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Fast & Flawless

Published: April 30, 2004
Spectratek is converting thin-gauge holographic films at high speeds, thanks to new equipment from Stanford Products.

Titan Slitter Is the Choice for Spanish Converter

Published: November 01, 2002
Plsticos Industriales S.A., Valencia, Spain, recently commissioned a new, fully automated Titan SMA 900 slitter/rewinder from Valmet Converting in an

Dead On Slit Rolls

Published: August 01, 2002
When is overkill good? When you need to go beyond what's normally required. "We're there," says RTG Films, Chalfont, PA. With Deacro, it jumped into precision slitting and now gives its customers... DEAD ON Slit Rolls

Stripe Slitting: The Challenge of Staying within the Lines

Published: June 01, 2002
Lines make life more difficult. Remember coloring as a child. At first it was just you, your crayons, white paper, and free expression. Life was easy.

Strand Tracking Problems on Your Slitter/Rewinder

Published: May 01, 2002
A slitter/rewinder has two goals: Divide the web into strands (slitting); and create uniform individual rolls (winding). This plan has three potential

Cutting to the Chase

Published: May 01, 2002

As Chase & Sons broadens its facility and capabilities, the converter eliminates tension control problems by replacing chucks and rollers with new products from Double E Co.

Slitter Cuts Changeover Time

Published: March 01, 2002
Brand Packaging Ltd., one of the U.K.'s largest privately owned manufacturers of flexible packaging materials, is getting big results with its recent

High & Dry

Published: February 01, 2002
Metlon Corp. has eliminated downtime on its high-precision slitting machines thanks to a new Balston air dryer from Parker Hannifin.

New Materials Extend Wearability and Blade Life

Published: October 01, 2001
Whatever your slitting method, blade life can be improved dramatically if you have the right knife in the right holder, properly angled, explains Keith

Slitting Adhesive-Coated, Low-Strength Films

Published: October 01, 2001
Low-strength films, such PE or cast PP, sometimes are coated with an adhesive and slit into customer-sized rolls. Low-strength films do not have sharply

K Show Coming Attractions: Goebel Slitter/Rewinder and EREMA Booth Highlights

Published: September 21, 2001
The K Show is slated for October 25 to November 1, 2001, in Düsseldorf, Germany.

UCB Films Invests in Valmet Atlas Slitter and Millions for Belgium BOPP Plant

Published: August 29, 2001
UCB films is taking slitting to another level with its new state-of-the-art slitting facility and a Valmet slitter, says the companyl; it's invested €2.6 million ($2.37 million US) into its BOPP production plant at Merelbeke, Ghent.

Slitting Survey

Published: August 01, 2001
The slitter. It is (almost) ever-present and often taken for granted.

Slitter Savvy: The Art of Winding Good Rolls

Published: August 01, 2001

While you can't make paper or other products on the slitter/winder, it is every winder operator's job to ensure that web defects are not amplified during the slitting/rewinding operation.

Slitter Savvy: Visual Roll Defects & Remedies

Published: August 01, 2001
Poor starts: There are obvious differences in appearance between the paper near the core and the remainder of the roll. Remedies: Tighten web before fastening

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