Web Techniques

Featured products for the flexographic, narrow-web and package printing industries including PC Industries, Schenk Vision, QuadTech, PrintSTAR, Web Techniques, Novation, Label Vision Systems, CTC International, Teco Manufacturing 

AAA PRESS INT'L Digital and analog video inspection systems. Write 735, Visit www.aaapress.com, AccuWeb Web Width Monitor System makes width measurements for both acquisition and process control. It uses no moving parts and can detect almost any web material. Write 736, www.accuweb.com Advanced Vision Technology (AVT) Offers process control and 100 percent quality assurance solutions on-press or on-rewinder, including register and pressure control solutions, inline color management, barcode verification solutions and job quality data management. Write 737, www.avt-inc.com BST PRO MARK Premius Digital system provides automatic inspection and identification of print defects and color variations, register control on flexo CI presses, and

By performing off line inspection and various finishing functions, inspection rewinders allow presses to focus on printing. INSPECTION REWINDS HAVE one primary purpose—increase press productivity. Although inspection rewind is an off-line operation, it all goes back to printing press uptime and productivity. "Off-line rewinding equipment should increase productivity in a label shop by taking work off of printing presses," says Nick Knezic, applications engineering, KOR Engineering Inc. "A good quality-finishing machine should perform all inspection, editing, and slitting operations, allowing press operators to focus on the task of printing. By increasing press time, rewinders increase productivity in a shop, which translates into a

A wide array of quality unwinds, rewinds, and splicers provides converters with endless choices. HENRY FORD'S MODEL T made the automobile a permanent fixture in American society. It was mass produced and the working man could afford it. For all its virtues, however, the Model T had one downfall: there were no color options. "The customer can have any color he wants, so long as it's black," Ford said. Up until about two decades ago, converters dealt with a similar situation, though not as simple as color, when looking to invest in winding and splicing equipment. At the time, manufacturers mostly supplied shafted

ELISHA TROPPER, PRESIDENT of Prestige Label Co., Inc., must have been real busy over the last three years. Under his direction, the company's plant in Burgaw, N.C. has been completely retooled—from front to back. The three-year, $3 million capital program had three key objectives: upgrade capabilities, infrastructure, and capacity. When the Tropper-family-owned Central Financial Group purchased the company, the plant consisted of six flexo presses and two slitter/rewinders. In addition, the plant produced flexo plates using a 25-year-old DuPont platemaking technology that consisted of step-and-repeat machines with cameras and films developed in pans. Tropper and VP of Plant Operations Tim Keegan planned and