Trim Removal

Retired PFFC Editor Authors Web Handling Guide

(News | New Products)

October 29, 2002, ... alignment in machines web tensioning use of web spreading and guiding devices use of razor slitters shear knife slitters edge trim removal trim disposal management of web electrostatic charges  ...

Bobst Aboard for IADD Diecutting Odyssey

(News | New Products)

October 22, 2002, ... a Technology Hall. "Featuring flatbed, multi-contour and rotary diecutting and diemaking for cutting and trimming all soft to semi-rigid materials, [the Technology venue] will showcase the latest in presses, ...

Five Questions and Answers on Lubrication

(Magazine)

September 30, 2002, ... the detrimental effects (scratching, tension, and tracking control problems) and take advantage of the beneficial effects (less wrinkling and less caliper-sensitive winding). Timothy J. Walker has 20+ ...

Products

(Magazine)

September 30, 2002, ...  Shafted rollstand outfitted with edge guidance can minimize trim waste, according to co. The edge guidance system compensates automatically to assure proper placement of the web through the cutter and ...

Thin Webs without Wrinkles

(Magazine)

September 30, 2002, Any converter running webs of thin- and ultra-thin-gauge material, including foil, may experience wrinkle problems. In general, there are at least two Any converter running webs of thin- and ultra-thin-gauge ...

Managing Data for Increased Profits

(Magazine)

September 30, 2002, ... going to be to our detriment to continue down that path.” Today, a full 50% of the company's output is laminated products; the rest remains unsupported films. In addition to the Comexi laminators, Master ...

1990 - April 1993

(News | New Products)

September 19, 2002, 1920s and 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970 - 1973 1974 - 1976 1977 - 1979 1980s May 1993 - 1994 1995 - 1999 2000 to present The Early 90s...After years of 1920s and 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970 - 1973 ...

Turning Defects into Perfection

(Magazine)

August 31, 2002, Rotoflex-Quix ensures print quality with AVT detection systems. Gravure, while under attack by flexo, still is considered as the print process capable of producing the best quality. However, claims from ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

August 31, 2002, Coming events and news from: Barco Graphics, Calumet Carton Co., HyperWare, Label Express, Mail-Well, RIT, and Seal-It. Narrow Web Converting Industry News Coming Events Oct. 15-16: Sweetpack 2002, ...

Tufco Sales Up 2.1 MIL from Q2 This Year

(News | New Products)

August 06, 2002, ... a difficult marketplace. We have done exactly what we said we would do in a tough fiscal year 2002—trimmed costs and become leaner, strengthened growth business sectors, and downsized our Dallas, TX-based ...

DOVIDs: Functional Beauty

(Magazine)

July 31, 2002, ... at speeds of 1,200 impressions/hr within a tolerance of 1/64 in. The finished, hot stamped sheets then were returned to Brown for binding and trimming with the remaining pages. Kurz Transfer Products ...

Packaging That Really Works

(Magazine)

June 30, 2002, Active packaging has been present as a concept for many years in varying forms, but interest has grown recently thanks to a rash of publicity about the development of newly enhanced oxygen absorbers, ...

Materials

(Magazine)

June 30, 2002, ... has expanded its line of free films with three new products: IF-2070 is a family of tapes said to be ideal for mounting nameplates, faceplates, die-cut parts, and decorative trim in auto interiors. IF-2090 ...

Products

(Magazine)

June 30, 2002, New from: ADI Intl., AVT, Brampton, Creo, Curtius Trading, Dusenbery, Electro Static Technology, ElectroStatics, Extech Instruments, Fischer & Krecke, F.L. Smithe, Glenro, Griffin-Rutgers, Heidelberg, ...

In the Bag

(Magazine)

June 30, 2002, ... detrimental to the dimensional stability of the sack under load and temperatures. Alternatively, LDPE can be the major component. Fractional melt resins help with bubble stability, have better melt ...

Waste Not: Waste Management in Europe's Packaging and Label Industrie

(Magazine)

June 30, 2002, ... creates waste during production. The label printer creates waste during conversion — label matrix, offcuts, and trim. The packaging manager is left, after label application, with siliconized release liner ...

Products: Edited by Deborah Donberg

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, ... that eliminate trapped air, and lay-on rolls. Features two holders for razor blades if materials must be slit or trimmed. Core Plugs Offer Protection Niagara Plastics Co., Erie, PA; 800/458-0465; niagaraplastics.com ...

Spills Are Out with New Spout

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, Totani equipment and a successful collaboration lead to Kapak's no-spill flexible pouch. Totani equipment and a successful collaboration lead to Kapak's no-spill flexible pouch. Kapak Corp.'s new Smart ...

Presses Have Converter in Fine Form

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, ... stitcher/folder/trimmer/collator and a Baum folder in its finishing department; one Heidelberg Polar cutter and two CPM Milacron ProCut cutters; and two collators. According to O'Connor, the Power Pro ...

The Good and Bad Sides of Offset Powder

(Magazine)

April 30, 2002, ... they sometimes can contribute detrimental characteristics. In applications in which a printed substrate undergoes further converting when perfect surface appearance is a requirement, use of offset powders ...

New Products for the Narrow Web Converting Industry

(Magazine)

April 30, 2002, ... shear, score, and razor slitting to 0.032 in.; and vacuum edge trim removal. “Double-Barreled” Treater Runs Hot, Fast Pillar Technologies, Hartland, Wl; 888/745-5276; pillartech.com A double-electrode, ...

Cutting to the Chase

(Magazine)

April 30, 2002, ... coating with a narrow groove pattern. The grooves relieved the air entrainment without having detrimental effects on the thin web material, says Klei. With good contact between the web and the rollers, ...

Converters Strike Back

(Magazine)

March 31, 2002, In a new world where security is of utmost urgency, converters willingly step up to the plate and fight back against product and brand theft. Product security and brand theft are serious problems, and ...

Diverse Products Meet Many High-End Needs

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, ... decals, automotive trim, holograms, specialty packaging, and solar control window films. Chemistry and Clean Rooms CPFilms' release coatings are applied in a self-contained facility with two coaters. ...

Coating and Laminating Special Report

(Archive)

February 28, 2002, ... the coating and laminating value chain, consolidation is occurring—though often to the detriment of the supply side, due to the increasingly dominant end-users, who are leveraging their purchasing power. ...

Shaft Collar Decisions Can Be Momentous

(Magazine)

January 31, 2002, ... the shaft to the core. Some operations, such as low-speed take-up of trimmed foil edge waste, do not require a high degree of synchronization between core and shaft rotation. In fact, many converters ...

Valmet Tech Center to Open for Converters Worldwide

(News | New Products)

January 13, 2002, ... to 1,600-mm (64-in.) web width at a maximum 600 mpm (2,000 fpm) and up to 800-mm (32-in.) rewind diameters. The Titan SR7 will also feature an edge trim waste recovery system, separate shaftless unwind ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

November 30, 2001, New products from: ADI International; Ashe Converting Equipment; KTI/Keene Technology Inc.; and Primera Technology Inc. Butt Splicer Offers Automatic Features KTI/Keene Technology Inc., South Beloit, ...

Wide Web Handling and the Problems It Can Bring

(Magazine)

November 30, 2001, ... during the past several years, so have casting machine windups. One problem that arises with wider rolls is deflection due to roll weight. Most wide casting machines wind the entire web, minus the trim, ...

Products

(Magazine)

November 30, 2001, ... changeovers in less than 2 min. Outfitted with digital electronic controls said to provide accuracies within ±0.015 in. (±0.381 mm), eliminating the need to guillotine trim. Sheet squareness can be set ...