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- Release Liner | Global Suppliers Must Meet Local Needs
- (Label/Tape)
- May 07, 2014, ... two discussion panels: On executive leadership and on market and industry topics. Participating in the Executive Leadership Panel were: Michael Apperson, Loparex; Thomas Blaige, chairman and CEO, ...
- Web Lines | Why Is Winding Optimization Difficult?
- (Web Handling)
- April 21, 2014, ... a winding or wound roll as layers compress and wound-in air escapes. Your specific web’s mechanical properties are critical to any winding project. Other key web properties are thickness profile, bagginess, ...
- Z-Flute Boxes for Kitty Litter are Purr-fect
- (Coating/Laminating)
- March 08, 2014, ... a second Technical Award in the Nonfood Packaging Category for its role in producing three-pack folding cartons and 12-pack setup boxes for Titleist Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls from Titleist, Fairhaven, ...
- Label Printing | High-Volume Digital Production
- (Label/Tape)
- January 13, 2014, ... TVC One was founded as the small print house, The Venture Corp., in 1993. Founder and President Gary Dunlap—along with VP Barry Washam and VP Jay Fair—have grown TVC One (whose 2011 name change brings ...
- Static Beat | Static Dissipator Neutralization Efficiency
- (Static-Beat)
- January 02, 2014, ... including sparks that ignite fires, shock people, and cause logic errors. Static charges cause sheets to stick and attract airborne contaminates. Many static dissipators are commercially available for ...
- Static Dissipator Performance
- (Static-Beat)
- December 23, 2013, ... performance metric for the static dissipator. More ions are better. Most corona ions carry one electronic charge (e=1.6×10-19 C). Corona ions in air have a mobility of about 3×10-4 m2/(V-sec). We can ...
- Static Beat | Should Static Brushes Touch?
- (Static-Beat)
- November 03, 2013, ... negative charges on the web in Figure 1 attract positive corona ions from the static brush. The corona ions move through the air across the gap. As the corona ions move across the gap, they spread out ...
- Wink Shows New Die-Cutting Tools at Labelexpo
- (News | New Products)
- October 02, 2013, ProShift, GapControl and MCR coating reportedly receive positive response NEUENHAUS, GERMANY | Wink reports that in addition to its range of SuperCut flexible dies, cylinders, and steel rule dies, ...
- Landa Nanographic Presses Undergo Major Changes
- (News | New Products)
- September 22, 2013, ... gap between the other technologies. Beta units for folding cartons will ship Q4/2014; commercial and publishing shipments will follow shortly thereafter. According to Landa founder, chairman, and ...
- Coating Matters | The Wizard Behind the Curtain
- (Coating/Laminating)
- September 15, 2013, ... 1). It’s not magic that makes curtain coating work, but physics and fluid dynamics. Just like in proximity coating (see Figure 2), the key to curtain coating is to displace the air near a substrate ...
- REM Mfg. Slitter Processes Narrow Webs
- (Narrow Web)
- April 07, 2013, ... and locked core winding methods are standard as well as cantilevered flange rewind shafts for interchangeability to other sizes. Includes an integral splice table and unwind stand with 3-in. air shaft, ...
- Show Preview | ICE USA 2013
- (Trends/Management)
- February 04, 2013, ... of flexible packaging at PCI Films Consulting Ltd. "Merger and Acquisition Trends in the Converting Industry" by Thomas Blaige, chairman and CEO of Blaige & Co. "BOPET and BOPP Film Trends to 2016" by ...
- Martignoni Improves Corona Treatment for Blown Film
- (News | New Products)
- February 03, 2013, ... provides fine width treatment control with minimal expansion and heat deflection during operation of the corona treating system. The new design is said to provide a precise, uniform air gap across the ...
- PFE Rolls Offers Geared Pull Rolls
- (News | New Products)
- January 25, 2013, ... containers. These rolls are often used for this application with heavier or more rigid material that cannot be adequately handled by conventional air conveyance systems. Like other pull roll configurations, ...
- What do Kerite, UMASS-Lowell, Malloy, Womer and Glycon Have in Common?
- (Tom’s Poly Ploys)
- January 17, 2013, ... Tecumseh, Michigan, built the eight miniature screws. Bob Malloy, chairman of UMass Lowell’s Plastics Engineering, said the school built the display case and the completed exhibit, housed in the lobby ...
- Passive Dissipater Operation
- (Static-Beat)
- January 06, 2013, ... field E fills the space between the charged web and nearby grounded objects. When the tinsel is installed, the electric field near the sharp tips of the tinsel will be so strong that air ionizes to form ...
- First Static Dissipater
- (Static-Beat)
- December 22, 2012, ... as the brush dissipated static. A spark across an air gap indicated activity when the voltage reached the necessary, high level. I invite you to share your comments on this blog below. And, please ...
- Static Beat | Static Bar Spacing
- (Static-Beat)
- December 06, 2012, ... operators, igniting flammable solvent vapors, and attracting airborne contaminates to the web. Passive dissipaters, like static brushes and ionizing cords, or active dissipaters, such as AC static bars, ...
- What's New with Primers, and a visit to old friend
- (Tom’s Poly Ploys)
- October 17, 2012, ... time in the air gap via minimizing air gap and maximizing line speed, as well as maximizing nip roll pressure and chill roll temperature, all within processing limitations for each given product made. ...
- WebHandlersQuiz #18: Which Rolls Tighter—Paper or Film?
- (Web Handling)
- August 09, 2012, ... of a smoother film without control of the entrained air layer compared to a more porous paper. While paper can absorb an entrained air layer, films will capture the air between layers. Over time, the air ...