Slitting

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Slitting & Rewinding Fundamentals for Converters

Published: October 29, 2007

The CEMA Slitting & Rewinding Fundamentals for Converters Seminar will be held November 13 and 14, 2007, in Minneapolis, MN, and will take you step by step through the best practices techniques in such areas as winding, slitting, cores and cutting, retrofitting, chucks, shafts, spreading, and guiding.

Slitting & Rewinding Fundamentals for Converters

Published: October 12, 2007

Cut to the Quick

Published: July 01, 2007

A turnkey converting system allows Elliott Absorbent Products to offer faster turnaround times and new custom services.

Going Thin

Published: June 30, 2007

Thinner gauge materials impact both on operating costs and the environment. The difficulty with going thin is that problems such as wrinkling, air entrapment, and tension control, and various other problems typically associated with material profile perturbations, such as gauge band variations, can become magnified when processed on some types of slitter/rewinders and other converting machinery.

Contract Services Directory

Published: February 01, 2007

Coating & Laminating Contract Services Directory 2007

A Team Effort

Published: October 01, 2006

Founded in 1990 in rural Darien, WI, Protect-all prides itself on being a team that is determined to meet new customer application demands through the

Upgrade the Old, Bring in the New!

Published: September 01, 2006

Noven Pharmaceuticals may not be a household name, but the patented creation of this 500-employee company helped revolutionize the way people receive

Ready to Serve

Published: April 27, 2006

3 Sigma finds an under-serviced niche in the roll label market and fill it by adding coating lines manufactured by Ross-Waldron.

Metallizing Makeover

Published: March 31, 2006

Celplast reinvents its business model to focus on value-added specialty films.

Optimize Slitter Performance

Published: March 13, 2006

Tidland will host a free e-seminar to help converters better utilize their existing slitting equipment. "Optimize Slitter Performance" will begin at 2 PM EST on Thursday, March 16th.

Slitting New Product Digest

Published: February 28, 2006

Find the latest slitter installations, equipment, and technology from: Titan, Ashe Converting Equipment, Mario Cotta, REM Mfg., Dienes Werke, Deacro, Soma Engineering, Rotoflex, and Tidland.

Why Isn't Your Slitter Running?

Published: December 31, 2005

Walk by any slitter and more likely than not, it won’t be running. Why? Besides having no input material or no demand for slitting, your slitter likely is not running because the slitter operator is busy doing all the work needed to support the slitter. Your slitter may not be running, but I bet your slitter operator is.

Slitting & Rewinding Fundamentals for Converters

Published: November 01, 2005

This two-day seminar will cover processes and problems, with numerous speakers covering a variety of topics.

Climate Control

Published: August 31, 2005

Everyone knows what a mess humidity can make of your hair. You should see what a lack of humidity does to film.

Brave New Slitting World

Published: February 28, 2005

With run speeds in excess of 600 meters per minute, set-up times down to mere minutes, and today’s technology of laser positioning knives and cores, turret rewinds, automatic discharge onto conveyors, labeling and pre-shrinking the material to be ready for dispatch, slitting has entered a new era.