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Specialists in Interior Packaging Branch Out

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June 30, 2000, ... Bell's first foray into the slitting/rewinding realm was in the form of narrow rolls; the company was providing unprinted paperboard stock to other converters. But the company's relationship with Westvaco ...

Latest Gravure Technology Launches Converter into Fray

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April 30, 2000, ... rollstock, and Kapak was developed with the idea of becoming the first converter of that rollstock. Our first machine originally was a G.T. Sheldahl & Co. poly-bag machine. We retrofitted it and turned ...

Bagmaking Operation Is There When Customers Call

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April 30, 2000, ...  Maximizing Floor Space Ray Glenn likes to show off the new lines, or more precisely, he likes to show the quality of the rolls on the winders. Some of his older lines are immediately adjacent, makin ...

Selecting the Right Tensioning System for the Application

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April 30, 2000, ... processing applications. In these applications, tension control systems are typically installed at the unwind roll that feeds material into the production machinery. This article covers four types of ...

Managing Your Way Through a ''Green'' Futur

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March 31, 2000, ... as an opportunity likely will gain a competitive advantage as more and more pressure is applied on the industry to achieve measurable improvements in these areas. Controlling Air Emissions While much ...

Clean Room Environment Makes Excellence a Priority

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January 31, 2000, ... receives coated jumbo rolls from its U.K. parent at the 67,000-sq-ft Schaumburg facility. It converts the rolls into sheets and smaller rolls and ships to customers in the US, Canada, and Latin America. ...

Getting Off to a Smooth Start with a New Coater

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December 31, 1999, ... were very responsive." The line arrived at the end of July 1997, and six weeks later the line was running and the company sold its first roll. More Top-Notch Suppliers Nowak credits the CMR die bolt ...

Bag machine adds value to customer-oriented operation.

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November 30, 1996, ... converter of bags and printed rollstock with state-of-the-art equipment and technology. A key part of that equipment is a recently acquired servo draw bag machine from FMC. "Our formula for success is ...

Temperature control helps ink customers optimize performance.

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November 30, 1996, ... of the printing process, a number of factors come into play. The better these factors can be isolated and controlled, the more efficient a print run will be. "Of all the things we have looked at, temperature ...

Getting the most value from your extrusion coater.

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November 30, 1996, ... equipment. Integrated Process Control At the virtual core of Quantum's extrusion coating line, helping to maintain that crucial flexibility, is a Eurotherm integrated process controller PC3000 that' ...

Partnering launches future growth in laminations

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August 31, 1996, ... issues and to get a foothold in the market, Chase & Sons decided to purchase laminate material in master roll form from a European manufacturer. Upon receipt at the company's facility (located then in Randolph, ...

On-line gauging brings big benefits to coating operation

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July 31, 1996, ... users to reduce the downtime associated with roll changes. Additionally, single- and double-coated tapes are produced in sheet form for many specialty applications. Details of slitting and sheeting equipment ...

In-house sheeting promotes growth and quality

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February 29, 1996, ... Ray, plant manager for J. MacKenzie Ltd., "The decision to sheet in-house was driven by two factors-service and quality. As an advocate of just-in-time, we saw an advantage in sheeting from roll inventory ...

Senate Republicans push amendments to Clean Air Act

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January 31, 1996, ... sources must meet in controlling hazardous air pollutants. They include a proposal to clarify that, under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act, only new or reconstructed facilities would be subject to new ...

Don't forget your unwind

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January 31, 1996, Neglecting to give the appropriate consideration to the unwind and unwind roll handling can be a critical mistake.The unwind stand can be one of the most Neglecting to give the appropriate consideration ...

Pollution and politics: how green will the new year be?

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January 31, 1996, ... Currently, the Republican-controlled House and Senate are considering similar bills aimed at easing the perceived unfairness of Superfund's retroactive liability scheme and streamlining the clean-up process ...

New measurement technology improves web control.

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January 31, 1996, ... area of measuring the web tension. If tension is not controlled, product quality and plant productivity almost inevitably will be affected. Distortions in a material that has been stretched as a result ...

Viscosity system saves ink and improves print quality

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December 31, 1995, ... printing, and the anilox rolls are configured for printing process color. The amount of solvent being introduced into the ink has to be measured very carefully, otherwise you have distortion." An existing ...

"Partnering" helps get press up to spee

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November 30, 1995, ... problem and creating a condition that necessitated constant stopping and frequent cleanups. Giles and his assistants determined that a level controlling the ink pan combined with improved journal/anilox ...

KAPCO hits grand slam in pursuing custom markets

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November 30, 1995, ... versatile and portable. Conversion Process The conversion process of the Tack Tube starts with the lamination of a 54-in.-wide web of felt material, supplied by KAPCO, with a roll of Avery Dennison ...