Benefits and challenges of designing and using accumulators in various web-handling operations Paid Members Public
Accumulators benefit many web processes. Zero-speed splicers offer a 99.99% success rate. Accumulators smooth out processes that are required to index. They provide time for a winder operator to start a new roll.

Alternatives to nuclear sensors for on-line web-gauging of weight / thickness measurement Paid Members Public
The traditional method for the on-line measurement of extruded / cast films, extrusion coatings, solution and hot-melt coatings and nonwovens has been the use of one or more Beta Transmission Sensors.
AWA Market Report Q2 2021 Paid Members Public
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A New Class of Non-Halogenated Flame Retardant Polyester Film Substrates and its Applications in Metallizing Enviroments Paid Members Public
Presented by Yijun Ye, Ph.D., Toray Plastics America The development of a new class of halogen-free biaxially oriented polyester (PET) thin gauge base film with enhanced FR properties will be discussed. By utilizing novel halogen-free co-polyesters and platy inorganic particles, two types of intrinsic flame retardant biaxially oriented polyester