Converting Magazine - January 1, 2009
Cover Story
Converting Machinery Applications Watch
Plastic film lines, printing presses, diecutters meet converter needs nationwide.
- Departments
- Eye on Sustainability
- Biodegradable: How do we appropriately use the term?
- Focus
- Multi-score folding carton dies
- Over 1 billion revolutions made
- Specialty rotary dies
- Alternative to rotary-eject dies
- Tungsten carbide tooling
- Innovations
- Vented, laminated bag; mini-flute corrugated packets; bioplastic-film pouches
- Market Trends
- Biodegradables to bag demand despite falling growth rates
- New Technology
- Recycled roll protection
- Blown film coolers
- Roll-to-roll laser perforator and cutter
- Felt converting rollers
- Explosion-proof modular linear actuator
- Downgauged films for draw-string applications
- Paperboard diecutter, creaser
- Cutter for plastic, fiber cores
- Passive anti-static ionizers
- Air chuck
- Turret rewinder features compact design
- Fast-clamping air chucks
- Rotogravure laminating inks
- Foil-saving software
- Linear indexing drive
- News
- First X-Flex gearless press goes to OK's Regency Labels
- Vendor Moves: Converting machinery, raw materials
- 100th Mark Andy printing press installed by New Faith in China
- People on the Move
- Flexo printing press, coextrusion film line go to Canadian converters
- Slitter/Rewinder Products
- "Winding machines, mechanics and measurements" course returns in 2009
- Slitter/rewinder attains speeds of up to 2,000 fpm
- Pneumatic shear knifeholder allows tool-free adjustment
- Slitter/rewinder meets needs of continuous-production environments
- Automatic slitter/rewinder turret unit meets high-volume needs
- Inspection rewinder runs clear-on-clear labels
- Duplex-cantilever slitter uses differential air shafts
- Slitter's automatic knife-positioner runs score, shear and razor blades
- Slitter positioning system accurately resets knifeholders
- Duplex slitter/rewinder recalls product recipes
- Slitter/rewinder enveloper improves roll quality
- Slitter/rewinder developed for expanding digital-imaging market
- Viewpoint
- The Jetsons: Calling all converters?
- Web Works
- Web and roll length: How do you measure it?
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