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Maxcess Launches Controller and Load Cell

(Web Handling)

July 13, 2016, ... web handling applications, today announced the release of the MAGPOWR Spyder Plus S1 Controller and Thin Load Cell Series. Both products are said to deliver high-end features at an affordable price point ...

Web Lines | Unwritten Rules, Now Written

(Technical Reports)

April 27, 2015, Here are 3 web handling rules Tim Walker keeps forgetting to tell you Here are 3 web handling rules Tim Walker keeps forgetting to tell you. There are a few things that I almost always forget to ...

Web Handling Conference Coming Up

(News | New Products)

April 26, 2015, The 2015 International Conference on Web Handling at Oklahoma State University has a broad agenda for engineers and scientists   STILLWATER, OK | The Web Handling Research Center at Oklahoma State ...

DFE Product Amplifies Tension Transducer Signal

(News | New Products)

April 17, 2015, The iAmp2 amplifier reportedly saves set-up time and simplifies web tension measurement   ROCHESTER, NH | Dover Flexo Electronics (DFE) offers iAmp2 amplifier modules, miniature tension transducer ...

Should Unwind Tension Be Lower Than Winding Tension?

(Web Handling)

March 26, 2015, Once you've determined that you have a roll telescoping problem, here's how to solve it. Back on December 4, 2014, I posted a list of questions to consider when first looking to resolve a roll telescoping ...

Telstar Unwind Said to Offer Precise Control

(News | New Products)

January 04, 2015, ... ready for use on multiple presses. Solution is said to supply thin film laminates and secondary webs with precisely controlled tension values. Reportedly achieves tension set-points as low as 4# and ...

Montalvo, Coast Controls Create Strategic Partnership

(News | New Products)

December 08, 2014, Offering customers complete tension control and web guiding packages GORHAM, ME | Montalvo and Coast Controls have created a new strategic partnership offering their customers complete tension control ...

Control Static on a Winding Roll

(Static-Beat)

September 05, 2014, ... control nip facing the web surface that touched the polymer nip roller. With SBSPAN and SBROLL installed, measure EROLL again. Reading EROLL should now be steady and less than ±2 KV/cm. The goal is ...

Web Lines | The Case of the Missing Pacer

(Technical Reports)

July 07, 2014, ... force is less than the winder tensioning force, the brake will slip and the rolls and web will accelerate. So to get this two-torque rewinder up to speed, first the winder-created tension must be greater ...

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 ...

Globe Trekking Adventures in Web Handling, Winding & Slitting

(Web Handling)

June 02, 2014, Follow Tim Walker on his adventures as he treks the globe solving web handling, winding, and slitting problems in Japan, the UK, and back home in the good ol' USA. While I'm based in St. Paul, MN, I ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dover Flexo Electronics Debuts Torque Controller

(News | New Products)

September 10, 2013, The EasyWeb open loop torque controller maintains tension with roll diameter calculator and features a simple user interface.   ROCHESTER, NH | Dover Flexo Electronics (DFE) used an animated simulation ...