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- A Q&A on Remanufactured Equipment: Is It for You?
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- September 30, 2000, ... 50% to 70% less that buying new. In addition, you still can use your existing anilox rolls and plate cylinders—that's a big savings no matter how you add it up. Q: What about buying used parts? A: Sometimes ...
- The Vacumet Story Is a 30-Year History of Growth
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- August 31, 2000, ... markets for Vacumet were wall covering, automotive side molding, Christmas garland, and tinsel. Packaging wasn't even a thought. Our 60-incher was considered a wide machine. It took an 18-inch roll diameter ...
- Material Handling Equipment: An Ergonomic Answer
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- August 31, 2000, ... dead; odds are ergonomic discussions are here to stay. So what does this mean for you? It means your company may want to look into ergonomics-based roll handling practices (if it hasn't done so already). ...
- What's New in Narrow We
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- August 31, 2000, ... from job to job. Handles a range of materials from 1-mil film to 18-pt board. Do-It-Yourself Program Offered Avery Dennison/Fasson Roll North America, Painesville, OH; 440/358-4936; averydennison.com ...
- Converting Industry News
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- August 31, 2000, ... wide and shifting roll stands for unwind and rewind guiding. Adhesives Research Expands R&D Facility GLEN ROCK, PA, USA—Adhesives Research has expanded its R&D facility from 13,000 to 23,700 sq ft. ...
- A Glossary of Terms to Help Avoid Failure to Communicate
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- August 31, 2000, ... of all rolls in the machine parallel to one reference roll. Asperity: The roughness of the film surface, usually expressed in microns (one micron is one millionth of a meter) or micro inches (one micro ...
- More New Products for the Converting Industry
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- August 31, 2000, ... dry film, adhesives appear clear and colorless. Analyze Anilox Rolls with Kit Harper Corp. of America, Charlotte, NC; 704/588-3371; 800/438-3111; harperimage.com Lab-In-A-Box anilox surface analysis ...
- Barrier Layer Protects CDs from Skips and Scratches
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- July 31, 2000, ... and then laminated to the PC film on a 62-in. wide flexographic coater. The film is then slit into three rolls, 20 1/2 in. wide, on equipment manufactured by Parkinson. The second laminating step takes ...
- Innovation Drives Converter of Pressure-Sensitive Labels
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- June 30, 2000, ... strictly to the production of p-s labels, capturing almost 15% of Spain's market. Out of a total of approximately 200 million sq m of roll-fed, p-s material used in Spain, the Caposa Group converted 25 ...
- Snack Food Packaging: 100 Years and Counting
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- June 30, 2000, ... tremendous advances in printing; sophisticated, in-line mechanical operations; controlled-atmosphere applications for food products; and much more. Food packaging is an area in which food-product developers ...
- Experts Scan the Future for Technologies with Impact
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- May 31, 2000, ... says finished rolls have to maintain their quality for longer lag times, because they're held in warehouses or shipped overseas. "There are ways to make the product stand up. Some people can't believe that ...
- Release Papers: New Trends Are Driving the Market
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- May 31, 2000, ... by tailoring papers to unique specifications is being influenced by four emerging trends in the industry. Basis Weights and Calipers Trend 1: Lower basis weights and calipers in roll label, super-calendered, ...
- Coating Operation Cleans Up Its (Trim Removal) Act
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- May 31, 2000, ... using a liquid coater from Caratsch (co. no longer in business). A metering roll system assures proper coating weight. The impregnated fiberglass web goes through overhead ovens (also from Caratsch) for ...
- More Laminating Diversity Equals More Success
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- May 31, 2000, ... "The foam comes in rolls of various thicknesses, and it's first butt-welded, or seamed, together. Then it's put on the conveyor, which relaxes the foam, and it enters a system that guides the web into the ...
- Latest Gravure Technology Launches Converter into Fray
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- April 30, 2000, ... rollstock, and Kapak was developed with the idea of becoming the first converter of that rollstock. Our first machine originally was a G.T. Sheldahl & Co. poly-bag machine. We retrofitted it and turned ...
- Bagmaking Operation Is There When Customers Call
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- April 30, 2000, ... Maximizing Floor Space Ray Glenn likes to show off the new lines, or more precisely, he likes to show the quality of the rolls on the winders. Some of his older lines are immediately adjacent, makin ...
- Selecting the Right Tensioning System for the Application
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- April 30, 2000, ... processing applications. In these applications, tension control systems are typically installed at the unwind roll that feeds material into the production machinery. This article covers four types of ...
- Managing Your Way Through a ''Green'' Futur
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- March 31, 2000, ... as an opportunity likely will gain a competitive advantage as more and more pressure is applied on the industry to achieve measurable improvements in these areas. Controlling Air Emissions While much ...
- Human/Machine Interface Offers Best of Two Worlds
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- March 31, 2000, ... and manual machine adjustment (causing variable accuracy, excessive downtime, waste materials, and astronomical maintenance costs) are a thing of the past. I/O modules, programmable logic controllers ...
- Converted Solutions Slitter/Rewinder Boosts Productivity on Laminating Line
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- March 31, 2000, ... drum roller. The equipment can run at speeds to 300 mpm. A Package That Smooths the Way According to Dr. Les Squires, production director of Web Dynamics, several factors influenced the purchase of ...