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- Can This Coater Be Saved?
- (Archive)
- January 30, 2006, ... this analysis, you need to look at the basic process elements: coating, solution handling and mixing, drying, web transport, range drive, unwind, rewind, and control systems. In addition, peripheral systems ...
- AMC Reaches Company Milestone
- (Archive)
- January 22, 2006, Advanced Motion Controls (AMC) announces a significant milestone in the company's history. On Wednesday, November 23, 2005, the one millionth servo drive rolled off its production line. PRESS RELEASE ...
- Trends & Technical Solutions
- (Archive)
- December 30, 2005, ... role that allows the entire release construction to function. Compatibility and robustness are key, but the silicone technology being used also can drive process decisions and other trade-offs. Desirable ...
- A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI
- (Magazine)
- December 30, 2005, ... Industries, LLC Frequent product changes have driven die designers to develop new technologies. This paper focuses on new die designs targeted toward the thin film producer. It will also discuss automatic ...
- New Products
- (Magazine)
- December 30, 2005, ... BrandMax holograms feature an output resolution that can exceed 16,000 diffractive pixels/sq in. According to company, precision fabrication technology, which is software-driven, allows kinetic color ...
- New Products
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- November 29, 2005, ... and does not require overhead equipment, fork truck, or any other additional handling equipment. Rodless Drive is Compact Bosch Rexroth Corp. , Lexington, KY; 859/254-8031; boschrexroth-us.com ...
- Testing Machines
- (Magazine)
- October 30, 2005, ... Drives Quality Beta Industries, Carlstadt, NJ; 800/272-7336; betascreen.com The S4 Xpress densitometer is said to combine ease of use with a complete set of features for measuring density, dot gain, ...
- Converting Industry News
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- October 30, 2005, ... continued adoption of computer-to-plate (CTP) drives both a rapid growth of digital plates and a steep decline of traditional analog plates, the study says. According to State Street, key factors influencing ...
- New Products
- (Magazine)
- October 30, 2005, ... configurations. Collars are offered with various types of threaded-, square-, smooth-, hex-, and keyed-bores to match positive drive shafts precisely. Can be ordered in standard one-piece, two-piece, and ...
- A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI
- (Magazine)
- October 30, 2005, ... the contents together. To the film producer, that vision drives an emphasis on gloss, clarity, toughness, and puncture resistance. To the packer, it requires adequate stiffness and controlled shrink. ...
- Measuring Force
- (Magazine)
- October 30, 2005, ... In order to do this, we must devise a method of sample preparation where the weakest part of the test specimen is the A/B interface we want to separate (Figure 1a). This means we want to drive a failure ...
- Data Security: A Growing Concern
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- September 29, 2005, ... give consumers more control over data sharing; require destruction of customer records; and protect loyal customers from having to share drivers’ license or Social Security numbers. Relevant federal ...
- New Technology Guides Web
- (Magazine)
- September 29, 2005, ... how their materials are read,” he says.” How are web guides changing to meet those needs? Actual physical guides themselves aren’t really changing very much, except for drives, notes Smith. “What’s really ...
- New Products, Part 1
- (Magazine)
- September 29, 2005, ... center, or edge guiding, and it is not necessary to change the sensor carrier or control device when various web materials demand different sensor types. Driver is Enhanced Xitron, Ann Arbor, MI; ...
- New Products, Part 2
- (Magazine)
- September 29, 2005, ... an unsupported simplex center drive system said to allow for a wide range of winding conditions. Slitting arrangement gives excellent narrow slits and roll separation at high speeds, company says. Machine ...
- Converting Industry News, Part 1
- (Magazine)
- September 29, 2005, ... sales will be driven by growth in manufacturing, packaging materials use, and associated fixed investment activity as industrialization efforts continue and income levels rise. The study predicts packaging ...
- More of the 411 on RFID
- (Archive)
- August 30, 2005, ... Corp. TI is working with this alliance to ensure interoperability within the EPC Gen 2 RFID infrastructure and to drive accelerated adoption of EPC Generation 2 compliant solutions in the global retail ...
- The Converting Relay Race: Part II
- (Magazine)
- August 30, 2005, ... 10%–20% of tensioning torque, make sure your control system has inertia compensation (a.k.a. a WK&8473;2 function). When the inertial torque is more than 30%–50% of the tensioning torque, I think motor-driven ...
- Churning Out Quality
- (Flexpack)
- August 30, 2005, ... fpm), and a closed-loop chilling system that accommodates the problems associated with using city water. Standard equipment includes Siemens tension control and AC vector drives that require no maintenance. ...
- Fighting Flaws
- (Magazine)
- August 30, 2005, ... in coating weight. Vibration sources can be from pumps, drives, building and dryer heating and ventilating, rolls and bearings, and exterior sources. To control these vibrations, the following advice is ...