Premier perfection: Premier Profile Lamination mixes the right equipment for consistent profile wrapping.Three-year-old Premier Profile Lamination lamination a laminar structure or arrangement. of Youngstown, OH, has staked its claim in profile wrapping polyvinyl chloride polyvinyl chloride (PVC), thermoplastic that is a polymer of vinyl chloride. Resins of polyvinyl chloride are hard, but with the addition of plasticizers a flexible, elastic plastic can be made. (PVC PVC: see polyvinyl chloride. PVC in full polyvinyl chloride Synthetic resin, an organic polymer made by treating vinyl chloride monomers with a peroxide. ) components for windows and doors. While previously working for a PVC die manufacturer, Robert Kingston, vice president of Premier Profile, noticed a widespread problem: plastics manufacturers could not successfully adhere vinyl laminate laminate, n a thin slice of porcelain or plastic fabricated in a dental lab, which is cemented to the front of the teeth to cover gaps, whiten stained teeth, or reshape chipped or broken teeth. to extruded PVC parts. Consistently obtaining adhesion between the laminate and the PVC profile was a constant challenge; finished pieces often experienced air bubbles or voids between the laminate and profile. Consequently, scrap rates were as high as 50 percent for some in-house operations, and contract profile wrappers In data mining and treatment learning, wrappers were used by Ron Kohavi and George John. Their idea was to wrap their treatments learners in a preprocessor that would search to make subsets from the current set of attributes. were nearly impossible to find. Normally, an automated manufacturing process, in-house window and door profile wrapping is often susceptable to mistakes. In the summer of 2000, Kingston spent a week helping one of his die customers troubleshoot a profile wrapping process, and determined that only strict attention to the process and quality control could successfully reduce scrap and improve quality. Kingston saw a huge need for a contract profile wrapper capable of consistently producing high-quality finished parts for use in window and door manufacturing. After his one-week indoctrination in·doc·tri·nate tr.v. in·doc·tri·nat·ed, in·doc·tri·nat·ing, in·doc·tri·nates 1. To instruct in a body of doctrine or principles. 2. to profile wrapping, Kingston spent the next year intensely researching different profile wrapping processes and equipment--hoping to develop the most-reliable, highest-quality profile wrapping system available. Since profile wrapping is commonly done in the woodworking industry, Kingston enlisted Jason Baker Jason Michael Baker (born May 17, 1978 in Fort Wayne, Indiana) is an American football punter for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League. High School Years Baker attended Wayne High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana and lettered in football and baseball. , a friend and colleague with a woodworking background, as Premier Profile's processing manager. The two decided that the ability to swap out and adjust the machine rollers, and adjust adhesive coating width and weight were the key design elements they were seeking. After exhaustive research, Kingston found the ideal combination: the Friz Optimat profile wrapping machine paired with a Nordson PW applicator ap·pli·ca·tor n. An instrument for applying something, such as a medication. applicator, n a device for applying medication; usually a slender rod of glass or wood, used with a pledget of cotton on the end. head and BM 200 bulk melten He believed these machines would deliver the desired consistency and production flexibility. Kingston noticed that he could integrate Friz and Nordson profile wrapping equipment. The Friz Optimat's modular design In the context of systems engineering, modular design — or "modularity in design" — is an approach aiming to subdivide a system into smaller parts (modules) that can be independently created and then used in different systems to drive multiple functionalities. could be customized to meet specific production needs. The Nordson PW applicator head easily adjusted for changes in laminate width and thickness, and could provide a range of hotmelts (including reactive adhesives). Production flexibility is an ongoing requirement to accommodate the more than 200 profiles Premier Profile runs. Sections can range from 7 to 21 feet in length and production runs can be anywhere from 2,500 to 30,000 lineal That which comes in a line, particularly a direct line, as from parent to child or grandparent to grandchild. LINEAL. That which comes in a line. Lineal consanguinity is that which subsists between persons, one of whom is descended in a direct line from the other. feet. To maintain high-quality profile wrapping, Kingston or Baker personally setup each job and oversee production. Besides monitoring the profiles in process, each finished piece is hand inspected for air bubbles and voids that could indicate the need for adjustment. In addition to hand-inspection, samples from each production run are tested before that shipment can leave Premier Profile. Premier Profile quickly developed a loyal customer base throughout the Midwest and the Eastern Seaboard, and continues to gain new customers today. Plans are underway to relocate to a 20,000-square-foot facility and expand with additional profile wrapping lines utilizing the successful combination Kingston and Baker developed. In the three years Premier Profile has been in business, Kingston has become even more convinced that "profile lamination is an art that requires the proper tools and equipment to achieve high-quality products." |
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