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European Conference Draws Large Audience

(Magazine)

September 30, 2001, ... Ninth European Polymers, Films, Laminations, and Extrusion Coatings Conference will be in Italy in 2003. Details will be available in this publication and from TAPPI as they become available. “Web Words” ...

What Is Converting? It Helps to Ask That Simple Question

(Magazine)

May 31, 2001, ... of tension. An inadequate level of tension may cause the web to track improperly during converting. Excessive tension sometimes can cause stretching of a web, with resultant difficulties. The processing ...

Converting Industry News

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April 29, 2001, ... including registration movement, ink streaks and spots, color variations, and web wrinkles. Hall notes, “Press operators are very comfortable with it and are running the presses faster. It's helping ...

A Glossary of Descriptive Terms - Fifth Installment

(Magazine)

January 31, 2001, ... axes, with at least one roll mounted on movable supports so that the roll faces can be pressed together (nipped) in order to give the rolls sufficient traction to pull the web through the machine at the ...

A Glossary of Descriptive Terms, Fourth Installment

(Magazine)

December 31, 2000, ... the web as it moves through the converting machine. If the web-shifting movements are not corrected, the web tracks off center of the winding roll(s) during that period. A shifted web is usually the result ...

A Glossary of Descriptive TermsThird Installment

(Magazine)

November 30, 2000, ... changes are made to the upstream process(es). Field strength : The amount of electrical force that is generated between electrical charges on dielectric webs and any other body that has or can be ...

Creative Problem Solving

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November 30, 2000, Application: Creative approaches for solving problems in the converting industry can yield quick solutions. Following is an expanded summary of a complete paper available on the TAPPI web site at tappi.org. ...

A Glossary of Terms to Help Avoid Failure to Communicate

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... terms I use when I describe technology connected with web handling. Air Entrapment: The process of capturing boundary air between web wraps during the winding process. Alignment: Making the axis ...

Paper characteristics: starting the job right

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April 30, 1996, ... process. Web-fed jobs, in particular, must be strong enough to withstand the stress of unwind and rewind operations. Therefore, uniform strength is necessary across and along the substrate. Paper strength, ...

Winders/Unwinders: Gettting Better Every Day

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August 31, 1995, ... defects, including corrugations, delamination, crepe wrinkles, stretching, wrinkling, blocking, cigars, bursts, out-of-round or eccentric cores, and the dreaded web break. Understanding this technology ...