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Cool Air for Blown Film

Published: February 01, 2010
Redesigned blown film air coolers offer improved performance, energy efficiency, and reduced space requirements, company says. Compact design features

Choose Data Logger Features

Published: February 01, 2010
Data Logger Selection Guide provides multiple selection factors, including instrument displays, remote probe availability, alarm options, wireless/Ethernet/battery-operated

QC for Nips

Published: January 01, 2010
During tough economic times, it may be tempting to reduce quality control to cut costs. However, Dolph Beyer, an engineer with Mohawk Fine Papers, asserts

Load Cell Is Sensitive

Published: January 01, 2010
The U-25 Series load cell is small and sensitive and has been designed for harsh environments. Said to be well suited to specialty converting processes,

Protect Machinery

Published: January 01, 2010
The TL Series pneumatically engaged, single-position torque limiters are said to deliver superior overload protection for industrial machinery. Several

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS

Published: August 01, 2009
Pouch Machine Saves Scrap The 750 servo pouch machine uses a single web of film to produce two-up, stand-up resealable pouches. Uses less scrap than multiple

Picking Up the Pace

Published: January 01, 2008
As press manufacturers continue to introduce presses that can run faster in theory but not necessarily in practice it falls to the manufacturers of register

Parallel Protocol

Published: January 01, 2008
Roll alignment is a requirement for every converting process that produces some sort of web, film, or coating. When a machine is first installed, each

NDC Introduces X-Ray Coating Weight Gauging Solution

Published: October 15, 2007
NDC Infrared Engineering has introduced SPOT-ON, a new X-Ray coating weight gauging solution for accurate differential coat weight measurement.

How to Drive a Winding Roll

Published: December 01, 2006
What is the best way to drive a winding roll? You have three choices: from the surface, from the center, or both.

Driving Performance

Published: September 01, 2006
Mondi Packaging Heerlen (formerly Akrosil Europe) is a vibrant example of how change and the subsequent growth it can bring is critical to a company's

NDC Infared Awarded Grant to Develop Non-Nuclear Gauges

Published: October 12, 2005
NDC Infrared Engineering has been awarded funding by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop new technologies that reduce industry’s reliance on radioactive isotopes.

A Menu for Thickness Control

Published: August 31, 2005
Some applications require a heavy coating weight of an adhesive, coating, or primer, but others might require a lower coating weight. The choice depends on the particular adhesive, coating, or primer in use and the final application.

What's Driving Your Operation

Published: July 31, 2005
Performance, safety, and user-friendly are just a few of the buzzwords coming up in conversations about today’s drive controls.

You're Too Tense!

Published: May 31, 2005
When planning to purchase tension controls, there is a lot for the converter to consider. "It's not just as easy as buying brand X controller and throwing it on your system and away you go." Here are some of the important questions to consider.

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