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Static Beat: Why Static Is Worse at High Speeds

(Static Elimination)

July 31, 2011, ... materials, surface roughness, contact pressure, and slip. Slip increases as the film speed increases. In Figure 1, the film tension difference across the roller is caused by bearing drag. This tension ...

Splice Film at High Speeds

(Slit)

June 30, 2011, The TFS automatic film splicer from M. Torres features constant tension control and the ability to splice at speeds to 2,000 fpm. Allows for both overlap The TFS automatic film splicer from M. Torres features ...

How To Wind Defectless Hard, Round Rolls

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

June 29, 2011, ... Web Tension must be under control and measurable.        o Web tension cannot vary over +5 % during steady state winding from setpoint        o Web Tension cannot vary over +10 % during acceleration ...

The Holy Grail, Six Tips for Winding

(Web Handling)

June 29, 2011, When winding film, the Holy Grail is to achieve round, hard rolls without defects. These areas require adherence to consistently achieve success. 1. Be sure the web material is as flat as possible  ...

Winder Targets Mid-Range Markets

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

May 31, 2011, ... system, and programmable tension and nip control for winding rolls directly off the process line. The slitter mandrel, spreader roll, core accelerator, drum, primary arm indexing, and transfer knife positions ...

Technical Report: Up & Running

(Slit)

May 31, 2011, ... slitters can integrate more automated features and functions. Automatic knife positioning, core positioning, and closed-loop tension are now more common on standard slitters. Tremendous gains in productivity ...

Capacity Needed

(Slit)

May 31, 2011, ... control system and an integral edge-trim extraction system. The pneumatically controlled braking system is said to provide accurate web tension control, and a digital edge-guide system controls lateral ...

BOPP Producer Needs Nine

(Slit)

May 31, 2011, ... piece of the investment and are said to offer precise control of web and winding tension. The Atlas CW800 film slitter uses the same technology as the larger Atlas primary film slitters with a maximum ...

Do You Want Nips with That? Part 2

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

April 30, 2011, No nips, please. To qualify this statement, I just want to get rid of unnecessary nips, especially for preventing slip on tension controlling drive rollers. “No nips, please.” To qualify this statement, ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

(Narrow Web)

April 30, 2011, ... two 430-mm wide Omega VSR inspection rewinders to Stratus Group in France. Both handle a wide range of substrates and include clear-on-clear missing label detection, servo driven web tension control for ...

Roll Finishing-Cut & Sand

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

April 30, 2011, ... in one pass through the roll and maintaining the paper quality of the mill-wound roll. This avoids possible errors inherent in the unwinding and rewinding process, such as wrinkling and tension problems, ...

Atlas Sells Titan Compact Slitter to Mexico-Based Plemsa

(Slit News)

April 19, 2011, ... screen control system and an integral edge-trim extraction system. The pneumatically controlled braking system provides accurate web tension control and a digital edge-guide system controls lateral movement ...

Web Lines: Would You Like Nips with That?

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

March 31, 2011, ... on driven pull rollers. To avoid these nips, we have to understand why they are used and how they can be bypassed or removed without upsetting our tension control. To wean you of “tension isolation” ...

INFO*FLEX Show Preview: Full Speed Ahead

(Flexography)

March 31, 2011, ... Products Tuesday, May 3 8:00-10:00 A.M. FIRST Forward: Leveraging FIRST for the Advancement of Flexography | Session Chairs: Lon Robinson, Tension Envelope Corp.; and Eric Ferguson, MacDermid Printing ...

Web Lines: Limitations of Vacuum Pull Rollers

(Web Handling)

February 28, 2011, I love vacuum pull rollers (VPRs). When it comes to driving a web without slipping and scratching or to knowing you have control of the tension differential I love vacuum pull rollers (VPRs). When it comes ...

Hot Foil Unit Has Automatic Features

(Print)

February 28, 2011, ... reduce the time needed to prepare jobs and cut to a minimum wasted material at startup. Tension control system is integrated in the printing head, reportedly helping avoid foil wrinkles. Matik North ...

ICE-ing | The Best Part

(Trends/Management)

January 31, 2011, ... for Static Control.” Other contributions include thin film waste reduction, drive systems, nip mechanics, tension control, and splicing accuracy. A third track on package printing and converting will ...

Show Preview - Forecast for Orlando: ICE

(Trends/Management)

January 31, 2011, ... Pressure-to-Vacuum (ATV) Modules for Web Processing: Vincent Cannella, Energy Conversion Devices Improved Web Handling Through Precise Tension Control & Splicing Accuracy (or The Perfect Butt): Joseph ...

Core Savings

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

December 31, 2010, ...  Infeed Quality | The infeed must be able to absorb the temporary tension spike or disruption resulting from the hard stop. Typical applications for tailgrabbing would be general folding carton work ...

Optimism Returns

(Trends/Management)

December 31, 2010, ... more progressive, albeit guarded optimism as the year progressed. All indications point to 2011 as exhibiting an extension of this year with business steadily improving as the economy continues to grow ...