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- Green Platemaking for Clemson
- (News | New Products)
- February 17, 2010, Asahi places environmentally friendly platemaking system at Sonoco Inst. of Packaging ATLANTA, GA | Thanks to a recent installation of equipment by Asahi Photoproducts), Clemson students, faculty, and ...
- Web Lines: Pitch & Catch Guiding
- (Web Guiding)
- January 31, 2010, ... but sometimes intentionally off-center. For a pitcher, the reference is home plate, a fixed target. For an unwind sidelay guide, the target is a fixed web sensor, either a single edge sensor or a set of ...
- Nonwovens Converting: H1N1 Antidote
- (Substrates)
- January 31, 2010, ... available to the healthcare market since the early '90s,” says Kappler, “and we always see spikes in interest when something like SARS, or bird flu, and now swine flu hits, but I admit the healthcare field' ...
- Technical Report: Thin Coating Challenges
- (Coatings)
- January 31, 2010, ... of an inch or 25.4 micrometers (microns)] for easy comparison, and an average was calculated for coatings and substrates. The results are summarized in Table I. Challenges To Resolve There are several ...
- Wind with Less Vibration
- (New Products)
- January 31, 2010, The Goebel optiwind two-drum winder handles materials to 7,000 mm at a speed of 3.000 mpm. Variable drum roller geometry is said to enable rollers in The Goebel optiwind two-drum winder handles materials ...
- Detect Subtle Registration Marks
- (New Products)
- December 31, 2009, ... registration marks in printing and material registration applications feature simplified setup via potentiometer adjustment of the switching threshold and switch-selectable light/dark-operate outputs. ...
- Digital Press Gives High Definition
- (New Products)
- December 31, 2009, ... LED-based imaging head said to generate image quality with sharp, crisp details, high definition, and smooth tone transitions. Two in-line densitometers and high-performance process algorithms provide ...
- Hans Deamer
- (Trends/Management)
- December 31, 2009, ... Time goes by so fast; you must relax sometimes and take some time for your family…kids grow so fast, and if you miss it, you can't get it back. What is the biggest threat to the converting industry ...
- Flexo4all Reunites Flexo Leaders
- (News | New Products)
- December 14, 2009, ... all part of the original founders of flexo4all, have decided to renew their commitment to the alliance. Bobst, Comexi, Soma, Omet, DuPont Packaging Graphics, EskoArtwork, Lohmann, Tesa, Windmöller & Hölscher, ...
- Puzzled by Slitting?
- (News | New Products)
- December 02, 2009, ... you are slitting savvy? Match your slitting knowledge against co-workers by completing the hotlinked Slitting Puzzle, provided by slitting consultant/educator Dave Rumson. Who knows, you might learn something ...
- Films 101: Back to Basics
- (Archive)
- November 30, 2009, ... expensive and up to two to three times faster than the cast alternative. For added strength, films are sometimes oriented during manufacturing through the use of a tenter frame or similar process where ...
- How Static Bars Work
- (Static-Beat)
- November 30, 2009, ... generate ions. To gain insight into how these static bars work, let's take a look at the fundamental “pin-to-plate” discharge geometry shown in Figure 1. When voltage is low, no ions are formed, and ...
- TLMI Gives Members a Shot of Confidence
- (Narrow Web)
- November 30, 2009, ... and Screen, was honored as Converter of the Year. Gary Smith, RotoMetrics, was named Supplier of the Year. Environmental Leadership Awards were presented to Spear Systems and 3M. For more coverage of ...
- Celplast Named Exclusive Camvac Distributor for AlOx Barrier PET Films
- (News | New Products)
- November 18, 2009, ... for retort and other demanding clear barrier film applications, as well as Celplast’s extensive line of metallized films, such as SUPERMET for high metal adhesion, FOILMET for high barrier, ENVIROMET for ...
- Parkinson Technologies Adds Seven Layer Capability to Pilot Lab
- (News | New Products)
- November 16, 2009, Parkinson Technologies recently completed the installation and testing of a versatile new Cloeren 7-Layer Variable Geometry Feedblock and 20-in. Epoch Extrusion Die WOONSOCKET, RI | Parkinson Technologies ...
- Industrial Quality Die Cutter in a Small Package
- (News Eclips)
- November 01, 2009, Die Cutters Inc. has rolled out its new 15-inch tabletop model Cleen-Cut flatbed die Cutters, designed to handle those small but sometimes intricate and delicate projects. CENTRALIA, IL | Die Cutters Inc. ...
- Experience Speaks: David Premo
- (Experience Speaks)
- October 31, 2009, ... have to do it better, faster, and cheaper, and provide something cost can't compete with. That's where the custom solutions come in. What is the biggest mistake you made, and how did you fix it? We ...
- Cores | The Foundation of Winding
- (Web Lines)
- October 31, 2009, ... core is not a solid cylinder, how it responds to pressure is a combination of the geometry (inner diameter and wall thickness) and material (the modulus of elasticity in the hoop and radial directions). ...
- Labeled for Success
- (Narrow Web)
- October 31, 2009, ... Corp. of America, inks supplied by Water Ink Technologies, and tooling from RotoMetrics. Vitamin A+ KimBells pack, Quezon City, Philippines, wins three first place awards this year. One of its top ...
- Use IR Light To Measure Thickness
- (New Products)
- October 31, 2009, StraDex sensors have a patented spectral coherence interferometry design that uses IR light to measure total, individual, or multilayer thicknesses for StraDex sensors have a patented spectral coherence ...