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Mark Breen

Mark Breen

Mark Breen is the marketing manager at Dover Flexo Electronics, Inc.

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Tension Control
Technology: Tension Control

How Do We Know When, How To Upgrade Our Tension Controls?

Mark breen
Mark Breen
November 12, 2018
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Typically, the catalyst that leads a converting production team to upgrade their tension-management or web-guiding equipment, or even to install new components for the first time, will be quality problems that are obvious in the finished roll or material.
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DFE’s TriView Tension Indicator
Industry Insights: Tension Control

Tension Control Technology Keeps Up With the Times

Mark breen
Mark Breen
March 1, 2018
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Accurate tension measurement and control can go a long way toward reducing the negative effects of process deviations on printed and converted materials in a continuous web process, particularly in cases where flexible, extensible substrates are being run.
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Evolution of tension control devices,from 1988 to present day.
Technology: Tension Control

Tension Control Product Development Trends

Mark breen
Mark Breen
November 1, 2017
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While it wasn't the case 30 years ago, most flexible packaging printers and converters today know that by retro-fitting their web-fed machinery with direct tension-sensing and control equipment they can control their overall process better while preventing poor quality in finished roll material.


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Types of tension zones: the unwind zone, the intermediate zone, the rewind zone
Printing: Tension Control

Tension Control: Zone by Zone

Mark breen
Mark Breen
October 3, 2016
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A tension zone is any segment of the press in which the tension on the web (in the machine direction) is isolated from other parts of the process.


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Tension control improves web printing
Printing: Tension Control

Tension Control Improves Web Printing

By retrofitting web converting and printing machinery with direct tension sensing and control equipment, flexible packaging manufacturers can prevent poor quality in finished roll material.
Mark breen
Mark Breen
October 1, 2015
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For the flexible package printer or converter who works with extensible films and materials, the fight to prevent defect-rendering process deviations never ends.


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Better Web Process Control through Direct Tension Measurement

Mark breen
Mark Breen
Glyn Green
February 22, 2011
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For the flexible package printer and/or converter who works with extensible films and materials, the fight to prevent defect-rendering process deviations never ends. The key to reliable defect prevention is
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