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News Release from: Sensor Products | Subject: E-Nip
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 20 June 2005
Nip Analysis System Extends Blanket Life
E-Nip from Sensor Products is playing an integral role with Abitibi-Consolidated, the world's largest supplier of paper for the newsprint industry.
E-Nip from Sensor Products is playing an integral role with Abitibi-Consolidated, the world's largest supplier of paper for the newsprint industry Abitibi-Consolidated controls 50 per cent of the North American market and supplies paper to the New York Times, USA Today, the L A Times and the Chicago Tribune, amongst others
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 26 Oct 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Don Jordan, manager of technical services at Abitibi-Consolidated said: "E-Nip has saved my colleagues and me significant amounts of time because it allows us to assess what is happening where the actual printing takes place and quickly get to the source of the problem.
It is a new tool for us and the printing industry but I foresee more and more printers starting to use this system as people begin to see its advantages." E-Nip product manager, Madelene Glomsten, said: "Although E-Nip has been on the market for some time, engineers like Don are helping Sensor Products to expand on its industry reach.
We're excited that those in the newsprint industry are now implementing E-Nip to improve their machine performance and the overall quality of their products." Using the E-Nip electronic nip analysis system as a quality control tool on a regular basis in printing presses will ensure optimal printing quality, said Sensor.
E-Nip is claimed to allow the user to optimise blanket life as the data retrieved with the system will show blanket height variations and uneven blanket wear, as well as permanent compression or 'memory set', therefore maximising on-press life.
Sensor believes that if those issues are not addressed, they will cause uneven pull of paper resulting in wrinkles, fold-over, misregistration, increased web tension causing web breaks and sheet 'walking', all resulting in poor print quality.
With E-Nip, Sensor claimed that the user is able to verify and adjust printing impression problems quickly to ensure the sharpest possible print across the entire web.
Data gathered by E-Nip is digitised and sent to interface software where users can then evaluate the data in a variety of interpreted graphical formats.
Providing analytical data on roll condition and nip loading profiles, E-Nip is said to ensure plant and company-wide efficiency by allowing users to make adjustments whilst performing repeated tests, saving time and money.
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