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Unilux Adds Reps in Spain,Portugal, and Brazil

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July 15, 2002, ... says its stroboscopic lighting enables operators and inspectors to see surface defects and imperfections in real time at full production speeds. "The light’s short-duration, high-intensity pulses make webs ...

AVT Expands into Labels with Geiger

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June 12, 2002, Advanced Vision Technology (AVT) reports it has acquired Geiger Vision Systems (GVS) GmbH. GVS specializes in automatic print defect detection equipment for the label printing industry. HOD-HASHARON, ISRAEL—Advanced ...

KidderComexi Demos "True" Direct Driv

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May 08, 2002, KidderComexi welcomed more than 125 guests to view its FP 1808 Direct Drive gearless press this spring. Held April 23–25, 2002, at KidderComexi in Agawam, MA, the open house demonstrated what the company ...

Need New Equipment or Accessories? NPD Is the Place to Look

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April 30, 2002, ... system examines 100% of web surfaces at production speeds, 100% of the time, and automatically detects and reports defects on webs to 78 in. (2,000 mm) wide, notes mfr. Said to have a high level of sensitivity ...

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July 31, 2001, ... bars on or off via a main operating control panel or remote computer. Static neutralizers control static charges on webs running 2,500 fpm and faster, mfr. reports. Find Defects and Track Waste GrafiKontrol, ...

Products

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June 30, 2001, ... a combination of a newly developed 3CCD color camera and a maskless inspection circuit, allowing high-precision defect detection over an entire printed pattern, co. reports. Color composition of each point ...

Converting Industry News

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April 29, 2001, ... defect detection system at its Spartanburg, SC, plant, International Paper's Flexible Packaging Group decided to install five additional AVT systems. Two more are being added at Spartanburg, and one each ...

Flexo Inspection

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March 31, 2001, ... in inspection technology — advances that have made 100% automated inspection of the entire printed web a reality. Everywhere you go today in our industry you hear about “defect detection.” It seems ...

Inspection System Balances Print Quality with Economy

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December 31, 2000, A 1998 acquisition gave the Teich Group a foothold in Poland. Now, the addition of an AVT print defect detection system on a Schiavi press is saving time, reducing waste, and enhancing print quality.  ...

Products

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December 31, 2000, ... and computer-controlled programmer provide a roll length accuracy of 0.1 in. (2.5 mm) at speeds to 1,000 fpm (305 mpm). Options include automatic splice detection and defective roll dropout, video web ...

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, ... and Important Supplier News Supplier News Operating Profits Enhanced by Defect Detection Systems EAST YONKERS, NY, USA—Excelsior Packaging Group is a high quality flexo packaging printer serving the ...

Drupa 2000A Big Success Any Way You Count It

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June 30, 2000, ... that the company says is designed for high speeds and is available in a variety of web widths; and Advanced Vision Technology's (AVT) Print Vision/Pro, a control system for automatic print defect detection ...

Video web inspection goes quickly from luxury to necessity.

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October 31, 1996, What happens when an inspector discovers a defect at the rewind station? If the defect is a major one, the entire job may be thrown into the dumpster What happens when an inspector discovers a defect at ...

Buyer beware when comparing video systems

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May 31, 1995, ...  The PCI bus will have no impact whatsoever on image quality, color reproduction or image-processing speed for high-end features like color monitoring, bar-code monitoring and other forms of defect detection. ...

Building quality into the web printing process

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April 30, 1995, ... today range from basic visual systems at under $7,000, to very sophisticated 100% defect-detection systems priced in the $300,000 to $500,000 range. It's estimated that 30% to 35% of all flexo presses in ...

Quality, waste get action from suppliers of sheeters.

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January 31, 1995, ... of defects, including voids, blemishes and slime holes, and dumps bad product before it gets to the press," he said. "Defects of this type could break a press blank, which would cause a great deal of downtime." ...