Rolls

Converting Headaches? Get Relief at CPP EXPO's PFFC-Sponsored Technical Session

(Trade Shows)

July 13, 2014, ... is a complicated process dependent on both equipment and product design. 2. Wound rolls are not like fine wines, they rarely get better with age. 3. Understand what makes one product easier to wind than ...

Flint Reports Benefits of Anilox Roll Cleaner

(News | New Products)

July 07, 2014, Varn Enviroflex is said to help flexo printers save money and time in cleaning anilox rolls   PLYMOUTH, MI | Flint Group reports the launch of the Varn Enviroflex anilox roll cleaner system for flexographic ...

Web Lines | The Case of the Missing Pacer

(Technical Reports)

July 07, 2014, ... force is less than the winder tensioning force, the brake will slip and the rolls and web will accelerate. So to get this two-torque rewinder up to speed, first the winder-created tension must be greater ...

LabelsOnTime Launched for Thermal Labels

(Label/Tape)

June 30, 2014, This new division of WorldLabel Holdings will manufacture thermal transfer and direct thermal labels on rolls and fan-folded factory direct   PEEKSKILL, NY | LabelsOnTime is the newly formed division ...

MAXStick Announces Printer for Liner-Free Labels

(News | New Products)

June 29, 2014, ... Bluetooth capabilities, numerous international character sets, barcodes, and several different modes of operation. It is designed to handle 58-mm label media and can accommodate MAXStick liner-free rolls ...

Montalvo Video Details Range Expansion

(Controls)

June 24, 2014, ... high mass rolls at lighter tensions (i.e. films and foils), run low torque and tension applications that require high torque to stop (i.e. sheeters), and reduce friction pad wear. According to president ...

Telstar Engineering Offers Servo Control Systems

(Controls)

June 21, 2014, ... adjustments are required during the run that have been previously caused by tension variations due to loosely wound rolls and tension variations as the roll depletes. Laminated product curl is eliminated ...

Bemis Earns Two Awards for Packaging Innovation

(Flexpack)

June 16, 2014, ... while excess steam is absorbed. During heating, moisture created by the heat cycle rises to the top of the package, rolls down the sides and is absorbed by the non-forming film, eliminating the problems ...

Fibrafil S.A. Invests in Mark Andy Press

(News | New Products)

May 19, 2014, ... combination press is equipped with nine print stations, chilled impression rolls, pre-register, auto-register, and the innovation award-winning Quick Change Die Cut (QCDC) die station. Rail mounted accessories ...

Clear Lam Packaging Wins DuPont Award

(Flexpack)

May 19, 2014, ... program for its Fisher Roasted Party Peanuts PrimaPak package. The patented technology developed by Clear Lam produces a flexible, stackable, and reclosable “pop-up box” produced from engineered rollstock ...

Clear Lam Debuts PrimaPak System at Interpack

(Flexpack)

May 14, 2014, Patented technology produces cubed package with reclosable feature from proprietary rollstock  ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL |  Following a successful launch in North America, Clear Lam Packaging Inc. debuted ...

Webex To Manufacture Carbon Fiber Bridge Mandrels

(News | New Products)

May 06, 2014, In addition to in-house manufacturing, company will refurbish and repair mandrels for hydraulic mount flexo presses   CHICOPEE, MA | Webex, a supplier of cooling rolls and mandrels for the web handling ...

Web Lines | Why Is Winding Optimization Difficult?

(Web Handling)

April 21, 2014, ... hard at winding, especially when the roll is a moving target (e.g., turret winder roll transfers) or prolific (e.g., many rolls of a slitter/rewinder). Guiding: Many winders cheat by slitting immediately ...

Show Preview | INFO*FLEX Offers Gold Mine of Solutions

(Trade Shows)

April 10, 2014, ... UltraCell+ conventional anilox rolls in all engravings, from LongCells to Channellox, Trihelical, and Hexagonal, etc. New flexo bridge and plate sleeves produced using a new proprietary composite and manufacturing ...

Gloucester Expands Rebuilding Capacity

(Bag Pouch)

April 06, 2014, ... side; • stripped and recovered rubber rolls, stripped and replated chrome rolls, and refurbished guarding and cabinets. All of this is backed by company’s Lifetime Support guarantee, as well as its ...

Fujifilm Introduces Security Label with Full-Color Hidden Image

(Label/Tape)

April 01, 2014, Forge Guard offers chemical, heat, and water resistance NORTH KINGSTON, RI | Breaking new ground in the war against the expansion of counterfeit products, FUJIFILM Electronic Materials U.S.A. introduces ...

Litco Adds New Sizes to Core Plug Line

(News | New Products)

March 31, 2014, ... to manufacturers and converters of paper, plastic film, and metallic foils. Core plugs are commonly used to prevent damage caused when paper rolls shift during transit.  New 3-, 5-, and 6-in. sizes are ...

PIA Advocates to End Patent Troll Abuse

(News | New Products)

March 30, 2014, ... (PIA) recently attended a White House event to announce major progress on a series of initiatives launched last year to combat “patent trolls” and abusive patent litigation.  PIA's view continues to be ...

Webex Will Introduce Seamless Vacuum Roll

(News | New Products)

March 25, 2014, ... consistent grip across the entire width of the web, without damaging even the most delicate coated materials. Company says its vacuum rolls provide the ideal tension isolation and control point ahead ...

Defects in Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

March 24, 2014, ... In order to understand the mechanisms for defect formation, you have to understand the fundamentals of the inputs. Substrates may have a surface energy that causes dewetting, rolls may be out of round ...

Appleton Mfg. Div. Customizes Butt Roll Slabber

(News | New Products)

March 16, 2014, Using its Safe-Slab concept, company fulfills customer request for a combination of manual loading and powered removal of butt rolls   NEENAH, WI | Appleton Mfg. Division reports it delivered an ...

Z-Flute Boxes for Kitty Litter are Purr-fect

(Coating/Laminating)

March 08, 2014, ... registration. Technology Award Recognizes Menges + Finalists Menges Roller Co., Wauconda, IL, earned Technology of the Year Award status for its thermal modeling technology for heat-transfer rolls, ...

Menges Expands Line with Partnerships

(News | New Products)

March 02, 2014, ... that are pumped through our heat transfer rolls. We looked at many suppliers and were impressed with Delta T Systems’ president, people, and operations…and of course their equipment. They have an outstanding ...

Preco Opens Clean Slitting Center

(News | New Products)

February 26, 2014, Company says facility is designed to provide debris-free slit rolls that customers have been requesting   SOMERSET, WI | Preco reports the opening of a Polymer Clean Slitting (PCS) Center in its ...

Green Bay Packaging Is Named Green Master—Again

(Carton Box)

February 18, 2014, For the fourth consecutive year, company is recognized for its sustainable practices by the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council   GREEN BAY, WI | Green Bay Packaging Wisconsin operations were ...

Top Five Things To Remember in Fluid Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

February 17, 2014, ...  1. Evolution: Liquid coating has come a long way from painting by hand to coating with rolls to pre-metering fluid. The future of fluid coating is housed in the pre-metered enclosure presented by slot ...

Web Lines | The Case for Shorter (and Longer) Acceleration Times

(Slit)

February 04, 2014, ... as higher speeds. In the case of extremely short slit rolls on fully automated slitter/rewinders, then there is a strong correlation between accelerations times and output. However, for slitters running ...

Para Print Joins DuPont's Plate Recycling Progra

(News | New Products)

February 04, 2014, ... rolls, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) cover sheets, Cyrel plates, and trim waste for its TR3 program participants at a modest fee. DuPont recovers, reuses, and recycles the returned materials either ...

Slot Die DOs and DON'T

(Mark's Coating Matters)

January 30, 2014, ... systems, backing rolls, fluid delivery pumps, and curing stations to provide the end product. If only one of these items is understood and maintained, the whole system is at risk. You are only as good ...

TechCon 2014 Exhibit Registration Is Open

(News | New Products)

January 28, 2014, ... topics. SVC is offering a 25% discount on each tutorial registration for the second or more employee in a company who enrolls in the same tutorial as the first employee. (Note: this discount does not apply ...