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- Outlook 2000 and Beyond: The State of the Trade
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- June 30, 2000, ... the industry to control some input costs. According to the Outlook, the environmental performance record of the US folding paperboard box industry has surpassed that of other domestic paper and paperboard ...
- Latest Gravure Technology Launches Converter into Fray
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- April 30, 2000, ... control, high-voltage pneumatic switching device, remote-control capabilities, and a 1,000-scfm blower. For service on the press, Kapak utilizes an ISDN line that provides it with a remote-maintenance ...
- Human/Machine Interface Offers Best of Two Worlds
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- March 31, 2000, HMI software brings operator and equipment together in new ways for more efficient machine control and better communication. font color=black>HMI software brings operator and equipment together in new ...
- Negotiating an Acquisition: Nine Steps to Success
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- March 31, 2000, ... demeaning his adversary. He should be demanding and controlling but in a positive way. Unfortunately, confrontation is usually provoked because large acquirers demand more than they have a reasonable ...
- Seventy-Five Years and Counting for Bancroft Bag
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- February 29, 2000, ... up to four layers in the sleeve. That's unique for our industry. In addition, the machine can put patches on both the top and the bottom, which is, of course, key to the new bag." More Control, Less ...
- Curtain Coating Technology Can Mean Big Benefits
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- February 29, 2000, ... text for formula) Therefore, film thickness variations in MD can easily be kept below 1% (+/-0.5%) with the help of standard process control procedures for the web speed and the flow rate (pump speed). ...
- Getting the most value from your extrusion coater.
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- November 30, 1996, ... equipment. Integrated Process Control At the virtual core of Quantum's extrusion coating line, helping to maintain that crucial flexibility, is a Eurotherm integrated process controller PC3000 that' ...
- Laminator adds metallizing to the mix
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- August 31, 1996, ... The computer controls the process from this point on. When the entire roll is metallized, the machine stops automatically. Vacuum is released, the roll is removed, and then it has to be lacquer-overprinted ...
- Perforating tear-resistant materials takes a big step.
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- August 31, 1996, ... not to tear? New perforating technology reportedly has the answer. When we attempt to perforate tear-resistant materials such as plastic films, we are trying to create controlled tearing of materials ...
- Bagmaking machines adapt to conquer new markets.
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- July 31, 1996, ... big evolution has been in electronics," he says. "You can do so much these days with programmable logic controllers, whereas in the past you had a million and one fussy little 'click-clack' relays." To ...
- Coextrusion: making the equipment fit the need
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- June 30, 1996, ... edge trim, torque winder, and dual-reel scrap take-up. The systems can be supplied with one control panel, with optional microprocessor programmable logic control, or with separate controls. Wayne Machine, ...
- Congress is considering FDA reform bills
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- May 31, 1996, ... based on the statements or recommendations of public health government agencies, e.g., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Cancer Inst., etc. The legislation would also permit ...
- Changing the way we look at environmental regulations.
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- April 30, 1996, ... options should be broadened to include performance-based standards in addition to traditional command and control regulations. In a move that could have significant reverberations in the regulatory ...
- Fresh produce offers converters opportunities for healthy sales
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- December 31, 1995, ... firm, then a 40-year-old Salinas produce company, acquired Trans Fresh, a one-time Whirlpool unit that was experimenting with controlled and modified atmosphere packaging. Twelve years later Bruce Church ...
- Economic Forecast: More of the Same, Unless...
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- December 31, 1995, ... y waiting for the results of the budget battles to make their decision," says Fry. Another reason inflation didn't rise in 1995 is that wage and salary costs have been under control. For example, hour ...
- Examining trends in drives and motors
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- December 31, 1995, ... two of the critical requirements of converting machinery - accurate speed control and torque control. These motors can easily achieve and maintain the required speed and torque without sophisticated ...
- Measurement technique improves metallized PP
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- November 30, 1995, ... microscope objective, a beamsplitter (partially reflective mirror) and a reference mirror, all mounted on a piezoelectric (PZT) driven motor. This motor is automatically controlled by the computer and ...
- Tissue converter accrues benefits of AC servo drives
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- September 30, 1995, ... firsthand the advantages afforded by electronic line shafting on its new C.G. Bretting converting machinery. The heart of control resides in software within an Indramat digital AC servo drive and a plug-in ...
- Training is the key to success in '90s corporate climb.
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- August 31, 1995, ... longitudinal dynamics and tension control; lateral dynamics and control; out-of-plane dynamics; wrinkling; measurement of tension and wound roll stress; and a variety of special topics such as air films ...
- Bagmakers add a strong link to quality chain
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- July 31, 1995, ... but was not happy with the quality of printing that resulted. Deficiencies in the film made registration difficult, especially in the area of gauge control. "Gravure printing requires a very flat sheet," ...