Rolls

Cleaning Machines Easy To Use

(Web Cleaning)

December 31, 2010, ... adhesive rolls. Available in both single- and doubled-sided versions and features full pull-out side access for easy replacement of rollers and adhesive rolls. Likes is the one of the most important reactions ...

Mark Andy Performance Series Breaks Into China

(Label/Tape News)

December 09, 2010, ... add to the broad printing and converting capabilities already in place at Astron. The press is outfitted with such options as chilled impression rolls, a rail system to house a web turnbar, cold foil unit ...

Sensor Helps Produce Flat Film

(Controls)

November 30, 2010, The FG710S IR optical sensor measures the thickness of clear, filled, voided, and pearlized films with a patented optical design, selection of discrete The FG710S IR optical sensor measures the thickness ...

Films Meet VOC Directives

(Label/Tape)

November 30, 2010, ... low static in unwinding operations to help rollstock laminators and label printers achieve high productivity, low scrap, and reduced machine adjustments. Print surface is compatible with hot and cold foil ...

Clean Webs with Easy Access

(Web Cleaning)

November 30, 2010, ... is designed to fit a wide range of lines even where space is at a premium. A patented slide system allows quick and easy access to replenish rollers and adhesive rolls, and new control system means integration ...

Green Converting: Recycled Roll Coverings

(Web Handling)

November 30, 2010, ... take hold?; what's taking “them” so long? We need to keep our eyes open and innovate. In the converting industry, some rolls that are being processed take as much as 2,000 lb of rubber. A series of 200 ...

Idlers in Heat

(Web Handling)

November 30, 2010, When idler rolls are used in elevated temperatures, there are many concerns. One is the expansion of roller metals especially the different rates of expansion When idler rolls are used in elevated temperatures, ...

Double Plugs Aid Stacking

(Web Handling)

November 30, 2010, Patented plastic double plugs with a cone tip help speed stacking and palletizing of slit rolls, whether done manually or with robotic handling. Used Patented plastic double plugs with a cone tip help ...

Reflections on Deflection

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

November 30, 2010, ... and structure of the winding layers. Slit rolls will not create this same benefit since their independent stucture will have a negligible reinforcing effect. How a shaft is captured or mounted into ...

Upgraded Slitter Reduces Costs

(Slit)

November 30, 2010, Upgrades to the Pluto II slitter/rewinder are said to enhance performance and efficiency while keeping costs down. An additional adjustable roller will Upgrades to the Pluto II slitter/rewinder are said ...

Webex Acquires REM Manufacturing

(Web Handling News)

November 14, 2010, Webex, Inc., a leading provider of precision process rolls for the converting industry, finalized acquisition of REM Mfg., a producer of slitter/rewinders located in Hackettstown, NJ NEENAH, WI | Webex, ...

Process Troubleshooting

(Coating/Laminating)

October 31, 2010, ... is not destructive. Not so with a continuous web. Improvements can be made at the main variable locations to reduce defects and improve quality. One simple example is to have idler rolls of different ...

Treat Web Curl

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

October 31, 2010, ... to treat web curl automatically as the roll unwinds. In “Intelligent” mode, decurl movement is programmed from the start point to the end point. Rollstand's tension controller calculates the diameter of ...

Slit Roll Packaging Video Now Online

(Slit)

October 04, 2010, ... with a video on the company’s new website. The video demonstrates how easily and quickly Vertical Pack components help interlock and secure pallets of slit rolls during shipping or storage. A video demonstrating ...

Sitting/Rewinding: A Grand View

(Slit)

September 30, 2010, ... diameter or narrow widths or wide-format rolls — met here.” Kamps, the second-generation owner of K&L Services, says the company operates a total of six slitter/rewinders, the largest of which is the ...

An Integrated Perspective

(Trends/Management)

September 30, 2010, ... are often illuminating. — Unprinted Rolls & Sheets Reader Even though some of the content doesn't apply directly to our business, it's interesting to keep up with the technology in case we expand into other ...

Coating/Laminating: Signed, Sealed, Delivered

(Coating/Laminating)

September 30, 2010, ... Faustel's PerfectStart winder auto-splice technology, the elimination of idler rolls in the drying oven, controlled cooling of the sensitive foils after drying, and the improved tension control made possible ...

Pilot Coaters: Small Volume, Big Advances

(Coating/Laminating)

September 30, 2010, ... low speed (1-10 fpm). They are a good step in the conversion from a sheet process to a continuous web process. The advantages of these machines are detailed below: Can produce salable quality rolls ...

Flexographic Printing: Super Setup

(Inspection/Defect Detection)

September 30, 2010, ... press runs all solvent-based inks and has BST web guiding systems on the unwind and the rewind. It features Rossini sleeves and Praxair anilox rolls and recently was retrofitted with a new BST Pro Mark ...

Bag Making: Strength in Numbers

(Flexpack)

September 30, 2010, ... But if someone wants to get into a price war, it's nice to know that you've got the staying power.” CEI prints on eight ten-color presses from Windmoeller & Hoelscher. Printed rolls are sent to Hebron ...

Peel Away

(Label/Tape)

September 30, 2010, ... Engineered into the company's high-barrier rollstock, the peel-away packaging system makes it easy for consumers to peel off coupons, games, recipes, and other offers, while leaving the package intact. ...

High & Mighty

(Flexpack)

September 02, 2010, ... plastic from reclaimed water, milk, and juice containers. Bags are available for both food and nonfood applications and may be ordered on coreless rolls, paper cores, or loose. The film and bags are triple-certified ...

Static Beat: Monitor Process with a Control Chart

(Static Elimination)

August 31, 2010, ... Intl. Publications, White Plains, NY (1982), ISBN: 92-833-1036-5]. Let's use an “Xbar and R” control chart to monitor the static on rolls arriving from a supplier. It is important to unwrap the outer ...

Finish Many Types of Labels

(Die-Cutting)

August 31, 2010, The FX1200 digital label finishing system off-line label production machine accepts O.D. rolls to 12 in. of printed output from digital label presses. The FX1200 digital label finishing system off-line ...

Static Beat: How To Take a Static Survey

(Static Elimination)

July 31, 2010, ... Process, and Outgoing Materials. Use a handheld electrostatic fieldmeter to take measurements from the beginning of the operation through the process to the end — on the incoming rolls as they arrive, ...

Cut Sheets In-Line

(Sheeting)

July 31, 2010, The VLS-650 fully servo-driven sheet cutter allows jumbo rolls of plain or preprinted material to be fed through and converted to sheets, resulting in The VLS-650 fully servo-driven sheet cutter allows ...

Show Preview: Heroes Welcome-Labelexpo Americas 2010

(Label/Tape)

July 31, 2010, ... Technology will show the FX1200 Digital Label Finishing System in Booth 6547. The off-line production machine accepts up to 12-in. O.D. rolls of printed output for lamination, digital die-cutting, waste ...

PPI Offers NextLife Certified HDPE PCR Bags & Film

(Bag Pouch News)

July 28, 2010, ... standard and custom-sized bags. Bags are available for both food and non-food applications and may be ordered on coreless rolls, paper cores or loose. According to Phil Rapp, NextLife Packaging COO, ...

You Get What You Pay For, Part 2

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

July 27, 2010, ... film, etc., etc. Likewise with the bags made… each lot of bags should have a date and time stamp, and be able to trace which rolls of film went into that lot of bags. This requires time and effort to do, ...

FLEXcon Offers Wide-Format Digital Overlaminates, Any Quantity, Same-Day Shipping

(Flexpack)

July 14, 2010, ... from FLEXcon in any quantity of 150-, 300- or 750-ft rolls for same-day shipping from distribution centers across the US and Canada. Two products, BUSart™ OV5055 and FLEXmark® floor art™ OV6604, are ...