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Who Likes Film?

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, ... more diameter difference in rolls after slitting, causing problems with lock shaft and shared nip winding. Optimize tension, tension taper, and winding nip loads. Shorten roll length or increase cores ...

Custom Slitter a Basic Success

(Magazine)

November 30, 2004, ... two-drum slitter features 84-in. diameters on the shaftless unwind and rewind, a running speed of 5,000 fpm, and a roll capacity of 30,000 lb. “The winder is faster and more precise than anything we ...

Web Tension 101

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, ... the unwind shaft must decrease at a linear ratio, relative to roll diameter, as an unwind roll decreases in size, through a machine run, to keep tension constant. Conversely, the torque driving the rewind ...

The Harms of Harmony

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, ... on the way to the web? Every mechanical component is suspect, including couplings, drive shafts, pulleys, timing belts, bearings, gearboxes, roller shafts, and roller shells. If any component is misaligned, ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, ... shaftless unwind and rewind, a running speed of 5,000 fpm, and a roll capacity of 30,000 lb. "The winder is faster and more precise than anything we have ever had," notes plant manager Hughes Prudhomme. ...

New Product Digest, Part 1

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, New products from: Rotatek, HCI Converting Equipment Co., Maguire Products, Sterling Toggle, Battenfeld Gloucester Engineering, NexGen Enviro Systems, Pinnacle Converting Equipment, Davis-Standard, Agfa, ...

Mechanics of Tension Control, Part II

(Archive)

November 29, 2004, ... at the unwind or rewind shaft and an idler or driven roll. Both sensors detect RPM. They can be encoders or tachometer generators. Machine speed is constant and known. Unwind and rewind roll speeds both ...

Maxcess Intl. to Give Away Daytona 500 Trip at Pack Expo Intl. 2004

(Archive)

November 01, 2004, ... Web Guide Controller and InPrint Video Web Inspection from Fife, CYGNUS Tension Control from MAGPOWR, as well as ergonomic air shafts and slitter positioning systems from Tidland control, can improve production ...

Rotogravure an Evolving Process

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... changeover of sleeves without removing the shaft. One challenge to rotogravure quality is web offset, but UV flexographic printing also has shown it may be able to compete in some segments. Flexo has ...

WHAT'S NE

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... Services Shafts Easy to Handle Goldenrod Corp., Beacon Falls, CT; 203/ 723-4400; 800/465-3763; goldrod.com The 1260-LF ultralight aluminum multiple bladder 3-in. leaf shaft, at less than 24 lb/in. ...

Printing: Italian Style

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... a new 1.3-m Schiavi shaftless gravure press in September 2003. The strategic plan was to equip the press with the best new technology. It has automatic register control, automatic viscosity controls, double ...

Shear Slitting Can Provide Advantages

(Archive)

July 30, 2004, ... the blades apart. This is the same force that is used to squeeze the handle of the scissors. When a large number of cuts are being made, these reaction forces can bend a knife shaft. This is a factor that ...

Products

(Magazine)

July 30, 2004, ... 401/596-0162; maxsonautomatic.com Specialty sheeter designed for photographic papers is equipped with a shaftless rollstand. Line includes a precision cutter, delivery section, stacking station, and off-loading ...

The Word on Winding

(Magazine)

July 30, 2004, ... control of the winding process with DC digital, AC Vector, or servo motors, improved tension control, better shafting, faster and cleaner transfers, and faster installation and start up. Regional and ...

Battenfeld Gloucester Says MDO Provides Enhancements to PE; OEM Spotlights K Show Offerings

(Archive)

July 05, 2004, ... opens for easy threading, roll removal, and shaft insertion. The frame also provides ready access for maintenance. Roll pitch is adjustable, and roll surfaces are designed to improve the efficiency of ...

print media messe drupa - Diversity by Design

(Magazine)

June 29, 2004, ... from Metso (formerly Valmet Converting). The company unveiled 12 world premiers with five machines from its Flexible Materials Div. alone. Ashe surprised visitors with the introduction of a shaftless, ...

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 ...

New Products for the Converting Industry, PFFC, June 2004

(Magazine)

May 30, 2004, ... take-up spool. Spooler is placed in-line with the motor and traverse drive, all on a single, case-hardened (RC 60) smooth shaft. Guard Low-Risk Equipment Scientific Technologies, Fremont, CA; 510/608-3400; ...

New Products, Part 1

(Magazine)

May 30, 2004, ... Shaft Handle Easily Stafford Mfg. Corp. , North Reading, MA; 800/695-5551; staffordmfg.com The Grip & Go quick-release handle takes the place of a socket cap screw and wrench in any shaft collar to allow ...

Products

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... widths at production speeds to 1,500 fpm. Does not require a center shaft support. Winder is said to be an economical, high-speed alternative to using two side-by-side winders for achieving the same results. ...