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- AIMCAL Converting School Adds New Courses to 2009 Schedule
- (News | New Products)
- May 04, 2009, New additions to the Converting School curriculum, organized by AIMCAL, give attendees hands-on experience in a lab setting. FORT MILL, SC | The Assn. of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters & Laminators (AIMCAL) ...
- Why So Many Anilox Rolls?
- (Process Management)
- April 30, 2009, ... found an audit of the inkroom will surface several repeating problems: Color standards are not linked to specific press metering — there simply are too many different anilox rollers. As shown in the ...
- Stop Tribocharging Your Products
- (Static Elimination)
- April 30, 2009, ... materials that touch and separate. Think about an insulating polymer film running through a converting process (see Figure 1). The film touches many conveyance rollers as it moves through the process, ...
- WEB EXCLUSIVE: Tension Control: Dancer Systems Defined
- (Archive)
- April 15, 2009, A well-built, well-installed dancer working with a proper control can provide a flexible closed loop means of controlling tension in both unwind and rewind applications. One of the challenges in working ...
- Hit the Apex at CMM
- (Editorial)
- March 31, 2009, ... first workshop will cover tensioning, nipping, compliant rollers, wrinkling, and post-lamination handling. In his second workshop, Tim will focus on waste generated from wrinkles and creases and how t ...
- The Great Span Length Debate | Part 2
- (Web Lines)
- March 31, 2009, ... effect on web-to-roller traction. Longer spans don't increase the friction coefficient, tension, wrap angle, lubrication, or roughness/grooving. If sequential rollers are wrapped in over-under-over-under, ...
- ABBA Rubber Intl. Celebrates 50th Year
- (News Clips Archive)
- March 31, 2009, ... grinding, and customer service has solidified it as a global leader in rubber-covered rolls. ABBA manufactures precision rubber rollers, new core fabricates, and rubber molded parts. In 1999, the company ...
- Static Specified
- (Archive)
- March 31, 2009, ... rollers. The sensor may be located on either side of the film. For solvent coating operations, this measurement should be monitored by the machine control system so the operation can be E-stopped if the ...
- WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS: April 200
- (New Products)
- March 31, 2009, ... grips the web as it passes over rollers to keep them turning; JemmSil 421 is an economic alternative to tesa 4563, with traction capabilities and high release properties; and CT1125 is a silicone-impregnated ...
- The Great Span Length Debate | Part 1
- (Web Lines)
- February 28, 2009, ... apart should rollers be? Is there a good rule of thumb on span length, such as “span lengths should be less than one (or one and a half) web widths?” Whether this rule sounds good to you will depend ...
- Crowning Benefits
- (Web Handling: Main)
- February 28, 2009, Many industrial manufacturers rely on crowned rollers. A crown is a shape or diameter profile necessary to compensate for deflection and obtain uniform nip pressure distribution Many industrial manufacturers ...
- Edelmann and Codimag Web Offset Semi-Rotary Web Presses Are for Short Runs
- (Offset)
- February 28, 2009, ... has married the ink feed system of flexo to the stable image carrier of offset (see figure below), and in doing so, has removed all rubber rollers from the ink train and their incumbent setting/replacement/maintenance ...
- What's New Products: March 200
- (Magazine)
- February 28, 2009, ... 428 Conveyor Oven Cures The No. 972 electrically heated, 250-deg-F, two-zone belt conveyor oven is used to cure a coating onto plastic sheets. Controls include digital indicating temperature controllers, ...
- How Much Misalignment Is Trouble?
- (Web Lines)
- January 31, 2009, Shear wrinkles are the most common wrinkle mechanism, forming a diagonal crease and appearing to walk across rollers like an inch worm. The way to create Shear wrinkles are the most common wrinkle mechanism, ...
- How Much Misalignment Is Trouble?
- (Web Handling)
- December 31, 2008, Most converting equipment suppliers and manufacturers take care to ensure the rollers of their machines are aligned. Designing for good alignment, machining Most converting equipment suppliers and manufacturers ...
- Maxson Sheeters Receive Underwriter Laboratory Certification
- (News | New Products)
- December 28, 2008, ... official recognition for its machinery lines. The company received the UL 508A certification for electrical requirements that cover control devices associated with motors and logic controllers. This complianc ...
- Wrinkle Removers
- (Tension)
- November 30, 2008, ... “In the industry we're seeing a greater decrease in the number of brakes and the number of stand-alone tension controllers being required,” says Genovese, citing the lighter materials being converted ...
- What's New Product
- (New Products)
- November 30, 2008, ... wet lamination process. Adhesive is solvent-free and has excellent press stability with no drying on the plate or rollers during stoppages or makeready. DSI Group | 860-413-9510 | www.dsi-grp.com PFFC-ASAP ...
- Who's Driving This Nip
- (Web Lines)
- November 30, 2008, What is the best way to drive a set of nipped rollers? Two rollers and two drive options (driven or not) lead to four options. To make this discussion What is the best way to drive a set of nipped rollers? ...
- Shifty Answers to Nip-Induced Tracking
- (Web Lines)
- October 31, 2008, Nipping rollers are used in many value-adding processes in web converting roll coating, laminating, embossing, calendering, high-speed winding, and more. Nipping rollers are used in many value-adding processes ...