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- More Laminating Diversity Equals More Success
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- May 31, 2000, ... He adds that the system can handle web widths up to 96 in. and foam thicknesses from 1/16 to 11 /2 in., and it can run at speeds to 80 yd/min. Hightower describes the textile-to-foam laminating process: ...
- Golden Cylinders Go to Gravure's Very Bes
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- April 30, 2000, ... The printer had to flood coat the front side of a noncompressible substrate, then trap a fine vignette over the top with no hard break, and the vignette was cross directional to the web travel. Four inks ...
- Globalization Is Driving Force Behind Fast-Growing NPE
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- April 30, 2000, ... while 32% selected flexible packaging. Vincent L. Witherup, chairman of the exposition, says, "Besides providing processors and web converters with opportunities to improve quality or reduce costs, the ...
- Curtain Coating Technology Can Mean Big Benefits
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- February 29, 2000, ... coating methods. The term "premetered" indicates that only the exact amount of fluid to be coated onto the web is fed to the coating head. This feature, and the associated lack of excess fluid at the coating ...
- Static electricity can be a very costly problem
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- August 31, 1998, ... attraction of dust and debris; disruptive effects on sensitive electronic equipment; webs that slip and slide out of register; webs that cling to rolls or jam the machine; the reduction of line speeds ...
- Finding a simple solution to a shocking problem
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- March 31, 1998, ... bar and the web; any more than that and effectiveness drops dramatically. This can be a major problem, because the diameter of the roll increases as the film is wound. If the static bar is mounted conventionally, ...
- NOVA and Union Carbide to build ethylene plant
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- October 31, 1996, ... Dusenbery Europe, Bedford, U.K., has exported the first audio tape slitter to Videolar in Brazil. The Model 809 for audio cassette tapes slits up to a 350-mm web into 84 tapes of 3.81 mm in width at ...
- Taking the measure of surface treatment is a learning process
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- August 31, 1996, ... of surface energy. Surface tension is expressed in units of force per unit of width, similar to web tension. However, since surface tension forces are so much smaller, it is more convenient to express ...
- A directory of custom slitting
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- July 31, 1996, ... Annual sales: More than $5 million Web Converting Inc. 1700 W. Park Dr. Westborough, MA 01581 Ph: 508/898-2988; Fax: 508/898-3329 Slitting capabilities: Razor, score, shear, on-line adjustment ...
- Custom coating operation is a clean winner
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- February 29, 1996, ... of unwind and rewind sections, two in-line tension controls, three web cleaners, one corona treater for enhanced laydown, and five ovens for precise drying. The system is capable of combining two web paths ...
- Examining trends in drives and motors
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- December 31, 1995, ... changes in proportion to the frequency change," says Wirth. "Torque control is critical to converting applications, because that's how you control web tension. An AC motor has an inherent amount of slip, ...
- Bagmakers add a strong link to quality chain
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- July 31, 1995, ... and centerfolder inserter; pneumatic gusset and strap presealer; V-tip and wheel gusseting; electro-mechanical edge guide and positionable centerfolder; web stopper with servo-driven perforator; and dual-station ...
- Salvage system removes, doctors roll stock
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- February 28, 1995, ... two regenerative dc drives coupled to a dancer system and computerized control for positive web control at all speeds on a range of substrates. It incorporates a dual-direction electronic web guide, pneumatically ...
- Winding system suited for long lengths
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- February 28, 1995, ... cantilevered unwind with programmable constant tension, auto edge guide and pneumatic peel-off lay-on roll; entry and exit s-wrap pull rolls with adjustable draw control, auxiliary web rewind for unslit ...
- Traditions fall as prepress moves into electronic age
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- December 31, 1994, ... was designed for the special niche markets of flexographic, large-size wide-web offset and screen printing, such as corrugated and folding-carton packaging billboard and display manufacturing, and textile ...