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- Selecting the Right Tensioning System for the Application
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- April 30, 2000, ... This causes the brake to apply more or less torque, which adjusts the web tension as needed. In a closed loop system, the web tension is measured, and this information is fed to a controller. If the ...
- Human/Machine Interface Offers Best of Two Worlds
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- March 31, 2000, ... and manual machine adjustment (causing variable accuracy, excessive downtime, waste materials, and astronomical maintenance costs) are a thing of the past. I/O modules, programmable logic controllers ...
- Getting the most value from your extrusion coater.
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- November 30, 1996, ... equipment. Integrated Process Control At the virtual core of Quantum's extrusion coating line, helping to maintain that crucial flexibility, is a Eurotherm integrated process controller PC3000 that' ...
- Label converter controls quality from the inside out
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- August 31, 1996, ... of the Matchprint through the Rainbow system's controller software. This establishes a quick, filmless, low-cost means of digitally rendering a color proof of an electronic label file that can predict what ...
- Bagmaking machines adapt to conquer new markets.
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- July 31, 1996, ... big evolution has been in electronics," he says. "You can do so much these days with programmable logic controllers, whereas in the past you had a million and one fussy little 'click-clack' relays." To ...
- Web-guiding systems are tailored to your applications
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- May 31, 1996, ... An air-flow sensor sends a low-pressure signal to the servo controller, which converts the signal to a higher actuator pressure. An all-air system uses no electricity, is tied into the plant's air supply, ...
- Trim system in India to be first to handle sugarcane paper.
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- March 31, 1996, ... run 60-gsm paper at speeds up to 2,500 m/min. The complete trim system includes a chopper fan, a patented air velocity controller (AVC), acoustic enclosure, and silencers with dry-type dust filter. ...
- New hot stamper does more for short runs
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- February 29, 1996, ... fully adjustable 6x8-in. steel role die-cut station, electronic reregistration, and electronic web-feed control with laminating for web widths to 7 in. and lengths to 10,000 ft. A variable-speed controller ...
- New measurement technology improves web control.
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- January 31, 1996, ... or directly on the roll shaft end. The signals from the transducers are enhanced in various ways by the central processing electronics, which, in turn, provide system output signals to tension controllers ...
- Brake and clutches improve to meet industry demands.
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- December 31, 1995, ... or in any combination, and air pressure can be varied from piston to piston as well." About 10 to 12 years ago all electro-pneumatic controllers used strain gauge transducers (transducers sense web ...
- Viscosity system saves ink and improves print quality
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- December 31, 1995, ... and a measuring cycle that can be observed by the operator. The installation consists of eight MP90 controllers and M8BO measuring elements mounted on 5- or 10-gal ink containers. (Lally Pak uses solvent-based ...
- Examining trends in drives and motors
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- December 31, 1995, ... memory and faster processing capability, software that was specific to the needs of converters could be produced. "We put mathematical models inside the controllers that allow you to precisely control torque ...
- Bagmaking operation refuses to stand still
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- September 30, 1995, ... technologies that are found on the Battenfeld Gloucester lines, including the Extrol Process Controller, dies (including IBC, or internal bubble cooling) and the Traversanip oscillating hauloff. The Extrol, ...
- Tissue converter accrues benefits of AC servo drives
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- September 30, 1995, ... tension on the tissue paper, an analog proximity sensor located at the unwind dancer signals the Indramat CLC motion controller to "trim" the tension and feed rate of the tissue paper. At axis two, the ...
- Ceramic heater rollers an exciting new alternative.
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- July 31, 1995, ... roller face and precisely generates radiant heat. Electrical connection is made to each end of the roller and brought to the controller via a rotary connector. A noncontact, infrared temperature sensor ...
- Two-component adhesive system eliminates mixups
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- June 30, 1995, ... over traditional proportioning methods." Proportioning Controller Self-Adjusts An attractive feature of Graco's PrecisionMix proportioning controller is its ability to self-adjust the desired mix ...
- Computerized dispensing provides ink management
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- March 31, 1995, ... and retrievals. Programmable-logic controllers receive recipe information from the computer in the dispensing area and activate the dispenser. "With our data-management capability, we can track down ...
- French plastic bag imports continue to outpace exports.
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- January 31, 1995, ... and air-velocity controllers. At Torraspapel, a system was designed to take trim from a Jagenberg Vari-Roll high-speed winder that incorporated two slitting stations, pretrim and final trim. Separate ...
