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Converter's Expo - March 2-3 Green Bay Wisconsin

Posted by David Roisum on January 29, 2011
Converters Expo features converter-manufacturers who add value to mill rolls of paper, film, nonwovens fabrics and other roll goods. “These exhibitors make products ranging from medical disposables to tissue products, printed specialties, wet wipes, labels, tapes and much more,” says Bob...

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Slitting and Rewinding Seminar at ICE

Posted by David Roisum on January 22, 2011
Slitting and Rewinding Seminar at ICE
The perennial CEMA (Converting Equipment Mfgs Assoc.) seminar on Slitting & Rewinding Fundamentals for Converters is being held prior to ICE (International Converting Exhibition) this year on Tuesday April 5 in Orlando.  This is a chance to learn from and meet some of the best exp...

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Posted in: New & Noteworthy, Upcoming Events
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Portable iRoll

Posted by David Roisum on January 15, 2011
Portable iRoll
Sensors embedded in rollers are not new.  They have been done for decades in the lab and are now commercially available in covers from several high-end suppliers.  What seems to be new is a hybrid system wherein a temporary sensor can be applied to a (winding) nip roller in a production en...

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Posted in: Measurement, New & Noteworthy, Nips, Problem Solving, Web Manufacturing, Winding
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Web and Roll Center at PAPRICAN

Posted by David Roisum on January 8, 2011
Web and Roll Center at PAPRICAN
I reported on my visit to this unique lab in Montreal in my 7/17/2011 post.  This is just an update to point to their new website page.  While I hesitate using trade-names in any public discussion, I make exceptions when the case is exceptional.  If you have any of the following issue...

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Web Handling Pundit Predictions

Posted by David Roisum on January 1, 2011
This is the time of the year when pundits make predictions.  Not me though, because I just found out that expert predictions are only ever so ensie tinsie slightly better than tossing a coin.  Further, this tiny advantage is ONLY for a rare type of expert, the ‘fox.’  Foxe...

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Coreless Toilet-Paper Rolls

Posted by David Roisum on November 20, 2010
Coreless Toilet-Paper Rolls
Coreless roll products are nothing new; it has been standard practice for heavy products such as rolled roofing and carpeting since day one. It's also not new to toilet tissue. For decades, industrial toilet tissue (such as found in auditoriums and airports) had been available as coreless or even ha...

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Posted in: New & Noteworthy, Winding
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Web Handling Europe

Posted by David Roisum on October 22, 2010
Web Handling Europe
Don’t miss out.  Public web handling instruction comes only a couple of times a year to Europe.  See you for my Web and Winding short-courses hosted by AIMCAL's Converting School: 16-19 November in Brussels Belgium as well as 2-3 December in Delhi India (co-sponsored by the India Con...

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Old Army Trick #01 – Nip Impression ‘Paper’

Posted by David Roisum on October 1, 2010
Old Army Trick #01 – Nip Impression ‘Paper’
What I love about my job is that every day I keep learning new things from the people around me.  This is the second time that Tim Walker has taught me a method for a ‘poor man’s nip impression measurement.’  Tim teaches us how to use ever-present splicing tape to measure...

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Posted in: New & Noteworthy, Nips, Rollers
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Roll-to-Roll Vacuum Deposition of Barrier Coatings

Posted by David Roisum on September 17, 2010
Roll-to-Roll Vacuum Deposition of Barrier Coatings
A new book by one of AIMCAL's favorite blogmasters, Dr. Charlie Bishop, is hot off the press. Heck, its even got "roll" in the title so we better take notice. Roll-to-Roll Vacuum Deposition of Barrier Coatings presents a practical guide to provide any reader with the basic information to help them...

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Posted in: Books, Current Affairs, New & Noteworthy, War Stories in Web Handling
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AIMCAL Launches Converting Quarterly

Posted by David Roisum on September 10, 2010
AIMCAL Launches Converting Quarterly
AIMCAL launches CONVERTING QUARTERLY, a new technical publication and Website for the web-processing, converting and finishing industry. The first print issue of CONVERTING QUARTERLY, scheduled to mail in February 2011, will have a circulation of 15,000. "Publishing a technical journal represents a ...

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Dr. David Roisum

Dr. Roisum is a well-known authority in the area of web handling and converting. He has authored seven books, including Winding, Rollers and Web-Handling and has coauthored or edited several others. He was a technical editor for Converting Magazine with a monthly column entitled "Web Works." An accomplished professional speaker and instructor, Roisum has been praised for his skill at translating highly technical information into a common sense practical reference. Dave has been honored by TAPPI with their Finishing & Converting Division Award, Thomas W. Busch Prize and Finest Faculty awards and is a TAPPI Fellow. Dave received his Ph.D. from the Web Handling Research Center where he later became an Industrial Advisory Board member.

Dave has worked for the Beloit Corporation as a designer of winding machinery and later as a manager of research, and for Kimberly-Clark as a converting expert serving all business units. He is now a principal of Finishing Technologies Inc., providing consulting services to more than 300 clients who convert or manufacture: paper, film, foil, nonwovens, textiles and many other materials. He has accumulated much practical experience working in nearly 1,000 plants over the course of more than three decades.