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UV Flexo Press Eliminates Press Adjustments During Changeovers

(Archive)

April 18, 2005, ... and anilox cylinders. The Combat press is said to be capable of handling a wide range of substrates from paper, films, and foils to plastics. Carton production also is a possibility. Available with ...

GAA Calls for Entries for 2004 Golden Cylinder Awards

(News | New Products)

August 17, 2003, The Gravure Association of America is calling for entries for its 2004 Golden Cylinder Awards competition. Deadline for entries is 5 pm (EST) November 14, 2003. ROCHESTER, NY, USA—The Gravure Association ...

Unwind and Rewind Guides: Design and Installation Considerations

(White Paper)

March 21, 2023, ... to have a natural frequency between 8 Hz to 15 Hz. Actuator Type Legacy actuators for unwind and rewinds were hydraulic and at times pneumatic cylinders. However with the advances in controls and drives, ...

Treat. Cure. Clean. Repeat… With Baldwin at ICE Europe 2023

(News | New Products)

March 06, 2023, ... at ICE will include corona surface treatment systems, automated cylinder cleaning systems, LED-UV curing, roto-spray systems, and technologies for color management and defect detection. Common to all the ...

Winding: Part 4

(Web Handling)

March 05, 2023, ... PLC tags for process variables. Use trend charts to document shifts in process capability (Figure 4). Establish required preventative activities for weekly, monthly and annual checks. Check cylinders ...

Winding: Part 3 - Tension, Nip and Torque

(Web Handling)

January 22, 2023, ...  One should calculate tension if no load cells are in place. For a dancer system, solve for the force in the plane of the web based on cylinder area, air pressure and mechanical geometry. In order to ...

Winding Part 3: Tension, Nip and Torque

(Converting Expert)

January 16, 2023, ...  One should calculate tension if no load cells are in place. For a dancer system, solve for the force in the plane of the web based on cylinder area, air pressure and mechanical geometry. In order to ...

Precision Anilox are the Foundation of the Printing Process

(Equipment/Machines - Printing)

June 12, 2022, ... the anilox is a method used to provide a measured amount of ink to a flexographic printing plate. An anilox can be a solid cylinder or sleeve and is coated with an industrial ceramic. The surface is then ...

How tesa’s Single-use Tape Offerings Can Improve Printing Operations

(Coating/Laminating)

February 20, 2022, ... adhesive packages bond to sleeves, cylinders, and plates as securely as possible during printing, eliminating edge lift and air bubbles. And, when the job is done, tesa® Softprint removes easily. Since ...

A Guide to Selecting the Optimal Water-Based Primer for Extrusion Coating and Extrusion Lamination Applications

(Surface Prep)

November 28, 2021, ... via smooth roll, gravure cylinder, Meyer rod, spray coating, or a flexographic printing press. Also, knowing whether the primer will be applied inline or offline may also play a part in your primer selection. ...

Web Guides: The Evolution of Monitoring and The Need for Knowledge

(Web Handling)

October 17, 2021, ... cylinder as an actuator for applications that require higher amounts of thrust (wide web applications, terminal guides and some older narrow web guide systems).  The advances in electromechanical actuators ...

Water-Based Flexographic Printing Steps Up to the Sustainability Challenge

(News | New Products)

June 30, 2021, ... 231 kilograms. The gravure printing simulation results from using electronic engraving of the cylinders and solvent-based inks, while water-based flexographic printing uses water-washable plates and ...

Baldwin Showcases Innovations for Corrugated Flexo Printers at ConneXion

(Upcoming Conference News)

May 20, 2021, ... and drying in fewer than four minutes, enabling increased uptime and sustainability. Because the FlexoCleanerBrush is fully automatic and spans the entire width of the plate cylinder, it reportedly ...

SOMA Partners With Moore & Moore as U.S. Sales Agent

(News | New Products)

January 19, 2021, ... We have a strong network of industry partners who enable us to offer the best flexographic printing presses, sleeves, doctor blades, plate cylinders, and storage systems,” said Jeff Moore. “With SOMA’s ...

FlexoMatrix – New Workflow Platform For Profitable Labels

(News | New Products)

January 17, 2021, ... on the print cylinder or sleeve. FlexoMatrix reportedly offers its own smart adapter solution and air axes that allow all sizes and types of cylinder and sleeve to be processed quickly and accurately. ...

Bobst Brings Gravure Printing for Flexible Packaging Into the Digital World With oneECG Extended Color Gamut Gravure Technology

(News | New Products)

September 13, 2020, ... print cycles even for shorter print runs, with greatly reduced time to market; Possibility to make a series of job variants share the same engraved print cylinders; Less cylinders and Pantone color ...

Digital Printing Driving Innovation in Textile Printing

(Digital)

December 05, 2019, ... to produce just-in-time any length of fabrics or garments. With no cylinder or screen make ready, and with the advent of sophisticated workflow automation tools, textile mills can now produce any design ...

BOBST Launches New Hybrid Press MASTER DM5

(News | New Products)

October 01, 2019, ... processes. All analogue tools (print cylinders, flexible dies) are changed automatically. Waste stripping is also fully automated. Eliminating traditional analogue bottlenecks, the MASTER DM5 is the very ...

Web Tension Control Fundamentals

(News | New Products)

January 24, 2019, ... isolation and eliminate slip.  For processes that prohibit contact on both sides of the web, a Vacuum pull roll can be implemented.  The vacuum pull roll is a hollow cylinder with a perforated surface ...

Tapecon Continues Its 100 Year Evolution Through Innovation by Partnering with Flexo Wash

(News | New Products)

January 10, 2019, ... they spend about two minutes cleaning each roll, and that includes walking time to get the cylinders out of the printer to the cleaner. Cleaning supply cost is too minimal to categorize Beyond this ...