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Static Beat | Control Static on a Winding Roll

(Static-Beat)

November 07, 2017, ... To effectively control static, keep track of which web surface carries static charges. Figure 1. This winder has a tension control nip, a dancer (float roller) to control the winder motor, and a lay-on ...

Medical Patches | Faustel Meets Challenge of Hydrogel Pad Production

(Coating/Laminating)

October 23, 2017, ... Up Katecho also added a custom-designed pneumatic manipulator from Iowa-based Positech Corp. to remove the heavy rolls from the winder. The unit’s arm positively locks onto the rewind shaft so operators ...

Web Lines | Action Plan for CD Buckles, Part 1

(Web Handling)

March 05, 2017, ... of torque, nipping, and tension taper). Too much tension causing CD buckles is strongly tied to core stiffness or collapse. Winding many layers onto a core can create high pressures, enough to significantly ...

AGL Laminator Suited for Wide Format

(Coating/Laminating)

February 05, 2017, ... maximum productivity, reliability, and return on investment. With company’s proprietary nip roll design and heating and nip pressure design, laminator is said to solve the problems associated with poor ...

AGL Custom Designs New Laminator

(Coating/Laminating)

January 05, 2017, ... developing web tensions in the range of 0.1 lb/linear in. of tension. This is said to prevent the distortion of a valuable and sensitive product into the laminating nip rollers. Standard features of ...

AGL Announces Finishing Laminator

(Coating/Laminating)

December 10, 2016, ... speed pre-mask film and pressure-sensitive overlaminating. Typical uses are for higher-volume fleet graphics and roll-to-roll laminating applications. Some of the features include company’s heated nip ...

Web Lines | Action Plan for Baggy Webs

(Web Handling)

August 16, 2016, ... longer lanes. When tension does not pull out the bagginess, baggy webs wrinkles at nearly any nipped roller process. Bagginess can contribute to other defects, including coating thickness variations, ...

Show Preview | Labelexpo Americas 2016 Offers Technology in Action

(Label/Tape)

August 08, 2016, ... and upgrade units including Cast & Cure, cold & hot foil, digital, flexo, hot melt pattern printing, laminating, mechanical-to-servo upgrades, nips, unwind/rewind, and rotary die and screen.   TRESU ...

Static Beat | Install Static Dissipators So They Work Effectively

(Surface Prep)

June 07, 2016, ... drive rollers, and tension control nips. Installing static dissipaters on web spans exiting these sources of charging can effectively prevent sparks and avoid the problems from static sparking. Knowing ...

AGL Machine Suited for Automotive Laminations

(Coating/Laminating)

May 16, 2016, Machine applies multiple lanes of PSA transfer tape to membrane switch assemblies for the automotive industry DEFOREST, WI | Advanced Greig Laminators (AGL) offers a laminator designed to apply multiple ...

AGL Announces High-Speed Encapsulation Machine

(Coating/Laminating)

April 11, 2016, ... nip rolls equipped with internal electric heat and controls for ambient to 320 deg F. The product unwind and rewind assemblies feature safety chucks and automatic transducer tension control. The film unwind ...

Web Lines | Air Bubbles in Your Laminate

(Web Handling)

August 31, 2015, ... a process and on to winding without the air bubble delamination defect. 6. Laminate with less air between layers, either with lower speed, higher nip loads, or in a vacuum environment. 7. Use a high ...

AZCO Offers Cut-to-Length Cutting Station

(Flexpack)

August 17, 2015, ... enter the unit through adjustable infeed guides, which properly space it. From the guides, the material is fed to length by a set of servo driven nip rollers. A module knife assembly cleanly cuts the material ...

Drytac Laminator Called Heavy-Duty Unit

(Coating/Laminating)

June 09, 2015, ... temperature to 248 deg F (120 deg C); large-diameter, non-stick silicone rollers; adjustable speed control to 20 fpm (6 mpm); a maximum nip opening of 2 in. (50.8 mm); and five auto-grip supply and take-up ...

Web Lines | Unwritten Rules, Part 2

(Technical Reports)

June 08, 2015, ... forming the roll runs from core to final diameter in a smooth, uninterrupted process. Don't change settings in the middle of a roll. Don't stop and start. Don't have nips open and close. Avoid excessive ...

NPE 2015 Wrap-up

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

March 31, 2015, ... obviously specializes in blown film lines and bag machines, and Pearl specializes in and manufactures downstream equipment such as bubble guides, rollers, spreaders, collapsing tent frames, pre-nip chillers, ...

Static Beat | Solvent Coater Static Control for Insulating Webs

(Static-Beat)

November 05, 2014, ... system. When the web in Figure 2 exits the coating nip with high static charge, a spark may occur between the charged web and the nearest grounded, conducting object. If the nearest grounded object ...

Converting Headaches? Get Relief at CPP EXPO's PFFC-Sponsored Technical Session

(Trade Shows)

July 13, 2014, ... dissipators 3. How to install static dissipators to control static at the source of corona treaters, nip rollers, and unwind rolls C15 How to Control Static to Prevent Fires Monday, September 29, 10:30 ...

Web Lines | Wrinkling?

(Web Handling)

May 18, 2014, ... that can be tested with a fairly simple equipment setup. Wrinkles from misalignment Wrinkles from roller deflection Wrinkles from nipped rollers It is important to think about the wrinkles ...

Is There a Doorman at Your Winder or Do You Let Just Any Web Get In?

(Web Handling)

May 15, 2014, Web handling expert Tim Walker of TJWalker + Assoc. and author of "Web Lines" describes the function and benefits of a nipping roller at winding. I was just reviewing a lab coater line the other day. ...