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- Contamination Combat
- (Web Cleaning)
- May 31, 2009, ... impression rollers, and plates, which can lead to hickeys, voids, and distorted images. Particulates can seriously impact lamination processes, and in coating, potential issues can arise such as uneven ...
- Stress & Strain
- (Archive)
- May 31, 2009, ... poor tension control at slitting. The solution is to drive many of the rollers in a slitter/rewinder slitting zone. Because of cost constraints, the driven roller must be controlled in open draw mode ...
- Concentrated Roller Wash Exceeds EPA Requirements
- (News Eclips)
- May 27, 2009, ... a new concentrated Miracle Blue roller wash–that meets or exceeds EPA regulatory requirements–to deep clean rollers more thoroughly, it is claimed, than frequently toxic solvent-type products. Said to ...
- Sandon Global Appoints Agent in South Africa
- (News | New Products)
- May 20, 2009, ... laser-engraved ceramic coated anilox and gravure rollers for the flexographic printing industry. The company serves an international market and has rapidly established itself as a key supplier to both ...
- PressAccess Rolls Out GreenAccess Recycling Option
- (News | New Products)
- May 18, 2009, ... program; ServiceAccess, a comprehensive service provider for service contracts, repairs and installation of machines; and CleanAccess, an ultrasonic cleaning service for blanket washers and anilox rollers. ...
- AIMCAL Converting School Adds New Courses to 2009 Schedule
- (News | New Products)
- May 04, 2009, New additions to the Converting School curriculum, organized by AIMCAL, give attendees hands-on experience in a lab setting. FORT MILL, SC | The Assn. of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters & Laminators (AIMCAL) ...
- Why So Many Anilox Rolls?
- (Process Management)
- April 30, 2009, ... found an audit of the inkroom will surface several repeating problems: Color standards are not linked to specific press metering — there simply are too many different anilox rollers. As shown in the ...
- Stop Tribocharging Your Products
- (Static Elimination)
- April 30, 2009, ... materials that touch and separate. Think about an insulating polymer film running through a converting process (see Figure 1). The film touches many conveyance rollers as it moves through the process, ...
- WEB EXCLUSIVE: Tension Control: Dancer Systems Defined
- (Archive)
- April 15, 2009, A well-built, well-installed dancer working with a proper control can provide a flexible closed loop means of controlling tension in both unwind and rewind applications. One of the challenges in working ...
- Hit the Apex at CMM
- (Editorial)
- March 31, 2009, ... first workshop will cover tensioning, nipping, compliant rollers, wrinkling, and post-lamination handling. In his second workshop, Tim will focus on waste generated from wrinkles and creases and how t ...
- The Great Span Length Debate | Part 2
- (Web Lines)
- March 31, 2009, ... effect on web-to-roller traction. Longer spans don't increase the friction coefficient, tension, wrap angle, lubrication, or roughness/grooving. If sequential rollers are wrapped in over-under-over-under, ...
- ABBA Rubber Intl. Celebrates 50th Year
- (News Clips Archive)
- March 31, 2009, ... grinding, and customer service has solidified it as a global leader in rubber-covered rolls. ABBA manufactures precision rubber rollers, new core fabricates, and rubber molded parts. In 1999, the company ...
- Static Specified
- (Archive)
- March 31, 2009, ... rollers. The sensor may be located on either side of the film. For solvent coating operations, this measurement should be monitored by the machine control system so the operation can be E-stopped if the ...
- WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS: April 200
- (New Products)
- March 31, 2009, ... grips the web as it passes over rollers to keep them turning; JemmSil 421 is an economic alternative to tesa 4563, with traction capabilities and high release properties; and CT1125 is a silicone-impregnated ...
- The Great Span Length Debate | Part 1
- (Web Lines)
- February 28, 2009, ... apart should rollers be? Is there a good rule of thumb on span length, such as “span lengths should be less than one (or one and a half) web widths?” Whether this rule sounds good to you will depend ...
- Crowning Benefits
- (Web Handling: Main)
- February 28, 2009, Many industrial manufacturers rely on crowned rollers. A crown is a shape or diameter profile necessary to compensate for deflection and obtain uniform nip pressure distribution Many industrial manufacturers ...
- Edelmann and Codimag Web Offset Semi-Rotary Web Presses Are for Short Runs
- (Offset)
- February 28, 2009, ... has married the ink feed system of flexo to the stable image carrier of offset (see figure below), and in doing so, has removed all rubber rollers from the ink train and their incumbent setting/replacement/maintenance ...
- What's New Products: March 200
- (Magazine)
- February 28, 2009, ... 428 Conveyor Oven Cures The No. 972 electrically heated, 250-deg-F, two-zone belt conveyor oven is used to cure a coating onto plastic sheets. Controls include digital indicating temperature controllers, ...
- How Much Misalignment Is Trouble?
- (Web Lines)
- January 31, 2009, Shear wrinkles are the most common wrinkle mechanism, forming a diagonal crease and appearing to walk across rollers like an inch worm. The way to create Shear wrinkles are the most common wrinkle mechanism, ...
- How Much Misalignment Is Trouble?
- (Web Handling)
- December 31, 2008, Most converting equipment suppliers and manufacturers take care to ensure the rollers of their machines are aligned. Designing for good alignment, machining Most converting equipment suppliers and manufacturers ...