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Clean Cut

(Slit Main)

May 31, 2009, ... small rolls as efficiently as possible.” He says he uses tooling from “experts like Tidland and Dienes who really know cutting.” Dusenbery's Marold says that in spite of the wider variety of materials ...

FTA Announces Call for Entries for Awards Competition

(News | New Products)

November 09, 2008, The Flexographic Technical Assn. (FTA), the world's leading professional society dedicated to advancing the flexographic print process, is now accepting entries for its 2009 Excellence in Flexography Awards ...

Tag & Label Awards: Tricks of the Trade

(Label/Tape)

October 31, 2008, ... from Green Bay Packaging using Hewlett-Packard inks on HP's ws4050 digital press, then die-cut and varnished on a Rotoflex Intl. Vericut. Kocher & Beck supplies the tooling, and Wikoff Color Corp. supplies ...

Nice Touch

(Carton Box)

October 28, 2008, ... Srivatsa, director of packaging solutions, “We also had to use highly precise tooling, not only to make sure the characters were correct, but to make sure it was done without damaging the cartons.”  ...

Two-Week Delivery for Die-Cutting Cylinders

(News Eclips)

October 09, 2008, ... Cylinders that permit the use of economical flexible steel dies instead of costly hard tooling. New jobs can be prepped in minutes, says the company, by changing dies instead of cylinders. Setups are claimed ...

Western Shield Label Adds a Mark Andy 2200 Press

(News | New Products)

October 09, 2008, ... With its quick-change architecture, short web path, and tooling compatibility with its other three 10-in. presses, the 2200 will help Western Shield minimize lead times and maintain a competitive cost ...

Sticks to Flexo

(Label/Tape)

August 31, 2008, ... expensive than offset printing, except for tooling costs, which usually are cheaper for offset labels. When you get into embossing and foiling,” he admits, “that can get really expensive in-line, but that' ...

Newly Topcoated Cothene Film Offers Superior Performance

(News | New Products)

August 19, 2008, ... print processes. Cothene can be easily die-cut and stripped on any web press using traditional film tooling. Hutchison Miller Sales is a manufacturers' representative organization established 42 years ...

Short-Run Labels: An Alternative View

(Archive)

June 17, 2008, ... presses have introduced solutions that assist workflow and cost control as well as putting down ink. Advances in materials, substrates, and tooling all add to the flavor of current production trends. Buzzwords ...

More Pouches, More Sizes

(Bag Pouch)

May 31, 2008, ... without requiring new tooling. It also produces Doyen-style stand-up pouches and plowed-in bottoms with zippers and tear notches. “We are excited to be able to offer a broader range of pouch styles ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

(Label/Tape)

May 31, 2008, ... labels, cartons, and flexible packaging is said to offer fast and easy setup without a prepress department, with lightweight sleeve tooling, and with minimum crewing. Available in six to ten colors standard, ...

Chicago Cutting Die Celebrates 85 Years

(News Eclips)

May 04, 2008, ... business decisions Chicago Cutting Die made was ten years ago when it decided to focus almost entirely on rotary die tooling for high volume consumer products companies. “Rotary dies require extremely ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

(Label/Tape)

April 30, 2008, ... control system; and lightweight sleeve tooling. Production speeds are to 600 fpm; maximum web width is 16 or 24 in.; repeat length is 10-20 in. Options available. W.R. Chesnut Engineering | 800-746-7878 ...

Quality Time

(Gravure)

March 31, 2008, ... that narrow web is not always the solution, and decreasing tooling costs and turnaround time. Bud Gray of Acucote, in discussing the outlook for pressure-sensitive labels, cautioned printers to concentrate ...

February Products

(Magazine)

January 31, 2008, ... double wall and chip through solid fiber. Features adjustable sheet-to-cut register, no makeready is required, and tooling cost is said to be low. Baysek Machines | 715-824-5300 | www.baysekmachines.com ...

RotoMetics Celebrates 50 Years

(News | New Products)

January 24, 2008, ... rotary tooling to automate the process by adding CNC machining capabilities, which ultimately replaced the pantograph for die manufacturing. RotoMetrics opened an international office in the United ...

New Products, Part 1

(Magazine)

October 31, 2007, ... said to prolong cutting blade or die service life significantly. Precalibrated cutting pressure speeds and simplifies the setting of tooling. Technology is independent of converting line speed, reportedly ...

Narrow Web New Products

(Magazine)

September 12, 2007, ... as well as control of every tooling unit, including the die station. Features an integrated concept for intuitive job setup and operation, and design gives full access to the entire operating system from ...

Treat 'em Righ

(Magazine)

June 30, 2007, ... without investing in costly retooling. Initially, tests were performed on a 75-micron opaque film that ran with great success. Later, a 57-micron clear film was tested and performed even better.  ...

What's Ne

(Magazine)

March 31, 2007, ... fast, safe, and easy. The units hold the air shaft journal end with a powerful electrically actuated clamp. Clamp tooling can be adapted in seconds, without tools, to handle multiple shafts. Machines are ...