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- Technical Report: Up & Running
- (Slit)
- May 31, 2011, ... a worthwhile return on investment? Working with the vendor, converters can closely examine roll production data, looking at months, not just days, to determine the exact blend of work. Factors to consider ...
- Static Beat: How To Measure Resistivity
- (Static Elimination)
- April 30, 2011, ... PE, IEEE Fellow, president of Electrostatic Answers, has 25+ years of experience in problem-solving. Contact him at 585-425-8158; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; www.electrostaticanswers.com. ...
- Web Lines: Would You Like Nips with That?
- (Winding Unwinding Rewinding)
- March 31, 2011, ... section of your process with the important job of controlling line speed. Beside the lead section, all the other driven points of your process are follower pull rollers in charge of local process tension ...
- How To Measure Charge Performance
- (Magazine)
- February 28, 2011, ... I invite you to ask questions about this column and to suggest topics for a future “Static Beat.” My e-mail address is below. Static control expert Dr. Kelly Robinson, president of Electrostatic ...
- Market Update: Coating & Laminating Special Report: Still Growing
- (Flexpack)
- January 31, 2011, ... foil, coated films, or extrusion-coated papers — but often without the same concentration of key raw materials usage. Vacuum-coated products also provide considerable scope for downgauging the thickness ...
- Web Lines: Don't Flip Out - It's Just a Web Fl
- (Web Handling)
- January 31, 2011, ... as the name implies - flip the web from side A up to side B up without reversing direction. (The easy way to flip a web is turn around a roller, but then you reverse from heading north to south.) ...
- Nonwoven Laminations: Absorb Profit
- (Controls)
- January 31, 2011, ... of the lubricants used on the slitter to separate the rolls of product. As such, the mechanical encoder required constant maintenance and recalibration. The other downside was that the plant was shipping ...
- Static Beat: Conductive Antistatic Layers
- (Static Elimination)
- December 31, 2010, ... PE, IEEE Fellow, president of Electrostatic Answers, has 25+ years of experience in problem solving and consulting. Contact him at 585-425-8158; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; www.ElectrostaticAnswers.com. ...
- Green | It's More Than a Colo
- (Coating/Laminating)
- August 31, 2010, ... as only one very obvious advantage. As I toured the countryside of this beautiful, ancient land, I was struck by the contrast of old and new. On practically every residence and business rooftop, you can ...
- Web Lines: Mission-Detect Nip Variations
- (First Glance)
- August 31, 2010, ... column will self-destruct in five seconds. Web handling expert Tim Walker, president of TJWalker+Assoc., has 25 years of experience in web processes, education, development, and production problem solving. ...
- Rogers Awarded by Chinese Government
- (Trends/Management)
- July 31, 2010, ... Rogers president and CEO Robert D. Wachob says, “Forging an enduring presence and partnering with local businesses, governments, and communities has always been the path to success for global companies ...
- Special Report: Pressure-Sensitive Labels-Locked & Loaded
- (Print)
- June 30, 2010, ... the converting industry that ultimately delivers the functional side of the anti-counterfeiting equation. This is an area that offers real opportunities for developing profitable converter business today. ...
- Static Beat: Corona Treaters & Ionizers Compared
- (Static Elimination)
- May 31, 2010, ... treaters are typically in the range of 5-20 kW. The power dissipated by a commercial CDT treater is comparable with the power dissipated by a residential house. The power dissipated by an active static ...
- Executive Conference Examines Strategies for Post-Recession Manufacturing
- (News | New Products)
- May 04, 2010, ... US industry. Also speaking will be Dean Scarborough, chairman, president, and CEO of Avery Dennison Corp., who is experienced in global markets and leads a global company that produces consumer products, ...
- How To Use an Electrostatic Voltmeter
- (Static-Beat)
- April 30, 2010, ... To control static on the film in Figure 1, tinsel is installed above the film just downstream of the nip roller. However, this tinsel is on the wrong side of the film, and instead of neutralizing the ...
- Click To Pick
- (New Products)
- February 28, 2010, ... strips, the size of a bandage, that come with a release glue liner to allow quick slapping to the edge of a roll for marking a splice or flaw. Resembles a tail flagging on the outside of the roll's edge ...
- Offset Printing: Spin in a New Direction
- (Offset)
- February 28, 2010, ... packaging. “[The product expansion] was a clear vision and strengthened the company in terms of the products that we sell,” says Margaret Krumholz, president and CFO. “And fortunately Don had that foresight ...
- Static Beat: How To Measure Static
- (Static Elimination)
- February 28, 2010, ... 3: s[µC/m2]≅[1 µC/m2 / KV/cm]1/3EFIELDMETER[KV/cm] Static control expert Dr. Kelly Robinson, president of Electrostatic Answers, has 27+ years of experience in problem-solving and consulting. Contact ...
- Nonwovens Converting: H1N1 Antidote
- (Substrates)
- January 31, 2010, ... for blood-borne pathogen and viral penetration. Kappler credits Morris Collins, now RKW's US president, with bringing Aptra to him in the early 1990s when Collins was a research engineer. “We always ...
- Web Lines: What Is a Tension Zone & How Many Are Needed?
- (Editorial)
- December 31, 2009, ... two speed controlled rollers, rollers that are considered in speed ratio or draw control and may or may not be adjustable by an operator. Some examples of undocumented tension zones include the following: ...