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Tension: The First Thing We Must Get Right

(Coating/Laminating)

April 14, 2024, ... to use draw control for stretchy webs and tension control for stiff webs. Brakes, clutches, cylinders or motors are used to provide tension. Slow speed processes that require high tension will often ...

Tension: The First Thing We Must Get Right

(Converting Expert)

April 08, 2024, ... and tension control for stiff webs.  Brakes, clutches, cylinders or motors are used to provide tension. Slow speed processes that require high tension will often use brakes. Medium speed /medium tension ...

The Merits of a Repurposed Slitter Rewinder

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

February 18, 2024, ... winders have been driven by variable speed DC drives and motors. However, in recent years, DC motors and drives have been replaced by AC vector drives and motors. The reason being, AC motors tend to require ...

LAEM IMS – Slitting and rewinding solutions always keeping pace with the evolving needs of the converting industry

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

February 12, 2024, ... compared to a dual shaft machine. This is achieved by minimizing change-over time and establishing an efficient production rhythm for operators. The standard configuration includes two rewinding motors ...

New Cutter Sharpening Service Returns Lundberg Cutters to Like New Condition for Maximum Productivity and Efficiency

(News | New Products)

January 16, 2024, ... for paper film and foil converting, printing, label making, direct mailing and fulfillment operations, and wherever trim waste cutters are used. Upon receiving cutters (without motors) along with 2-3 ...

Mark Andy Ushers in a New Era, Announces Duane Pekar as CEO

(News | New Products)

November 29, 2023, ... and General Motors. Jason Desai, the outgoing CEO of Mark Andy, expressed his gratitude for serving as CEO with an exceptional team and building relationships with valued customers. “The Board has laid ...

Portable Coating Line Provides Flexible, Affordable Option for Testing Coating & Laminating Methods

(Coating/Laminating)

October 15, 2023, ... we decided to upgrade the PLC and touch screen to an Allen-Bradley CompactLogix 5370 L1 Controller with a PanelView Plus 7 Standard Terminal Touch Screen. Additionally, the drives and motors are now SureServo ...

Unwind and Rewind Web Guides

(Web Guiding)

July 30, 2023, ... systems play a crucial role in ensuring the accurate and efficient processing of web materials in various industries. Apart from the sensor location several other key components such as actuators, motors, ...

Unwind and Rewind Guides: Design and Installation Considerations

(White Paper)

March 21, 2023, ... advantage is gained to provide high thrust at the actuator. This mechanical advantage allows the use of lower torque motors but since the power transmitted is the same, higher trust can only be provided ...

Winding: Part 3 - Tension, Nip and Torque

(Web Handling)

January 22, 2023, ... air loaded dancer, and draw (velocity) control. Although not common, some winders run to a defined strain to control web registration. Older paper machine reels often use motors running in torque mode. ...

Winding Part 3: Tension, Nip and Torque

(Converting Expert)

January 16, 2023, ... an air loaded dancer and draw (velocity) control. Although not common, some winders run to a defined strain to control web registration. Older paper machine reels often used motors running in torque mode. ...

Methods for Closed Loop Coating Thickness Control

(Coating/Laminating)

November 13, 2022, ... and control systems can accurately control the speed of the system’s motors, allowing for highly accurate adjustments to the coating rate. Interfacing of the thickness gauge system with the drive system ...

INDCO Handheld Mixers Are Ideal for Portable Mixing Applications

(News | New Products)

November 08, 2022, ... handheld mixer packages for field operation or mixing applications which require portability. Equipped with rugged and reliable ¾ or 1 ½ HP air motors, a 40” long shaft with 5” integral paddles (model ...

Eliminating Bounce

(Equipment/Machines - Printing)

May 22, 2022, ... print. Ready for a Tune-up Flexo presses have become very sophisticated digitally. The drive mechanisms already analyze performance. Other components include software that tunes the drive motors to ...

Maxcess Launches the RotoMetrics AccuAdjust Dual Adjust Anvil

(News | New Products)

May 03, 2022, ... controllers on the front of the die stack, quick installation into a press and automation-ready motors that ship with the unit itself, the AccuAdjust paves the way for fully-automated anvil adjustment ...

Rust to Tech, Part II

(Coating/Laminating)

December 19, 2021, ... like Midwest Engineered Systems where they build new and update converting systems. Retrofitted automation systems, integrated motors and controls are the focus of  Quad Plus. Modular Web Solutions offers ...

Rust to Tech, Part II

(Converting Perspectives)

November 28, 2021, ... like Midwest Engineered Systems where they build new and update converting systems. Retrofitted automation systems, integrated motors and controls are the focus of  Quad Plus. Modular Web Solutions offers ...

HOW TO: Put Flexibility Into The Manufacturing Process

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

November 23, 2021, ... and accelerating B enough to catch up before locking.  For web tension using two motors, connect one pseudo-motor as a source to both motors through separate gear ratio functions. Then, apply a small ratio ...

Q & A: NORDMECCANICA

(Coating/Laminating)

November 08, 2021, ... such as solvent less lamination at times when most of the industry did not even know about it. We pioneered the use of regenerative motors and drives as a standard more than a decade ago. We select all ...

Q & A: NORDMECCANICA

(Coating)

September 20, 2021, ... such as solvent less lamination at times when most of the industry did not even know about it. We pioneered the use of regenerative motors and drives as a standard more than a decade ago. We select all ...