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Telstar Engineering Offers Servo Control Systems

(Controls)

June 21, 2014, ...  • Replacing obsolete infeed tension systems to provide the latest servo technology for controlling a web tension zone. • Isolating turret unwind web tension capabilities to provide constant low-tension ...

Coating Matters | Everything You Wanted to Know about Coating But Were Afraid to Ask

(Coating/Laminating)

June 17, 2014, ... keys still focus on fluid flow stability and displacing the air present at the substrate. To do both well, the process engineer needs to be concerned with surface energy and surface tension compatibility ...

Globe Trekking Adventures in Web Handling, Winding & Slitting

(Web Handling)

June 02, 2014, ... and proven remedies. Web handling fundamentals covered will include: web properties, tensioning, traction, nipping, guiding, spreading, and winding. Problems will be reviewed in the areas of web uniformity, ...

Atlas to Install New Slitter/Rewinders at Film Company

(News | New Products)

June 01, 2014, ... technology features wireless rewind arm positioning, automatic knife positioning, and direct drive web path rollers said to ensure optimum web tension for films as thin as 6 micron and to 125 micron. Electrical ...

Coating Matters | Stop Defects Before They Start

(Coating/Laminating)

May 26, 2014, ... surface tension, curing requirements) Substrate (thickness, roll length, surface energy, thickness uniformity, quality) Analytical Techniques Always make sure that quality can be measured and agreed ...

Web Lines | Wrinkling?

(Web Handling)

May 18, 2014, ... They can look at your product geometry, mechanical and frictional properties (of your rollers), roller factors, web path geometry, and process conditions (speed/tension), then predict wrinkles from roller ...

Is There a Doorman at Your Winder or Do You Let Just Any Web Get In?

(Web Handling)

May 15, 2014, ... It had a good plan for tensioning, rollers, and guiding, but the winder was a simple driven spindle. Is a driven spindle a rewinder? Yes, if all you need from a winder is the ability to wind (i.e., accumulate ...

Web Lines | Why Is Winding Optimization Difficult?

(Web Handling)

April 21, 2014, ... your Bachelor’s Degree is when you understand web tensioning, roller design, and guiding. Wrinkling and spreading get you your Master’s Degree program in web handling. Working with winding, winders, and ...

Gloucester Expands Rebuilding Capacity

(Bag Pouch)

April 06, 2014, ... package that controls bag length, shuttle motion, web tension, and head travel; • a new touch screen console for machine operation and control; • new operator controls with software tools for remote ...

Defects in Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

March 24, 2014, ... coating defects before they occur? There are as many defects as there are inputs, but here are some basics- • Treat the substrate to have the surface tension and the surface energy match for proper adherence ...

Maxson Offers Intelligent Sheeter Decurl Unit

(News | New Products)

March 17, 2014, ... “Intelligent” mode, the decurl movement is programmed from the start point (maximum roll diameter) to the end point (core diameter). The roll stand’s tension controller calculates the diameter of the roll. ...

Web Lines | War on Bagginess

(Web Handling)

February 26, 2014, ... winding model to predict interaction of roll geometry, material properties, winding process variables (tension, nip, speed, taper), and transverse direction thickness profile. The 3D winding model ...

Top Five Things To Remember in Fluid Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

February 17, 2014, ... Understanding the coating window requires a comparison of dynamic viscosity, coating profile, slot die design, pressures, substrate speed, surface energy and tension, and forces involved in the adherence ...

Maxcess and Webex Will Merge

(News | New Products)

February 12, 2014, ... industry. Webex customers will also have the opportunity to work with this same network to access web guiding, slitting, winding and tension control solutions. For Maxcess customers, the merger adds the ...

Web Lines | The Case for Shorter (and Longer) Acceleration Times

(Slit)

February 04, 2014, ... to line speed without an intermediate speed. The extra time at low speed and inertia upsets of speed changes will create undesired tension variations and roll defects. The target accelerations rate ...

Slot Die DOs and DON'T

(Mark's Coating Matters)

January 30, 2014, ... and training schedule for a specific piece of equipment, realize that one component in a roll-to-roll process is part of an overall system. A slot die needs to interact with web guiding and tensioning ...

Maxcess Offers FIFE-500 Web Guiding System

(News | New Products)

January 27, 2014, ... from 300–600 mm (7.1–23.6 inches), and tension from 355–1,000 N (80–225 lbs). Unit has a high-resolution color touch screen featuring icons and text in 14 languages and said to simplify operation and ...

MAGPOWR Offers Digital Load Cell Amplifier

(News | New Products)

January 25, 2014, DIN rail mounted digital amplifier is said to be low in cost but high in power for displaying or controlling web tension   OKLAHOMA CITY, OK | Maxcess, supplier of products and services for the web ...

Turkish Flexpack Converter Installs Titan

(News | New Products)

January 14, 2014, ... system provides accurate web tension control and a digital edge-guide system controls lateral movement of the unwind reel to +/- 2 in. (50 mm). Slitting systems available include shear knives, rotary razor ...

Coating Matters | Intermittent Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

December 16, 2013, ... air at the fluid/solid interface in coating is critical to reducing defects. If the surface tension of the fluid and the surface energy of the substrate are not compatible, the start of the coating bead ...