Trim Removal

The Good and Bad Sides of Offset Powder

(Magazine)

April 30, 2002, ... they sometimes can contribute detrimental characteristics. In applications in which a printed substrate undergoes further converting when perfect surface appearance is a requirement, use of offset powders ...

New Products for the Narrow Web Converting Industry

(Magazine)

April 30, 2002, ... shear, score, and razor slitting to 0.032 in.; and vacuum edge trim removal. “Double-Barreled” Treater Runs Hot, Fast Pillar Technologies, Hartland, Wl; 888/745-5276; pillartech.com A double-electrode, ...

Cutting to the Chase

(Magazine)

April 30, 2002, ... coating with a narrow groove pattern. The grooves relieved the air entrainment without having detrimental effects on the thin web material, says Klei. With good contact between the web and the rollers, ...

Converters Strike Back

(Magazine)

March 31, 2002, In a new world where security is of utmost urgency, converters willingly step up to the plate and fight back against product and brand theft. Product security and brand theft are serious problems, and ...

Diverse Products Meet Many High-End Needs

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, ... decals, automotive trim, holograms, specialty packaging, and solar control window films. Chemistry and Clean Rooms CPFilms' release coatings are applied in a self-contained facility with two coaters. ...

Coating and Laminating Special Report

(Archive)

February 28, 2002, ... the coating and laminating value chain, consolidation is occurring—though often to the detriment of the supply side, due to the increasingly dominant end-users, who are leveraging their purchasing power. ...

Shaft Collar Decisions Can Be Momentous

(Magazine)

January 31, 2002, ... the shaft to the core. Some operations, such as low-speed take-up of trimmed foil edge waste, do not require a high degree of synchronization between core and shaft rotation. In fact, many converters ...

Valmet Tech Center to Open for Converters Worldwide

(News | New Products)

January 13, 2002, ... to 1,600-mm (64-in.) web width at a maximum 600 mpm (2,000 fpm) and up to 800-mm (32-in.) rewind diameters. The Titan SR7 will also feature an edge trim waste recovery system, separate shaftless unwind ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

November 30, 2001, New products from: ADI International; Ashe Converting Equipment; KTI/Keene Technology Inc.; and Primera Technology Inc. Butt Splicer Offers Automatic Features KTI/Keene Technology Inc., South Beloit, ...

Wide Web Handling and the Problems It Can Bring

(Magazine)

November 30, 2001, ... during the past several years, so have casting machine windups. One problem that arises with wider rolls is deflection due to roll weight. Most wide casting machines wind the entire web, minus the trim, ...

Products

(Magazine)

November 30, 2001, ... changeovers in less than 2 min. Outfitted with digital electronic controls said to provide accuracies within ±0.015 in. (±0.381 mm), eliminating the need to guillotine trim. Sheet squareness can be set ...

Products

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, New products from: Agfa, Contech, CreoScitex, Gerber Innovation, Global Graphics Software, Imation, J.E. Doyle, Man Roland, New Era Converting Machinery, and Printcafe. DieTool System Uses Rotary Machining ...

Harmonic System Gets Tension Under Control

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, ... with permanent magnet trim shaft motors that are rated to 2 hp. A remote-mounted control station allows Capital's press operators to preset and control web speed. Each station includes status indicators, ...

Orange Peel in a Coating Is Not Very Tasty

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, A friend talking about orange peel recently said he preferred his with a dark chocolate coating! Sounds delicious, but orange peel is actually a phenomenon A friend talking about orange peel recently said ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, News from: Appleton, Dunsirn (Avery Dennison), FINAT, Gallus, MACtac, MetroMark, Patco Corp., Ritrama, SE Label Image, Seal-It, and Sonoco, plus narrow web People & Places. Narrow Web Converting Industry ...

What's New Product

(Magazine)

September 30, 2001, ... steel paper knives and three-knife trimmers. Co. adds that product does not involve a coating or surface treatment, and this is a totally new material for knives. Drying System Is Energy Efficient  ...

Slitting Adhesive-Coated, Low-Strength Films

(Magazine)

September 30, 2001, ... for good operability in a slitter. And, there is a significant caliper increase at the web edges, to the point where trim must be removed prior to rewinding. Because the adhesive presents a problem ...

CPSC: The Other Packaging Regulatory Agency to Watch

(Magazine)

August 31, 2001, ... young children. The CPSC formally proposed a rule to require buckets to be redesigned but abandoned the rule when Congressional critics noted that the changes actually would be detrimental to the safety ...

New Product Digest

(Magazine)

August 31, 2001, ... or “bleeding” air to the output to correct any error conditions. Features include auxiliary control valve capability for increased flow requirements; no trim pots or other analog set-up adjustments; microprocessor ...

Products

(Magazine)

July 31, 2001, New from: Baldor Electric, BHS, Bobst, Brausse Group, Carotek, Converting Solutions, Davies Industrial, GrafiKontrol, Gralex, Ion Systems Industrial, Kidder, Lasor/Systronics, Maxson Automatic, National ...

Slitter Savvy: Visual Roll Defects & Remedies

(Magazine)

July 31, 2001, ... retain cores and fasten webs securely to the cores. Trim wound in rolls: This is caused when the winder trim is not collected into the trim removal system and follows the web into the winding roll.  ...

Polymers/Laminations/Adhesives/Coatings/Extrusions

(Magazine)

July 31, 2001, ... therefore enhances the ability of the coating to stretch without detriment to the finished product. Achieving a 10 to 1 film stretch with this arrangement is possible. The technique has use where the lowest ...

Tamper-Evident, Tamper-Proof Packaging Part of Life Today

(Magazine)

June 30, 2001, A tamper-proof package, i.e., one that could never be opened, would mean no one could tamper with the cookies, but no one could eat them either! In the packaging industry, tampering is the adulteration ...

Products

(Magazine)

June 30, 2001, ... cut. Available in basic version 240 AS and in fully automatic versions 150A, 240A, and 550A. Offers quick size chanegovers; automatic waste trim selection; programmable cutting lengths and number of cuts; ...

SUBSTRATES REPORT: From Resins to Finished Product - Conformability, Durability, Affordability

(Magazine)

June 30, 2001, In an industry faced with ever-increasing production costs and corporate consolidation, the demand for competitively priced substrates has never been In an industry faced with ever-increasing production ...

What Is Converting? It Helps to Ask That Simple Question

(Magazine)

May 31, 2001, ... If the coating has more than one component, make certain the proper ingredients were mixed in the correct levels. Is the coating operation generating foam? Foam is usually detrimental to a coating operation. ...

Over-Tensioned Webs and What to Do about Them

(Magazine)

May 31, 2001, ... be trimmed prior to processing through the metallizer. William E. Hawkins has 30-plus years of process and equipment development in web handling, including experience on all types of converting equipment. ...

Products

(Magazine)

May 31, 2001, ... are running at speeds of 200-500 fpm. Co. reports dryer has many applications in operations utilizing high-speed ink jet print systems, including direct mail and package marking. Trim Winders Are ...

What's Really Going on with Your Anilox Rolls

(Magazine)

May 31, 2001, Has your company invested a good deal of money in an anilox roll inventory? If so, shouldn't you have the proper tools in order to get top performance from this investment? Most converters have a ...

Division Conference Offers Varied Program

(Magazine)

May 31, 2001, ... increased line speeds and the drive to increase production coupled with the effect of down gauging polymer coating to decrease costs is the detrimental effect on final coating adhesion. By increasing line ...