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- Custom coating operation is a clean winner
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- February 29, 1996, ... the plant, from checking incoming raw materials through in-line monitoring using Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM), to final off-line quality checks. CIM facilities include infrared and beta-gauge ...
- Deciphering the complexities of the core/shaft/unwind relationship.
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- January 31, 1996, ... and unwinds, what are the most important factors to consider? First and foremost, says William R. Myer, president of Geometric Machine and Design, is the material composition of the core itself, followed ...
- Core selection - the difference between success and failure.
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- January 31, 1996, ... Ovality is especially critical for very thin materials, as any core that is out-of-round can stretch the substrate, producing an inconsistent product or even a web break. * Straightness is critical ...
- Don't forget your unwind
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- January 31, 1996, ... an unwind is typically purchased in conjunction with your printing or converting line, changes in the type of material being converted may result in the need to purchase a different type of unwind stand. ...
- Paper manufacturer's report shows marked sales increas
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- January 31, 1996, ... but also in corrugated board materials. The group will also gain access to new growth markets in eastern Europe, while Sepap will gain access to AssiDoman's marketing organization and its technical expertise. ...
- New measurement technology improves web control.
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- January 31, 1996, ... area of measuring the web tension. If tension is not controlled, product quality and plant productivity almost inevitably will be affected. Distortions in a material that has been stretched as a result ...
- Fresh produce offers converters opportunities for healthy sales
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- December 31, 1995, ... NY, converter that enjoys most of Dole's business. Packaging Strategies (Sept. 15, 1995) estimates that this market consumes $80 million of flexible packaging materials, including low-density polyethylene ...
- Winders/Unwinders: Gettting Better Every Day
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- August 31, 1995, ... a certain web, but when you switch webs all the variables change. "Ideally you'd have a computer program for each different kind of material and just punch in a code and let the machine do the rest," ...
- Training is the key to success in '90s corporate climb.
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- August 31, 1995, ... materials that your employees work with every day. Before Richard Binder became president of LRS, the plant was losing money. A study indicated that his employees were intelligent and well trained; ...
- Bagmakers add a strong link to quality chain
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- July 31, 1995, ... reduction is a major concern for leading consumer product companies - smaller packages and thinner gauges of materials. The challenge is to produce lower-gauge materials but still deliver the performance ...
- Adapting flexible system in trim-recovery operations.
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- July 31, 1995, ... air separator unit located over a grinder positioned behind the wall. With ingenuity, the engineering team successfully completed the project. Essentially, the air separator divides the trim material ...
- Converter combines profit with environmental concern
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- May 31, 1995, ... flexo press and bare-roll treater results in improved product quality, EPA compliance, and increased profitability. The W.H. Brady Co. was founded in 1914 as a preparer of promotional materials for ...
- Conserving weight, space earns praise for flexible
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- March 31, 1995, ... Judges selected winners for innovations in technologies, printing, closures, substrates, and advances in source reduction. The winners improved product protection, reduced costs and materials, opened ...
- Familiarity with change no surprise in this industry
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- February 28, 1995, ... all over the world, plus one domestic supplier. We move about 700,000 lb. a month of polyester, about 8.4 million lb. per year. "We see raw materials continuing to be tight," Woody said. "Prices are going ...
- Crystallizing line starts production in China.
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- February 28, 1995, ... the material is transferred via gravity through a rotary air lock into the final dehumidification-drying process. The final process includes a 12,000-lb.-capacity drying hopper fed from a Bry-Air Systems ...
- French plastic bag imports continue to outpace exports.
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- January 31, 1995, ... The Torraspapel, Sarriopapel and Inapa installations involved the design and manufacture of systems to serve Jagenberg winders and included the installation of M&Y's space-saving material-discharge units ...
- Controlling costs challenge label stock, liner suppliers
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- December 31, 1994, ... Keeping costs down while maintaining or improving performance and production levels is the primary concern. "The biggest challenge is the price of raw materials keeps going up, pushing our costs exponentially, ...