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- High & Low
- (Magazine)
- March 30, 2004, ... by Winpak. It was upgraded first three years ago with new drives, tension controllers, and five sets of load cells (transducers) that controlled five tension zones. Unfortunately, the upgraded laminating ...
- Drupa New Product Digest
- (Magazine)
- March 30, 2004, ... new features, including a redesigned Preset Plus feeder said to reduce make-ready times and enhance productivity. Feeder uses a central suction tape without guide rollers, making feed process more stable. ...
- Muller Martini to Launch Its Newest Web Offset Printing Press at Drupa; Equipment Has Label and Packaging Printing Capabilities
- (News | New Products)
- March 22, 2004, ... each printing unit has an independent, high-performance servo drive. The press can be configured to run at speeds of up to 450 m/min (1,500 ft/min). The new inking unit features four form rollers that ...
- Reduce Web Nip Problems
- (Magazine)
- January 31, 2004, ... the two rollers' relative position through load or engagement. If you are working with a single web, avoid wrapping the loading roller. Engagement or negative gap controlled nips are insensitive to tension ...
- Darwin Would Approve
- (Unprinted Rolls)
- January 30, 2004, ... together all of the command and control aspects of the machine such as DC drives, evaporation controllers, and other critical parameters. It provides operators, supervisors, and maintenance technicians ...
- CMYK=RGB - The Digital Color Revolution
- (Technical Reports)
- January 30, 2004, ... When was the last time you asked the salesman at your local paint store, “What volume paint rollers do you have for sale today?” We have learned from experience that one thick coat of paint is not ...
- Friction Circles on a Winter's Da
- (Magazine)
- December 31, 2003, ... uses traction in the machine direction to overcome roller bearing and inertial drag. I've had clients tell me “the steering roller slips before the other idler rollers.” Since a steering roller has more ...
- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- December 30, 2003, ... From my point of view, we will get a high quality machine for less money compared to other alternatives.” The 1,250-mm-wide press uses sleeves for both the anilox rollers and plate cylinders. It is ...
- Products and Materials
- (Magazine)
- December 30, 2003, ... D-Nip real-time nip profiling system allows user to test nip widths while rollers are in rotation, speeding up the calibration and maintenance processes. System is said to be accurate enough to measure ...
- Doctor Blade Systems: A Cure for What Ails Your Printing Process
- (Magazine)
- October 31, 2003, ... use of doctor blade materials and coatings with low coefficients of friction that efficiently meter the rollers as well as increase the roll and doctor blade life, according to Allison. “Doctor blade assemblies ...
- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- October 31, 2003, ... job still is running. Reportedly, the system allows the safe performance of set-up work such as cleaning ink units, changing sleeves, intermediate mandrels or anilox rollers, replacing worn doctor blades, ...
- Small Flexing, Big Benefits
- (Magazine)
- October 30, 2003, All spiral rollers, whether rigid or flexible, are con artists. Their turning roller's barber pole optical illusion tricks your eye. The rotating spirals, starting at the roller center, create a sense of ...
- Just Rolling Along
- (Archive)
- September 30, 2003, ... servo motors, controllers, sensors, torque motors, encoders, clutches, and other components and assemblies. However, if the linear motion required of the tool head is a simple, reciprocating motion, ...
- Where Does a Spreader Spread?
- (Magazine)
- September 30, 2003, Spreader rollers are important tools for web handlers with two main applications. First, they can spread a web after slitting, creating a gap between Spreader rollers are important tools for web handlers ...
- Products
- (Magazine)
- September 29, 2003, ... Cleveland-Kidder Slim Cell is said to provide improved effectiveness for low-profile load cell applications that utilize either rotating shafts or dead shaft rollers. With a new low-friction bearing design ...
- Pay Attention to Tension
- (Archive)
- August 31, 2003, ... zone, most slitter/rewinders have two or more driven rollers leading up to and through the slitting knives. These rollers typically are driven by one motor through a chain or belt drive. A series of driven ...
- The Long & the Short of Web Bending
- (Magazine)
- August 31, 2003, Last month I reviewed the parallel entry principle (PEP), how a web wants to “go with the flow” of a roller's surface. Last month I reviewed the parallel entry principle (PEP), how a web wants to “go with ...
- Products
- (Magazine)
- August 31, 2003, ... steel regulators are designed to provide accurate pressure regulation and stand up to harsh environments. Said to provide instrument-quality air to valves, pneumatic controllers, transmitters, valve positioners, ...
- Let's Talk Trend
- (Tapes)
- August 28, 2003, ... p-s film substrates on narrow to mid-web press systems. The successful and wide-ranging implementation of chill rollers on-press has increased press speeds when printing on p-s film substrates. ...
- FK Awarded Patent for Changeover-Time Reduction Technology
- (News | New Products)
- August 07, 2003, ... cleaning ink units; changing sleeves or intermediate mandrels and anilox rollers; replacing worn doctor blades; and putting in new inks or setting of new ink parameters, adds co. "Access can be integrated ...