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- Flexpack Printing | Edwards Label Moves into Mid-Web
- (Print)
- June 29, 2014, The converter gears up for new markets in short-run flexible packaging with the help of a Mark Andy Versa Max mid-web press Edwards Label sits at the end of a quiet street in the Chicago suburb of ...
- Coating Matters | Everything You Wanted to Know about Coating But Were Afraid to Ask
- (Coating/Laminating)
- June 17, 2014, ... keys still focus on fluid flow stability and displacing the air present at the substrate. To do both well, the process engineer needs to be concerned with surface energy and surface tension compatibility ...
- Interfacial Dynamics
- (Mark's Coating Matters)
- June 16, 2014, When describing fluid flow onto substrates to people not living in the world of converting operations is like trying to explain rocket science to a pig. Very few people ever wonder how the glue on tape ...
- Performance Pkg. of NV Launches New Cap for Pouches
- (Bag Pouch)
- June 11, 2014, ... SipP cap provides several improvements: the introduction of horizontal and vertical air-ducts to allow critical air-flow in case of accidental lodging of the cap in the mouth or throat a more visible ...
- Streak Formation
- (Mark's Coating Matters)
- May 13, 2014, ... and eliminate or prevent the area for hang-up in the process. For those not familiar with streaks, they are downweb lines in the coating that are not defined as flow instabilities. For those familiar ...
- Processing Tips to Prevent Gauge Bands - Part 2
- (Tom’s Poly Ploys)
- May 12, 2014, ... inner flow surfaces be cleaned. You should have seen the reaction... "But we haven't done that in years"!!! I wasn't surprised. They eventually took the die apart, and the first thing that happened when ...
- Release Liner | Global Suppliers Must Meet Local Needs
- (Label/Tape)
- May 07, 2014, ... 2009, and China’s paper and board production capacity has grown exponentially, impacting trade flow. Nonetheless, the US industry has seen profits in 2013 rise to their highest for 14 years or longer at ...
- Harper Corp. Announces Death of Katherine Harper
- (News | New Products)
- May 06, 2014, ... of the FTA Technical Education Services Team (TEST) program, an extensive industry educational initiative. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: Gaston Hospice, Box 3984, Gastonia, NC 28054; ...
- EFI Fiery DFEs Power Xerox Presses
- (News | New Products)
- April 26, 2014, ... and productivity with their seamless integration to EFI MIS and Web-to-Print products as well as leading prepress workflow solutions.” The new DFEs are based on EFI’s award winning Fiery FS100 Pro platform ...
- Defects in Coating
- (Coating/Laminating)
- March 24, 2014, ... (including identification, analysis, and control). Similar to how we have approached understanding coating, equipment and fluid flow, we need to be systematic in the understanding of defects. Start this ...
- FTA Forum to Focus on Expanded Gamut Printing
- (News | New Products)
- February 18, 2014, ... issues printers face with managing color for expanded gamut workflows. Upton will detail some of the more complex aspects of color management, specifically ICC profiles, and offer interesting tricks and ...
- Camfil Touch Screen Controller Offers Ready Access
- (Controls)
- January 28, 2014, ... as well as other devices such as leak detectors, flow meters, and compressed air pressure monitors. Six digital inputs are included to monitor hopper level, smoke detection, remote cleaning, and other ...
- EFI Forms Strategic Alliance with Landa
- (News | New Products)
- January 20, 2014, ... presses will be installed next to offset presses and use the same substrates, and the presses will integrate into a printer’s existing prepress, production, and business management workflow and finishing ...
- Static Beat | Static Dissipator Neutralization Efficiency
- (Static-Beat)
- January 02, 2014, ... the pin tips clean using air flow across the pins. Next, install the static dissipator in an effective location. Install your static dissipator to maximize the distance LION that the web in Figure ...
- Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2013
- (Coating/Laminating)
- December 30, 2013, ... system organizes oscillating flows into one powerful stream and directs this stream onto the material. The company reports its customers have been able to increase web speed by 50% to 70% without compromising ...
- Static Dissipator Performance
- (Static-Beat)
- December 23, 2013, ... let’s look at the flow of corona ions from the static dissipator to the charged web. The current density JION in Equation 2 is proportional to the electric field E. Equation 2: The current density ...
- Coating Matters | Intermittent Coating
- (Coating/Laminating)
- December 16, 2013, ... a start and stop. In patch coating, this occurs more often than at the beginning and end of a roll. Of course the steady-state continuous flow in between starting and stopping has been discussed at length ...
- Label Trends | The Future of Linerless Labels
- (Label/Tape)
- November 20, 2013, ... improve workflow and production floor safety. “Labels printed with a UPC code or other variable information in a warehouse environment are a good application for linerless labels. The label design and ...
- Bemis Reports Third Quarter Results
- (Flexpack News)
- November 13, 2013, Report says Q3 performance demonstrates the success of company’s strategy to improve sales mix and strengthen return metrics NEENAH, WI | Bemis Co. reported third quarter 2013 diluted earnings ...
- Static Beat | Should Static Brushes Touch?
- (Static-Beat)
- November 03, 2013, ... advantages. The static dissipation performance is relatively uniform. Each individual static charge on the web is approximately equally distant from the static dissipator, so the flow of ion across the ...