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Under Pressure (Revisited...and Revised)

(Archive)

February 28, 2007, ... within the nip contact zone. Instead, most nips are run based on air pressure to loading air cylinders or how many turns of a screw are just right. When I want to understand something on an engineering ...

Reader's Choic

(Magazine)

February 28, 2007, ... adhesive and the second, equipped with take-up and take-off units, to apply foil. Foil is nipped with the sheet between the blanket and impression cylinders, while pressure transfers only the adhesive-coated ...

Narrow Web Reporter

(Magazine)

December 30, 2006, ... control features, including register and ink density management. Reportedly, it also allows short makeready times without having to change cylinders for repeat size changes. SUPPLIER INFO: Codimag—PFFC-ASAP ...

Industry News

(Magazine)

December 13, 2006, ... our goal of increasing long-term shareholder value and we look forward to maximizing the benefits for our customers, employees and investors.” Gateway opens to MAN Roland cylinder maintenance MAN Roland ...

What's Ne

(Magazine)

November 30, 2006, ... high print quality, faster printing speed, and a wider substrate range. Features new printheads and software. PFFC-ASAP 421 Print with Integral Cylinders Carint, Milan, Italy; +39 (0) 2-9217071; ...

Dancer Rollers: Trust but verify

(Web Lines)

October 31, 2006, ... air pressure to the dancer assembly cylinders. You believe the control panel display for dancer tension if you trust the equipment designers and programmers. Here are the easy steps to estimate how ...

Managing the Ink Films

(Process Management)

October 31, 2006, ... roller with the image engraved into the surface in small cells. It is partially immersed in the ink fountain. The ink on the cylinder is wiped evenly with a doctor blade to leave ink only in the image ...

What's Ne

(Magazine)

September 30, 2006, ... Requires no electrical connections or drive motors and features lateral plate cylinder adjustment and 360-deg running registration control. Enclosed doctor blade assembly and ceramic/laser-engraved anilox ...

What's Ne

(Magazine)

August 31, 2006, ... 475 Mounting Tape Sets Up Fast 3M, St. Paul, MN; 800/257-0646; www.3m.com/flexo EH-Series adhesive offering higher plate-side adhesion for flexo printing holds the edge on cylinder diameters as ...

New Products, Part 1

(Magazine)

May 30, 2006, ... spot, ultrasonic, IR spot-type, line-follower detectors, line-scan detectors with polarized optics, and Eagle Eye wide brand detectors with external point adjust. Gravure Coat with One Cylinder  ...

New Products, Part 2

(Magazine)

May 30, 2006, ... image that can be compared immediately to approved PDF artwork. User establishes acceptance parameters for each custom job, and these are used to control the comparison. Cylinders are Repairable ...

First Glance

(Magazine)

May 30, 2006, ... in a cylinder tube-shaped container with a plastic lid. When Nestlé decided recently it was time for a change, the task fell to Chesapeake Corp. The result: a hexagonal carton with a reclosable flip-top ...

Whatever Floats Your Web

(Magazine)

May 30, 2006, Why float a web? Because air floating can do things a roller can’t. Web Lines Why float a web? If you can float your web over a stationary plate or cylinder, you’ve got something simpler than a roller. ...

The Top 10

(Magazine)

May 30, 2006, ... and anilox cylinders. Comexi America—comexi.com Coatings Protect Paperboard Water-based coatings include VaporCoat, which protects against moisture penetration; MichemCoat, designed to protect paperboard ...

New Products

(Magazine)

April 29, 2006, ...  MarquipWardUnited, Phillips, WI; 715/ 339-2191; marquipwardunited.com The Continuous Run System (CRS) 2020 die-cutting system features a dual-die cylinder that provides the ability to execute short-run ...

Ready to Serve

(Magazine)

April 26, 2006, ... facility. Now we will have the ability to print the backside of liner with a gravure cylinder, and we will be able to control our coat weights more precisely with the roll coaters.” First Response  ...

European Converting New Products

(Magazine)

March 30, 2006, ... the purchase of the new machine was justified by the large markets it was unable to reach with a cylinder machine, which was capable of only 1,500 sheets/hr, while it needed to be foiling at 5,000 sheets/hr. ...

Digital Integration

(Magazine)

March 30, 2006, ... create precise magnetic images on the surface of a specially coated metal cylinder. Toner with magnetic properties is then attracted selectively to the magnetic image to “develop” it, which then is transferred ...

A Family of Possibilities

(Magazine)

February 27, 2006, ... sheet-fed press, which UPB reports offers the company a unique printing experience. Explains Mike Salazar, VP of operations, “We pulled out three cylinder presses, older technology, and put in a high-speed, ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

February 27, 2006, ... the need to change magnetic cylinders. The press also includes Omet’s new Flying Cut toolless sheeter cassette with infinitely variable sheeting repeats from 12–33 in. “The Varyflex is a customized ...