2021 R2R USA
Halogen-free Flame Retardants for Laminating Adhesives: A Sustainability and Design Perspective Paid Members Public
Presented by Kathryn Cosentino, Alpha Engineered Composites Designing a more sustainable product or process presents a unique technical challenge for engineers to develop solutions that are cost-effective while meeting difficult performance requirements. Rather than considering sustainable development as an isolated initiative, an integrated systems-based approach to technology development with a
How Roller Shape Controls the Lateral Movement of Webs Paid Members Public
Presented by Jerry Brown, Essex Systems Last year, I talked about how shifting, or pivoting a roller produces lateral web motion. This time I will discuss how nonuniform rollers (tapered, concave and convex) produce lateral movement. Once again, we will see that it all comes down to the same thing
Practical Method to Design a Wrinkle Experiment Paid Members Public
Presented by Neal Michal, Converting Expert, LLC Wrinkles are the most common issue that web handlers face. The delivered quality of the web and the wound roll is contingent on the absence of wrinkles. It is common to find troughs and wrinkles in various places on a web process. Wrinkles
Things to Consider for a Successful Inline Slitting Process Paid Members Public
Presented by Joe Connelly, Parkinson Technologies Inc. On the surface, the thoughts of eliminating steps in a converting process to save time and gain efficiency are very appealing. Why wouldn't you want to get shippable products directly off the production line and avoid multiple steps? In many cases,
Web Material Properties: Easy Paths Through the Swamp (but beware of alligators!) Paid Members Public
Presented by Dilwyn Jones, Emral Ltd. The properties of webs are needed for diverse “web handling” activities such as machine specifications, design and upgrade, new and existing product development and manufacture, and troubleshooting breaks and defects – especially using formulae and models. Unfortunately, there is considerable variability hidden behind generic material
