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Shipping
Western’s Pilot Plants are physically located in three different buildings each about 3 miles away from the other. Please make special note of the correct pilot plant building you are shipping to—if the wrong destination is used, you may incur additional drop charges by your freight carrier. Use addresses below for UPS shipments and all other freight deliveries.
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Jump to papermaking or coating in McCracken Hall
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at the Parkview Campus
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Campus Coating |
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- Coater |
Roll size:
Maximum: diameter 60 in (1500 mm) or 3750 lbs (1700 kg) Width: 40 in (1 m) nominal,
20 to 43 in (510 to 1090 mm) if not calendering or using steel-to-steel
calender nip. 40" wide only if using hot soft -nip calender. |
To: Joel
Kendrick/Your Name
Western Michigan University
Parkview Campus
4651 Campus Drive
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5441
Phone: (269) 276-3533
joel.kendrick@wmich.edu
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- Papermaking |
When shipping rolls, please ship on pallets or on their sides. Shipping the rolls end down will result in loss of 1-2 inches of outside wrap when rolls are removed from the truck.
Roll size:
Paper machine size press
Width: 23 in. (585 mm) |
Airknife coater Width:
26 in (660 mm) |
Slitter/rewinder
services are available at WMU.
To: Rick Reames/Your
Name
Western Michigan University
McCracken Hall
Hays Drive
Kalamazoo, MI 49008
Phone: (269) 387-2786
richard.reames@wmich.edu
| Welborn
Hall Printing |
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- Printing |
Roll size:
Gravure press
Width: 23 in. (585 mm)
Diameter: maximum 40 in (1015 mm)
Core: 3 in (75 mm) ID, 6 in ID, or 12 in ID;
Core: 4 in ID, 100 mm, and 150 mm may require rewinding
Flexo press
Width: 3 to 10 in (75 to 255 mm)
Diameter: maximum 40 in (1015 mm)
Cores: 3 in (75 mm) ID, 4 in ID, or 6 in' ID
Core: 100 mm and 150 mm may require rewinding
Slitter/rewinder
services are available at WMU.
To:
John Meyer/Your Name
Western Michigan University
Welborn Hall
Howard St & W Michigan Ave.
Kalamazoo, MI 49008
Phone: (269) 387-2929
john.d.meyer@wmich.edu
