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Under Pressure (Revisited...and Revised)

(Archive)

February 28, 2007, ... within the nip contact zone. Instead, most nips are run based on air pressure to loading air cylinders or how many turns of a screw are just right. When I want to understand something on an engineering ...

What's Ne

(Magazine)

February 28, 2007, ... Designed for speed and ease, unit can be combined with a wide variety of lifting systems for roll placement and conveyors for loading and unloading doctor machines, slitter/rewinders, and other converting ...

Covering All the Bases

(Archive)

February 13, 2007, Paper and foil converting plant installs latest dock seal technology, provides protection against potential loading dock seal fire hazards. Case Study Ironic as it may be, rules can sometimes cause ...

Shrink Film Folding

(Archive)

December 27, 2006, ... turreting rewind, trim spooling, high-speed flying splice (up to 600 meters per minute), and a multiple-language operator interface. Operation starts when mother rolls are introduced into the self-loading, ...

How to Drive a Winding Roll

(Web Lines)

November 30, 2006, ... system. At-speed, auto-transfer center winders are common in the converting industry. Auto-center winders use two spindles: one for winding and transfer, the other for roll unloading, core loading, ...

Getting Personal With Larry Chatzkel

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October 31, 2006, Larry Chatzkel shares the benefits of his experience in the converting industry. Experience Speaks How did you get into the converting business? I started loading trucks in the box factory as soon ...

Pilot/Lab/Technical Facilities

(Archive)

October 30, 2006, ... Lab Employees: 1 Lab calender/embosser operates to widths of 13 in.; varying speed, loading, temperature. PFFC-ASAP 402 InteliCoat Technologies 28 Gaylord St.; South Hadley, MA 01075-2894; 413/539-5172; ...

What's Ne

(Magazine)

September 30, 2006, ... that allows users to swivel the shaft while loading a new roll or removing shafts from press. PFFC-ASAP 427 Three Inks with Many Uses Sun Chemical, Northlake, IL; 708/236-3533; sunchemical.com ...

What's Ne

(Magazine)

August 31, 2006, ... is Flexible Martin Automatic, Rockford, IL; 815/654-4800; www.martinauto.com The MAS Series splicing system can be configured with many different splicing and roll loading features. Features in-aisle ...

Maxson Offers Remote Diagnostics

(Archive)

August 22, 2006, Maxson Automatic Machinery has upgraded its product offerings to include both Ethernet and serial ports that allow remote diagnosis of drive, logic control, operator interface, and safety faults. PRESS ...

Automatic Roll Change

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August 14, 2006, ... using the current value of production counter (N) and line speed (V). Most winders and unwinders do not allow loading of a full new roll until the running roll diameter is reduced to some diameter (d). ...

LabelExpo

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July 31, 2006, ... 381 Simplify Loading and Unloading Double E Co., West Bridgewater, MA; 508/588-8099; www.doubleeusa.com The DRS-4000 differential rewind shaft simplifies loading and unloading, company says, and ...

Labelexpo What's Ne

(Archive)

July 30, 2006, ... guide and reportedly improves the image clarity of the register marks on the plate, resulting in faster and easier mounting. Visit booth 5900. PFFC-ASAP 381 Simplify Loading and Unloading Double ...

New Products, Part 1

(Magazine)

May 30, 2006, ... turner with 330-lb capacity includes a new auto leveling feature that compensates for varying roll widths and weights automatically. Said to ensure exact horizontal and vertical positioning for easy loading, ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

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March 30, 2006, ... lies in the examination of clay-filled polyolefins as potential replacements for engineering polymers. A shortcoming is its lower relative. Previous approaches have employed substantial loadings or larger ...

Narrow Web New Products

(Magazine)

February 27, 2006, ... is said to facilitate plate loading and unloading to minimize plate damage. Foil Labels are Tough Polyonics, Westmoreland, NH; 603/352-1415; polyonics.com XF Series label materials are based on ...

Slitting New Product Digest

(Magazine)

February 27, 2006, ... cutoff and taping, automatic knife positioning, and a fully automated slit reel unloading and handling system. Said to provide user with minimal downtime between finished reel sets, the newest slitter ...

MDC Receives ERA Award

(Archive)

February 11, 2006, ... flexibility, easier handling and press loading, and quicker set-up. Existing cylinders can be resized with the Starbase Cylinder System rather than needing to purchase new cylinder bases. For more information, ...

Why Isn't Your Slitter Running

(Magazine)

December 30, 2005, ... of automatic unwind splicing or rewind roll starts. This makes for busy slitter operators. When the slitter stops, the operators go to work, cutting off and unloading the finished rolls, loading and starting ...

New Products

(Magazine)

November 29, 2005, ... wide-footprint lugs. Can provide high-torque pressure without damaging the inside of the core or core ends, company says. Said to reduce workplace injuries with easy unloading and to reduce operating costs ...