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Web Handling and Converting, and Winding Courses

(Archive)

February 18, 2008, ... as coaters, laminators, printers, and winders. Winding: Machines, Mechanics and Measurements, taking place March 27-28, 2008, in Jacksonville, FL, encompasses the must-know areas of winding, including ...

Brookfield Sales Engineer Awarded U.S. Patent

(News | New Products)

February 04, 2008, ... been awarded a U.S. patent for an algorithm he developed that provides "multi-decade viscometric or rheologic measurements of a material undergoing state change." According to Moonay, "This algorithm allows ...

Property Control

(Coating/Laminating)

January 31, 2008, ... the shear stress vs. shear rate curve. There are a wide range of instruments that can be used to make the needed measurements. The viscosity level is dependent on the solution temperature, solids concentration, ...

February What's Ne

(Magazine)

January 31, 2008, ... ultrasonic diameter measurement feedback system. Independent Machine Co. | 973-882-0060 | www.independentusa.com PFFC-ASAP 334 Consumables Support Coating, Curing System Company has added a UV consumables ...

AIMCAL Launches New Converting School

(News | New Products)

January 21, 2008, ... topics will be held in 2008: Coating Solution Process Technology. Extrusion Coating, Web Coating and Drying. Web Handling and Converting. Winding: Machines, Mechanics and Measurements. Web Processing ...

Vectron Renames SAP Unit

(Archive)

January 06, 2008, ... ViSmart viscosity sensor, designed to provide instant sample or continuous, real-time, in-process viscosity measurements for embedded, inline environments requiring high resolution and accuracy in low- ...

Online UV Monitoring and Cure Test Kit

(Archive)

January 06, 2008, ... kit that gives quantitative and reliable UV cure measurements at the substrate that reportedly are simple to calibrate and operate on the press. The system enables the user to measure cross-linking, easily ...

Be a Mentor a New Year's Resolutio

(Editorial)

December 31, 2007, ... Handling & Converting; Web Processing for Barrier; and Winding: Machines, Mechanics & Measurements. Engineers and other skilled converting professionals will benefit from the classes taught by technical ...

Parallel Protocol

(Web Handling)

December 31, 2007, ... for checking roller parallelism. The most common measurement is by optical means, otherwise known as theodolites. For theodolites, line of sight is required and the measurement can take place only on one ...

Products

(New Products)

December 31, 2007, ... accurate reflectance measurement with affordability, says company. Features an automatic baseline procedure and the ability to set integration time automatically, reportedly simplifying operator training ...

The 7 Deadly (Converting) Sins

(Magazine)

November 30, 2007, ... a job at the correct ink viscosity, but the most common instrument used for measurement — the efflux cup — has limitations. Because there is variation among suppliers and within batches of cups from a ...

PFFC Pilot/Lab/Technical Facilities Directory

(Magazine)

November 30, 2007, Is there a problem with your process? Fix it! These technical facilities stand ready to help. Adherent Laboratories 3804 Dunlap St. North, St. Paul, MN 55112; 651-247-3364; tom.quinn@adherentlabs.com; ...

New Converting Products, Part 3

(Magazine)

November 30, 2007, ... without the issues associated with isotopic gauges such as source wipes and/or disposal. Sensor features a wide operating weight/thickness range and excellent measurement stability, company says, and single-sided ...

Two-Roll Heated Laminator with Unwind/Rewind

(Archive)

November 25, 2007, ... roll. The six-station unwind section accommodates 270 mm-650 mm wide x 600 mm diameter rolls mounted on cantilevered air shafts. Individual unwind tension is controlled through an ultrasonic diameter measurement ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

October 31, 2007, ... establishment of Techkon USA in Reading, MA. Techkon supplies color measurement tools including SpectroPlate, SpectroDens, and scanning spectro-densitometer products. Constantia Packaging, Vienna, Austria, ...

Hierarchy of Value: Part II

(Magazine)

October 31, 2007, ... value measurement, we consider that ink companies can make inks at all different strength levels. The amount of pigment in the ink has the greatest impact on color strength and subsequent mileage obtained. ...

New Products, Part 1

(Magazine)

October 31, 2007, ... sensor is analyzing and to provide higher accuracy and speed. EMX Industries | 216-518-9888 | emxinc.com | PFFC-ASAP 404 Measure Nip Width Instantly The P-Nip handheld measurement device allows ...

NDC Introduces X-Ray Coating Weight Gauging Solution

(Archive)

October 14, 2007, NDC Infrared Engineering has introduced SPOT-ON, a new X-Ray coating weight gauging solution for accurate differential coat weight measurement. IRWINDALE, CA | NDC Infrared Engineering has introduced SPOT-ON, ...

Speakers Invited to Present at Nanotechnology for the Forest Products Industry Conference

(News | New Products)

October 10, 2007, ... for the Forest Products Industry will cover topics such as health and safety, characterization and measurement of nanoscale structures and properties, self-assembly/biomimicry, nanofibrillar cellulose, ...

2008 TAPPI Coating & Graphic Arts Conference Call for Papers

(Archive)

October 08, 2007, ...  Blister resistance. Improved efficiency tecniques. Effect of print process (litho, flexo, gravure) on coating design. Color gamut: coating design, measurement techniques. Color profiling. Chemistry ...