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Saving Time, Money With Detection Systems
by John Thome
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"Ten Ways to Use Your Video Web Inspection System to Maximize Press Productivity"
From John Thome, Vice President of Marketing for BST Pro Mark®
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"Cebal
takes control"
As it appeared in Labels & Labeling,
June/July 2003
Converting tubes on narrow web presses demands a high level of quality control. After extensive development work, Cebal Americas has successfully installed on-press controls to its Kopack machine lines |
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"Squeezing
out print quality"
As it appeared in Converting,
April 2003
Tube maker Cebal americas employs
BST Pro Mark® defect-detection, process-control hardware
to achieve color consistency and error-free bar codes. |
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"Flex
Pack Converter Has A Clear View"
As it appeared in Paper, Film & Foil
Converter, October 2002
A Premius Digital Web Inspection
System Is Helping Kendall Packaging Thrive.
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"Una apuesta inteligente a la tecnologia"
As it appeared in Conversion, September/October 2002 (Spanish)
A Premius Digital Web Inspection System Is Helping Kendall Packaging Thrive.
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"A Case Study On Make-Ready Register Systems For Flexo CI"
Presented at Flexographic Technical Association Forum, May, 2002
Presents the results of a year long study into Flexo CI register control and the impact and ROI of new register control technology.
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"Use and Effectiveness of 100% Inspection Systems"
Presented at Flexographic Technical Association Forum, April, 2001
Flexo Market News, June, 2000
Summarizes the current state of defect detection technology.
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"What
is 100% Inspection and How Can it Work for You?"
As it appeared in "Paper, Film, and
Foil"
Converting, April 2000
A review of 100% inspection technology
and issues surrounding its effective implementation in printing
applications.
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Web Guides Bring Positive Results
As it appeared in "Paper, Film, and
Foil"
Converting, October 2001
Crown Photos' use of BST web guiding systems have a
significant impact on overall productivity.
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"Evolution
of Web Inspection Hits Warp Speed"
from "Focal Points: A Series Of Articles
on the State of Web Inspection Technology"
Flexo Market News, June, 2000
Article provides a summary of the evolution
of the different kinds of inspection systems available for
web Inspection, describes the advantages of each and predicts
the future of the technology.
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"Defect
Detection Technology Comparison"
from "Focal Points: A Series Of Articles
on the State of Web Inspection Technology"
Flexo Market News, July, 2000
This in-depth presentation makes comparisons
between 100% sampling and 100% comprehensive inspection systems,
summarizes the advantages and disadvantages of each technology
and makes recommendations of which system is best suited for
various types of applications. |
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"Effective
Defect Detection and Print Management Become a Reality"
from "Focal Points: A Series of Articles
on the State of Web Inspection Technology"
Flexo Market News, May, 2000
Current "defect detection" technology
has several basic limitations. The introduction of the BST Premius system marks web inspection's most important technological
step in 10 years. Explore how BST Premius will make a dramatic
impact on press room productivity with benefits such as ways
to see the whole web, to easily navigate around the web, and
to automatically inspect 100% of the repeat with defects of
all kinds identified. |
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"Inherent
Limitations of Defect Detection Systems"
from "Focal Points: A Series of Articles
on the State of Web Inspection Technology"
Flexo Market News, April, 2000
The current state of "defect detection"
technology is not exactly what converters say they want and
need. A thorough evaluation of defect detection systems on
the market reveals some very basic shortcomings, which is
the basis of this article. Also discusses the fact that no
one has found a way to effectively combine defect detection
into one integrated system. Will there ever be an integrated
print management system? |
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"Strategies
for Effective Print Management"
from "Focal Points: A Series of Articles
on the State of Web Inspection Technology"
Flexo Market News, March, 2000
When do you need defect detection,
and when is it not a cost-effective solution? When would a
defect prevention system, which monitors key print variables
during the print run and alerts you to changes before they
reach unacceptable levels, be a more effective strategy?
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"Both
Sides Now. Two-camera inspection system keeps front-to-back
print registered, cuts waste for Cincinnati business forms
printer."
Converting, August, 2000
Article describes a successful business
forms converters adaptation of a two camera video web inspection
system as a tool to fuel their growth and expansion into new
markets. Explains how the devices are used effectively for
quality control, and reviews the features they feel have had
the greatest impact on productivity.
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"Paper
& Board Converting: Super-wide flexo press pushes the QC envelope"
Converting, February, 1999
Laminated Papers' massive, Robinette
press—with a 132" web—uses the latest high-tech
web guides and video inspection to achieve customer-demanded
quality.
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"Using
Inspection Technology to Maximize Gravure Productivity"
Gravure, Winter 1998/1999
North American gravure printers are
using visual, semi-automatic and automatic inspection systems
to build quality, and therefore maximum productivity, into
the printing process. Explore these systems' advantages and
disadvantages, and the trend toward using semi-automatic systems
to effectively manage the printing process for substantial
improvements. |
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"Plastics
in Converting: Web Guides Keep Bagmaker Centered on Growing
Markets"
Converting, September, 1996
A major bagmaker discovers how to print
dead-center graphics from imperfect film rolls—while
reducing scrap 25% and gaining critical control—by installing
BST Pro Mark® web guides. |
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"Flexo
Process Control Comes of Age with Video Inspection"
Flexo, August, 1996
Presents the results of research into
the impact of video inspection on flexography, and video inspection's
role in improving flexo quality and productivity. |
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"Cómo
optimizar el control de calidad con los sistemas electrónicos
de inspección"
CONVERSION DE PELICULAS, FOIL, PAPEL Y CARTON, Enero/Febrero
1998
(Spanish)
Explores how video web inspection systems
are being used in Latin America to inspect labels, business
forms, tubes and flexible packaging. Makes recommendations
on what features have proven most useful and presents examples
of how the technology is being used in the press room. |
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