Blades

Curtain Coating Technology Can Mean Big Benefits

(Magazine)

February 29, 2000, ... coating methods such as roll, blade, bar, air knife, and spin coating. In particular, problems related to recycling of excess fluid, replenishing of evaporating solvents, formation of foam, and crusts ...

Clean Room Environment Makes Excellence a Priority

(Magazine)

January 31, 2000, ... blade and prevents the film from being scratched. Indeed, the modifications that were made to get the Moore & White running were so successful that they became part of the design criteria for a brand ...

Label converter controls quality from the inside out

(Magazine)

August 31, 1996, ... of dies and cutter blades is done within the plant. Varnishes are typically applied and dried in-line for extra gloss and scuff protection. (The firm also does film laminating of labels in-line on the ...

Gravure winners go for gold

(Magazine)

July 31, 1996, ... press: Rotomec; inks: Zeneca (Canada); substrates: James River and Hercules. Supplier Innovation - Press The importance of doctor blades to the gravure industry is underscored by this award. Max ...

FTA winners show off strides in Flexo

(Magazine)

June 30, 1996, ... ceramic anilox rolls and doctor blade inking systems - that have become almost standard in other areas of the industry," says Ed Herter. "Several years ago corrugated converters would never have reached ...

A rather narrow-minded view of wide web printing.

(Magazine)

May 31, 1996, ... laminating is performed on a 54-in.-wide Faustel laminator, and a Proven Designs Inc. machine handles pouchmaking duties. An inking system on the press with end-sealed, chambered doctor blades allows ...

Green Bay gears up for specialty labels

(Magazine)

May 31, 1996, ... doctor blade enveloped by Faustel to improve performance. The internal blade is designed to aid in filling the gravure cells when using higher than normal viscosity coatings, particularly at high speeds. ...

Gravure gets easier

(Magazine)

April 30, 1996, ... film, and foil. The printer can also produce scannable bar codes at speeds up to 500 fpm on a continuous motion web. Results are accomplished by an advanced flexographic doctor blade system and anilox ...

Die-cutting developments continue unabated.

(Magazine)

September 30, 1995, ... If, for example, you were asked to make a one-of-a-kind folding carton, it could be constructed with a razor blade and scissors. If the customer commissions ten cartons, you might build a fixture or a ...

Retrofit brings older sheeters back to life.

(Magazine)

August 31, 1995, ... a great deal of blade maintenance, especially when running high calipers (greater than 0.028 in.) or recycled paperboard. It may be normal to replace the knife blades on a monthly basis, if not more frequently. ...

Consider film cores when analyzing costs.

(Magazine)

July 31, 1995, ... Sonoco analyzed the problem and recommended switching to a different blade. "As a direct result of Sonoco's recommendation, we now have a superior quality cutting blade, with a lower cost than the one we ...

Flexographic Awards honor top industry achievers

(Magazine)

April 30, 1995, ... plate used: photopolymer. Plate thickness: 0.067. Inking system: doctor blade. Mounting system: Opticala. Types of inks used: water. Sequence of printing: all ceramic--pebbles brown (360), process yellow ...

Consortium proves quality growth of flexo printing

(Magazine)

April 30, 1995, ... Flexographic printing has recently taken on a new dimension with the introduction of photopolymer plates, eight-color central impression cylinder presses, aqueous-based inks, doctor blade metering systems ...

Slower growth, continued expansion seen in 1995

(Magazine)

January 31, 1995, ... dancing, a skill he has recently broadended with the purchase of in-line roller-blade skates. Following his graduation from Pennsylvania State University in 1956, he served as a lieutenant with the ...

German company develops recovery concept for plastics

(Magazine)

December 31, 1994, ... are preset off the machine. The perforating tool is interchangeable like the plate cylinder in a flexographic printing press. The perforating blades are preset so it isn't necessary to make further adjustments ...