Trim Removal

Wide Web Handling and the Problems It Can Bring

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 ...

What's New in Narrow We

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April 30, 2001, ... and exit “S” wrap pull rolls with adjustable “draw” control; IMC interchangeable slitting assemblies for shear, score, and razor slitting; vacuum edge trim removal; and auxiliary winder to take up extra-width ...

Products

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April 30, 2001, ... unwind and rewind. It can handle web widths to 1,600 mm (63 in.) and diameters to 1,000 mm (40 in.). Options include in-line slitting reverse facilities, various core sizes, trim extraction, and more. ...

Pellet Transfer: Preventative Measures Employed to Reduce Streamer Formation

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April 30, 2001, ... of polyethylene pellets is a key component of product quality for resin suppliers and resin consumers. The presence of resin imperfections such as streamers, fluff, and fines can be detrimental to the ...

A Proposal for Spreading Base Web During Melt Extrusion

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March 31, 2001, ... One negative with this concept is that more non-coated base edge is needed (about 1 in. each side) to provide a working surface for the TD spreading rolls. This requirement would result in more trim waste ...

Products at CMM

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March 31, 2001, CMM products from: Alpha Gear, American Baler, Badger Plug, Bernal, BST, Can-Am, Chesnut, CMR, Davis-Standard, DuPont, Dynaweb, EIT, Elite, Enercon, EngView, EDI, Faustel, Fife, F&K, Fusion UV, Great ...

Two-Drum Slitter Packs a One-Two Punch

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March 31, 2001, ... a contract converter, I knew that, potentially, we would be dealing with many different products with an equal number of trim widths and slit changes on a daily, even hourly, basis. In this scenario, increasing ...

Web Handling...Making a Slitter/Winder Upgrade Work for You

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March 31, 2001, ... in the rewind rolls is prohibitive because of the amount of trim that must be discarded. The period length of windup oscillation required for optimum gauge band distribution has been found to be three-quarters ...

Converting Industry News

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February 28, 2001, ... Alignment System from ADI Intl., Matthews, NC. The AKU-Guide is manufactured under license from Dücker Fördertechnik GmbH and is designed to reduce edge trim while maintaining constant web tension and ...

A Glossary of Descriptive TermsSixth Installment

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February 28, 2001, Shaftless unwind/rewind stands: Basic pieces of equipment used in holding the supply roll(s) and production roll(s) on the converting machine. These stands Shaftless unwind/rewind stands: Basic pieces ...