TJWA : Why TJWA, Inc.? Experience
I've been a process development engineer for over 25 years. While at 3M and as an independent consultant, I've worked on wide, high speed operations for commodity products and small, precision manufacturing for magnetic, imaging, electronic, and biomedical applications. I've worked with films of all types, a variety of paper, several different foils, high tech fabrics, nonwovens, and many types of laminates and coated products. For processes, I've working in continuous coating, pattern coating, printing, continuous laminating, flexible packaging, film-making, paper-making, foil processing, slitter-rewinding, and many varied and amazing web-based processes. I Like Films
Of all the web products, thin films and clients who are new to films make up the lion's share of my consulting. Films are easy to waste through scratching, wrinkling, and winding. New to Webs?
The next biggest group of clients I work with are companies that are new to webs or roll-to-roll processing in general. Every year there are new products that discover the manufacturing efficiencies of roll-to-roll processing. It's great to help new converters to get their specification right, find the best equipment suppliers, and hit the ground running by learning how to take advantage of the converting industry knowledge base and resources.
Design for Manufacturing Where possible, I like to get involved in the product development stage. This is where knowledge of web handling and roll-to-roll processing will pay the most dividends in reducing production costs and increasing yields. Design for Profitability Just as manufacturing knowledge helps in product design, knowing your corporate profit strategy helps engineering team. I'm always amazed when management won't share critical information on costs, waste, and sales. To make profitable improvements, you must understand the cost and benefits of all the options.
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