Blades

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(News | New Products)

April 22, 2004, Tescusil-Corr is said to be a suitable food grade release lubricant for Corrugator Razor or Thin Blade slitting tooling. Adhesion of starch on the flanks Tescusil-Corr is said to be a suitable food grade ...

A Century Salute

(Magazine)

March 30, 2004, ... progress in flexo-graphic envelope printing. For instance, they brought in things like reverse-angle doctor blade technology, and they've improved our ability to offer our customers enhanced multicolor ...

Journey Bound to Success

(Magazine)

February 28, 2004, ... knowledge vacuum. This leaves an unbalanced number of rookies who have yet to develop desirable skills and habits, says sales and leadership specialist Bill Blades, “due to their minute amount of time ...

FFTA Sponsors Hands-On Narrow Web Press Operation March 25 - 26, 2004

(News | New Products)

February 26, 2004, ... maintaining quality, color matching, metering and doctor blade adjustment, setting dies, and safety principles. FFTA says it developed its Basic Flexographer classification to provide recognition for ...

FFTA Sponsors Hands-On Narrow Web Press Operation March 25 - 26, 2004

(News | New Products)

February 26, 2004, ... maintaining quality, color matching, metering and doctor blade adjustment, setting dies, and safety principles. FFTA says it developed its Basic Flexographer classification to provide recognition for ...

Products

(Magazine)

January 30, 2004, ... rules is manufactured to stringent tolerances, offering peak cutting and perforating performance, company reports. Line includes multiple blade heights, multiple bevels, standard and long life, and standard ...

Uteco to Debut New Flexo Press and Gravure Products at Drupa 2004

(Flexpack)

January 27, 2004, ... rolls; this feature, reports the OEM, allows for speedy and easy job changes. "Innovations include a new style adjustment-free doctor blade—enabling both blade and end-seal change without the use of tools—as ...

Products and Materials

(Magazine)

December 30, 2003, ... of materials, including vinyls, mylars, reflectives, application tapes, nonwovens, and more. A positive-locking chuck system and steel alloy blade ensure a clean, accurate slit, says company, adding convenient ...

Dual-Deckle System for Trouble-Free Web Width Variation

(The Place)

November 30, 2003, ... in the machine direction, it necks-in — becomes narrower — resulting in an accumulation of material on the edges. By adjusting the relative positions of the internal deckle blades, processors can minimize ...

Mixing It Up

(Archive)

November 30, 2003, ... of in-line mixers are available: static and dynamic. A static in-line mixer provides a tortuous path through fixed blades or chambers, whereas a dynamic in-line mixer utilizes powered impellers to achieve ...

Linebackers, Leashes, & Superman: A Look at Stress

(Magazine)

November 29, 2003, ... pressure (and temperature). All slitting or cutting methods are designed to create these stresses in the web, whether from the sharp edge of shear or razor blade or the tips of a crosscut knife. We ...

Products

(Magazine)

November 29, 2003, ... Air-loaded, two-blade system is offered as stand-alone item or part of a complete edge trim solution. Laminator Runs Films and Foil without Solvents Comexi, Feeding Hills, MA; 413/789-3800; comexi.com ...

The Power of Three

(Tapes)

November 29, 2003, ... a “what's new” in flexographic printing: Quick Load plate-loading technology has pneumatic controls. A “QC” Quick Change ink carriage allows meter rolls and doctor blades to be set outside of press. ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

October 31, 2003, ... custom-built printing presses, wet and dry waxers, laminators, unwinds, rewinds, drying systems, and chamber doctor blade systems, as well as self-contained turnkey installations, consulting, retrofits, ...

Products

(Magazine)

October 30, 2003, ... Blades with No Tools Novaflex Inc., Carol Stream, IL; 630/681-9900; novaflex-inc.com “C” clamp design of enclosed chamber doctor blade is said to provide uniform clamping on blades across entire width ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... engineering industries. Awards Clemson Honors Daetwyler HUNTERSVILLE, NC, USA—Max Daetwyler Corp., manufacturer of precision equipment and doctor blades, received the Clemson University Graphic ...

Where Does a Spreader Spread?

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... an upstream idler, across a 24-in. web span, and over the target spreader roller. A razor blade slit the web down the middle, upstream of the spreader roller. A roller's spreading effect was quantified ...

Meeting the Need

(Materials)

September 30, 2003, ... (VCI) treatment for primary packaging of ferrous parts, is applied directly to corrugated, solid fiber, and other paperboard packaging during the converting process. Can be applied with blade or rod coaters, ...

New Harper Div. Provides Tech Support and Service for Flexo

(News | New Products)

September 15, 2003, ... the GET Program; Color Management Training; Graphic Team Meetings; Press Room Management; Fingerprint Access Management; Doctor Blade Evaluation; Scientific Maintenance Program; and the Anilox Protection ...

Pay Attention to Tension

(Archive)

August 31, 2003, ... If there is insufficient tension, the web will gather or stretch around the blade before fracturing. Q: Are score- and shear-slitting quality affected by low tension? A: Score slitting is probably ...

Products

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, ... output. Models convert p-s tapes, foils, and films without the need for conventional unwinding and rewinding. A pivoting blade angle facility is said to ensure all rolls are slit squarely with an excellent ...

FK Awarded Patent for Changeover-Time Reduction Technology

(News | New Products)

August 07, 2003, ... cleaning ink units; changing sleeves or intermediate mandrels and anilox rollers; replacing worn doctor blades; and putting in new inks or setting of new ink parameters, adds co. "Access can be integrated ...

Kicking Off the Blanket of Mistrust & Stagnancy

(Magazine)

June 30, 2003, ... must be fought and won in our minds. The line tracking consumer confidence, particularly in the US, continues to follow a volatile, up-and-down trend jagged as the teeth of a circular saw blade. Is ...

Size Doesn't Always Matte

(Magazine)

June 30, 2003, ... Magpowr, Roberts PolyPro, Specialty Blades, Stanford Products, Stork Dispensing Systems, Sun Chemical, Tidland, Vigitek Ltd. CMM 2003 may have been smaller than in past years, but focused buyers prove... ...

Retrofitting Older Sheeters

(Archive)

June 30, 2003, ... the need to adjust for squareness. Maintenance — Older single rotary, fixed-bed knives require a great deal of blade maintenance, especially when running high calipers (greater than 0.028 in.) or ...

Choosing Laboratory Dispersing Equipment That's Right for Yo

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, ... a lab mixer is the speed of the propeller blade. Although variable speed is desirable, for dispersion a blade speed of more than 7,000 rpm is preferred with a high-speed, shear-dispersing blade. These ...

Products

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, ... Roseland, NJ; 888/226-8800); bobstgroup.com The SB 1200 Model gravure press for extensible films and medium-weight substrates runs at speeds to 300 mpm. Pneumatic locking system of the doctor blade is ...

New Products for the Converting Industry

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... lb/3,300 ft2. Speeds to 1,300 fpm can be achieved. Blade adjustment clamps allow fine-tuning of the cross-cut blades and let knife changes be completed in less than 2 hr. Converts rolls of paper or board ...

New Products for the Converting Industry (2 of 2)

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... as a stand-alone component in an existing sheeter knife or as part of a complete new knife, including a slitting station and pull/draw roll assembly. Cutting blades can be resharpened while mounted on ...

PLGA Offers Many Views of World of Gravure

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... Achievement Awards were presented for the first time in three categories. Honors went to Max Daetwyler Corp. for the Ultralife doctor blade in the Press category; Stork Rotaform for its gravure sleeve ...