Rolls

Rollers Add Precision

(New Products)

March 31, 2010, Redesigned GripLock Rollers give its Air Roll Lock Differential Shaft extra speed and precision in differential winding applications, company reports. Redesigned GripLock Rollers give its Air Roll Lock ...

Press Sets Up Quickly

(New Products)

March 31, 2010, The P5, part of the Performance Series, is said to provide fast changeovers, simple operation, and superior print quality. Has simple, repeatable settings The P5, part of the Performance Series, is said ...

Roller Refurbishing: Replace or Refinish?

(Web Handling)

March 31, 2010, Due to the long service life of most heat transfer rolls, converters often wait for problems to arise before servicing their equipment. Unfortunately, Due to the long service life of most heat transfer ...

Riding the Rails

(Web Handling)

March 31, 2010, ... needs to arrive undamaged. That was the challenge faced by the Coated Products Operations of Green Bay Packaging, which ships rolls of its pressure-sensitive label material from Green Bay, WI, to Mexico, ...

Substrates Offered in Short Runs

(New Products)

March 31, 2010, ... are topcoated with company's DigiPRO TC-338 or TC-413 topcoats and can be shipped in five days or less. Products will be available in short runs (360 MSI, equivalent to five rolls of 12 in. x 500 ft) and ...

Flexible Packaging: Narrow Web's Leverag

(Flexpack)

March 21, 2010, ... airflow rates in the dryers will help reduce drying times. Because films demand lower heat levels, chill rolls can be used to keep the web temperature low in addition to higher airflow. As with paper-faced ...

What’s Up With Die Lines

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

March 17, 2010, ... this phenomenon on the substrate. This is a carry over from “the old days” when wide gauge bands were seen on paper rolls. However, from experience, we know we don’t see them in rolls of incoming oriented ...

Roll Cleaner Proving Itself

(Narrow Web)

February 28, 2010, ... Model 48 system at the Cincinnati, OH, demo center of press manufacturer Nilpeter. The unit is being used to clean anilox rolls between press demonstrations and to prove the system's ability to clean line ...

PP Adds Gloss

(New Products)

February 28, 2010, Value Plus 2-mil PP for clear-on-clear prime labels is said to offer outstanding clarity and high gloss to achieve label. Corona treated for excellent Value Plus 2-mil PP for clear-on-clear prime labels ...

Software Aids Bagmaking

(New Products)

February 28, 2010, New release of Business VantagePoint software includes enhancements that aid multiwall bag manufacturers better in tracking rollstock from the raw roll New release of Business VantagePoint software includes ...

Flexible Packaging: Capital Commitments

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2010, ... can go directly from the freezer into the microwave. Available in rollstock or bags, the company also is producing easy-open peel/seal bags that can be used for various applications and printed and unprinted ...

Click To Pick

(New Products)

February 28, 2010, ... strips, the size of a bandage, that come with a release glue liner to allow quick slapping to the edge of a roll for marking a splice or flaw. Resembles a tail flagging on the outside of the roll's edge ...

Breaking Boundaries

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2010, ... Award and a Gold Award for Technical Innovation. This is the second year in a row Sealed Air has taken the top prize. The package consists of a two-part thermoformed rollstock that keeps the contents ...

Sheeter Cuts Downtime

(Carton Box)

February 28, 2010, ... enhancement features for board converters and printers. Speeds to 1,300 fpm can be achieved on machines to 90 in. wide. Two shaftless self-loading rollstands cradle rolls to 10,000 lb in position while ...

Web Lines: Your Guide to Web Guiding | Part 1

(Web Guiding)

February 28, 2010, ... the web and core width are essentially the same, there always will be a slight error in lateral position. (I consider less than 50 mils to be well aligned.) More challenging is a roll's layer-to-layer ...

Slitter Modified To Handle New Cigarette Paper

(New Products)

February 28, 2010, ... comply with the regulation in 2011. Due to the treatment, the cigarette paper loses some of its rigidity, so cutting and winding the rolls (bobbins) to be handled on the cigarette machine are more difficult ...

Proofing System Is Portable

(New Products)

February 28, 2010, The Phantom QD Quick Drawdown Proofing System is reported to be the first fully portable proofing system. Equipped with its own pressure loading system The Phantom QD Quick Drawdown Proofing System is ...

Static Beat: When To Use Static Blowers

(Static Elimination)

January 31, 2010, ... as the gap grows large, so they can be located several feet away from the film surface or winding roll. For this reason, static blowers are a great choice for neutralizing winding rolls in which the ...

Bagmaking: Cleaning Up on F/F/S

(Substrates)

January 31, 2010, ... packaging, using form, fill, and seal machinery. These F/F/S machines use packaging materials on large rolls. They maintain continuous high-speed output in converting large rolls, by forming, filling, ...

Technical Report: Thin Coating Challenges

(Coatings)

January 31, 2010, ... can be placed in a final product, such as a battery, with a thinner film than with thick film, thereby giving better overall performance. Longer rolls can be wound without increasing roll weight. New ...

Cantilever Press Is Offered

(New Products)

January 31, 2010, Cantilever press features direct servo-driven sleeve, anilox rolls, and automatic registration. Constant speed is ensured at roll change with either roll-to-roll Cantilever press features direct servo-driven ...

Rollers for Quality Finish

(New Products)

January 31, 2010, Calender rollers ensure a quality web finish with precision nip pressures applied to a variety of substrates. Rolls are used to produce unique finishes Calender rollers ensure a quality web finish with ...

Pillow Cushions

(First Glance)

January 31, 2010, ... film, which has up to 10% recycled content, contains a proprietary organic additive said to accelerate microbial biodegradation without compromising recyclability. Flat, perforated rollstock is mounted ...

NimCor Expands Customer Support

(News | New Products)

January 11, 2010, ... ; 651-982-0262) will provide sales and support to converting customers in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Nebraska. NimCor manufactures a complete line of airshafts, bowed rolls, chucks, ...

Critical Trends Face-Off

(Trends/Management)

December 31, 2009, ... an interest in expanding into printing. Tapes, Labels & Tags also cited printing, but at a higher percentage (53%). Unprinted Rolls & Sheets respondents plan to expand into slitting (36%), coating (34%), ...

Transfer Ribbons In Many Colors

(Narrow Web)

December 31, 2009, Thermal transfer ribbons are offered in 75 colors and qualities, ready to be shipped as finished ribbons in standard dimensions or as jumbo rolls to be Thermal transfer ribbons are offered in 75 colors ...

Stamp of Approval

(Carton Box)

December 31, 2009, ... it possible to process large diameter foil rolls at maximum production speed. After four years of operating the Foil Commander in around-the-clock production five days a week, the Montreal plant has ...

2010 Year of Recovery

(Trends/Management)

December 31, 2009, ... our payrolls return to the peak levels seen in 2007. As this article is written, the economy is recovering. The natural economic cycle in conjunction with global monetary and fiscal stimulus have joined ...

Why so Tense?

(Tension)

December 31, 2009, ... across the US. A major part of Putney's operation is the production of tissue paper rolls, with a critical stage being the slitting/rewinding process. The company's workhorse slitter/rewinder previously ...

QC for Nips

(Controls)

December 31, 2009, ...  Beyer says pressure-indicating sensor film is especially helpful with calender rolls, which are swim rolls that have mechanisms to allow the center of the rollers to exert a different level of pressure. ...