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- Whatever Floats Your Web
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- May 30, 2006, ... line’s main centerline. (Don’t try this with a roller. Webs don’t like to travel helically around rollers.) The problem with a nonlubricated turn bar is the tension increase from friction. In some applications, ...
- The Top 10
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- May 30, 2006, ... visibility of the scissor or razor blade knife section. Also offers a ball friction winding shaft; a user-friendly operator panel; and manual or motorized unwinding. Kampf Machinery Corp.—star-slit.com ...
- A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI
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- January 30, 2006, ... Technology by Rafael J. Castillo, Dual Spiral Systems, Inc. APPLICATION: A new low coefficient of friction coating is showing promising in reducing melt fracture in high output extrusion lines. In ...
- What Static Can Do is Shocking
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- January 30, 2006, ... webs. It occurs from the friction generated by a web as it passes over surfaces designed to guide or manipulate it. This is especially true for a plastic web such as PE, PP, etc. Everyone is familiar ...
- Converting Rx: Bowed Roller Dosage
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- November 29, 2005, ... track in straight lines, instead shifting about two thirds of what is predicted; 2) the web will spread only as much as frictional force is available to pull the web, so spreading is often friction-limited. ...
- Narrow Web New Products
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- October 30, 2005, ... Brakes are said to be reliable and long-lasting, easier to implement than friction systems, cost-effective, and easy to maintain. Range is very wide to meet requirements of the narrow web label industry. ...
- Converting Industry News, Part 1
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- September 29, 2005, ... feed opening; a five-wire auto-tier; a slick material tension chamber that self-adjusts to materials of less friction to maximize bale density; and the Pathfinder touchscreen operator interface. SUPPLIER ...
- Reporter Clips
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- August 30, 2005, ... including anti-rattle, NVH, and friction reduction. The tape comprises a black 20–30-mil-thick, precision-cut nylon flock material, single coated with an aggressive automotive-grade acrylic adhesive. ...
- The Converting Relay Race: Part II
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- August 30, 2005, ... an unrealistic unwind torque specification. Brakes and motors usually are limited to a 30:1 range. Beyond this, you are in fantasy land (except for some wide torque range frictional devices). If your ...
- The Converting Relay Race: Part 1
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- July 30, 2005, ... from the shaft or chucks. When the torque applied via the shaft is high, the shaft or chuck needs to have a friction or keyed coupling that can transmit that torque. (We’ll go into what torque is needed ...
- Converting Industry News
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- July 30, 2005, ... for Swedcut printing and coating doctor blades. Keco develops engineered coatings to reduce cleanup, friction, and wear of press parts such as ink pans, rollers, chambers, and more. Omron Briefs Editors ...
- COF in Printed Packaging
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- June 29, 2005, ... of friction (COF). Material Science Automatic packaging operations require a specific range of lubricity to process packaging products. Printing inks contribute to the package lubricity and affect both ...
- Concave Rollers Pros & Cons
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- June 29, 2005, ... roller quickly by adding tape collars to either side. Use a tape that has reasonably good friction relative to your product. Look for a tape that has some roughness if you would like this trick to work ...
- New Products, Part 2
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- May 30, 2005, New products from: Petzold Concept, UV Process Supply, Scientific Technologies, Beijing Roy Environment Technology, AccuWeb, Convertech, Baldor Electric, Nireco, MAN Roland, GEW, Esko-Graphics, Battenfeld ...
- Truth or Myth?
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- May 30, 2005, ... other can be an important property in many critical applications. This property often is measured and reported as the slide angle. Some methods of package handling rely on a certain amount of friction ...
- Film Opens New Markets
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- February 27, 2005, ... 114 126 Heat 150ºC 30 min. % MD 2.1 Shrinkage TD 0.8 190ºC 5 min. % MD 4.9 TD 3.6 Friction μs 0.4 (Treated/Non-treated) μd 0.4 Haze ...
- Why Tension?
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- January 30, 2005, ... Tensioning each wrap as it goes onto the roll creates the internal pressure and friction that is just right to hold the roll together. Too little tension and the roll package easily falls apart or sags ...
- Who Likes Film?
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- December 30, 2004, ... out. Smooth surfaces provide less "tread" and quicker onset of lubrication. To add to these problems, many films have naturally lower initial coefficients of friction to roller surfaces. When rollers ...
- The Harms of Harmony
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- November 29, 2004, ... Now drive and idler rollers both are suspects. Initially, look at the local tension zone, but also look at the immediate upstream tension zones. Don’t be fooled into thinking a high-friction drive roller ...
- Technical Facility
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- October 30, 2004, ... tests, as well as chemical analysis. All kinds of properties such as tensile strength, haze, gloss, friction, and shrinking values can be tested immediately after the film is produced on the company's patented ...