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- Hurricanes Impact Whole Nation
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- September 29, 2005, While Gulf Coast residents will bear the brunt of this destruction, my feeling is that the entire country, as well as those countries to which we export our manufactured and agricultural products, will ...
- New Products
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- June 29, 2005, ... jtwinternational.com Model IC-708 in-line cutter is manufactured from thick-walled tubing and accurately machined side plates. Construction is said to result in perfect alignment and easy assembly/disassembly. ...
- Global Events & Trends
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- June 29, 2005, ... the next several years.” If you’re on the buying side, an acquisition can represent profitable growth opportunites. The report as well indicates packaging stocks outperformed the broader market and total ...
- Always the Student
- (Magazine)
- May 30, 2005, ... advice for consideration before taking this option: Look at local governmental regulations, duties, and tariffs; determine the local market stability; determine the political stability of the market (someone ...
- A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI
- (Magazine)
- April 29, 2005, ... Besides temperature stability, the barrier properties of the packaging components require consideration. The optimum package design should prevent loss of moisture and nutrients from the foodstuff and ...
- Detecting the Edge
- (Magazine)
- March 30, 2005, ... located side by side, less than 1 in. [2.5 cm] apart, but oriented so the web passes only through the sensing beam (see Figure 5). Locating the reference beam near the sensing beam ensures that each is ...
- New Products
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- February 27, 2005, ... supplied with automatic tape-down, core loading, and unloading of finished slit reels. Enables changeovers of less than 20 sec between sets. Automatic Side Load Adjustment Dienes Corp., Spencer, ...
- Rotary Screen Printings Contribution to RFID
- (Archive)
- January 30, 2005, ... antennae feature a coil formation. They are passive tags—with inductive or capacitive coupling. They would be used for smart cards, item level tracking like library books, and baggage handling outside ...
- Who Likes Film?
- (Magazine)
- December 30, 2004, ... if heated. Generally, films are smoother and tend to announce abrasion like scratches in a car’s paint. On the positive side, films are less sensitive to moisture (except nylon film), and their high tear ...
- Web Tension 101
- (Magazine)
- November 29, 2004, ... wander from side to side, or if the web slips on web guiding idler rolls, it will not move where the web guide attempts to steer it. Tension must be applied to webs to keep them in traction with idler ...
- Roots & Realized Dreams
- (Magazine)
- July 30, 2004, ... across America. Considering the words of president and CEO Bill Burrows as well as the current status of Burrows Paper Corp., the company's chronicle seems to be yet another example of that familiar ...
- Battenfeld Gloucester Says MDO Provides Enhancements to PE; OEM Spotlights K Show Offerings
- (Archive)
- July 05, 2004, ... web with an outside cling layer, a core strength layer, and a non-cling inside layer. Web widths of 70.5 inches (1971 mm) can be accommodated on the Battenfeld machine. The unit, designed for integration ...
- RFID Experts Group Moves to AIM Global
- (Archive)
- June 27, 2004, ... explains AIM Global President Dan Mullen. “AIM, as the industry trade association for RFID and other automatic identification and data collection technologies, was the logical home for the REG.” REG ...
- Safety in Converting: Part II
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- May 31, 2004, ... with pinching nips should always wear safety glasses. While soft items often will go through the nip and simply become crushed, hard items may not totally enter the nip. Consider a metal screw driver ...
- Products
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- April 29, 2004, ... widths at production speeds to 1,500 fpm. Does not require a center shaft support. Winder is said to be an economical, high-speed alternative to using two side-by-side winders for achieving the same results. ...
- Products
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- February 29, 2004, ... to apply and meter multiple coatings side by side on the same web at the same time. Coating pan can be covered, reducing evaporation of the coating and possible contamination, and operators can monitor ...
- Where Past Meets Future
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- December 30, 2003, ... benefits to becoming a panel member. Here's how it works: To gather information, panel members will fill out a quarterly survey that will take a maximum of five minutes to complete. In consideration for ...
- PFFC Moves 'Uptown
- (Magazine)
- November 30, 2003, ... the best as we work toward the next CMM. Lastly, the China debate continues. Two readers offered their opinions on the subject. Ron Esak, president of Nexus Plastics— I found Mr. ...
- Mixing It Up
- (Archive)
- November 30, 2003, ... facilitated by displaying the process functional relationships in a diagram starting with the outputs on the left side and adding the next level of input to the right. This method is known as the “Functional ...
- Pay Attention to Tension
- (Archive)
- August 31, 2003, ... or motors attached to the core chucks or shaft. The torque applied at the core is transmitted through the roll's radial layers to create tension at the outside of the roll. After the unwind tensioning ...