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- Pouchmaking: The Big Boost
- (Bag Pouch)
- February 28, 2011, ... arena. “I didn't have any experience in packaging,” he admits, “but business is something I do know something about.” Instead of immediately taking the reigns from the previous owners, Patel received ...
- Hot Foil Unit Has Automatic Features
- (Print)
- February 28, 2011, Hot foil unit from Omet slides on rails to increase the production potential of its X-Flex machine system. Unit can be deployed quickly and easily at Hot foil unit from Omet slides on rails to increase ...
- Reporter
- (Magazine)
- January 31, 2011, RotoMetrics Opens Tech Center ST. LOUIS, MO | RotoMetrics has opened a Converting Technology Center to demonstrate product innovations. The center covers RotoMetrics Opens Tech Center ST. LOUIS, MO | ...
- Web Lines: Don't Flip Out - It's Just a Web Fl
- (Web Handling)
- January 31, 2011, ... go this way and that way, ways that seem unnatural. There is something fun and disturbing about losing your sense of orientation in this art. Web flips are Escheresque. The web goes this way, then that ...
- Technical Report: A Rheology Lesson
- (Coating/Laminating)
- January 31, 2011, ... information about the polymer if it is so important? You may have heard of a viscometer to measure viscosity. So, guess what? To measure rheology of a polymer, you use a rheometer. The rheometer takes ...
- Nonwoven Laminations: Absorb Profit
- (Controls)
- January 31, 2011, ... not only mechanical issues but also that it was literally giving away 2% or more of each nonwoven roll following slitting and cutting of the superabsorbent laminate and composite material, they knew something ...
- Elastomer Aids Laminations
- (Extrusion Coating)
- January 31, 2011, ... and metallized films also is possible. Can eliminate use of primers that are sometimes required when laminating a reverse-printed BOPP or OPET film after ink application to simplify processing and reduce ...
- Reduce Coating Defects
- (Inspection/Defect Detection)
- January 31, 2011, The Reflectance Infrared Spectrometer (RIS) uses proprietary array detector technology to help reduce defects in coated products and to reduce the amount The Reflectance Infrared Spectrometer (RIS) uses ...
- Check Your E-Mail for Critical Trends Survey
- (Yo's Yarns)
- January 18, 2011, ... subject line: PFFC Critical Trends Survey - Courtesy Reminder. Why is it important for you to respond? First of all, there’s something in it for you personally. Second of all, you can compare how your ...
- Mocon Installs Permeation Units at High-Altitude Tibetan Lab
- (Controls News)
- January 10, 2011, ... layers. The OX-TRAN 2/21 system also features barometric pressure compensation which “normalizes” the test results to sea level to ensure uniform test results worldwide, regardless of altitude or weather ...
- Measure Accurately
- (Controls)
- December 31, 2010, The OptiMike OM190 optical micrometer provides direct, noncontacting, single-sided thickness measurement. Technique does not penetrate the product surface The OptiMike OM190 optical micrometer provides ...
- Pack Expo/CPP: A Time for Change
- (Trends/Management)
- December 31, 2010, ... comments Leo Nadolske, president of CPP Expo. “We could tell going into the show with the pre-registration coming in strong that we were on to something big,” he adds. Although Pack Expo and CPP found ...
- Experience Speaks: Mike H. Edlin
- (Trends/Management)
- December 31, 2010, ... motto by which you live life or do business? I wake up every day believing that it is going to be a great day. What is the best advice you ever got? Never ask someone to do something that you would ...
- Expanded Content
- (Print)
- December 31, 2010, ... way they produced the labels was an easy one. “It was something that we knew we'd justify based on one particular customer,” says DiBona, “but we also saw other applications that we could use it for with ...
- Year Finishes Upbeat
- (Trends/Management)
- November 30, 2010, ... were on to something big,” with numbers up for every sector, including tag and label, flexible packaging, folding carton, and corrugated products. “From all accounts, everyone had a great show, exhibitors ...
- Reflections on Deflection
- (Winding Unwinding Rewinding)
- November 30, 2010, ... yet, having a series slipping core-grabbing element mounted on something less than a 3-in. dia (often 2.5 in.). Advanced shaft designs replace missing steel or aluminum structures with tensioned carbon ...
- CPP Expo Boasts Record Attendance
- (Yo's Yarns)
- November 29, 2010, ... types of number at our event. We could tell going into the show with the pre-registration coming in strong that we were on to something big,” said Nadolske. All sectors of the industry were up, including ...
- Static Beat: How To Use Electrostatic Fieldmeters
- (Static Elimination)
- October 31, 2010, ... half the distance between rollers. However, the measurement geometry is not symmetric, and reading ENEAR will be more variable and less reliable than reading EMIDDLE. Reading EROLLER will be zero because ...
- Measure Multiple Components
- (Controls)
- October 31, 2010, The InfraSpec VFA-IR spectrometer is well suited for handling multiple flexible film measurements with one instrument. This spectral range analyzer utilizes The InfraSpec VFA-IR spectrometer is well suited ...
- TLMI Awards: Challenges Met
- (Label/Tape)
- October 31, 2010, ... category. The UV offset-printed labels are run at 53 fpm. Participating suppliers include Kodak, DIC, RotoMetrics, and Avery Dennison. Collotype brought home additional first place awards for the House ...