Converting Equipment for Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives
Converting webs of pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs) presents a variety of unique challenges. The inherent sticky properties of adhesives can be problematic throughout the slitting and rewinding process. Starting at the unwind, adhesives create...
New Operator-Friendly Catbridge Flexo Printer
Single- or two-color flexo printing is becoming a more frequently requested component of multi-function process lines. Catbridge has developed a flexo printer with a simple, operator-friendly design. The printer is available in 32- to 72- inch...
Multi-Function Process and Converting Lines
Industries such as flexible packaging, performance films, pressure sensitive tapes, and nonwovens have increasingly required individualized web converting or process lines with diverse capabilities. These capabilities range from inspection to...
2013 Slitting and Rewinding Q&A for Flexible Packaging
Michael Pappas, president of Catbridge, answers slitting and rewinding questions in the Jan/Feb 2013 issue of Flexible Packaging magazine. He addresses issues ranging from integrating new functions in a slitter rewinder to troubleshooting...