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The Harms of Harmony

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, ... speed combine to create thickness uniformity. For many coating methods, tension variations won’t cause a significant problem until the web slips on drive rollers and fails to hold the line speed setpoint. ...

Products, Part 2

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ... the same precision daylight simulation. Offers multiple light sources to check for metamerism and color uniformity. Meets or exceeds all national, international, and industry-specific standards for visual ...

The Rx for RH

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... dry stock sucks up excessive ink, uniformity is lost, quality suffers, and ink costs can go sky high. Result: More stops, more tweaking and adjusting, plus problems with waste, on-time delivery, overtime, ...

The Signs of Shear Wrinkle

(Magazine)

July 31, 2004, ... thickness, modulus, and uniformity) is a complex engineering problem, but it is predictable with advanced web wrinkling models. If you see clockwise-angled troughs or wrinkles in your process, understand ...

Roots & Realized Dreams

(Magazine)

July 30, 2004, ... of board stacks; moisture profile uniformity; uniformity of bond between the medium and the liners; and accuracy.” Though Burrows Paper's Franklin-based packaging division will continue to produce clamshells, ...

Weight Control

(Magazine)

June 29, 2004, The quality and performance of a coated product depend on obtaining the desired coating weight and maintaining its uniformity in all the rolls of manufactured product. The quality and performance of a ...

Agfa and M-Real Sign Remote-Proofing Agreement for Package Printing

(Archive)

May 19, 2004, ... a perfect match between the proof and the print result. Most consumer goods companies have a global presence, and we now have the tools to provide global uniformity for their branded products." Learn ...

Products

(Magazine)

March 30, 2004, ... longer operational stability; improved deposition uniformity; fewer changeovers; and 20% more linear ft/boat set. Cable Kit for Treater Offered Pillar Technologies, Hartland, WI, USA; 262/367-3060; ...

Materials

(Magazine)

February 28, 2004, ... added to company's line of ESD packaging films. Suited for packaging applications of static-sensitive electronic products, films are two-side-coated and engineered to offer surface uniformity for easy processing ...

Reduce Web Nip Problems

(Magazine)

January 31, 2004, ... to meter material uniformity. In extrusion or coating, the nip is expected to redirect and smooth out the fluid polymer or solution to a uniform cross-web thickness and flow rate. This assumes uniform ...

Darwin Would Approve

(Unprinted Rolls)

January 30, 2004, ... handles 50-inch OD. Both are capable of running at speeds as fast as 3,280 feet per minute, while maintaining uniformity of deposition, and can deposit metal on many different plastic substrates. Pump ...

Products

(Magazine)

January 30, 2004, ... gauge uniformity and streamlined melt flow. Die has a tapered, “sculpted” shape instead of standard block-like configuration and exhibits die-body deflection that is uniform across the width of the die, ...

Dual-Deckle System for Trouble-Free Web Width Variation

(The Place)

November 30, 2003, ... to reduce edge bead size to minimize expensive waste Precise control of coating weight uniformity to achieve desired physical properties with the least amount of coating material. This precise control ...

Mixing It Up

(Archive)

November 30, 2003, ... reduced. Concentration and temperature uniformity is improved. Chemical reactions are controlled when reactive components are mixed. Examples include polymerization and hardening agents. Two types ...

Producing Coextruded High Barrier Heat-Shrinkable Packaging Films

(The Place)

September 30, 2003, ... feeding and control systems are best to ensure consistent structure and layer thickness uniformity. Polyamides Biaxially oriented multilayer PA shrink films have wide use as sausage casing and some ...

Coex for Success

(Magazine)

June 29, 2003, ... reduction as an important development of the future. This will involve edge control from dies, splicing efficiency and accuracy, elimination of tail waste, feed blocks with controls for inter-layer uniformity, ...

AIMCAL Winners Pulsate with Panache

(Corrugated)

March 31, 2003, ... metallizers, to measure the thickness and uniformity of vacuum-deposited coatings by employing optical density or radio frequency (RF) eddy current technologies. The dual-mode nature of the system, considered ...

Differential Rewinding: Part Three

(Magazine)

December 31, 2002, ... must run continuously for product uniformity. Maintaining quality of edge trim and single-roll transfers with minimum downtime is hard enough. Differentially rewinding, with multiple knives and core starts, ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

November 30, 2002, ... 0.5-10 mil and widths to 72 in. The machine features on-line monitoring systems, enhanced deposition uniformity, and the latest in process control software. The company says it is aimed at the more ...

Differential Rewinding: Part One

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, ... rotate slower than average to prevent hard roll defects. Roll tightness uniformity from lock-bar winding is dependent on product length and diameter variability. What is differential winding? Ideally, ...