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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 ...

DFE Announces Tension Indicator/Amplifier

(Controls)

May 18, 2014, The UL Listed FireGuard2 is said to work as a complete tension indication for web coating or converting process and to provide safety features   ROCHESTER, NH | Dover Flexo Electronics (DFE) announces ...

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

(Web Handling)

May 15, 2014, Web handling expert Tim Walker of TJWalker + Assoc. and author of "Web Lines" describes the function and benefits of a nipping roller at winding. I was just reviewing a lab coater line the other day. ...

Web Lines | Why Is Winding Optimization Difficult?

(Web Handling)

April 21, 2014, Winding is hard work—hard on your brain. Are you ready to get your Ph.D. in web handling? Winding is hard work—hard on your brain. In your education of web handling, nearly all learned out of the university, ...

Webex Will Introduce Seamless Vacuum Roll

(News | New Products)

March 25, 2014, Company will display new roll, which is said to provide consistent grip across the web, at ChinaPlas 2014   NEENAH, WI | Webex, a Maxcess company, will introduce a new seamless vacuum roll designed ...

Montalvo Offering In-Line Tensioner

(News | New Products)

March 03, 2014, ... to create the exact desired tension level based on the precise tension feedback provided from the load cells displayed on the indicator, eliminating the guesswork in adjusting tension by touching the web. ...

Web Lines | War on Bagginess

(Web Handling)

February 26, 2014, ... of process and material properties that create bagginess forms—bagginess continues to plague many web producers as an uncontrolled variation in product quality. I have worked closely with Dr. Kevin Cole ...

Maxcess and Webex Will Merge

(News | New Products)

February 12, 2014, ... equity firm will merge Maxcess and Webex. The merged company will operate as Maxcess and will retain the brands of Webex, Fife, Tidland, and MAGPOWR, which together represent more than 200 years of history. ...

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

(Slit)

February 04, 2014, Should you change the acceleration time on your slitter/rewinder? Web handling expert Tim Walker offers the pros and cons I recently visited a converting operation where the slitter/rewinder was set ...

Maxcess Offers FIFE-500 Web Guiding System

(News | New Products)

January 27, 2014, The web guiding system, now available in expanded sizes, is said to be a low-cost solution for mid-web applications   OKLAHOMA CITY, OK | Maxcess, a global supplier of products and services for the ...

Dover Flexo Electronics Announces New Tension Controller

(Controls News)

November 24, 2013, The WebHandler4 offers features of WebHandler5 digital version, but provides analog design for those who prefer simpler, more familiar version   ROCHESTER, NH | Dover Flexo Electronics (DFE) announces ...

Web Lines | Winding Process Fundamentals, Pt. 4

(Web Lines)

September 23, 2013, In Part 4 of this four-part series, web handling expert Tim Walker explains how TD variations in equipment or web properties affect roll structure How do transverse direction variations in equipment ...

Web Lines | Curl Mechanics Pt. 2—Transverse Direction Curl

(Web Handling)

August 26, 2013, In Part 2 of this four-part series on curl, web handling expert Tim Walker tackles three common sources of TD curl. Transverse direction curl is a little more difficult to understand than machine direction ...

Webex REM Slitter Features Automated Options

(News | New Products)

August 11, 2013, Suited for off-line or in-line applications, slitter/rewinder options include score, razor, and shear slitting   NEENAH, WI | The REM 4440 Series from Webex is described as a highly efficient turret ...

Web Lines | Curl Mechanics Pt. 1—Machine Direction Curl

(Coating/Laminating)

July 08, 2013, In this first part of a four part series on curl, web handling expert Tim Walker discusses curl in coated and laminated products In this first part of a four part series on curl, web handling expert ...

Montalvo Offers Multi-Zone Tension Indicator

(News | New Products)

May 18, 2013, The i4-HD is available in both an analog and a digital configuration, is said to provide accurate and repeatable web tension   GORHAM, ME | The Montalvo Corp. has developed the i4-HD multi-zone tension ...

Web Lines | Winding Process Fundamentals, Pt. 3

(Web Handling)

May 08, 2013, In Part 3 of this four-part series, web handling expert Tim Walker answers the question: How do dimensional changes within a roll (e.g., compression) change roll strains and stresses? In Part 3 of ...

Tim Walker Seminar to Cover Web Handling Basics

(News | New Products)

April 12, 2013, Columnist will offer tools to diagnose and remedy defects such as tension variations, bagginess, curl, scratches, misalignment, and wrinkling   ST. PAUL, MN | Tim Walker, PFFC “Web Lines” columnist, ...

REM Mfg. Slitter Processes Narrow Webs

(Narrow Web)

April 07, 2013, ... said to well suited for razor, score, or shear slitting narrow webs from 12–24 in. wide.  Slitter, which reportedly is capable of converting a multitude of materials, features automatic minimum gap and ...

Web Lines | Winding Process Fundamentals, Pt. 2

(Technical Reports)

February 18, 2013, In Part 2 of this four-part series, web handling expert Tim Walker tackles tension control from the first to the final lap of the winding roll Understanding winding, roll defects (e.g. tin-canning), ...