World’s Largest Newsprint Paper Supplier Relies on Sensors to Improve Printing Quality
With the support of engineers at Abitibi-Consolidated, E-Nip®, one of Sensor Products’ most popular electronic sensing systems, is playing an integral role in the company’s expansion into the printing industry.
East Hanover, NJ (PRWEB) May 24, 2005 -- Sensor Products Inc. has offered
pressure sensing solutions to converting industries such as film, foil and
textiles for years. Now, with the support of engineers at Abitibi-Consolidated,
E-Nip®, one of Sensor Products’ most popular electronic sensing systems, is
playing an integral role in the company’s expansion into the printing
industry.
Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. knows all too well that maintaining a
reputation of excellence for products and service isn’t easy. Not only is
Abitibi-Consolidated the world’s largest supplier of paper for the newsprint
industry, controlling 50 percent of the North American market, but an
established leader in customer service and maintenance. In fact, the company
supplies paper to many respected print publications around the United States
such as the New York Times, USA Today, the L.A. Times and the Chicago Tribune.
Their continuing success is propelled in large part by the investigation
and implementation of the latest technological advancements in order to provide
first-rate service for their clients. Recently, while conducting research for a
computer-based analytical tool to aid their ongoing efforts, Abitibi engineers
Dave Keenan and Don Jordan discovered Sensor Products Inc. and their
award-winning nip analysis system, E-Nip®.
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.” He added, “This 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."
“Although E-Nip® has been on the market for some
time, engineers like Dave and Don are helping Sensor Products to expand on its
industry reach,” said E-Nip® product manager Carlos Ruiz. “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. E-Nip® allows
the user to optimize blanket life as the data retrieved with the system will
show blanket height variations, uneven blanket wear as well as permanent
compression or “memory set” therefore maximizing on-press life. If not
addressed, these issues 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®, 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
digitized and sent to interface software where users can then evaluate the data
in a variety of easily interpreted graphical formats. Providing reliable,
analytical data on roll condition and nip loading profiles, E-Nip® ensures plant
and company-wide efficiency and conveniently allows users to make adjustments
while performing repeated tests, saving both time and money.
On-site
demonstrations of E-Nip® can be scheduled by contacting Sensor Products Inc. at
1.973.884.1755 or by visiting www.sensorprod.com/enip.
About Abitibi-Consolidated
Inc.
Abitibi-Consolidated is a global leader in newsprint and uncoated
groundwood (value-added groundwood) papers as well as a major producer of wood
products, generating sales of $5.8 billion in 2004. The Company owns or is a
partner in 26 paper mills, 22 sawmills, 5 remanufacturing facilities and
1engineered wood facility in Canada, the U.S., the U.K., South Korea, China and
Thailand. With approximately 14,000 employees, excluding its PanAsia joint
venture, Abitibi-Consolidated does business in approximately 70 countries.
Responsible for the forest management of close to 18 million hectares of
woodlands, the Company is committed to the sustainability of the natural
resources in its care. Abitibi-Consolidated is also the world's largest recycler
of newspapers and magazines, serving 16 metropolitan areas in Canada and the
United States and 130 local authorities in the United Kingdom, with 14 recycling
centres and approaching 20,000 Paper Retriever® and paper bank
containers.
About Sensor Products Inc.
New Jersey based Sensor
Products Inc., established in 1990, is a world leader in the manufacture and
distribution of tactile pressure sensing solutions. Their customized and
off-the-shelf products are installed within all of the Fortune 500 industrial
companies as well as thousands of smaller manufacturing firms. Their sensors are
used in applications as diverse as tire testing to semiconductor manufacturing
and from R&D labs to space missions. Additionally, Sensor Products provides
in-house and on-site stress and pressure mapping analysis, as well as a variety
of regional technical seminars. Visit them at www.sensorprod.com.
Technical Contact:
Carlos Ruiz
Sensor Products Inc.
Product
Manager
1.973.884.1755 x5001
Media Contact:
Heather D.
Brown
Sensor Products Inc.
Public Relations Specialist
1.973.884.1755
x5826
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