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Ashe Converting Equipment, 01/473-710912, fax: 01/473-719137.

The Opal automatic turret rewinder is equipped with a full edge guiding system and is supplied with flange-mounted pneumatic shafts to accommodate 1, 2 and 3 in. cores. This machine is fitted with coreless and automatic cinch attachment to core at speed. The turret rewinder is provided with an accumulator and the ability to automatically transfer the web from one turret to the other. Automatic cross cut, after pre-determined length control, is an additional feature.

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Stanford Products LLC, 618/548-2600, www.stanfordproductsllc.com

The 152 LT Doctor Machine® has a tension control feature to provide high tension or low tension, with ranges from 1/8 to 11/2 PLI. This machine is suitable for a wide range of materials including light films, film laminates, non-wovens and light papers. Two 10 HP motors are utilized in an AC Vector drive system that allows operation to 1500 fpm. This machine accommodates web widths and roll diameters to 30 in., while supporting up to 500 lbs. of roll weight.

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John Dusenbery Co., 973/366-7500, fax: 973/366-7453, www.dusenbery.com

This co. has developed a unique differential rewind to accommodate lower slitter/rewinder rewind tensions. This design is said to suit applications with very low to moderately high-tension requirements, such as films, papers and laminates. New mandrels are an option and can be retrofitted on existing machines.

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The J.E. Doyle Co., 800/445-3856, fax: 330/659-2911, www.jedoyle.com

This co. introduces its new Slitter Dust Capture System specifically designed to eliminate source dust problems at the slitting point. This system offers the slitter dust capture system to provide cleaner material, reduce machine clean-up time, and curtail dust in machine parts. Each system or hood is located 1/16 in. from the slitter knife. With the high vacuum achieved at that point, the ambient dust is vacuumed into the source capture hood.

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Jennerjahn Machine, Inc., 765/998-2733, fax: 765/998-2468, www.jennerjahn.com

The RPL high-speed roll-processing line can be integrated with many existing slitter/rewinders and converting plant layouts. The unit can process up to 135 small rolls/min. It consists of a roll-indexing unit, roll separation station and a flattening press. Roll diameters of 1.90 to 4.0 in., and roll widths from 1.40 to 4.0 in. are possible. The RPL is gentle on finished rolls to reduce product waste.

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Matik North America, 860/232-2323, fax: 860/233-0162, www.matik.com

This new simplex center/surface-winding concept provides all means for optimal roll quality, roll separation and production uptime with a fully automated roll-set change. The cut-and-tape system simultaneously cuts the web and applies tape to seal the finished rolls and attach the web to the new rewind cores.

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Aztech Machinery, Inc., 800/829-8351, fax: 480/998-5409, www.aztechmachinery.com

The RM-4000 series of slitter/rewinders offers a low cost machine with built-in tension control, and floating cutting head on a single rewind. This design allows single rewind without interweaving of the material. The cutting head can be adjusted to act as a top rider on thin film stocks.

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CM Technologies Corp., 562/941-3435, fax: 562/944-8624, www.cmtech.com

The 1500-fpm rewinder is 48-in. wide with shear-slitting capabilities. Designed for carbonless paper rewinder applications, the machine has a set of 2-in. thick Blanchard ground steel plates to support the assembly. A set of tie rods provides rigidity and parallelism.

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Labelmate LLC, 877/833-7149, fax: 702/435-8536, www.labelmate.com

The Deluxe slitting stations, Slit-100-Deluxe and Slit-200-Deluxe, allow for narrow labels to be printed several across, then slit and rewound in one operation. These stations include a heavy-duty label unwinder, a slitter, and a label rewinder, plus all needed accessories for off-line slitting. The rewinder pulls the labels through the cutting blades of the slitter as they feed off the label unwinder.

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Deacro Industries Ltd., 905/564-6566, fax: 905/564-6533, www.deacro.com

This co. introduces the latest technology in duplex cantilevered slitter rewinders with its model C-24A. This new technology includes affordable, fully automatic knife positioning system, digital knife display, automatic laser core positioning, and an upgraded control system.

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Daven Industries Inc., 800/834-8848, fax: 973/808-8777.

A new, safe, non-electric, "set and forget" method of winding in either direction of the web, including edge trim, is now available with the co.'s portable winder. It is efficient for winding any material with winding speeds that follow the line of material while its pneumatic drive system, without gears or clutches, allows for stop-go or stalled motion. The machine can be mounted on or off machines at any angle or can be placed on a cart for use anywhere.

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Phoenix Machine, 973/691-8029, fax: 973/691-8939, www.phoenixmach.com

The model 224 slitter/rewinder is for offline R&D work, roll doctoring and short production runs. Cost-effective and heavy duty in structure, the unit features duplex center winding, cantilevered mandrels, differential and locked core capabilities, edge guiding, automatic tension control and multiple slitting options.

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Valmet Converting, Inc., 704/587-2450, fax: 704/587-2318.

With more than 1,700 installations worldwide, the Titan SR7 slitter/rewinder gives converters a higher proportion of available production time, according to the specification chosen by the customer. The machine has automatic knife positioning with a minimum slit width of 50 mm.

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Dienes Corp., 508/885-6301, fax: 508/885-3452, www.dienescorp.com

Automated Slitting Systems for the Nonwovens Industry" outlines the role slitting plays in converting these products by covering the key areas that affect knife performance. It also discusses factors that should be considered when choosing an efficient setup configuration. A convenient chart summarizes various positioning systems, setup times, accuracy, knife life, safety and web position.

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