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Your Guide to the Right Web Guide

(Archive)

March 31, 2008, ... perform their function without fail. An unwind sidelay guide has the simplest web path but requires a larger actuator to move the unwind and unwinder. A displacement guide immediately downstream of the ...

Picking Up the Pace

(Web Handling)

December 31, 2007, ... actuator position, gain, and guiding set point. With the ekr500 as a foundation, BST has engineered a series of three “compact guides” that fit onto a wide range of machines with minimal effort. Edge or ...

THK Celebrates 25 Years

(Archive)

August 13, 2006, ... of successful business operations and growth in North America. THK manufactures a wide range of linear motion productions, including conventional LM guides, ball screws, mechanical actuators, and ball ...

Stretching Boundaries

(Flexpack)

May 30, 2006, ... flexo printers and coater/laminators. This department also seized on an opportunity to remove the risk of web path contamination by replacing hydraulics with AccuWeb’s electro-mechanical linear actuators. ...

New Products

(Magazine)

December 30, 2005, ... assures accuracy and repeatability, as does linking the shuttle to a servo motor and linear actuator. Robo Cylinder with High Thrust IAI America, Itasca, IL; 800/944-0333; intelligentactuator.com ...

Alliance Yields Complete Motion Control PackageAlliance Yields Complete Motion Control Package

(Archive)

December 10, 2005, THK America has formed a strategic alliance with Yaskawa Electric to offer a complete motion control package, fusing THK’s VLA series of linear actuators with Yaskawa’s Legend Servo Amp & Controller and ...

New Products

(Magazine)

October 30, 2005, New products from: Brown Machine, Innovia Films, Pruftechnik Service, PBI-Dansensor America, Maxson Automatic Machinery, Graymills, Agfa, Ampac Flexibles, Stafford Mfg. Corp., HarperScientific, Michelman, ...

New Technology Guides Web

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ... actuator and pull the device with an ordinary spring scale. The important reading is just when the stand begins to move. This is called “breakaway force” and will be used to select the proper “power” of ...

New Products, Part 1

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ... necessary to make the switch, as well as cash back for the return of older equipment. Kits include a web guide controller, sensors, electromechanical actuator, mounting bracket, and cables to be installed ...

New Products, Part 2

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ... modules, including block I/O, as well as supply units for connected sensors/actuators. Find Seal Flaws with No Contact PTI/Packaging Technologies and Inspection, Tuckahoe, NY; 800/532-1501; ptiusa.com ...

The Converting Relay Race: Part II

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ...  Our other two choices, sidelay and displacement guiding, both are automatic guiding systems with web position sensors, controllers, and actuators. Sidelay guiding is the most immediate and gentlest ...

New Products

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, ... over high-speed Internet connections. Covers CRM, estimating, production, purchasing, receiving, scheduling, shop floor, manufacturing, inventory, shipping, invoicing, payroll, and financials. Actuator ...

Introduction to Roll Handling

(Magazine)

April 29, 2005, ... these units can be powered with an electric actuator, pneumatic cylinder, or hydraulic cylinder. Overhead systems advantages: Relatively mechanically simple Can handle multiple widths with one ...

Steering Directions Made Simple

(Magazine)

June 29, 2004, ... includes both lateral translation and misaligning rotation. The translation carries the web to the new position as fast as the actuator will move. The rotation is coordinated with the translation to ...

Products and Materials

(Magazine)

December 30, 2003, ... Benefits Dover Flexo Electronics, Rochester, NH; 603/332-6150; dfe.com The Universal actuator assembly upgrade features the pneumatic braking mechanism used in company's heavy-duty, dual-disk brakes. ...

Products

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, ... the thickness obtained by any single-wire rod. Roll Cleaning Actuators Aid Quality Hoerbiger-Origa, Glendale Hts., IL; 630/871-8300; hoerbiger-origa.com Linear actuators for roll cleaning systems ...

Products

(Magazine)

March 31, 2002, ... davis-standard.com The WesJet™ air ring now is automated to offer segmented air volume control. Segmented air streams are regulated through a gateway actuator to affect film thickness. This concept eliminates ...

Web Handling...Making a Slitter/Winder Upgrade Work for You

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, Buyer beware! Before investing in new slitting/rewinding equipment, carefully consider the web handling issues that are involved. Buyer beware! Before investing in new slitting/rewinding equipment, carefully ...

Controlling Your Web from Beginning to End, Part II

(Magazine)

December 31, 2000, ... payoff roll, chucks and mandrel, brake or motor, and usually at least one guide roll are moved laterally by an actuator to satisfy the web edge sensor. Currently, there are several edge sensors on the ...

Controlling Your Web from Beginning to End

(Magazine)

November 30, 2000, ... (and gravity force if not nullified by the position of the roll support arms) is balanced by the opposing force of the system's actuator(s). The running position determines the amount of reverse web tension ...