Search

Stress & Strain

(Archive)

May 31, 2009, ... zone has closed-loop tension control, in which tension is constantly corrected in response to load cell roller or dancer roller feedback, then it's easy to understand how your average slitting tension is ...

Conserve Energy

(Archive)

January 31, 2009, ... run in a closed-loop mode, eliminating operator intervention. For solvent-based drying systems, this same concept of exhaust volume reduction can be achieved by substituting LEL (Lower Explosive Limit) ...

Tension Control

(Tension)

November 30, 2008, Controller Offers Ethernet Connection Designed for precise closed loop tension control, the Spyder is capable of controlling web tension in unwind, rewind, Controller Offers Ethernet Connection Designed ...

Who's Driving This Nip

(Web Lines)

November 30, 2008, ... and polyester film, this is a massive speed change and potential source of a tension upset or induced web-roller slip. If the driven rubber roller is in closed loop tension control, then this small percent ...

Getting Carded: Card Making comes of age for Converters

(Offset)

October 31, 2008, ... The HCP-A100 laminator processes 9,000 cards/hr. It features programmable settings for pressure and temperature control. The closed-loop system reduces material cassette loading and transfer time. Graphics ...

Heidelberg Speedmaster XL Perfector to Debut at Graph Expo 2008

(News | New Products)

October 20, 2008, ... Inpress Control, which is said to provide the fastest registration and closed loop color control available. Heidelberg also will demonstrate Prinect Color Management on the XL 105-P using Image Control, ...

Narrow Web & Label Products

(Narrow Web)

September 30, 2008, ... 305 Press Is Shaftless, Flexible The updated XP5000 press is shaftless and offers a robust design for around-the-clock operation. Advanced closed loop auto-registration and tension control systems ...

New Product Digest

(New Products)

August 31, 2008, ... on the material surface downstream of the ionizer. Offers closed loop feedback communications with IQ power supply to enhance the neutralizing efficiency of the system. Also features a communication module. ...

What's New Product

(New Products)

June 30, 2008, ... uses ambient air temperature to cool fluid in a closed loop system that does not require make-up water or expensive chemical treatments. System is available with cooling capacities to 140 tons and flow ...

What's New Product

(Magazine)

March 31, 2008, ... on the web is monitored. GEW | +44 (0) 1737 824 500 | www.gewuv.com PFFC-ASAP 419 Get Precision Control Closed loop tension controller provides precision control over unwinding and rewinding in ...

Correction

(News Clips Archive)

February 29, 2008, On p39 of the January 2008 issue of PFFC, FMS was identified as a German-based manufacturer of closed-loop control systems for web tension and web guiding On p39 of the January 2008 issue of PFFC, FMS ...

Packaging Press Is Online

(Offset)

February 29, 2008, ... tried and true, and their reputation is second to none.” The press features KBA's Logotronic system that guarantees multi-system digital data communication. A closed-loop Densitronic S scanning spectrodensitometer ...

Property Control

(Coating/Laminating)

January 31, 2008, ... up a small feed system and running in a closed loop. Monitoring pressure and visual examination will indicate stability. These results from solution stability measurements can be used to reformulate for ...

Roll Winding Dynamics

(Web Handling)

January 31, 2008, ... into account the extensible nature of many of these materials and their thin gauge handling requirements, equipment is available that utilizes automatic closed loop tension control for consistent and repeatable ...

Picking Up the Pace

(Web Handling)

December 31, 2007, ... to speed. “In reality, we are driven by the machine builders,” explains Paul Smith, VP of FMS, a German-based manufacturer of closed-loop control systems for web tension and web guiding equipment. “We ...

Profits and Revenue Grow at AVT

(Archive)

November 25, 2007, ... a supplier of closed-loop color control systems, color management and reporting software, as well as remote digital ink fountain control systems for printers and press manufacturers. See avt-inc.com.  ...

In Search of Tension Isolation

(Magazine)

September 30, 2007, ... your process (see “Drawing Conclusions,” my columns of May and June 2005). In closed-loop or torque-controlled zones, the system will adjust quickly for any upstream tension changes, making it seem as ...

New Products

(Magazine)

June 30, 2007, ... offers closed-loop tension controls; and is said to minimize downtime. PFFC-ASAP 415 Flip Webs at Any Speeds Webex, Neenah, WI; 920/729-6666; webexinc.com Turn bays are designed to flip webs over ...

Driving R&D

(Magazine)

June 29, 2007, ... all of the drives as a system to examine the closed loop behavior for tension control and then ran the machine with and without web to verify the performance of each mode of control. “The equipment ...

Going Thin

(Slit)

June 29, 2007, ... tensile strength. However, for very light materials, the tension may need to be kept within a control envelope of between 5% and 10% tensile strength. For optimum control, closed loop methods of tension ...