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The Best of Web Works
From: MAGPOWRDescription: Nips are so important to control closely that variations in pressure can alter outcome. ...
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The role of the knifeholder in shear slitting
From: MAGPOWRDescription: Current knife holders must be thought of as precision instruments. ...
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Tips for Slitting Aluminum Foil
From: MAGPOWRDescription: There are several methods of slitting aluminum foil, including shear, razor and crush (score) slitting. This discussion focuses on the shear slitting method, since it is capable of slitting under a ...
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Understanding Web Guide Accuracy
From: MAGPOWRDescription: A web guide's accuracy is a function of three things: the web, the guide, and the guide installation. Asking about accuracy based solely on the web guide design is like asking how quickly a car will ...
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Commercial Printing Application Note (.pdf)
Description: Problem: Static build-up on paper and coated stocks during the folding process can cause problems of uneven stacking. This can result in significant loss of productivity. ...
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Compensating Stackers Application Note (.pdf)
Description: Problem: Stacks of magazines (as delivered to newsagents) and books are created in compensating stackers. Magazines/books are fed into the compensating stacker where they are collated into a stack (a ...
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Injection Moulding Application Note (.pdf)
Description: Problem: Small, light mouldings can stick to the face of the tool due to static charge. This can result in mould damage and slower production speeds. ...
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Shingled Folded Sheet Conveyor Application Note (.pdf)
Description: Problem: When delivering single or shingled (overlapped) sheets onto either a conveyor or a stack, static causes the sheets to cling together resulting in collating problems. The problem is more ...
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Vertical Form Fill and Seal Machines Application Note
Description: Problem: High static charges are generated when packaging film is fed from a wind off roll. The static charge attracts powder and lightweight dust from the filling products on to the internal film ...
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What is Registration? Part 1:Re-Registration
Description: Our first Mod-Tech Talk topic will tackle Registration. This topic will be a three part series discussing the What Registration is, How to probably setup common Registration processes, and finally ...
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Proper Tension Prevents Flexible Packaging Print Problems (.pdf)
Description: The key to reliable defect prevention is the converter's ability to measure and make machine adjustments to eliminate unwelcome deviations including tension transients. While many film printers and ...
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Pointers on Setting Up Lamination Lines (.pdf)
Description: U.S. fabricators add laminations lines to their plants as demand grows, spurred in part by enforcement of hurricane codes as well as architects' interest in advanced glazing techniques. What does it ...
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Controlling Tension in a Paperboard Laminating Application (.pdf)
Description: A manufacturer of recycled paperboard cartons in Michigan needed to expand the use of polypropylene film in it's production of paperboard packaging. The plant's customers were seeking paperboard ...
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Low-Cost Improvements for Tire Producers (.pdf)
Description: For tire manufacturers trying to achieve defect-free product, identifying and minimizing production deviations throughout the tire-making process is critical. Dover Flexo Electronics has, over the ...
