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Label Printer Achieves Improved Average OEE with AWP CleanPrint Flexo Plates

(News | New Products)

September 20, 2021, ... or OEE, is a measurement of the performance of a printing press. It’s a calculation – OEE = Availability x Performance x Quality – that delivers an OEE percentage. It’s a fact-based way to measure the ...

Methods for Closed Loop Coating Thickness Control

(News | New Products)

August 19, 2021, There are many methods currently available for online measurement of coating thickness.  By Bob Pasquale, New Era's President There are many methods currently available for online measurement of coating ...

Best Practices: Corona Treating Pretreated Films Prior to Converting

(Flexpack)

August 01, 2021, ... coating sees other benefits to bump treating. "There's something to be said for a fresh treat. Dyne level does not always guarantee adhesion. Dyne level is simply a measurement of wetting-out. We've seen ...

Tata Steel Packaging and Sensory Analytics Announce Partnership for Quality Excellence

(News | New Products)

July 07, 2021, Tata Steel’s Protact® lamination plant in IJmuiden, Netherlands and Sensory Analytics, the U.S. supplier of patented SpecMetrix® coating and film thickness measurement systems Tata Steel’s Protact® ...

Properly Select a Web Guide for Your Operation

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

June 30, 2021, ... measurements of accuracy, precision, linearity and resolution, manufacturers are trying to present the benefits of their products based on the device’s performance profile. However, sometimes what appears ...

Diagnose Static Problems With A Handheld Static Meter

(Static-Beat)

June 14, 2021, ... sheet or web. The meter displays the electric field ESheet caused by the charges. Most static meters are calibrated at a specific measurement distance DMeter recommended by the vendor. Read the directions ...

LaserSpeed Pro Enables Converters to Accurately, Reliably Control Web Tension and Realize Value

(News | New Products)

May 09, 2021, ... without making contact. Placing a LaserSpeed Pro encoder at each critical measurement point along the line enables converters to accurately measure the web speed and determine the amount of tension of ...

X-Rite Announces New Inline Color Management System for the Paper Industry

(News | New Products)

April 22, 2021, ... including before reel up, during liquid paper stock, or between the press and dryer section. The ColorXRA 45 system features: Redesigned mount and frame that is more stable at the measurement point, ...

Eagle Systems Custom Fits Litho Press with the Largest Cold Foil System in the Industry

(News | New Products)

March 10, 2021, ... hang just above the press,” said Bernie Lacy, president, Litho Press. “No detail or measurement was too small or finite not to take into consideration. But in just a few days, the systems were humming away, ...

Troubleshooting Defects in Extrusion Coating

(Coating)

March 07, 2021, ... There are also measurement techniques that can alert you to mechanical issues.  Vibration analysis is very effective at diagnosing wear in bearings or other rotating equipment.  You can relate the frequency ...

Advantages and Benefits of Conductive Rubber Coverings in Critical Roll Positions

(News | New Products)

February 07, 2021, ... opposite faces.  A measurement of one million ohms would be written as 10^6 ohm-cm.  The unit is ohm-cm rather than ohms per cubic centimeter even though you are measuring the resistance of a volume of ...

Dover Flexo Electronics – The Tension Control Specialists

(Tension)

January 18, 2021, ... leader for tension control products.  We manufacture, sell and service a complete line of tension measurement, display and control products for a variety of industries worldwide. Tension measurement ...

Leaders in Surface Treatment Technology

(Corona, Flame, Plasma)

January 18, 2021, ... to access important operation information and run quick glance diagnostics. In 2021, we are also investing in a contact angle measurement device for our lab. Throughout our 32 years of business, we have ...

Global Leader in Technically Advanced Web Guide Systems

(Web Guiding)

January 17, 2021, ... the capability for custom solutions. Our product portfolio allows customers to combine web guiding, color measurement, surface inspection, video web inspection, register control, process automation, 100% ...

Field-proven Level Switch for Paper Dust Collection

(News | New Products)

November 03, 2020, ... level measurement. Excellent in baghouses and collection bins for problem applications found in dust collection systems. Reliable operation is achieved with this control where other types of controls ...

Quad Plus Announces Enhanced Capabilities for Web Gauging Systems

(News | New Products)

October 13, 2020, Automation system integrator and industrial services company Quad Plus has announced new vertically integrated services for gauging measurements for extrusion Automation system integrator and industrial ...

Quick Roller Alignment Check

(News | New Products)

August 20, 2020, ... and two roller wraps. As pi tape measurements are designed to read diameter directly and this method measures the alignment error twice, the pi tape readings need to be divided by 1.57. Alignment is found ...

Enhanced Water Vapor Permeability Analyzer Enables Precise, Reliable Testing for Packaging and Non-Wovens Materials Manufacturers

(News | New Products)

August 11, 2020, ... offers the best reproduction of real-life conditions. The L80-6000 alternates quickly and easily between low and high permeability measurements. The built-in temperature control could eliminate the need ...

TS Converting Equipment Ltd (Elite Cameron) and Focus Label Machinery Ltd Launch New Flexo’ Machine with In-Line Hot Melt Coating

(News | New Products)

July 16, 2020, ... on an NDC measurement system. This totally integrated solution is controlled using a Schneider PLC, with servo drives for perfect registration and tension control throughout. “We partnered with Focus ...

AIMCAL ACTIVITIES

(AIMCAL)

July 12, 2020, ... sustainability, productivity improvement strategies, converting, new materials for processing developments, monitoring and measurement, and coating materials for key market applications. The schedule ...