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The Laser's Edg

(Magazine)

July 31, 2006, ... the time delays inherent in tool-based systems can be quite significant and can make job turnaround considerably faster with tool-free (laser-based) cutting systems. Better laser-cutting systems can ...

Label & Narrow Web Reporter

(Magazine)

June 29, 2006, ... 20 percent of the label manufacturers here should consider getting involved with RFID. It’s estimated there is a need for 400 million smart labels in the US this year, and there’s a capacity with just ...

Stretching Boundaries

(Flexpack)

May 30, 2006, ... into barrier bags for protection from outside oxygen and moisture. According to David Peterson, Plascon president, “It is an honor to offer the quality and innovation of Cryovac’s cook-chill technology. ...

A Bunch of Hot Air

(Magazine)

April 29, 2006, ... air jets perpendicular to the web on one or both sides (see Figure 2). There are designs that use perforated plates instead of slots or slot nozzles. While they offer slightly better heat transfer ...

Taking Notes

(Magazine)

March 30, 2006, ... Path Resort. Honored with the Congressional Gold Medal—the highest honor the US Congress can bestow—he served as the 14th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and as President Bush’s senior military advisor, ...

2004 RFID What's New

(Archive)

February 26, 2006, ... and the meeting chairperson writes: You better learn how to compete on a whole new playing field, or you'll, ultimately, be left watching from the sides." However, converter skepticism was evident after ...

W&H Technology Wins PLGA Award

(Archive)

January 16, 2006, Windmoeller & Hoelscher's newly patented Registered Scan Preset (RSP) system has received the 2005 Technical Award for Suppliers from the Packaging and Label Gravure Assn. (whcorp.com) PRESS RELEASE  ...

The Secret Strain

(Magazine)

December 30, 2005, ... winding defects, you have to understand the strains and strain changes inside a wound roll. Winding seems like an additive process, like stacking bricks, where each new layer would exert the same load ...

Why Isn't Your Slitter Running

(Magazine)

December 30, 2005, Walk by any slitter and more likely than not, it won’t be running. Why? Besides having no input material or no demand for slitting, your slitter likely is not running because the slitter operator is busy ...

Converting Rx for Bowed Rollers

(Web Lines)

October 30, 2005, ... bow-shaped roller. The outside of a bowed roller is a rubber sleeve, internally supported by a series of narrow idler rollers mounted on a bent shaft. For some thicker web applications, the rubber sleeve ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ... Inc. Coating, laminating, extrusion, and the production of plastic granulates produce as a side effect smoke and aerosol contaminations. These consist of polymer products, plasticizers, fine particles, ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ... the top challenge in the US and Europe. “Globalization and competition from outside national borders” was second for European converters and North American machinery suppliers and third for North American ...

Hurricanes Impact Whole Nation

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, While Gulf Coast residents will bear the brunt of this destruction, my feeling is that the entire country, as well as those countries to which we export our manufactured and agricultural products, will ...

New Products

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, ... jtwinternational.com Model IC-708 in-line cutter is manufactured from thick-walled tubing and accurately machined side plates. Construction is said to result in perfect alignment and easy assembly/disassembly. ...

Global Events & Trends

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, ... the next several years.” If you’re on the buying side, an acquisition can represent profitable growth opportunites. The report as well indicates packaging stocks outperformed the broader market and total ...

Always the Student

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, ... advice for consideration before taking this option: Look at local governmental regulations, duties, and tariffs; determine the local market stability; determine the political stability of the market (someone ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

April 29, 2005, ... Besides temperature stability, the barrier properties of the packaging components require consideration. The optimum package design should prevent loss of moisture and nutrients from the foodstuff and ...

Detecting the Edge

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... located side by side, less than 1 in. [2.5 cm] apart, but oriented so the web passes only through the sensing beam (see Figure 5). Locating the reference beam near the sensing beam ensures that each is ...

New Products

(Magazine)

February 27, 2005, ... supplied with automatic tape-down, core loading, and unloading of finished slit reels. Enables changeovers of less than 20 sec between sets. Automatic Side Load Adjustment Dienes Corp., Spencer, ...

Rotary Screen Printings Contribution to RFID

(Archive)

January 30, 2005, ... antennae feature a coil formation. They are passive tags—with inductive or capacitive coupling. They would be used for smart cards, item level tracking like library books, and baggage handling outside ...