce web tension controller, a D-3400ce dancer controller, or a DTI-3400ce dancer controller with tension indicator. Features an optimized ...

Optimum Release

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April 29, 2004, ... can be used on thermally sensitive substrates. Because the curing mechanism does not depend on heating the web, radiation-curable silicones are ideal for siliconizing extremely temperature-sensitive films, ...