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- Box Plant Rises from the Ashes to New Heights
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- May 31, 2000, ... high-end customized boxes, specializing in runs of small to medium lengths requiring quick turnaround times. "The number one issue in boxmaking today is speed," says Sonderen. "In the past five years, ...
- Selecting the Right Tensioning System for the Application
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- April 30, 2000, ... conditions. As the roll unwinds and becomes smaller, the surface speed at the friction faces increases, and required torque decreases proportionately, as does roll inertia. The brake's torque output also ...
- French Fry Fascination Brings Big Business to Bonar
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- March 31, 2000, ... speeds to 1,500 fpm and were designed to apply polypropylene and polyethylene to natural or bleached kraft papers. Equistar, Dow, Nova, and Westlake supply the plant's resin, and Bonar buys its paper from ...
- Human/Machine Interface Offers Best of Two Worlds
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- March 31, 2000, ... can be continuously monitored and controlled from a single HMI screen display acting as an instant window into critical operation parameters such as line speed, build ratios, web splicing, and run time. ...
- Clean Room Environment Makes Excellence a Priority
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- January 31, 2000, ... e to overthrow, take it to a guillotine, trim it off, and square it up. It's already trimmed and squared, right off the machine." The dead knife sheeter runs at a maximum speed of 330 fpm (l00 mpm) a ...
- Getting the most value from your extrusion coater.
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- November 30, 1996, ... wiring. Thread, jog, line speed, and tension parameters are all coordinated over this high-speed network. It is this feature, which is part of the Eurotherm package, that affords real-time control abilities ...
- Partnering launches future growth in laminations
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- August 31, 1996, ... in. and widths of 60 in. wide and speeds of 1,000 fpm. A comparably sized solvent line would likely incorporate multizoned ovens, perhaps measuring 100 ft in length; both thermal and cooling stations; ...
- Taking the measure of surface treatment is a learning process
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- August 31, 1996, ... which is based on ASTM standard test method D2578-84, is its speed and simplicity. For example, it can be used on the converting room floor to easily identify problems with corona treaters. Though it provides ...
- UV/EB technology moves ahead with the times
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- June 30, 1996, ... early 70s was to eliminate the use of solvents, but users quickly discovered the technology also provided certain benefits that enhanced production, line speed, and performance. "In any kind of printing ...
- A rather narrow-minded view of wide web printing.
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- May 31, 1996, ... company's wide web presses, which were better suited for speed and efficiency on higher-volume jobs. With makeready times of up to one hour per color on the presses, Duralam could feasibly spend seven times ...
- Laser positioning system creates clean, productive environment
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- April 30, 1996, ... at a faster speed, thus increasing productivity. The beta gauge system and the Dienes laser positioning system are key elements in Nashua's improvement program, helping the company provide its customers ...
- In-house sheeting promotes growth and quality
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- February 29, 1996, ... at speeds as high as 1,000 fpm, affording Hammer Lithograph the production capacity it needs to keep up with demand. "We produce about 35,000 to 40,000 lb of paper per shift, depending on size and substrate ...
- Examining trends in drives and motors
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- December 31, 1995, ... two of the critical requirements of converting machinery - accurate speed control and torque control. These motors can easily achieve and maintain the required speed and torque without sophisticated ...
- Economic restructuring in Central European enterprises.
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- September 30, 1995, ... is correlated with strategic guidance and managerial expertise, two factors necessary to speed up strategic restructuring. The emergence of such investors will be favored by political stability, credible ...
- Tissue converter accrues benefits of AC servo drives
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- September 30, 1995, ... of the machine. To do this, the operator has the capability, through a "trim" switch, to increase or decrease the speed of each of the 3,000-rpm Indramat motors at the calender section to exactly match ...
- Retrofit brings older sheeters back to life.
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- August 31, 1995, ... production without sacrificing quality by allowing you to run both long and short sheets faster, although in some old sheeters the overlap design of the layboy may limit the maximum line speed. Some manufacturers ...
- Ceramic heater rollers an exciting new alternative.
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- July 31, 1995, ... require a specific roller diameter and a large amount of heat-transfer fluid to maintain temperature at high speeds, which is reflected in energy usage. Typical warmup times with liquid systems are ...
- Mead expands in-house capabilities with sheeter
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- July 31, 1995, ... the cutting position of the knife edge is always the same speed as the web of the board. The result is a high-quality finished stack of sheets ready for printing without the need for more finishing. ...
- Hot melt applications continue to grow
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- June 30, 1995, ... results in a big adhesives savings. "With pattern coating and screen coating you can apply adhesives precisely where you want them at speeds in the range of 350 to 400 fpm, which is what most flexo and ...
- Converter combines profit with environmental concern
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- May 31, 1995, ... effects of corona treating on ink flowout and adhesion on several of the substrates Brady uses. While at Enercon, Edwards tested the substrates at various kilowatt levels and line speeds to determine ...