Laser

Materials

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January 31, 2001, ... emulsion adhesives used provide excellent die-cutting and ensure compatibility with laser printer, mfr. reports. Splicing Tapes Offer Superior Adhesion Adhesives Research, Glen Rock, PA; 800/445-6240; ...

Products

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January 31, 2001, ... to install and require no electrical hookup, products are permanently magnetized. Anilox Roll Screens Give Controlled Ink Flow ADI International, Matthews, NC; 704/845-1540 Laser Two Tone (LTT) screen ...

Innovative Problem-Solving: Advances in the Industry

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January 31, 2001, ... steel and ceramic rolls, it doesn't offer the precision required for rubber rolls. An innovative laser roll mapping system for rubber rolls was developed in 1999 by Steve Huff, corporate engineer at ...

Converting Industry News

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December 31, 2000, ... produce holograms that accommodate the large size of press-ready sheets of holographic paper. It developed a laser ablation optical system that uses no rotating parts and operates at high speeds to produce ...

Reporter Clips

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December 31, 2000, ... bolsters HP's ability to accelerate growth in the digital printing and publishing marketplace and expand its leadership beyond ink jet and laser printing to high-production digital color printing. TLMI ...

Products

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December 31, 2000, ... GA; 800/348-7201; macdermid.com Co. has partnered with Stork-STK to produce the Boxcor 1700 computer-to-plate (CTP) technology. Product merges precision instrumentation commonly used with laser imaging ...

Materials

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November 30, 2000, ... or tracers. Reportedly, sensors operate at greater tolerance levels with a higher resolution than laser- or microwave-based sensors, producing more accurate readings with less false errors. A response ...

Products

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November 30, 2000, ... compares readings with each revolution, and directs drives accordingly. Process, notes mfr., increases accuracy by 65% to ñ0.015 in. (ñ0.38 mm). Measure Precisely with Laser Twin Sensor Laser Measurement ...

What's New in Narrow We

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October 31, 2000, ... technology offers automatic ten-scan ANSI grading of bar codes with the touch of a button. A moving laser beam that covers the code from top to bottom automatically achieves the ten scans. Because the ...

Converting Industry News

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October 31, 2000, ... 1700 is said to merge STK's precision instrumentation commonly used with laser imaging and MacDermid's flexo RIP with patented plate-positioning functions to deliver in-the-round, in-position imaging that ...

International Converting Industry News

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October 31, 2000, ... and laser engraving techniques, as well as principles for improving flexographic print quality. Installations Mexican Plants Add Ink Control Systems MEXICO—Through its agent ALHU International, ...

Digital News for the Converting Industry

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October 31, 2000, ... on press, a thermal laser imaging system switches the lithographic properties of the coatings to create the image. Reports Brad Palmer of CreoScitex, "Our goal was to demonstrate the feasibility of the ...

Digital Products for the Converting Industry

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October 31, 2000, ...  Applied Laser Engineering Ltd. (ALE), Surrey, U.K.; +44 (0) 208 941 1101; applied-laser.co.uk Meridian 2000 roller and plate laser-engraving system includes three direct digital engraved processes: engraved ...

Reporter Clips

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September 30, 2000, ... models, including Allied Gear, Arsoma/Gallus, Chromas (Webtron and Aquaflex), Comco, Mark Andy, Nilpeter, and Roto Press. Orders placed by noon can be laser engraved and shipped within 24 hr, with 48-hr ...

Flexography Comes of Age and Keeps on Growing

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August 31, 2000, ... the flexo landscape significantly in regard to quality. Laser-engraved photopolymer plates combined with chamber doctor blades and ceramic anilox rolls have been major factors in the move toward flexo. ...

How to Make Anilox Roll Improvements Work for You

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August 31, 2000, ... achieved at 1,000, 1,100, and 1,200 lpi, (engravings referred to as "ultra-high" line count). For 20 years, 800 was as high as laser system and control technology would allow. Only in the last few years ...

What's New in Narrow We

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August 31, 2000, ... and motors. System is also available with an enclosed doctor blade, ceramic laser anilox roll, and compact peristaltic ink pump that allows printing speeds to 600 fpm. Genius Defect Prevents Defects ...

Converting Industry News

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August 31, 2000, ... in 9-oz Blend-A-Pak cartons from SIG Combibloc, Columbus, OH. The cartons are said to open easily because of a patented laser-cut bend-and-tear opening. The products are shelf-stable, so they don't need ...

More New Products for the Converting Industry

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August 31, 2000, ... functions. The IR thermometers feature circular laser sighting to identify the measurement area more accurately and improved optical resolution to measure smaller areas from the same distance (or the same ...

Barrier Layer Protects CDs from Skips and Scratches

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July 31, 2000, ... looking for a simple, inexpensive way to protect the discs. He came up with the idea for a clear polycarbonate film that would have the same properties as the CD itself, allowing the laser to read through ...

Drupa 2000A Big Success Any Way You Count It

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June 30, 2000, ... proofing systems. "Prediction" is a two-up system that was developed using the company's Laser Ablation Transfer (LAT) technology. Xeikon debuted its first sheet-fed digital color press, the Xeikon CSP ...

Release Papers: New Trends Are Driving the Market

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May 31, 2000, ... of their focus on long-term return on investment. The Layflat Factor Trend 2: Better layflat of release liners for p-s laminate performance in graphite composites and laser copiers. Engineered ...

Tape Converter Stands Up to Goliath with New Press

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March 30, 2000, ... It's just been a great situation." Better Ink Laydown Abendroth credits the laser-engraved anilox roll and doctor blade system, also from Bell-Mark, as a true money saver. He explains that the anilox ...

Folder/Gluer Broadens Markets for Contract Converter

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March 30, 2000, ... stamping, embossing, holographic and film laminating, automated folding and gluing, CAD (computer-aided) die design, laser diemaking, and hand assembling. Equipment is from several suppliers, including ...

Shorter Turnaround Time Drives Move to CTP

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January 31, 2000, ... work will be proofed using 8-up Imation Matchprint Laser Proofs imaged on the Trendsetter Spectrum, which is designed to support multiple spot colors. Greg McNeice, packaging specialist at SVH, says, ...

Clean Room Environment Makes Excellence a Priority

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January 31, 2000, ... is careful about allowing paper in the clean room. The company even insists that schedules, which are kept on computer, are printed on waste film that's run through a laser printer. The air in the room ...

Bringing a New Dimension to 3-D Imaged Packaging

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December 31, 1999, ... but it's totally different technology. [Holography] uses lasers and prisms, and lights bounce off [the image]. It is printed on a metallic substrate, but there's no ribbed lens. It's flat." Less Steps, ...

Anilox roll advancements raise the quality of flexo

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November 30, 1996, ... quality printed products is the continuing evolution of anilox roll technology. Changes in laser engraving technologies, along with new roll composite materials and print cell structures, have made it ...

Bag machine adds value to customer-oriented operation.

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November 30, 1996, ... plates. An increasing number of our printing plates are utilizing laser-engraved platemaking technology." Not only does the art department's equipment allow the company to be more competitive, but it ...

Temperature control helps ink customers optimize performance.

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November 30, 1996, ...  of a heat gun for better than 20 years, and I've been using the Raytek gun for about 3 years," says Callahan. "I like the digital readout and the laser sighting, because it allows me to pinpoint what I ...