Rolls

Slitting Special Report: New Technology Can Cut Waste and Make You More Efficient

(Slit)

June 29, 2011, ...  The Holy Grail, Six Tips for Winding When winding film, the Holy Grail is to achieve round, hard rolls without defects. These areas require adherence to consistently achieve success. Contract Slitting ...

The Holy Grail, Six Tips for Winding

(Web Handling)

June 29, 2011, When winding film, the Holy Grail is to achieve round, hard rolls without defects. These areas require adherence to consistently achieve success. 1. Be sure the web material is as flat as possible  ...

Silly: Another Bag Ban

(Yo's Yarns)

June 01, 2011, ... live demonstration! Have you ever watched the cunning actions of a litterer when she/he is trying to unload their trash? How about the person who nonchalantly rolls down the car window and disposes of ...

Winder Targets Mid-Range Markets

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

May 31, 2011, ... to meet the needs of the mid-speed and mid-width markets for coated paper, film, and nonwoven products. The company reports rolls of material up to 120 in. (3 m) wide at speeds to 1,000 fpm (300 mpm) can ...

Technical Report: Up & Running

(Slit)

May 31, 2011, ... are due to innovations that greatly reduce downtime — or non-running time — at key points in the slitting process. Major downtime causes are grouped in three areas: Loading jumbos rolls Getting ready ...

Slit Thin-Gauge Films & More

(Slit)

May 31, 2011, ... for thin-gauge films, foils, and packaging materials. Capable of running 84-in.-wide webs at 1,500 fpm, unit can handle 48-in.-dia unwind rolls while producing 24-in.-dia slit rolls at rewind. Pull rolls ...

Slit, Rewind with Sensitive Control

(Slit)

May 31, 2011, The topslit, well suited for narrow or wide rolls with a large diameter, offers reproducible winding values, precise cutting tools, perfect finished roll The topslit, well suited for narrow or wide rolls ...

Post Consumer Resin Gets New Life from Milk Jugs and Water Bottles

(Flexpack News)

May 18, 2011, ... plastic shipping sack and film rollstock, often for wrap and form/fill/seal applications. Gulam Harji, general manager at its Tyler plant, learned its customer’s idea had true merit and could reduce materials ...

Harper Exhibits at Info*Flex

(Flexography)

May 02, 2011, ... constant loading pressure, this unit features variable speed from 15 to 450 in./min. The proofing system options include a flexo or gravure bladed proofer, imaged transfer rolls, air and electric drive, ...

Efficient Cleaning

(Web Cleaning)

April 30, 2011, The Narrow Web Clean Machine (NWP) uses elastomer contact cleaning rollers and pre-sheeted adhesive rolls to clean a moving web at speeds to 250 mpm. The Narrow Web Clean Machine (NWP) uses elastomer contact ...

Roll Finishing-Cut & Sand

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

April 30, 2011, ... take between 30 and 40 minutes to process one roll,” says Maloy, “so we were very excited when we were introduced to new technology that processes four to six rolls per hour without the need to unwind ...

Exclusive Research-Critical Trends

(Trends/Management)

April 30, 2011, Good results were reported in practically every business activity in the following sectors: flexible packaging; unprinted rolls & sheets labels, tapes Good results were reported in practically every business ...

NEWS CLIPS

(News Clips Archive)

March 31, 2011, ... airshaft repair. See the two-part video at www.nimcor.com/shaft_repair_video1.html. Harper Corp. of America, Charlotte, NC, enrolls several staff members in the Implementation Specialists online ...

Service Makes the Sale

(Flexography)

March 31, 2011, ... Bison the flexibility to economically print orders of 250-lb laminated rollstock runs and bag runs as small as 10,000 impressions. This diversity in equipment and technologies has made Bison a supplier ...

AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2011, ... and slitting. A die-punched hole facilitates retail display while a press-to-close zipper protects freshness upon opening once in the consumer's possession. Slip Case Rocks 'N' Rolls A slip case for ...

AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Coating/Laminating)

March 17, 2011, ... hole facilitates retail display while a press-to-close zipper protects freshness upon opening once in the consumer’s possession. Slip Case Rocks ’N’ Rolls A slip case for the Elvis 75th Anniversary ...

Flexible Packaging: Eco Innovation

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2011, ... Corp. | Safeway Frozen Pasta Quad Seal Package Peruplast S.A. | Masa Pizza Printpack | Wyman's of Maine Wild Blueberry Juice Technical Innovation Oliver-Tolas Healthcare Packaging | Zone Coated Rollstock ...

Counting Clicks

(Magazine)

February 28, 2011, ...  NimCor | www.nimcor.com Sheet Tyvek With No Static MSE sheeter converts rolls of Tyvek into precisely stacked piles. Dual-motor drive technology maintains sheet length accuracies of ±0.015 in., ...

Plugs Help Prevent Crushed Cores

(Cores)

February 28, 2011, Heavy-duty core plugs are said to offer high strength to help prevent crushed cores on large rolls. Available in plastic, metal, and wood in sizes from Heavy-duty core plugs are said to offer high strength ...

Bowed Roll Is Adjustable

(Web Handling)

February 28, 2011, ... separating slit webs or eliminating slack edges, soft spots, and wrinkles. Rolls are offered in diameters of 1½ to 7½ in. with choice of cover compounds for a variety of applications including abrasive, ...

Entry Level Slitter Option

(Slit)

February 28, 2011, Starslit ECO ultra-compact double spindle machine is designed for low-volume production. At a maximum speed of 450 mpm, machine winds finished rolls up Starslit ECO ultra-compact double spindle machine ...

Apply Thin Coatings

(Web Handling)

February 28, 2011, Coating rolls have as little as 1 micron TIR, allowing them to apply very thin coatings. Most coating rolls are also company's ThermEx heat transfer rolls, Coating rolls have as little as 1 micron TIR, ...

ICE-ing | The Best Part

(Trends/Management)

January 31, 2011, ... for food packaging applications. Three solid mornings of concurrent conference sessions, starting at 9 A.M. and finishing at 12 P.M., will keep attendees focused and hungry by the time noon rolls around. ...

Static Beat: Charge Control Antistatic Layers

(Static Elimination)

January 31, 2011, ... at an acceptable cost. Static charge is a problem when there is too much. Charge control layers minimize charging between surfaces. High levels of static often occur on the unwinding rolls for slitting ...

Coating Matters: Don't Blame Chatter on Coating Hea

(Coating/Laminating)

January 31, 2011, ... an up-stream piece of equipment, the answer may lie in replacing the equipment. Mechanical variations can occur from rolls that are not in compliance, vibrations in the structure or framework, or drives ...

Webex Adds REM

(Slit)

January 31, 2011, ... REM Mfg., an established producer of slitter/rewinders located in Hackettstown, NJ. Webex president Paul Schulz says, “Webex provided rolls to REM for a number of years. This acquisition extends our web ...

Nonwoven Laminations: Absorb Profit

(Controls)

January 31, 2011, ... at its slitter/rewinder station. This station operates on a single-shift schedule, five days a week. The slitter/rewinder typically runs 48-in.-wide rolls of laminate with material lengths up to 5,000 ...

EDI's New Technology Center Features Multi-Process La

(Extrusion Coating)

January 06, 2011, The latest addition to an extensive process laboratory at the world headquarters of Extrusion Dies Industries, LLC (EDI) CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI | The latest addition to an extensive process laboratory at the ...

Core Savings

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

December 31, 2010, ... industry to reduce material loss at the beginning of the process by maximizing the amount of material used. Printers not only gain more salable product from their rolls of paperboard, they also reduce ...

Shaft Is Strong

(Web Handling)

December 31, 2010, ... hybrid design allows converters of large rolls to wind larger rolls without increasing hoisting requirements or changing core diameters. Also allows higher critical speeds to increase machine throughput ...