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- Web Lines | Why Avoid Nips?
- (Web Handling)
- September 24, 2012, I recently posted my top three blind recommendations for any process. If you are a long-time reader of Web Lines, you will know why to avoid nips and use bigger cores, but if not, here is a quick refresher ...
- Webex Offers Vacuum Rolls for Delicate Films
- (Narrow Web)
- August 22, 2012, Custom narrow web vacuum rolls from Webex reportedly provide delicate, precise control for optical films NEENAH, WI | A narrow web vacuum roll custom engineered by Webex is said to provide delicate ...
- Web Lines | Measure Tension Wherever Possible
- (Web Handling)
- August 13, 2012, Web tension is the heartbeat of your process. There is no greater measurement of process quality than on-line tension measurement in all tension zones. If I had to pick three recommendations to blindly ...
- WebHandlersQuiz #18: Which Rolls Tighter—Paper or Film?
- (Web Handling)
- August 09, 2012, Which—paper or film (with equal dimensions and winding conditions)—will likely have higher internal roll pressures? WebHandlersQuiz 18 continues the Q&A format I began this past February with our quest ...
- WebHandlersQuiz #17: Winding at Constant Torque
- (Web Handling)
- July 26, 2012, If you center wind at constant torque, what is the percent change in tension if the roll diameter changes from 100 mm to 400 mm? WebHandlersQuiz 17 continues the Q&A format I began this past February ...
- Fife Web Guide Has Color Touch Screen Display
- (News | New Products)
- April 26, 2012, Compact FIFE-500 is easy to learn and operate with multiple languages OKLAHOMA CITY, OK | Maxcess has just announced the release of the FIFE-500 Web Guiding System. The compact new system features ...
- NimCor Small Diameter Air Shafts Suit Narrow Web Applications
- (News | New Products)
- April 09, 2012, Custom-engineered air shafts for small diameter cores achieve critical performance for special converting applications. NASHUA, NH | NimCor's line of small diameter air shafts are claimed ideal for ...
- WHQuiz Answer #12 -Web Tracking
- (Web Handling)
- February 22, 2012, WebHandlersQuiz 12: Web Tracking – In a vertical span, which will cause the web to track off center more, a roller tram or level error? Answer... WebHandlersQuiz 12: Web Tracking – In a vertical span, ...
- WHQuiz Answer #13 - Web Wrinkling vs. Speed
- (Web Handling)
- February 22, 2012, WebHandlersQuiz 13: Wrinkling - If you see wrinkles at low speeds, but the wrinkles go away at higher speeds, what is the most likely reason? Answer... WebHandlersQuiz 13: Wrinkling - If you see wrinkles ...
- WHQuiz Answer #14 - Web Wrinkling and Deflection
- (Web Handling)
- February 22, 2012, WebHandlersQuiz 15: Wrinkling – If a roller is deflecting into a bowed shape due to gravity, which direction is it best NOT to approach that roller if you don’t want to wrinkle: vertically from above, ...
- WHQuiz Answer #14 - Web Wrinkling and Deflection (2)
- (Web Handling)
- February 22, 2012, WebHandlersQuiz 16: Spreading - Name a spreader or anti-wrinkle roller that does NOT have a rubber surface? Answer... WebHandlersQuiz 16: Spreading - Name a spreader or anti-wrinkle roller that does ...
- WHQuiz Answer #2 - Crossweb Tension Variations
- (Web Handling)
- February 20, 2012, WebHandlersQuiz 2: Tension Control – Name three causes of tension variations across the web’s width (i.e. things would create a loose edge or center)? WebHandlersQuiz 2: Tension Control – Name ...
- Tim's Web Lines Blog Starts NO
- (Web Handling)
- February 20, 2012, This month marks the 10th anniversary of Web Lines column by T.J. Walker. Beginning our second decade, we are moving beyond the monthly column to share web handling process knowledge via this blog. I ...
- Web Lines | Blocking in Rolls
- (Web Handling)
- January 12, 2012, ... it will concentrate all the available tension to one spot or the web’s edge, likely yielding or breaking the web. I’m not an expert is the chemistry of bonding, but I know from experience that there ...
- Montalvo Offers Web Tension Upgrades on Wide Range of Equipment
- (News | New Products)
- December 18, 2011, Web control upgrades increase converters' productivity and profitability for printing presses, corrugators, laminators, slitters, and more GORHAM, ME | To increase converters’ productivity and profitability, ...
- Web Lines | A Rant from Tim Walker
- (Web Handling)
- December 04, 2011, ... you send me this info for the slitter I bought In 1987? Web handling expert Tim Walker, president of TJWalker+Assoc., has 25 years of experience in web processes, education, development, and production ...
- Web Lines: Take the Laminator Quiz
- (Coating/Laminating)
- October 16, 2011, ... and easily viewable? 3 pts. 3. Do you control pre-laminating tensions of input webs to match elastic strains? 10 pts. 4. Do you control downstream tension to a set point nearly equal to the sum of ...
- Best Papers Named At IWEB Conference
- (Web Handling)
- July 31, 2011, STILLWATER, OK | The 11th Intl. Conference on Web Handling (IWEB), sponsored by the Web Handling Research Ctr. (WHRC) at Oklahoma State Univ., was held STILLWATER, OK | The 11th Intl. Conference on Web ...
- Web Lines: Wrinkling of Foils
- (Flexpack)
- July 31, 2011, ... by the same roller misalignment or diameter variation. Will copper and aluminum foil webs run wrinkle-free on equipment designed for paper and film handling? What is the recommended roller alignment ...
- Web Lines: Is Wound Roll Pressure Greater Than Tire Pressure?
- (Tension)
- June 30, 2011, ... psi (or 3 bar or 300 kPa) since atmospheric pressure adds 14.5 psi (or about 1 bar) to every reading. This differential reading is called the gauge pressure. Pressure in wound rolls comes from web tension. ...