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Roll handling equipment helps maintain productivity and protect employees, but it can also make the process of mounting hard-to-handle substrates a cinch. TODAY'S POPULAR PACKAGING substrates aren't the easiest to handle. Materials like films and foils telescope and have more issues with core damage than hardier substrates like paper, which complicates the should-be-simple process of placing a roll on press. There are roll handling remedies, however, that help make these types of materials easier to deal with, while helping companies keep their employees safe from work-related injuries. From simple machine add-ons to custom-made technology, roll handling equipment manufacturers have the solutions. "The equipment

Not every converter needs top-of-the-line roll handling equipment. However, safety, reliability, and durability are three important features to have to ensure increased productivity and economics. THE WORTH OF quality roll handling equipment should not be underestimated. Such machinery plays a quiet, although important and cost-saving, role in the equation Product Converted/Time = Money, according to David Ellingsworth, vice president of RG Engineering Inc. "To save a customer time is to increase overall capacity and the equipment's ability to make money," Ellingsworth said. "When handling standard roll weights ranging 2,000 to 6,000 lbs., the less contact the operator has with the roll the faster and

Web handling equipment encompasses a broad range of products, including tension controls, web guides, and register controls. The following companies offer machinery/technology in those categories: AirTrim Solutions to trim and web waste handling systems are based upon actual in-plant experience combined with the fundamental understanding of airflow and material handling design engineering principles. Visit www.airtrim.com Ashe Converting Equipment In-line turret rewinders; zero speed splicing systems; and any custom built web handling equipment from 0.1˝ 150˝. Visit www.asheconverting.com Aztech Machinery Manufactures the SR series slitter/rewinders 10˝-18˝, the MH series of material handling carts, the DT series of unwind stations, the RD series of

Material handling safety is a matter of taking calculated manual lifting risks, enlisting the help of an array of safety equipment—or simply losing productivity. by Susan Friedman Sure, press downtime is a major thorn in productivity's side, but how far will any print job progress if key workers are absent—home nursing back injuries caused by heavy lifting? Material handling safety's effect on operation efficiencies and profits could be comparable to the impact of digital prepress or streamlined makeready. A plethora of medical and insurance data shows why. According to the Ergonomics Assist Systems Equipment (E.A.S.E.) Council of Material Handling Industry, back disorders are most