Blades

Slitter Savvy: Visual Roll Defects & Remedies

(Magazine)

July 31, 2001, ... by dull slitter blades, excessive overspeed of bottom knifes, and/or worn slitter bearings. Nicked blades cause roll edges to have small and very short pieces of web protruding from the smooth roll ...

Polymers/Laminations/Adhesives/Coatings/Extrusions

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June 30, 2001, ... °C 64 79 83 94 Gel soaked in toluene No Yes Yes Yes The hot melt adhesives were mixed in a sigma blade mixer. Polymer, resin, and oil were ...

Products

(Magazine)

May 31, 2001, ... co. to test new, unproven mechanical systems and will enable it to have a functional machine always available for demonstration purposes. Doctor Blade Inking Systems ImproveInterflex LLC, Green Bay, ...

What's Really Going on with Your Anilox Rolls

(Magazine)

May 31, 2001, ... ink level to the top of the cell walls. Some of the walls show a shiny area where the doctor blade has been riding and results in a widening of the land area. Over time, as the walls wear down, your ...

International Converting Industry News

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April 30, 2001, ... Ltd. has transferred Synpro's manufacturing operations to the newly expanded Delpro factory. Synpro's product line includes a range of carbon fiber chambered doctor blade systems for printing and coating ...

PLGA Meeting Honors Gravure and Its Printers

(Magazine)

April 30, 2001, ... labels; process options for cost reduction, quality, and innovation, including reports on the latest advances in imaging technology; cylinders and sleeves; doctor blades; and inspection technology.  ...

Products at CMM

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, ... ten-color section is said to offer many improvements over previous models, including sleeve-handling equipment; a full-color touchscreen interface; corrosion-proof doctor blade chambers; and automatic ...

Web Handling...Making a Slitter/Winder Upgrade Work for You

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, ... consider. Razor Slitting One of the problems encountered when you are razor slitting is edge thickening at the cut edge. This occurs because the blade retards the flow of the web and slows some of ...

Wide vs Narrow Web FlexoIt's More Than Just the Widt

(Magazine)

February 28, 2001, ... commonly utilize only in-between dryers without post drying. Wide web presses typically use the chambered doctor blade ink metering system, but narrow web presses use an ink fountain and a trailing ...

Products

(Magazine)

February 28, 2001, ... nonwovens, porous substrates, or heavy papers and gasket material. Nonmetallic Doctor Blade Is Long-Lasting Flexo Concepts, Hingham, MA; 781/749-4644 Onyx nonmetallic doctor blade is designed for ...

Odd Shape? Odd Substrate? You Might Try Pad Printing

(Magazine)

January 31, 2001, ... much slower. Step 2: Doctoring the ink: Like rotogravure and flexo, this process involves doctoring the excess ink by use of a metal doctor blade. Step 3: Transferring the ink from the engraved plate ...

Products

(Magazine)

January 31, 2001, ... drawdown machine can produce coated samples up to 12 x 16 in. using either wire-wound metering rods or blade-type film applicators. Operators can control a wide range of speeds and strokes for consistent, ...

On the Move...

(Magazine)

January 31, 2001, ... on technical support and doctor blade sales for Max Daetwyler Corp., Huntersville, NC. He also will conduct seminars and quality testing at customer locations. The Radcure Research Group of UCB Chemicals ...

Products

(Magazine)

December 31, 2000, ... inspection, web break detection, and more. Holder Takes Guesswork Out of Blade Life Dienes Corp., Spencer, MA; 800/345-4038; dienescorp.com The Smart Holder uses green, yellow, and red indicator lights ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

December 30, 2000, ... and rewound in one easy operation, co. says. Slitting station includes two blades and every-thing needed except labels and rewind label cores. Included is co.'s Cat-2-Chuck rewinder with Quick-Chuck quick-loading ...

Materials

(Magazine)

November 30, 2000, ... flexo presses using two-roll applications as well as chamber-bladed metering systems. Ink Jet Media Suited for Outdoor Applications Rayven Inc., St. Paul, MN; 651/642-1112 Outdoor ink jet media features ...

Products

(Magazine)

November 30, 2000, ... as it can switch unused elements off on command. Improved Doctor Blades Offer Benefits Flxon Inc., Charlotte, NC; 800/756-6474 Microflex II doctor blades for flexo and rotogravure printers offer new ...

The Formation of ''Microfoam'' in Water-Based Flexo Ink

(Magazine)

October 31, 2000, ... of the chamber doctor blade and enclosed ink feeding systems significantly improved the quality of flexographic printing. However, some new problems were being encountered, such as "microfoam" formation ...

Directory of Pilot Lines/Labs A-L

(Magazine)

October 31, 2000, ... Air knife, doctor blade, meyer rod, offset gravure, pressurized gravure, direct/reverse gravure, BTR, curtain, transfer roll, reverse roll Annual sales: More than $75 million No. of lab employees: 15 ...

Directory of Pilot Lines/Labs M-Z

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October 31, 2000, ... blade, meyer rod, and more Annual sales: More than $75 million No. of employees: 500 Microseal Industries Inc. 610 E. 36th St., Box 3054, Paterson, NJ 07509-3054 Ph: 973/523-0704 Fax: 973/279-6916 ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, ... media. These systems are used for cleaning gravure cylinders, anilox rollers, doctor blade holders, ink trays, and an assortment of other printing press parts. The operation of the equipment is said to ...

Flexography Comes of Age and Keeps on Growing

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... "the basics" by discussing a few situations where the system is out of control and needs "fine tuning." When rubber nip rolls are used instead of doctor blades, they cannot provide precise control of ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... NJ, USA—Doctor blades manufactured by Max Daetwyler Corp., Hunters-ville, NC, now will be distributed throughout the US by Pitman Co., Totowa. Max Daetwyler Co. is headquartered in Bleinenbach, Switzerland, ...

More New Products for the Converting Industry

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... to existing Titan SR6 and SR5 slitter/rewinders. Doctor Blade Offers High Performance Andreotti Engineering, Barnsley, S. Yorkshire, England The 2G (Second Generation) carbon fiber chambered doctor ...

Anilox Rolls Are Key When Printing Corrugated Board

(Print)

July 31, 2000, ... quantity of liquid is injected onto the anilox roll, then spread with a blade over as many cells as possible. An impression of the resulting spot is made on a sheet of paper. With a device, the periphery ...

Coating Operation Cleans Up Its (Trim Removal) Act

(Magazine)

May 31, 2000, ... more efficient system, it keeps our cutting blades operating longer, because the amount of pull the vacuum provides helps to tear off the edges better on the trim that is removed. We removed approximately ...

Golden Cylinders Go to Gravure's Very Bes

(Magazine)

April 30, 2000, ... even ultra-short runs with features that include pre-sets, self-alignment, sleeve technology, patented blade, dryer hoods, and a touchscreen press management system. For Technical Innovation-Post Press, ...

Tape Converter Stands Up to Goliath with New Press

(Magazine)

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 ...