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PFFC Worldwide Special Report on Release Liners, part 2

(Archive)

October 30, 2004, ... Pressure-Sensitives Pressure-sensitive adhesive products often are sold with certificates of analysis indicating they conform to a specification. Testing equipment used for measuring physical properties ...

Products, Part 2

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ... 0472 835 122; viptronic.com The Midiflash in-line color densitometer for web presses integrates a light source, color filter, polarization filter, and sensor in a single, compact measuring head. Said ...

The Buzz on Remote Diagnostics

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... the computer at B location and examine the values of all the parameters the computer is measuring. Using the example of an operation involving an adhesive lamination, the person at A location will study ...

Shear Slitting Can Provide Advantages

(Archive)

July 30, 2004, ... to irregular slit widths. In wrap slitting, it’s possible to achieve highly accurate slit widths and close tolerances through the use of spacers for measuring and positioning the knives. This combination ...

Weight Control

(Magazine)

June 29, 2004, ... by measuring the coating weight across and down the web. There are a variety of statistical functions that can be used to describe the variability in these profiles and to permit comparison of various ...

A Recipe for Flexo Printing Success

(Flexpack)

May 30, 2004, ... never a bad cookie; we could count on the same cookie, or even better, year after year. Over the years, grandma made improvements through minor alterations of the recipe and measuring the success. Unfortunately, ...

New Products for the Converting Industry, PFFC, June 2004

(Magazine)

May 30, 2004, ... mounting time, and eliminate ink proofing. During mounting, register deviation is measured digitally and recorded to within ±0.0002 in. (5 microns) using state-of-the-art linear measuring devices and vision ...

New Products, Part 1

(Magazine)

May 30, 2004, ... level control, volume, and distance measuring in explosive and hazardous locations. UL-listed sensor can cover ranges from 4 in.–18 ft, depending on model. Needs no set-up adjustments or calibration and ...

When Rollers Fight, Webs Lose

(Archive)

March 31, 2004, ... is used to describe parallelism in any direction, though most often in the horizontal plane or the plane of the web. Tramming is the action of measuring and setting good parallelism. If you want your web ...

High & Low

(Magazine)

March 30, 2004, ... by machine operators who monitor and test product quality. Operators periodically make their tests by cutting a strip from the web, having it analyzed in the lab, and measuring the consistency of the repeat. ...

PFFC's Quarterly Economic Monitor Survey Provides Specific Converting Industry Informatio

(News | New Products)

March 02, 2004, ...  Here's just a sampling of some of the valuable information we're gathering with just the first survey: Fast Facts from PFFC's Quarterly Economic Montior In measuring total company revenue in 2003 ...

Products

(Magazine)

February 29, 2004, ... is based on the robust dual-beam design of company's Model C transducer. This strain-gauge tension-measuring device is used in pairs that mount opposed in a machine web path. Has a low profile and user-friendly ...

Fun with Force Gauges

(Magazine)

February 28, 2004, ... you are measuring web-roller air lubrication (though this test excludes the half of entrained air created by the spinning roller). Measure web modulus If you need a quick estimate for the modulus of ...

Darwin Would Approve

(Unprinted Rolls)

January 30, 2004, ... a central processing unit, which provides higher measuring accuracy and stability over time, according to the AIMCAL citation. The new plant has an electronic kiosk that is linked to all the process ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

December 30, 2003, ... and “Modeling and Measuring the Bending Stiffness of Flexible Packaging Materials.” All the papers present practical information that has value for research, development, technical service, marketing, ...

Mixing It Up

(Archive)

November 30, 2003, ... of the mixing process Assure the process is in control Evaluate opportunities to improve the mixing process. Measuring Mixer Performance Measurement of performance begins with setting specifications ...

The Missing Piece

(Magazine)

November 30, 2003, ... are calibrated. But they are calibrated using a National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST) step gauge. Measuring a ceramic cell is very different from measuring a height change on a flat surface. ...

Products

(Magazine)

November 29, 2003, ... 2-sigma, co. reports. Measure Flat or 3-D with No Parallax Errors GEI Intl. Inc., Syracuse, NY; 315/463-9261; geionline.com Model ONS-0383 telecentric collimating measuring magnifier is a custom optical ...

Products

(Magazine)

October 30, 2003, ... products, to large sizes measuring to 23½ in. wide by 45½ in. long. Bottom width ranges from 2¾ in. to just under 7 in.; sack length 9.84 in. to 45.67 in.; and width from 7 in. to just over 23.62 in.  ...

Where Does a Spreader Spread?

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... by measuring the slit gap that developed between the two web halves. Two observations from this test firmly disproved on-roller expansion as the dominant spreading mechanism. First, for both the bowed ...